June 27, 2011

Dear Family,

It was great to hear from you all. I can´t believe all of the things that have happened in this past week. It really is so crazy. First off, I took a flight (in a tiny airplane (I´m not joking, I think we had a total of ten people in the plane including the pilot)) from a little airport in Los Mochis, and we flew directly to Los Cabos San Lucas. From there, we drove to San Jose.

The ward is really great, and it is split up between 2 sets of missionaries; Elder Toledo and I, and Elder Tingly and Elder Servera. That is our whole district! Probably the biggest and most important thing that I have learned so far from my time in this ward, is how important it is to not spread gossip. This ward is riddled with "who said this", and "who did that". It really has opened my eyes to the fact that nothing god comes from this, and it really can hurt people. All of us are children of our Father in Heaven, and he loves us all. Nobody deserves to be at either end of a rumor or a false accusation. This really is something that I can improve upon in my life.

So yeah, I have realized something quite intriguing. Whenever I start to develop pride in certain areas of my life, the Lord sees fit for me to be brought low into humility, until I remember He from whom all blessings flow. This has happened twice with me getting sick. I start to take a little pride in myself saying "look at me, I have been in a new country, living a different lifestyle, and eating strange food, and I have yet to be sick" and then what do you think?!... Yeah, it is almost scary how fast it works, but right after I start to think these thoughts, I fall sick. You´d think I´d learn, but hey! I have been in Mexico for 3 months, and I have only been sick twice! Yay haha

Well, It sure is good to hear from home. I love you all so much. I know that this gospel is the Gospel of Christ, and if we strive to live these principles we will realize grand blessings in our lives. I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love me. They love you. And they will never leave our side no matter where we are and what we are doing as we strive to do the things that they have asked of us.

Con Amorisimo,

Elder Johnson