November 21, 2011

Dear Family,

Hola! How has everything been doing? I sure hope that everything is as good as it is here in Los Mochis. I sure hope that you are all having a great time in Canada. Can you all believe that it has been a whole year since I came back from Hawaii! It is really super crazy how fast the time just flies. I am glad that I gave a good impression during my time in Hawaii, because I really enjoyed it. I have a few questions. Zach is going to Columbus Ohio? I think that is the same mission as Kyle. If so, I should tell him to keep his look out for a Elder Nielsen... haha

Well up-dates for the week... I guess, I should just warn you all that I am going to have to use the credit card a little bit for the next month or so, because you see,... I am just not that organized, and I lost the card of the mission. I think that there are little credit card stealing gnomes walking around, and they have taken a liking to stealing my cards. Oh, and by the way... I have no idea what is my pin number is. If you could look into that, I would be much obliged.

So yeah, Mexico is pretty great this time of year. The temperature has really backed down. Instead of 45-47 degrees (c° of course,.. In fact I have not heard the temperature in f° for 8 months!) it has been a pleasing 30-35. It is quite a pleasant change.

Well, this week has been really great. Elder Rendon and I were able to see many miracles according to our unity as a companionship. So we were able to give a really powerful lesson to a family of Menus Actives about having them go to church. Also we put a baptismal date for the Hna Elva, and her daughter. But one of the most neat experiences that I had was when we were teaching a lesson to a Maria Rosario Rocha. We were giving her a really blatant lesson trying to impress upon her the importance of being consistent in our worship of the Lord. After the lesson Elder Rendon pulled me aside, and he told me that at one point in the lesson when I was talking, the spirit was so strong and I was talking super clear and perfect. It really gave me an appreciation for the gift of tongues. Do not worry, since then I have returned to speaking my broken yet understandable Spanish, but it comforts me to think that these types of miracles really do take place nowadays.

I love you all so much. With each passing day, week and month, I gain more and more appreciation for the great opportunity and blessing that I have to serve this mission to the Lord. Our time is precious here on this earth. We had better be careful with the things that we decide to do with this great blessing, which is time. I will never have another chance in this life to dedicate all of my time and all of my efforts to Him to whom I owe everything. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. Once again, I love you.

Love Elder Johnson

p.s. well something really hilarious took place while we were writing these letters. The owner of this internet business put on anti-mormon videos like fifteen minutes after we came in. haha it really is quite funny. We have such an impact on the people.
p.p.s. next week I will send some photos so you can see how short my companion is. I think he is like 5 feet 2 inches tall... !