October 31, 2011

My Dear Family,
Hello from México! Another bright and shiny week has passed down here in the beautiful country of México. I must tell you all about it.

The last letter that I was able to write to you, I was a little shook up.... Like a fish out of water. But someone took the fish out of the water and gave it wings. With these wings, and a lot of help, the fish started to make his first attempts in the world of air and wind. At first it was a little bumpy, a little awkward trying to get the tail and the fins and the wings to all work together, but in the end... the fish did fly. Then there was a cat. Now some of you might say; "Wait? Fish can't fly!" or "Why didn't the fish learn to walk first and then fly?" and others would be saying "What happened with the cat?" and "What does this fish/bird and cat have do with the week of Elder Johnson?". All of these questions would be appropriate to ask. Just don't ask me! 'cause I dunno.

Well, this week was a lot of fun. I will not lie to you. Elder Rendon and I really just click together. He is a little, short, Méxican from Vera Cruz and just a bundle of fun. (I'm not kidding when I say that Jace would be tall in comparison to him) He has six months out in the mission and really is spiritual kinda guy. He works really hard and has the mindset that the harder we work, the better results we will receive. I am super okay with that. Our area is super awesome. It has got to be the best area in the whole mission. There is like 2000 members in this area, and 300! are active. It is so great that they are planning on building a new stake-center. They already have the land bought. So we really have our work cut out for us. Basically we are driving the reference truck. We have been going to all of the members houses and asked for references, and are seeing a bunch of results from this. So far we have two people lined up for baptism in these coming weeks. Not too bad for opening up the area. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, there is still so much more untapped potential. I really cannot explain how excited I am for this change.

So yeah, other than just "rocking out" the area and having a blast not too much else has been happening. Ooo, I got bit by a dog! Yeah, it was really quite a story. And it turns into an even more fantastic story when you listen to Elder Rendon tell it. They way he tells it, I sound like some sort of Super-Hero. We were just walking down the street, Elder Rendon and I, when this dog started barking up-ahead of us. Well, we just kept walking, and as we closed to the dog, Elder Rendon started to move off to the side, out of the line-of-fire. (as it turns out, this was the better choice) I, on the other hand, chose to walk straight and pay no heed to the barking dog. When I passed the dog, IT BIT ME! (imagine that,.. barking dogs really do bite) I just kept walking. After a few moments Elder Rendon asked me "did that dog bite you"

I said, "yep"

he said, "I don't believe you, show me", so then I showed him, and my knee was bleeding and I had this hole in my pants. Elder Rendon was in awe because the dog had bit me, and I just kept walking as if nothing had happened. (You have to take into account that the dog was like almost as big as Elder Rendon, so it figures that he was a little shook up)

I hope you enjoyed my letter, because I sure enjoyed writing it. I love you all, and I pray for you always.

Love, Elder Johnson

p.s. Jackie I love you like ALOT!
p.p.s. So if it wouldn't cost toooooooo much could you send dried fruit? Is that too much to ask? Really I would be super happy if I just received a letter filled with dried fruit. PLEASE! :)