August 20, 2012

Hello, Well, in this past week, I have had many wonderful experiences. Due to the fact that I receiveth not, a letter from my family, I will just hope that everything is doing great up at home. Did you all go to Bryndin’s Wedding? Did he really get married? Wow Well, next week you will have to fill me in on everything. In this week, Elder Lazaro and I went around getting to know the area. It was really great, and a little bit weird at the same time, because I had visited many of the members here before, while doing divisions. It really is super funny, when my companion was introducing me to the people, and they just kept staring at me, and then they would say "for some reason, you look familiar".. hahaha Yep, never a normal day. So, the first big news is BICICLES! Yep, you don’t have to tell me. I spelled it wrong. Oh well. Anyways, all I have to say about that is Ouch. My legs are tired and sore, and to top it all off, the seat on the bike is horrible. Haha :) I am just waiting until my back-side gets used to the beating. To make it worse, about half the streets in our area, are made of dirt, and they are either with pot-holes or have huge boulders in the middle of them. Anyways, my time is running out very rapidly. This past week was quite amazing, because I could take part in the conversion process of my companion. He explained to me early on in the week that he didn’t know if he had really received an answer that this was true. So, all that week, he was pretty shook up. I offered the best help that I could, but the conversion is a solitary process. We prayed often for him, and then this past Sunday we had a super spiritual experience that I really don’t have time to explain right now, so I´ll just tell you the result. My companion sat across from me yesterday, and explained with tears in his eyes, that he had finally figured out how to recognize the Spirit. He then explained how God had answered him. It was quite interesting because I realized that God answers everybody differently. According to their needs. I know God lives. I know he hears my prayers. He answers them. He helps me when it seems like there is no hope. He accompanies me when no one else will. I love Him, and I know that He loves me. He is my Father. Love, Elder Johnson