August 6, 2012

Dear Family, You may notice that I am writing a lot earlier than usual. This is due to the fact that I have a lot to write, and I do not know if I will have enough time to write it all. But first things first... Bryndin is getting married?!.. When was anyone going to tell me. That is kind of big news... oh well. I forgive you for not telling me. :) ha ha Just remember, I have to be the first to know if Benjo decides to go off the deep end! Oh, and yes, this week I did receive the package. Thank you so very much. I was in great need of those glasses. Now I can finally see, without having my glasses dig holes into the sides of my nose. (this is because I was missing the feet things). Anyways,.. I probably see Elder Snow about once every 5 months. I feel like I see him all the time, but then I realize that the time just flies past. I was brought to an abrupt realization of that fact this past Sunday. Two girls from Libertad, Los Mochis, who I have known since I got to Mexico, came to our ward this past Sunday. It was super weird. It was even weirder when I found out that the brother of one of them, who I met, now has about a year in the mission. That is LOCO! Oh, and the Olympics’ have started, I think. It is pretty rough, because in every house that we enter, they are playing... :( Well, Elder Toomey and I have had some really interesting experiences and have seen some pretty big miracles this past week. First off, the biggest story of all, is the fact that... well, I should probably start from the beginning. Architecture here in Mexico is a little different from home. The houses here do not have slanted roofs. They are flat, or at least the majority. And, the plumbing is not under the floor. It is on the roof.... uncovered. Well, as it so happens, copper is worth quite a bit of money, and sometimes, when people need quick money they go and steel the copper piping from the top of the roofs. This is what happened to us this past Thursday. So we were left without water for some days. It was quite interesting. We had to go and sleepover at the Zone Leaders house every night so that we could shower. We finally got it fixed Saturday night. An investigator named David helped us out for FREEEEEE!!!!! So let me explain how David really reminds me of Dad. He is like 40 years old, and he never studied anything about plumbing or electrical stuff, but he learned it all by working alongside his Dad while he is growing up. And everybody in the neighborhood goes to him and he fixes up the things for free. He does it for service. I don`t know why, but his way of being really reminds me of Dad. (He also is going to help us fix up our refrigerator, because I broke it like a month ago.. oops) Their whole family is great. They are really interested in our messages. Yes, this is the same David who I wrote about last week. We are going to BAPTIZE this weekend!!!! Yay! This family basically just dropped into our lap and said "baptize us". The dad, Gabriel, is a member, and he is in the process of reactivating himself, so that he can baptize his wife, Lorena, and his son, Gabriel, this Saturday. They recently arrived here from La Paz, and they decided that they wanted to make some major course changes in their family. They called us up this past week, and asked us to start teaching them. ESCOGIDO!!!! DE ORO!!! Basically, they are Golden. I love you all so very much. I love this time that I have to serve Him. I wish it would stop passing by so fast. Funny thing is, we are never happy with what we are dealt. At the beginning, I wanted the time to go faster, and now, I want it to slow WAY down. I read a great message in the Liahona by President Uchdorf. Here`s the link http://www.lds.org/liahona/2012/07/always-in-the-middle?lang=eng. Great talk for missionaries. Adios por ahora. Esperaré anhelos-amente su siguiente carta! Love, Elder Johnson