October 29, 2012

Dear Family, Well, I sure was super excited to get all of your letters. Wow! 4 letters. I sure did feel special. So it snowed in Utah? I´ll bet it got real cold. You know, it is getting pretty cold down here also. I think that it might get down into the 70´s at night. I wake up with the chills every morning. I´m just so used to sleeping with just a sheet. Anyways,... I had NO IDEA that Jackie is learning how to play the flute! That is incredible. I sure hope that that goes well. Ooooo when I was a young little lad... ha ha I sure loved band class. I wish now that I would have stuck with it. And Mr. Glassford. Well, all I can say is good luck. It was a trying class, but I sure learned a lot. And as for Benjamin. Well, if you can share the most important message for two years, I am sure that it will not be too difficult to sell suits and shoes for a couple of months. Ánimo. I am sorry to hear that Dad´s uncle passed away. Life is very unexpected. Well, I would like to tell you about one of the sweetest experiences that I have had on my mission. It sure is going to be engraved in my memories for a long, long time. So to begin, this past Tuesday, Elder Lopez and I went out to work with the desire to find new people, because most of the people that we were visiting had stopped progressing. Well, as we were looking for a person whose name appeared in the list of futures investigators, we met the Hna. Blanca Estela. She invited us into her house, and after coming to know her situation, we shared with her a message that centered in the capability the Jesus has to heal. It was very spiritual, and then she made the comment to us that she has a sister in Monterey whose family are members of the church. She told us that when she was there, she had gone to church, and that she really liked it, but after she moved back home, she lost contact with the church. The lesson was so spiritual, that when we invited her to be baptized, she accepted without any hesitation. During the course of that week, we visited her often, and we made arrangements so that she could come with us to church. That Sunday in church, we arrived a little late, because we had gone with Abraham and Maria to pick up some other investigators, but when we arrived at the chapel she was there, seated near the front. We greeted her and took our seats. At the end of the meeting when we all started going to the classes, I heard a yell. As I turned around, I saw Blanca Estela running over to Abraham and Maria. She hugged and kissed Maria, and then Abraham. It was one of the sweetest things to see as she and Abraham hugged, the both with tears streaming down their faces. I soon found out that she is the sister of Abraham's mother who passed away 7 years ago. It definitely was an unexpected family reunion in the most unlikely of places. I know that God has His hand in all of the things that are going on with His work. The day before, Abraham and Maria had told us that this would be the last Sunday going with us to this ward, because starting next week, they were going to go to the other ward, because it would be more convenient. What are the chances, that the last week that they would be there, we found the long lost Aunt by luck. Blanca Estela was super excited when she found out that Abraham and Maria had been baptized. This is what the Gospel is all about. Reuniting the Family. I love this work so much, and it is these experiences that make it all worth it. Well, I sure hope that your next week will be a good as mine! Ha ha I sure am super excited for this work. The time has never gone faster, and I have never seen so many miracles. I love this work. I love you all. Thank you for all of your support. Love, Elder Johnson