May 9, 2011



 New Missionary Conference in Concepcion

 Hola Familia!

       So today we had a zone activity and we went bowling! haha it was fun it was only like 3 bucks to play 2 games. We had a good time. Ill send pictures next time i left my camera.

 So last week i left for Concepcion at like 3ish, and had a 5 hour busride. when we got there we had to wait in the terminal for some other elders to come, and the Zone Leaders had to sort out where all the Elders that came were gonna sleep.

 I stayed with the Zone leaders of Concepcion. I got some Once they were nice. Once(ownsay) is just like their little dinner they have here. they make like hot chocolate or some other one called ECCO and they have Pan which is bread, and some deli meats and cheese, and butter.

  All the elders that have been in the mission for about 6 months or less, got together to get trained on how to teach these 8 simplified lessons that work with Preach My Gospel. So Pres. Humphrey, Hermana Humphrey and the Assistants taught us some lessons and they fed us. And after the first day i went tracting with one of the Leaders i was staying with. His name is Elder Gallo. hes from Columbia. hes real nice. We went to find some people to teach but they were busy. But we went to this one house that they contacted before, and we found out she was a less menos activo(less active). so we taught her a lesson about The Sabbath, it was good im sure she has realized what she has been missing. So hopefully she went to church this week.

 The rest of the week was pretty normal. Elder Gil and i just went tracting alot, and taught a couple lessons. Its been kind of tough though. no one really wants to listen or they have something else to do.

   So here in Chile everyone has a gate in front of their house. So if you want to talk to them you have to say AWWLO! so its kind of hard to say since im a gringo so Elder Gil laughs at me sometimes because it doesnt sound right or i sound like a girl! haha but im getting better. Elder Gil is a great trainer. Everyone that i meet says that he is the best missionary in the mission. I believe that he is! he can teach very well. he like makes it kind of fun, but the spirit is there, and he explains stuff right to the point but they understand. I hope before he leaves in a month i can figure out his spirit. But it is truely a blessing to have him as my companion, he is a great example for me.

 So hopefully this Sunday a girl that we are teaching will be ready to be baptized. she has been taught for over a year and we have been working real hard to get her to read and pray. But i think she is starting to come around. last week we had Once with her and her family, and she had Tea. so right after we taught her a lesson on the Word of Wisdom. It was great. So we will probably have a baptismal interview with her this week sometime so well pray for the best.

and then next week is the baptism of the brother and sister. So that is pretty exciting we have been waiting for that for a while. They have two younger siblings Josepha who is like 4 and Vicente who is like 6. they are crazy! haha they always get their Book of Mormon out when we come over to teach, they are a great family.

 so thats it for now, till next week. I hope all is going good still. keep doing good in school Kayla and Tyler! im proud of you! i love you guys con todo de mi corazon!

                                                             Con Amor,

                                                                             Elder Johnson