I leave early tomorrow morning at about 8 to leave for Concepcion, then for a little bus to Valle hermosa. I’m excited to start out new, and put all of the things that I have learned these past 3 combios to the test! My companion is named Elder Wixom. He’s from Utah and he has a little bit less than a year in the mission. So it will be a good time for both of us to learn and grow as missionaries of The Restored Gospel.
This week was great. It was still tough because we weren’t able to teach a lot of lessons. We are still in the finding stage here. On Wednesday we went on divisions Elder Keller and I. I went with a youth in the ward and we did some contacts, and we found 2 new investigators. In the lesson with the two people, the grandma of this girl that the member new was a little uneasy about talking to us. I said a couple things to her, then I said is it alright if we share a scripture and a little message. And she said no. But then I just started talking to her and explained about how missionaries get on a mission and about what we do, and she loosened up. Then she asked a question about how the church started. So in my gringo Spanish I explained how it started and how the Restoration happened. It was a little rocky but she understood the just of it. So hopefully Elder Abbott can go back and talk to them. Then later on we contacted a lady who had seen a baptism, and knows someone in our ward. We talked to her for a little bit. She was a nice lady so hopefully Elder Abbott can go back to her.
Elder Abbott was Elder Pulvers comp this exchange. Now this new exchange they are gonna only have 2 missionaries in our ward. And Elder Abbottt is finishing an Elder from Mexico’s training. Elder Abbott only has an exchange more than me and he is already training! He’s a good missionary and speaks good Spanish.
President Humphrey has made a lot of changes in the mission. Because in the next couple of combios a lot of the older experienced missionaries of the mission are going to leave. So now he has made younger missionaries District Leaders and he just moved 3 younger missionaries to Zone Leader it is really cool. A lot of younger missionaries will have the chance to step up and be leaders and learn a lot. Elder Daines was our District Leader last exchange and he got moved to Zone Leader in Talca. He only has about 7 or 8 exchanges in the mission. So there’s a lot to look forward to in the mission coming up in the next couple of changes!
But this week we have done a lot of looking for new investigators. We found 9 new people our goal was 10. But we tried our best. And a lot of people here are really closed off. They are really Catholic or Evangelical. So it is hard to get into people’s houses. We have been trying real heard to get the ward activated in the missionary work. And a couple of families have started doing Family Nights with their neighbors. It’s cool to see people get a love for the Gospel and want to share it with their close acquaintances. We have one of the biggest wards in the mission of 140 people who regularly assist church. So there is a lot of potential. Hopefully they can keep their love for the Gospel growing and pretty soon we will see temples of the Lord pop up all over Chile.
It has rained the last couple of days on and off. This morning for last P Day as a Zone we played basketball and soccer. The court was all wet from the rain, and it had puddles but we swept it all off with brooms. A couple Elders slipped but we were safe. It was way fun. There was 9 of us Elders who played. It was a real fun time. Then we went to Top Dog. It is like a fast food joint in the States, but in Chile. But they sell Completos and french fries, it was pretty good!
Our new house is sweet. The room we sleep in is big enough for 2 bunk beds and a little walk way in between them. So we sleep warm haha! Then we have 2 study rooms that are about the same size with a table and chairs and then each room has a closet. But just as we moved in I gotta leave. But it’s good, I know the Lord needs me somewhere else.
Last night I fried some Platanos. They are like the big huge bananas that are green. You have to peel them then you cut them up into little discs and throw them in hot oil, then sprinkle some salt on them after. They are really good. Elder Gil showed me how to make them. I’ll have to make some when I come back I’m sure you guys will love them because everyone here does!
O and you can tell Tyler that they just had like a little Rally race in our town it was sweet. We were walking to an appointment and they were racing down the street and flying up the hill that is in the city. They are super loud! And the pits were in the parking lot of a super market on the other side of town.
Elder Keller is staying in this zone but he got moved to Bombero Garrido, which is the sector that touches ours. So he has like a 15 minute walk down the street to his new house. He’s gonna be Zone Leader there with Elder Miller who is also kind of new.
Thanks for your prayers and your letters. You guys are the best, and I love you guys!
les quiero mucho!
Elder Johnson
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