Hey how goes it!
Another week come and gone! It was a good one! We baptized Norma! She is a great example of faith for me! She has been smoking since she was 15 and unsuccessfully tried to stop a couple times, but this time with the help of her Heavenly Father she was able to stop in one week! And thanks to a couple of sticks of gum, (Thanks Brooke!) So that was great. Her baptismal service went great. I baptized her, and when I dunked her and she came up she said I swallowed some water and was coughing! Then she laughed. But she is a trooper.
But we had a great week. We found a great family. It’s a mom, and her four Kids. They are great. At first they didn’t want to let us in, but then with a little persistence they let us in, and we shared the Restoration. And it made sense to them! They were all excited to come to church, but then Saturday they had a problem so they didn’t end up coming. But they are a great family, they are all real excited to listen to us!
And we are also teaching a lady named Isabel and she came to church! We found her one day sitting at a bus stop and she said that we could pass by her house. So now she is reading the Book of Mormon and she came to church and to the baptismal service and she loved it! She is great!
Yesterday we borrowed some bikes and pedaled out of our sector it was pretty epic. It took about 20 minutes and when we finally got out there sweating like a Chilean rainstorm we knocked on the first door, and an older guy came out smoking a cigarette, and said hey get out of here! You’re a sinner I’m a sinner we are all sinners, the soccer game that I am watching is more important than what you have to say. I let him know why we were here, and tried to share something at the gate but he kept rambling on about other churches and random stuff that didn’t make sense. So we left him with a card to call, and said chau. Then the next house we came to had a voice box on the outside. It was a bigger house with a big yard. And the guy answered and I said how is it going, we are missionaries here to share the restored Gospel, and he said NOPE! You are here to rob my house! Haha so that was pretty funny he didn’t want anything to do with us. But as we continued down the street it got better, and an older lady finally let us in and we shared a scripture and she said she was busy and was happy with her relationship with God. And a little bit later on down the street an older couple let us in and we taught them the Restoration, so that was a great end to that street. Then we decided to keep pedaling down the freeway to Pangilemu. It was about 8:30 so we started pedaling, and we get onto the on ramp as big semis and tour buses were whizzing by. And I swerved off the freeway to a dirt road and called an abort to the trek to Pangilemu. Too late and a little sketchy. And my bike that I borrowed had no gears, and was creaking with every pedal. So we turned back for home and passed by to visit Norma but she was out working. Then we walked over and got our clothes that had been washed.
Then we returned back to the house and I turned in the numbers for the week. Then the call came for transfers, and I am now going to serve in Concepcion! Right smack dab in the middle of it all! I’m going to a sector called Universitario. Right where all of the big office buildings are. And apartments so it will be a big change from where I am now, because here it is out in the farm lands and the people live in humbler circumstances. My new companion is Elder Robinette from Lindon Utah, also a big Change for having been with Latin comps for 6 months! We will be living with 2 other missionaries from the other zone. So it’ll be great! And I got assigned to be District Leader, so it’ll be great! I’m still loving it and I wouldn’t rather be anywhere else!
And today for P Day we played soccer then we ate chorrillanas. Then we came to do internet. Now we are gonna go back to the sector to say bye to our investigators and recent converts, and to finish up the bags.
Well my time here in Cancha Rayada came and gone. It is one of my favorite sectors I’ve been in by far, a lot of memories have been had here, that I will never forget. I wish you guys could meet these people here, they have great hearts.
Well that’s it for now, have a great week everyone! I love you all thank you for the prayers and love!
les quiero,
Elder Johnson
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