May 28, 2012 - Rain Storm! No Problemo!

Hey family and friends! How goes it! It’s all good down here! I’m staying another transfer here in Universitario!  So that’s sweet!

 This week started out with a nice district class! It was cool. We took a picture after with the whole zone and the wind was blowing hard and freezing cold!

 But we had a great week none the less! We did our best keeping ourselves busy. Tuesday night was our Noche de Deportes. A couple of kids showed up and we played some soccer. I played some goalie, because I didn’t want to carry my clothes to change into all day. And after I shared a scripture with all of them so it was way cool. And we invited them back and they said they will come so well see what happens tomorrow!  So that was fun.

 Wednesday was great as well. We got a few lessons in, and we did a lot of contacts, so it was a blast! Wednesday in the morning I split wood for 3 hours we promised this less active mother we would cut her wood. So we did it, and Elder Arancibia was sick so he took a breather from the service. I got a good back work out none the less! So that was pretty cool.

  Thursday was normal. We got some appointments in and some good contacts. Visited a couple of members.

 And then Friday the fun began! We did some weekly planning in the morning and then we went to get our money for lunch. So we bought some hamburgers and bread and made some big hamburgers it kept us filled up for the day. And then we hung out in the house for a bit. Friday is when this huge rain storm came in! It was crazy! It blew a bunch of trees over, and it almost blew us over because the wind was so strong! I wish I would of brought my camera but it was only the first of many storms.

  Saturday was the same we left in the morning after our studies and we did contacts for about 2 hours while it was pouring and blowing wind. It was great. People would ask us why we are out in the rain, and we would say because we are here sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ! The greatest thing in the world!....(literally).

  So that was fun, and then we went to lunch and went back to the house and prepared for round 2. I busted out my rain boots because it was looking a little gnarly. So they did good. And Saturday we also had a mini exchange. I worked with Elder Glazier in our sector. Well we are both in the same sector but we visited all of our investigators, and Elder Arancibia went with Elder Egan and they visited their investigators. It was great. We saw a powerline short out. It was crazy, it was like right in front of our faces. So the Lord protected us there.  We taught a couple lessons. We taught Lucas with a member but it was hard because his son was there, and the whole time he was blowing out candles, because the power was out so it was hard to teach Lucas in that environment. So we got home that night and we cooked up some chicken burgers and went to bed, to get ready for our stellar Sunday!

    So we had to get up and take a long walk to Las Aguitas to pick up a couple of investigators. We had a member in our ward ready to come pick us up because our investigators live close to his house. So we walked all the way up the hill. From our house to their house it’s like a 35 minute walk. And I called the member and he said he would be ready in 10 minutes so we were in the house waiting for him to call, because we were like a 100 yards up the hill. But he left because we weren’t down by his house! So I was like what!!!!! I didn’t want to make our investigators walk a lot because they had their baby and I told the member that. So we called another member but he was running late, so finally a taxi passed by and we were able to get them to church on time. And they had a good time there. Everyone came up to them and talked to them and commented them on their baby! The only thing is that they aren’t married yet, so that’s something we are working on! The good thing is that they like the sound of Eternal Families and we had a great lesson about it with a member. So pray for them their names are Alvano, Nilvia, and Florencia!

  And then after church we had to go to lunch and then to a service because the roof of a members house sort of blew of, and a couple huge tree branches fell close by their house. So we went and took care of that with some other guys from the Elders Quorum, so it was way cool to be able to see the ward working together! And as we were walking home from that, Elder Arancibia slipped and jammed his foot or something so I had to help him walk home. So he was hobbling around for the rest of the night. And we taught a lesson to the family that is getting reactivated and who has the 2 kids who aren’t baptized! They are great, w always have a great time over there!

  And today we cleaned the house. I scrubbed the shower down with some stuff because there was some stuff growing on it and I mopped it, and I rearranged our study room, so it’s looking sweet now!

 But I’m happy to be able to stay here another transfer. We got a lot of stuff to finish still. I’ve learned a lot these last couple of weeks- The scriptures in Doctrine and Covenants chapter 4 come to my mind as I think about the last transfer and this next one. Serve with all of your heart might mind and strength.

  Have a great week this week! Thanks for the prayers and the love!

      Elder Johnson