Dear family! Here we are again! The last week of the
exchange has arrived, and we are stoked! We had those two baptisms on Saturday so that was sweet!
And we had a good week also! District Class was epic as always. We had a good
conversation about some things we can do differently in the district. So that
was sweet. We had a good day Tuesday working.
Wednesday was great
also! I worked with Elder Tingey in his sector! It was epic we taught a bunch
of lessons. And we saw a bunch of miracles it was all time. We had a sweet
lesson at the end of the day. It was a family that was deciding between getting
married and not getting married and getting a house. So we walked in with a
prayer in our hearts. Because they are a great family so we started talking and
we talked about the importance of faith and how if we trust in God he will make
miracles happen and how sometimes it isn’t all roses. But the Spirit was so
strong as we testified of those things, and we left them with the commitment to
read Ether 12 and pray to know if they needed to get married so they could be
baptized because the next day they had to sign the papers and we couldn’t let
them do that! But the Lord blessed us with His spirit. And the next morning as
we were doing our studies the husband called and said that they were leaving in
15 minutes! So we got ready and shot out the door with him to make the
appointment at the office! It was truly a miracle. It was so cool to see the
desires that couple had to be baptized and follow the example of Jesus Christ.
It strengthened my testimony. And later that morning we found a golden
investigator in the apartment complex who is golden. He was so stoked to receive
the Book of Mormon! He couldn’t believe that it was free! So that was way cool.
Elder Tingey is awesome he is so great.
Then Thursday Elder
Arancibia and I had another mini combio. I worked with Elder Luna in our
sector. So that was good. We got some good work done. And we taught Jocelyn and
Evelyne and gave them their baptismal gowns so that was sweet. They were way
excited! And then we did some contacts so it was great.
Then Friday we switched back in the morning and we did some
good planning for church and then we
went to the pharmacy to buy some medicine for Elder Arancibia. We were both
sick. He was sick last week and me this week. But I just drank a bunch of water
and ate oranges and some throat lozenges. So it was good. You just gotta stay
animated to not be sick. Because there is one person who doesn’t want us to go
into the street preaching the gospel with a smile on my face and I knew we wouldn’t
have any success if I sandbagged it. So I just stayed stoked and it was a
stellar week! We found a less active lady and her daughter who isn’t baptized.
So we are excited for them. The mom wants to go back to church and the daughter
accepted a baptismal date! So that’s cool. And we taught this other family, and
their son read the whole Restoration pamphlet at night! So we were so stoked
for that! Now we just gotta get them to church this week. We sadly didn’t have
anyone, so that’s something to work on. But Saturday was the baptism and it was
all crazy like usual. Because everyone got their late and none of the bishopric
almost didn’t show up but the counselor finally got there. And we saw the font
before the service and it was low so I turned it up during the opening services
and when we went to baptize it was almost overflowing out of it! So a typical
Elder Johnson goof up! haha. But it went good a bunch of their friends and
family came. And they had a stake activity and I had to be the Charming Prince
for our ward. The dude from Shrek. So I ran onto the stage with a rose in my
mouth and did a cart wheel and a couple of dance moves and ran off!
Sunday we confirmed Jocelyn
and Evelyn so that was great. They came to church with skirts already! So that
was cool. And after lunch we had to clean the chapel because Elder Arnold was
coming the next day to give a conference. So we did that for a couple of hours.
And then we ran home and got changed and grabbed some brownies to make for a
Family Night with Jocelyn and Evelyn and a member family. We watched the
Mountain of the Lord. So that was cool. And we shared some testimonies after so
that was great. And then we had to run back home and do a little planning and I
had to take numbers. And the Zone Leaders and a couple of District Leaders from
Talca came to our house to sleep for the night because we had to be at the
church super early.
Now here comes the
good part. Elder Arnold’s conference. It was only given to all the Zone Leaders
of the missions Concepcion and Concepcion South mission and a few select
District Leaders. And I got invited. So it was way cool. He is the President of
the Area Sud America Sur which is Chile Argentina Uruguay and Paraguay. He is
such an inspiring man. He opened my eyes to
a bunch of things we should be doing differently. He talked about how
there are different levels of commitment. You can be obedient with exactness,
make sacrifices or become consecrated. He talked to us about how we need to
raise the bar in our missions. And how we need to lead our Districts and Zones
with the Spirit that the Lord gives us. He talked about how we need to practice
each lesson we are going to share with an investigator. We were just blasted
with the Spirit. He gave us a bigger vision of what our mission, Zone, District and Sector needs to be. And then
Elder Fereira gave a testimony, because he is the 70 in charge of this part of
Chile. And he shared some cool stories. In his mission he made a bunch of thank
you cards and handed them out to members and he said that changed the ward he
was in, because he taped a little flower onto it and he said it was super
special for that ward. And at the very end, Elder Arnold gave his final words
and testimony and I had tunnel vision my eyes were just fixed on him and what
he was testifying about. The Spirit was so strong. Nothing had ever happened to
me like that before. I couldn’t believe what I had lived through. So I have a
notebook full of notes so we are going to have an epic District Class tomorrow that’s
for sure. And after we had Subway sandwiches and President Humphrey talked to
us for a bit. And now I’m here in the internet place. But this was one of the
most spiritual days I have had on my mission so far.
So next week I’ll
tell you guys were I’m headed off to, and I hope everyone has a stellar week!
And enjoy the heat! Love you guys tons and I hope McKenna gets better! Siga
firme!
Much Love,
Elder Johnson
Elder Johnson
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