YES! We baptized Thalia! We didn’t think we could but we got
permission to do the baptism in the morning with another kid who got baptized!
So that was way cool. We had to get up early and fill up the font and set up a
little but it was good!
It was a good week.
We were able to find an unbaptized kid from a less active family. So we are
doing a family night with them tonight to get them re activated. We’ve been
really trying hard to find some other people to teach that are really going to
progress. So we have been on the lookout for that. We do our best to contact
all of the families in the street because we know that the Lord will bless us.
On Tuesday we had a
good District Class. I talked about the Spirit and why it’s important in the
teaching. So it was cool. And I talked about how it’s important to worry about
the small and simple things. So everyone left stoked from the class so that was
cool!
On Thursday I did a mini exchange with Elder Turner because
I had to do 2 interviews for baptism. I interviewed Daniel a kid. And Eduardo
the son of a new convert. So that was cool. And we went to a family night with
a member family. So that was cool.
Friday morning after
we studied we went to the Chapel to pick up the baptismal tunica for Thalia.
Then we went to lunch after we did some contacts.
Oh cool story. On
Wednesday I think we went to go teach Thalia but she still wasn’t home from
school so we went out and did some contacts and passed by a couple other people
but they weren’t home. So then we said hey let’s go teach this member named
Louisa but she wasn’t home. So we knocked her neighbor’s house. And she
answered the door and we got in and started talking to her. Her name was Maria.
And she is going through a hard time right now. She doesn’t know if she should
date this one guy because her two older children don’t like it. So we just
testified to her of the restored gospel and showed her what she had to do to
not be stressed out or worried. We talked about prayer, and everything and she accepted
a baptismal date. But the cool thing was that our appointment fell and we went
to her house, and she had gotten out of work early that day. Which never has
happened she says. So that was way cool! Heavenly Father just prepares the way
so that His children can hear the gospel! So I felt really special to be able
to be a part of that.
Saturday night we had
a family night with Thalia and her mom and her sister. We showed up and her mom
was frying calzones rotos, or ( broken underwear)! It’s fried bread with sugar
on top. So we ate some of those and we watched the full version of the
Restoration with them, and after we ate some BBQed pork and Turkey! It was so
good! I left full to the gills. But it was fun we had a good time. They are so
nice. The mom is super loving. They are people from like the campo area or like
the farm fields. They are super humble.
Thalias Story...
When we first got to the house she would run away sometimes or would
stay in her room. Elder Benitez found the family one day while he was
contacting during a mini exchange. So we started sharing and teaching. And week
after week she would start saying more things during the lessons, because she
is very shy, her mom says she has been that way all her life. And during the
first couple of weeks she wouldn’t want to share because her cousins would make
fun of her for sharing with the Mormons, so we had to fight with that for a
while. And now she speaks and laughs and has a good time. She has changed a
bunch! So the gospel is the greatest thing on this earth. It changes lives,
behaviors, and cures just about everything! My testimony has grown so much in
the last year and a half. I’m so thankful for my mission! If anyone is reading
this and doesn’t know if they should serve a mission......JUST GO! It really is
the best 2 years like they say it is, just as long as you do your part!
Oh and on Sunday I
had to give a talk. I talked a little bit about Elder Nashes talk from
conference and I talked about a story I learned playing water polo at Cerritos
about why we need to worry about the little things. So that was good. Then
after we went home and ate lunch. And Sunday was the day of electing the mayor
so everybody was out and about, and when they finally found out who won, a
caravan of cars was roaming throughout the streets of San Carlos blaring their
horns and screaming and playing music, so that was nice.
But it’s going great
here, we are working on finding some people who want to listen to the message
of the Restored Gospel, and who want to get baptized! So we are excited for
that! And we are planning on baptizing a kid named Jose this Sunday! So pray
for him that he will be able to do it! Thanks for everything! I love you guys
so much! And an early congratulations to Uncle Mark and Aunt Kari! Take a bunch
of pictures for me!
les quiero,
Elder Johnson
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