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Dear Famly. . . the weeks are so meshed together and all the communication that I don't even know if I even sent letters/emails to justin or nean. . . so I would like to tell you both that I think I sent them : ) haha love you both and hope your special days were just that! All is well here . . . healthy, happy, huring and hungry (joke mom . . . I don't hurt and I rarely am hungry!) Love you all. Believe it. -Elder Johnson
Thanks for the pics Heidi Steph and Beej! Love the one of all three of you on the bridge I believe it was! or by water at least haha and savvy's grin of all grins! : D Holy cow it is SO great to see all of your lovely faces and my neices and nephews. . . I am just here grinning at this screen hahaha The one of christian in those goggles KILLS me! hahahaha and the transfer from Linny's messy hair to brushed hair...so cute beej..not you, her ;)
All-
Our whole zone went to zone conference this week! Doesn't sound very impressive but it is : ) . 20 missionaries, 10 hour busride, and some great spirit-guided trainings. One of my favorite things that I heard at conference is something that can be applied to all of our callings in the church. Elder Cassimiro said, "we are not fulfilling our purpose leaving the house, walking around and visiting people." But aren't we here to teach? The point was that we have to be maintaining the same vision that the godhead has and working with the same love that the have as well. We have to be trully inviting all to come unto christ and just by making a visit and teaching a lesson that doesn't always get done. Why are we doing what we are doing and are we really focused on the main purpose or just going through the motions? Loved that thought!
We visited a few people that I baptized in Fortaleza as well! Haha the mother pretty much offered us her kitchen! She had made something called feijoada . . which is like a black bean stew. . . pretty good. But I wasnt hungry haha. All that was left on the plate were a few bones covered in fat and she was still saying "You guys are going to eat ALL of that! Pick it up and eat it!" . . so there I went with no help from the elder that was with me . . . stripping these bones of all the edible substances . . yes, all the fat as well . . don't gag ; ) haha. It was so fun to see them all!
If your happy and you know it, and your face'll surely show it . . . - Proverbs 15:13. A cool scripture I heard this week.
I am reviewing Mosiah and I loved chapted 4 that I read. In vs. 11 he gives us what I call King Benjamin's formula. He tells us what we must do and then he tells us what the results will be in the following verses. We must humble ourselves with the deepest humility. Each day on the mission I realized how involved God is in our lives and far I have to go. The mission is really a great time to see where we are lacking. . . but everyday can be and is another chance to ask ourselves those same questions 'where am I weakest, what am I lacking, what can I change?' (as well as Mosiah 2:41).
It was like christmas when I spent an hour (due to the zone conference) in the mission office just downloadig conference talks. Now we are far away from the mission office but I have 50 + awesome conference talks to listen to! If you haven't checked the church website out lately, give it a look-sy . . . it is a playground of uplifting ....ness!
I love you all. . . each and everyone. No, but seriously.
-Elder Johnson
Dear Famly. . . the weeks are so meshed together and all the communication that I don't even know if I even sent letters/emails to justin or nean. . . so I would like to tell you both that I think I sent them : ) haha love you both and hope your special days were just that! All is well here . . . healthy, happy, huring and hungry (joke mom . . . I don't hurt and I rarely am hungry!) Love you all. Believe it. -Elder Johnson
Thanks for the pics Heidi Steph and Beej! Love the one of all three of you on the bridge I believe it was! or by water at least haha and savvy's grin of all grins! : D Holy cow it is SO great to see all of your lovely faces and my neices and nephews. . . I am just here grinning at this screen hahaha The one of christian in those goggles KILLS me! hahahaha and the transfer from Linny's messy hair to brushed hair...so cute beej..not you, her ;)
All-
Our whole zone went to zone conference this week! Doesn't sound very impressive but it is : ) . 20 missionaries, 10 hour busride, and some great spirit-guided trainings. One of my favorite things that I heard at conference is something that can be applied to all of our callings in the church. Elder Cassimiro said, "we are not fulfilling our purpose leaving the house, walking around and visiting people." But aren't we here to teach? The point was that we have to be maintaining the same vision that the godhead has and working with the same love that the have as well. We have to be trully inviting all to come unto christ and just by making a visit and teaching a lesson that doesn't always get done. Why are we doing what we are doing and are we really focused on the main purpose or just going through the motions? Loved that thought!
We visited a few people that I baptized in Fortaleza as well! Haha the mother pretty much offered us her kitchen! She had made something called feijoada . . which is like a black bean stew. . . pretty good. But I wasnt hungry haha. All that was left on the plate were a few bones covered in fat and she was still saying "You guys are going to eat ALL of that! Pick it up and eat it!" . . so there I went with no help from the elder that was with me . . . stripping these bones of all the edible substances . . yes, all the fat as well . . don't gag ; ) haha. It was so fun to see them all!
If your happy and you know it, and your face'll surely show it . . . - Proverbs 15:13. A cool scripture I heard this week.
I am reviewing Mosiah and I loved chapted 4 that I read. In vs. 11 he gives us what I call King Benjamin's formula. He tells us what we must do and then he tells us what the results will be in the following verses. We must humble ourselves with the deepest humility. Each day on the mission I realized how involved God is in our lives and far I have to go. The mission is really a great time to see where we are lacking. . . but everyday can be and is another chance to ask ourselves those same questions 'where am I weakest, what am I lacking, what can I change?' (as well as Mosiah 2:41).
It was like christmas when I spent an hour (due to the zone conference) in the mission office just downloadig conference talks. Now we are far away from the mission office but I have 50 + awesome conference talks to listen to! If you haven't checked the church website out lately, give it a look-sy . . . it is a playground of uplifting ....ness!
I love you all. . . each and everyone. No, but seriously.
-Elder Johnson
Pictures:
My President who is done in three weeks. . . : (
Elders from my groupd
THE cutest little girl on the planet, we baptized her sister and brother
The kite I am making!
Part of our area. . m y comp and I
The whole zone on the bus sleeping haha.
Elders from my groupd
THE cutest little girl on the planet, we baptized her sister and brother
The kite I am making!
Part of our area. . m y comp and I
The whole zone on the bus sleeping haha.
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