Re: Hey

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Daniel Johnson <johnsond@myldsmail.net> wrote:

 Lord in your lives cause i know they are there. Just remember that The Atonement of Christ is not only for our sins, or sadness, dissapointments, let downs and unfairness. It can also provide us strength and courage to face the things we have to everyday. Which i think is something that we look over a little too much :) So i guess thats it.

Elder Johnson 

sorry about the splits blog,,,but the computer sent it when i wasnt done..sorry lol  

      

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Hey

Hey everyone! I hope things are going good up there in Washington. Things are going pretty good here...ive been learning a lot about how to effectively study and effectively learn and listen. My teaching skills are getting better too because ive had to lead the are like 2 times now and ill have to lead it two more times. So yah this is somewhat crazy....um we are kind of at a stop now because we've been finding new people who arent really doing much so this kinda sucks but hopefully this week things will pick up. But we keep finding new people who also are pretty golden which is nice i just hope that the next visits they are still as golden and we hope tp get three baptisms in this month which will be awesome :) And so far things seems way good for those three...the lord really does work in mysterious ways. He's blessing me in many ways that i know are awesome and that i still dont fully understand. I went like 3 weeks without an answer to a prayer and now im getting it big time so yah things are going good. Guimaras is turning out to be a crazy cool experience where im learning a ton of new things. So its way cool. I hope in all your lives you will pray to see the tender mercies of the L  

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End of Manggahan and a record....4 and a half months out :)

So this week was the last night of manggahan and it was a crazy week. My companion Elder Farnsworth ate 7 kilos of Mango..which is equal to 15.5 lbs of mango....yes he loves his mango lol. And he set a record which was is going to be hard to beat. It was crazy to watch him eat that. In 3 minutes he ate 6 mangoes and you have to peel them so that was crazy...then he just went and went lol. Then we just continued teaching as normal and one of our golden people we showed him the restoration video and he really enjoyed and hes been reading the BOM and finding tht there are no contradcitions...no surprise there lol so that was cool. Then we're just continuing to teach and ive been learning a ton here about everything..and so thats crazy and all my aprtment buddies are awesome. Last night Manggahan ended and so there was a fireworks display which was awesome :) Also the language is coming along much better for me too lol so thats nice...um right now things are kinda stagnit because we're just getting more people to teach and so its kinda slow but were meeting cool people so thats nice :) 

The works going and moving along :) 

Hope all is well with all of you

Elder Johnson :)       

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MANGGAHAN!!!!!!!!

The festival of Mangoes. This week is Manggahan and its crazy here. Everyone is going to the Manggahan. They have many cool activities like mango shakes that are litterally a taste if heaven...here Guimaras is known for its amazing Mangoes. So these shakes are the best...i hope i can make it when i get home lol but they're just amazing. Also they have an all you can eat mago contest...except here is mango all you can eat and then they have like a farris wheel and a live band every night and they have souvenior shops that you can get your name engraved in cool things make out of coconut...so thats way cool :) its way exciting. 

 The work here is progressing big time we have a father and son that on the second visit excepted baptism and so thats way cool they really are just eating up this gospel its awesome to see. one of em said he wanted to join this church and his father said the BOM had to be true because it was translated form egyptian to english form a man who had no education. Then another lady said we are the only missionaries she lets in her house because we're the only ones that teach the correct docrtine from the bible. So thats way cool. and there are som really interested peope here in Guimaras. So yah the works going good and things are progressing and the language is coming pretty good too :) Its also very beautiful here and im getting  good taste of the culture here too...much more than preiviously lol so its exciting and things are going good. I hope all is well with you all in America. Oh yah i met a guy who is inactive but used to work on a cruise who said he wanted to be an American like he was really passionate about. He wants to live in Miami he loved going there and has a bunch of souveniers before he retired. He loves America...so that was interesting. Anyway the church is true and the work is rolling. 

Elder Johnson     

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Nagsaylo ako (i transfered), confrence guid

I have been transfered this transfer. It was very unexpected!! But now
im in Guimaras. A little island below iloilo...i had to take a boat
ride to get here so that was interesting and it was right during the
day of holy week where Christ was crucified...so it was a popular day.
Um my new companion is Elder Farnsworth...who actually trained someone
from my batch. But yah and so im officially not a greenie anymore
because im in my second area :) so thats pretty crazy. The aprtment is
way nice. Theres nice tile in everyroom and the shower has the option
of hot water...which i wont really use too much...just maybe to make
the water slightly warmer then freezing cold lol. Um but yah so
transferes were way unexpected for me. But im here and its not too
bad. Um sorry about the way short post from last week.
Last week was pretty much a few parties and good byes and then a fun
exchange with a flood and being drenched form head to foot literally.
And a lot of pictures :)
This week we watched general confrence and it was cool to see the
messages the living apostles and prophet had for us. They had some
awesome messages that were way cool and definaltely built up my
testimony of this church even more. Like the story of a man who was in
Haiti when the earthquake hit and he and his wife were out working and
their kids were in the apaprtment building with a babysitter. So he
and his wife rushed to thier home to find it completly demolished and
thier little children werent out. So the man says a prayer that at
least one of his children would be spared if its Gods will and with
tears in his eyes still. He begins looking and as the search party
looks they hear some crying and he recognizes it as his baby. Then a
little while later they hear some singing and find his son who was
singing his favorite song...i am a child of God..They find all three
of the mans children alive and well. Although the mans sons has to
lose his arm. To me that story was truly a testimony that God answers
prayers and that He still does miracles today. This is truly an
amazing story of faith. That was one of my favorite stories.
Hope you all had a an awesome Easter this sunday :)
This work is true :) The joys of a mission.
Elder Johnson

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my mom and me at the temple

some types of travel in Phillipines