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So this is my new area...imagine this.....its like the movie "The Labrynth" which is basically a maze of narrow roads with many, many houses and then a bunch of small twists and turns and even smaller alley ways. Sometimes you have a few normal sized roads but not too many. Then...i am also the supply manager which means i drive around and buy supplies for people, then i get mail, pick up people from the airport, drop people off and all that stuff. So its definatley a busy area, so it takes some getting used to. Its pretty demanding and you have no time for you...very unexpected schedule...so its kinda tough but itll stretch me, which is good :) so well see what happens...but thats pretty much it...just a crazy new area and being much business. 

I Hope youre all well. 

Elder Johnson       

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Hey everyone,
I hope youre all doing well down there...i just found out yesterday that im transfering and ill be going to be the Supply manager of the mission in the office which means i get to povide all the missionaries with the things they need. So it was unexpected but yah...also ill be in my third area now...thats crazy...but dont have much to say this week just that i haveno regrets with this area. I gave it my all...it was frusterating and exhausting just being worked and worked and worked again buti truly saw some great miracles happen here and so it was defianltey worth it....i am glad at how hard i worked and that i had companions who were just as willing and really helped meto be able to have no regrets :) So this is defianltey the Lords work and as long as i keep going to Him i can really learn a lot and see some awesome things happen.
Elder Johnson     

Wats up!

I hope that all is good down there in the good old land of free and plenty lol. Its been pretty normal here...ive been recieving a lot of revelation here and its been nice but not much has been going on too much. Ive just been doing my best to learn how i can be a better missionary and be a better person. I really like what this article in the Liahona said..it was talking about what is pure testimony? and this article was awesome here are some things i liked. "Imagine you have a large box filled with puzzle pieces created just for you... When two pieces of your puzzle fit together, you know they belong. Testimonies work in a similar way. As you have spiritual experiences, different pieces of your testimony will start to fit together, and you will come to believe or know certain truths about the gospel.
Even if you don't know right now if everything about the Church is true, Heavenly Father will bless you and help you learn as long as you have a righteous desire to know and you sincerely try to learn." " Just as you can't take a completed puzzle out of the box without doing any work, you can't expect your testimony to come all at once. You learn, piece by piece, the truthfulness of the gospel." and this quote by Dieter F. Utchdorf "   Those who diligently seek to learn of Christ eventually will come to know Him. They will personally receive a divine portrait of the Master, although it most often comes in the form of a puzzle—one piece at a time. Each individual piece may not be easily recognizable by itself; it may not be clear how it relates to the whole. Each piece helps us to see the big picture a little more clearly. Eventually, after enough pieces have been put together, we recognize the grand beauty of it all. Then, looking back on our experience, we see that the Savior had indeed come to be with us—not all at once but quietly, gently, almost unnoticed." Laslty, Boyd K. Packer said this " A testimony is.... the moment when you have gone to the edge of the light and stepped into the darkness to discover that the way is lighted ahead for just a footstep or two."

 It was very inspiring and really helped me think of some cool teaching things :) So that was just some things that i thought were cool that id like to share from my study with you all. I am learning so much and im loving it...its tough because as a missionary God is constantly testing you...constantly but i know itll be worth it in the long run... things are going good :) 

Elder Johnson  

Update

So this week has been rather trying...its been a rough week with lots of rain and strong wind and quite a few days without water...however we have collected rain water and the water has come back however unpredictable it still is but its back now so thats way nice...butit still dissapears as it pleases lol. But we had some cool miracles happen at church we had 1 lady who her family has been a focus come to church and she hasnt in two years and another family with an investigator come to church also that havent been to church in like years too. So that was awesome jsut because of all the time and effort weve put into them it was ssooooooo cool to see them come to church absolultly a joy :) and so that was the miracle of church and then two investigators recieved answers to their prayers about the BOM which was awesome :) so that was cool too. So the Lord is really helping us with this work still and Hes is definaltely in it. And also thank you all so very much who continue to help my mom in her time of need fore it is through you that the Lord is working His miracle in her and my life that the Lord does bless His servants families. You have all been so kind to her and im so thankful for your continued generosity to her :) and for your prayers in my and her behalf :) God is answering them and thanks for the prayers for our investigators too :) they are being answered :) So even though its been trying and continues to be trying. I can see the Lords hand in it and He truly does take care of HIs children all of us. He truly is wonderful and He is soo mindful of us and watchful. Thank Him every day for the things you have like running water that whenit rains for days doesnt run out and just no power outs and just that He lives, listens and answers prayers. and try to notice the little things He does for us every day...because they are many. The Lord is wonderful and He and God do live. :)
The joys of a mission
Elder Johnson       

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