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Hey everyone...sorry its been a while since i wrote but ive been getting so many emails its been hard to write. But things are going well here....im still in Estancia but my companion is finally a poly...hes Elder Tafiti from New Zealand but he speaks Samoan and english....he grew up speaking english. So, yah. We also have had a new mission president now for about a month now. President Aquino. President Pagaduans time is up and so its definitely different and itll take some adjusting, but its doable. Also my best friend was just baptized yesterday :) its way cool after all that shes been through in her journey to just entering the gate to salvation, shes finally entered it and i cant wait to see the rest of it and i get to be there too :) Also, my family had a great week last week with going to the family reunion and see all the love of the family members there :) So it was way awesome to recieve such good news...also, i want to thank all the family and the individuals that helped my mom to get back home and just for all the love you showed her. She really needed it and still does.So dont stop. Thanks a ton.

Also, i am very grateful for this wonderful gospel and the pure message of truth that it has. I have taught many, many, many, many people through out the course of my mission and the ones that accept this message ive seen the way it changes them and in turn changes me. This wonderful work requires us to be non hypocritical, always repentant, humble,submissive, teachable, inspired and dependent on the spirit, slow to anger, full of patience and love, stretch ourselves and our faith and have the eternal perspective. And this wonderful gospel in its true restored form shows us how to do that :) With the standard works and the living prophets and apostles, continue to guide us and with the Preisthood authority of God,or the license to do this work, we can change and understand it faster than anywhere else.

the church really is so true and has all the answers to our questions :)

Elder Johnson            

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cool story

  I wanted to share a story with you all this week. So, theres this family we teach and the two boys 12 and newly turned 14 are our investigators. Edgin and Matt, so things were going really good with them in their house and their progression but then the grandma came and starting to really not like us. So one day she was like really fighting with us and so i just straight up told her that we arent here to fight. Her husband wants the boys to listen, and so do they, so if you dont want to, thats fine. But we're sharing to them. And then she became quiet. So, then the Branch President talked with her, because he was working with us, and as he talked, she was still kind of bitter, but then she actually just started to talk with him and, eventually, we were gonna start and we told him, and he asked her to sit down. And she did and she listened too! I was shocked.
  Then the next visit we went, because we were prompted to speak to the husband personally, and addressed the issue of her husbands drinking. And she opened up some more, and then the last visit we spoke on Repentance and the whole house was very sad because the husband has been drinking and so the wife was upset and being very condemning. So, i said a prayer in my heart that we could show them how repentance can help them and make them happy. Then we started to share and i was amazed, by the end of it, they had hope somewhat restored and the whole house was laughing and making jokes and everyone was happy again. It was so cool. I was so shocked. Then we told the husband we would drop by every day and ask him how his drinking is.
 So, last night we dropped by and the tatay (husband or polite term for older man) said he hadnt drank yet and it had been three days :) and the nanay ( same as tatay but for a woman) popped up from washing with a huge smile on her face and said " i wish youd been here last night because he still hasnt drunk" and it was sweet to see how happy this woman was. Just like a straight miracle that shed even let us continue to come in and now how happy she was to actually see us!.  Then we reminded him..."Tay ano ihambal mo so mga friends mo?"  (what will you say to your friends, (when they want you to drink with them)?) and so he said again "kamo lang anay" (you guys only) it was awesome! and we just cheered him on and pointed out to him how happy his wife was too. It was awesome..and the true works of repentance. It was a testimony builder to me of what happens when we follow the spirit and teach people, not lessons :)   Just wanted to share that with you.
God is a God of miracles STILL.

The missions awesome.

Elder Johnson

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