Huaral // 26 Oct 09
HOLA!!!!!!

I’m in the Field!!! It is awesome!!! My companion is Elder Ruiz from Mazatenango, Guatemala! He is pretty bomb, and we have had success together!!!! Yesterday we committed two people to baptism!!!  The ward here is awesome to missionaries, and really involved in the work!! Elder Ruiz and I have been having fun together, it’s basically proselyting all day long, which is cool!! Yes, I have a pensionista and she makes some pretty good stuff, for breakfast we have warm milk and sugar and rolls with eggs or stuff, its really good, and for dinner we have a Peruvian dish. Lunches here are the biggest meal and we eat with a member. The first day I thought the food was weird, but now I love it!! 

There is a family down here that has a daughter in Layton, her name is Norma Lindeman her family in Perù are really nice!! and they made me mac and cheese!!! :) 

I am having fun trying to understand people but living here helps. Thats cool about the seasons, here it is getting warmer. 

Oh my AREA!!! is Huaral, the whole city!!! We ride in moto taxis a lot, and walk a lot!!! It´s way fun. We talked to a member of the branch and he said the there are 24 different areas here so they can grow almost every fruit!!! 

I will send a cd with pictures in a while, I can’t email pictures but you can email them to me!! :) I can only email my brothers and sisters and parents, but I can receive email from other people!! :) 

I am having joy in the work and many spiritual experiences with the Lamanites. 

I LOVE YOU MORE!!!  Hurra por Israel!!!! KIA KAHA!!!  Oh how I love Perù!!!  

I love you thanks!!!

LOVE, ELDER GREGORY JOSEPH JOHNSON

From Letter, Lima // 14 Oct 09  

Hola!

I had an awesome time at the temple here in Lima today.  I didn’t think that I would get to go because usually your second to last preparation day is for going to immigration, but last night they said that we got to go, woo hoo!

Elder Delgado and I were pretty excited to go.  We rode an ‘auto bus’ to the temple, which is fun, and then when we went through the front doors, all the sounds of the street were left behind.☺ As I was getting ready to go through, I felt the spirit of the people on the other side waiting for their work to be done.  It was so cool! I hadn’t felt that before, so it was way cool.  I’m so glad we have temples, and I love attending them!

19 Oct 09

I also had a cool experience Thursday, thanks to Grandma’s Johnson and Fawson for their testimonies. I also saw Elder D. Todd Christofferson on Saturday.  He talked to all the missionaries in Lima.  I felt bad because I didn’t catch everything in Spanish, but it helped me learn that I need to speak Spanish so other people will understand me.  I love you!  I love this gospel, and I know it is true!  I’m reading in Alma 5, pretty cool!  I’m understanding it!☺

I love you more!

Lim, Peru // 14 Oct 09

I LOVE YOU MORE!!!!! Yes I did see Elder Rich! Tell his mom I gave him a hug for her! I have been loving it in Peru!!!! Elder Delgado and I have been growing closer all the time which is awesome!!!! Proselitismo this week was way cool!!! Oh and guess what?  President and Hermana Perez came last night and talked to us. He is THE MAN, I love him all ready. He talked with all of the elders going to Lima North, and after talking to him we were all smiling from ear to ear! They are really, really nice!!!!  He said that in the North mission he is like the papa and all the elders are his sons :]  It was really cool and now I’m not worried at all about after the CCM. He also said that one of the elders will get to go the the selva or jungle, because there is only one trainer there. I want to go there so bad!!!  But whatever the Lord wants. :] I had a cool time at the temple this morning!!   Thanks for all the prayers and all you do!! I Love you MORE!!!! Kia Kaha en PERÚ!!!

Lima, Peru // 11 Oct 09

Peru is awesome as ever. My Mission means everything to me, this work is of God, but this work is not just what I need, it’s what everyone needs.  It will change hearts and lives, I am here to share it with all the world.  

Yesterday during Proselitismo we did a street contact and I know she felt the Spirit when I shared the First Vision, but in the end she just said, “Yo soy Catalico” or “I am Catholic” and wouldn’t accept a visit from the Missionaries.  When we walked away I felt pretty sad, but all we can do is give people the chance to listen, they always have agency.

I’m so glad for this gospel and for Mom and Dad who raised me on the Gospel and homemade bread.

Love you forever!

Wow!!!! This week has been crazy!!!! So much has happened in so little time, and it didn’t take very much time either! :} 

My Companion is Elder Jose David Delgado Olguera from Tarija, Bolivia. He is really cool.  

CONFERENCE!!!  Wow!!! This conference was great!!!  I loved all of it, my favorites, though, were probably Elder Holland’s and President Monson’s talks. :} The spirit was really strong during Elder Holland’s which was cool!!!! 

All is good here, I can’t wait to send you pictures of everything!!!! 

I went to the Temple today with Elder Delgado and listened to the whole thing in Español, and the cool thing was, I think I got about 80 to 85 percent of what was said!!!!! :}  Also I had been praying to gain a stronger testimony of the importance of temples, and while I was there to day, it came! I know that temples are important and God answers our prayers!!! I know this church is true and that Joseph Smith did see God the Father and Jesus Christ !!! 

I’m learning!!!!! Thanks for the prayers!!!!! They help!!! 

Tell everybody happy Birthday for me!!!!! 

I’m praying for you to!!!!!! I can’t wait for proselitismo this week!! It will be really fun!!! 

I Love You More!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxox

Lima, Peru // 03 Oct 09


Dear Families,

A new group arrived day before yesterday and yesterday.  Your sons have been wonderful hosts and guides helping the new ones learn ¨the ropes.¨ We appreciate and love every one of them.  This photo shows them with their new companion in their slightly altered District.


With love,    
Hna. Groberg, CCM de Lima, Perú