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