HOLA FROM UNDER THE EQUATOR!!!

WOW!!!  An uncle again!!!  CONGRATS JARED AND SHEILA!!!! YEAH BABY!!!!!!

I am doing GREAT!!  My testimony is growing and I see the hand of God in many, many ways!

  

Well, this week things have been great!!!!! On Monday we went to play with water again in the Stake Center and someone brought their monkey and we were playing with it.  It whistles when it is happy and it was cool!!!!  We worked all week and on Tuesday we had eight lessons!!!!!  On Wednesday I taught the District meeting and had a work visit in the ZL´s area that went well! On Thursday we had weekly planning and a good day, and on Friday Emilio and Jhonny had their interviews for their baptisms. They passed!!  On Saturday they got baptized!!!! Elder Sanchez got to baptize both of them, and it was awesome!!! There were a lot of members there to support them! On Sunday they both got confirmed and everything is great!!! This Saturday two more, Santiago and Gilmer, will be baptized!!!

Also I got pooped on by a pigeon in the street on Saturday.  I never thought I would be so lucky to have that happen to me..... jajaja  I thought someone had thrown dirt, but it wasn’t dirt. jajaja

Well the book is blue and the church is true!!!! Jesus Christ is the Holy One and our Savior and Redeemer. He Lives!!!!  I love the Gospel!!!!

Hurrah for Israel!  Kia Kaha!  Fidelidad hasta el Fin! 

Love Elder Joe!!!!!

Well this week has gone great! We have been working to find new investigators that will progress to get baptized. We are working hard and I am feeling the Spirit in our lessons. Yesterday was a weird day and we taught a lady that said that she was Catholic, but didn’t know that Jesus had died for our sins.  When she told us that she didn’t remember that He died on the cross, we just looked at each other really surprised... I am sooo thankful for the Gospel and the sure knowledge that I have that Jesus is the Christ and that He paid for my sins. I love you all a ton.  The church is true!!!!

Love Elder Joe Johnson!!!! and proud to be a Johnson 

Also, I’m praying for you!!!

Hola from under the equator!!!

Well, this week three couples got married!!! de verdad!!! WWWOWOOOHHHOOO!!!!! We have worked for about two months with this and it finally passed!!!

On Monday we played Futbol and on Tuesday we had a normal day of work, on Wednesday we had a Zone Conference with the three Zones in Iquitos with Presidente Blunck, and I had to do a Capacitation.....it went well and a couple Elders told me that they felt the Spirit during it, COOL because I was way way way WAY nervous, I don’t know why, but I was, so I was happy when it was over. :)

On Thursday we had planning and on Friday I went to the area of Elder Charca to do a work visit with him. It went well! On Saturday we had the wedding!!!

First, we went to the stake center and no one was there! So we went to their houses to tell them to go to the chapel fast because they were starting. One of the couples had already gone, but the other that we passed by said that their witnesses couldn’t get there to the chapel. This is a BIG problem because it they don’t go then you can’t get married here.

So we went to the house of the witnesses, praying all the way, and when we got there we explained what would happen if they didn’t go and they said that they would go!!!  When we got to the chapel again, everything was good and they were all there!!  WOOT!!! The Lord helped us sooo much with this!!! 

The Gospel of our Savior has been Restored!!! Joseph Smith was called of God and Thomas Monson is the Lord’s mouthpiece on the earth today.

Jesus Christ is the Savior, he is the Light and the Life of the World!!! HE LIVES, I KNOW IT!!!! Entienden? HE lives.

Well, great week, miracles happen.  I love you all!!! A ton!!!

Love Elder Joe!!!!

This week passed well, and we have been inviting a lot of people to be baptized.  Normally they turn us down, but we always teach them and try to help them understand the necessity of being baptized and the blessings that they will receive when they make this important step in their lives. This past week for p-day we played Futbol and messed around a little, then we went home and slept and then worked. On Tuesday we had our District Conference and on Thursday the ZL got back from Lima and I got letters from Grandma-J, Josh and a package from Emily. WOOT Thanks for all of the love. I loved the picture from Josh and Amberly with the little guys.

On Saturday Elder Samayoa visited me and we invited three people to be baptized. They all said yes to be baptized, but not on specific dates.

So we will keep working with them and finding new people to teach.

One of the things that passed this week is that we taught John Pastor and he told us that he had prayed and had received his answer. Yeah!!!

The church is SOOO true.The Gospel of Jesus Christ gives our lives purpose and helps us to return to our Fathers presence. I love you soooo much. 

Elder Joe

P.S. It is hot right now, and we are going to the stadium of Iquitos to play Futbol.