Hola!!!!!

It rained here really hard this morning, and we used our shower curtain to walk to our pension, jajaja but right now it is sunny :)

We have transfers on Wednesday. I am staying put, and Elder Yañez is leaving to Lima. My new companion is Elder Pérez.

This week was so great!!!!!!

I saw Miracles! I heard conference! I felt the Spirits guide!! I know God lives and loves me!!!!!!

Firstly, the Miracles!!!!!

We had a baptism on Wednesday of Raul and it was really good, but what happened was the miracle. When we were heading to the church all of the lights went out, and there isn’t a backup in our chapel, so we were worried (because we can’t use candles in the chapel).  Raul came on his motorcycle and still the lights hadn’t turned on and my companion was praying.  We had done all we could and it was in the Lord’s hands--and the lights came on!!!!  It was awesome!!!!!

During the week I also saw miracles in talking to people.  We had a lesson where we asked if Fran wanted to get baptized and he told us he wanted to be baptized in less than a week and we were shocked, but he will get baptized the 17th!

Thank you for your prayers for me!!!!!!!! And the people I’m teaching!!!!!!!

I also got to watch Conference in English!!!!! In the stake presidents office ( it also has AC!). All the Gringos watched in English and we ate food; Doritos, M&M’s, cake, pizza..... yum!

I loved listening and this conference had so much spiritual enlightenment, I loved it!!!!!!

We were also guided in this week to some people that we taught, it was amazing!!!!

God loves us, and He did send His Son to do His will, conference touched me--in one of the apostles talks about “Oh Jesus thou son of God have mercy on my soul.” 

I love you all and hope you have a great week!!!! Love you tons!!!!!!!

Elder Johnson!!!!!!

Hola a todos!!!!!!! (Hello all)

I’m doing good!!!!!

We had three baptisms this week!!!!!!

One of them was Edinson- he was married last week, and will be a firm member of the church. The others were; Oswaldo- he finally turned 18 so he could be baptized, and Jhonny- 11 year old that rocks!!

This coming week we will also have one baptism of Raul Prado, he is reading and studying the Book of Mormon every day!!!

The Lord loves us and calls prophets in these latter days, Thomas Monson is a living prophet of the living God!!!! 

I can’t wait to listen to Conference this weekend and see all the ¨Utahns¨ jajaja I am one!!!!!

I hope that you can all feel the Spirit when you listen to conference, and know what I know, that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is led by a living prophet.

I love you all tons and hope you have a great time this week, Te Amo!!! (Love You)

Hope you have a great week!!!!, Love for all!!!

Elder Johnson

p.s.  I am ready for a re-charge also, I will get to watch all of conference!!!!!!!

...and I won’t forget to eat ice cream after, too. We will be eating at the same time. :)

¿Qué tal todos??? (How are you all)

I am great!!!!

This week was way good!!!!

We had a baptism of a “golden” 11 year old named Jorge.

His grandma is Francisca that got baptized a month ago, but he told us that he wanted to get baptized and walked to his baptism and confirmation alone, he is a cool kid and one day will be a missionary too. 

We saw a miracle this week, one of our old investigators when we visited had a patch over his nose and was scraped up, and we asked him why. He told us that his best friends that are members invited him to go to a Fireside, and he skipped out to go play soccer on Sunday.  He said that he tripped out of no-where and he didn’t want to have God give him another sign, and that he wanted to be baptized!!!! We were really surprised because he told us three weeks before that he didn’t want anything to do with baptism. The reason we visited him is because the night before I felt the impression to go to his house and, it was an awesome experience!

We also had a wedding again! The wife is a member, and the husband, Edinson, will be baptized this Saturday!!

It went good, and they were really happy that after waiting for about a year they could finally be married.

We are working hard, walking a lot, and using “moto-taxi” a lot also, and we are receiving the blessings!!!!

This week we have 5 baptisms planned!!!!! So we will see how that goes!!! :)

I love you all tons!!!!!!  I wish you the best and am praying for you!!!!

Elder Johnson

Hola!!!!!

This week was really good. I had some awesome experiences.  Friday we ate lunch with the Uribe Aviles Family and while we were eating, their son put on the movie  ¨On the Lords Errand¨ about President Monson and his life. I felt the spirit during the movie and now have a stronger testimony that he is called of God.

Right after, the dad of the family asked for a blessing and I sealed it. I was blessed to be guided by the spirit and feel the power of the priesthood. I KNOW that the Power and Authority of God is on the earth and that this is the only true and living church on the face of the earth, and that we are guided by a living prophet today.

We also had a baptism Saturday that was awesome, his name is Charles Valles and he has 18 years and he has such a strong testimony of the gospel. Before his baptism he started attending seminary for two weeks, he rocks!!!

We are also going to have a marriage and a baptism this Saturday, it will be awesome!!!!

I’m doing good, feeling the help of God and seeing how the Book of Mormon changes lives. I know that the church of Jesus Christ is restored on the earth and that we can receive all the blessings of our Heavenly Father through this gospel. I Know It’s True!!!!

Thanks for the prayers!!!! Your in mine!!!!

Love you tons!!!!

Elder Johnson

Wow, This week was good!!!!!

We had a talent show on Friday and it went well, lots of investigators came.  My act was “magic”.  It was all a big joke, and they were laughing pretty hard afterward. We also are having about 3 or 4 baptisms this week!! It will be cool!!!! 

Our “Parrillada” or barbecue went good, I had thin cuts of beef and put Limón and chicken bullion on mine, it was really good, we also had pineapple and that was really good. For the parrillada they put a grate over coals on the ground, it was fun, I messed around with my ZL Elder Piorczynski (from Canada) in the jungle, and we talked about how cool it would be too see the Lamanites and Nephites fighting... I think that I could fight too, but only with the help and strength of God, no wonder the people that feared God always won.

I’m trying to be an instrument in the Hands that paid the price for my sins, so that others can know of the love He has for them. I’m trying to do what it says in Mark 12 “the first commandment is to love God, and the second is like unto it, love your neighbor as yourself.” I love this work, time passes so fast and I’m trying to work with all my “heart, might, mind, and strength”, thanks for the prayers, THEY HELP A TON!!!!

Tell Jared Happy Birthday! and that I will celebrate by working hard all day and eating an Ice Cream for him. :) jajajaja

Tell Josh congrats on the job offer.

Tell all the ward hi, and that I love them all. (I was so blessed to grow up in the 1st ward of North Ogden!!!)

Have a great week!!!!

I know it’s true, My Savior Lives, and His church is on the earth Restored!!!! Joseph Smith was and is a prophet of the most high God!!!!!

Love, Elder Joe Johnson

Hey!!! I’m good, I didn’t feel a thing (earthquake), and if it did affect Pucallpa, I was sleeping when it hit... :)   This week has been good, we had a baptism Saturday, named Maria, she reminds me of Suzy because she is single too.  She works in the Ice Cream shop in front of our apartment, and bore her testimony at her baptism that this is the true church. It was cool!! We also watched one of our baptisms bless the sacrament yesterday, Paul blessed the sacrament and it was cool to see how he has changed.

I am good, I think the half hour of exercise every morning is helping me keep my weight down, but by no means am I the Hulk or Superman... Super-Elder!!!!!!!! jajaja

There is a new Elder in my Zone named Elder Evans, from... Soda Springs Idaho! We talked about the nasty water there and laughed. jaja I remember Janeen when she drank about half a cup and spit it all out... jajajajaja :)

He’s a cool Elder from the same group as Elder Wood.

I have something to ask from you all, to pray that the hearts of the people in this Mission(Lima Norte), Zone(Pucallpa), and Area(Las Alamedas) will be touched that they will be prepared and really receptive to the gospel. Thanks!!!!!

Your prayers are appreciated!!!!

Well I love you all, I am now going to enter the Jungle... Really we are going to have a ¨Parrillada¨ or barbecue in the jungle for P-day, wooo-hoooo!!! 

Thanks, especially for the letters.

Love you all tons!!!!!!

Te Amo!!! MAS!!!!!!!!

Elder Joe Johnson

Hola!!!!!!

Well this week was good. We had a baptism of Francisca, she is 56 and ¨lo maximo¨, she wants us to baptize her whole family. :) It went really good, and we also had a wedding of a couple, where the mom is a member and the dad isn’t, but we will teach him this week.  It was a good week and last night we taught a less active teen, Jumico. He wasn’t preparing to serve a mission, but we talked to him, and he prayed and now he is!!!!!

We aren’t going to change this time, we are going to be together for another change!!!! Rocks!!! We are going to teach a lot of people and help them receive the gospel in this change.

Hope you have a great week!!!!!

Thanks for the photos, they are awesome!!!

Love you tons, Joe!