Hey!!!!!!!!!!!

Well the name of my Comp is Hector Giovanni Pérez Monterroso

I am so great!!!!!!!!

This week we had interviews with President Pérez and they went good, but I was feeling sad the day after and I was talking with my comp about what we could do better and he told me about his conversion, because I was feeling down. He was my “angel” like Nephi had in 2 Nephi 4, ( I also read here with him and the spirit we had there was special). It was a really special experience.

We also had a baptism on Saturday of Tracy.  She is a single mother and has a daughter that looks like Kimberly. :)  She is great and is trying to finish her school up.

This week was great, we had the spirit with us in teaching and I learned a lot, and we also found a family that wants to be baptized that was really prepared.  We also found another family that wants to be baptized that isn’t married, so we are working with them. :)  I love teaching families! They rock!!!!

We are going to Lima tonight!!!!  For a training/fireside/practice thing with Elder Gavarret, a Seventy from Uruguay or Paraguay.  I will tell you about it next week. :)

Well, I know that this is the only true and living church on the face of the earth, and it’s living because we have a living God, living Prophets, and we have been newly reborn.  It Is True, I know it, God knows I know it and not only can’t deny it, but I Will Not Deny it!

I love you all tons!!!!!  I hope that you all have an amazing week!!!!!!

Happy Mothers Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Gregory Joseph Johnson

Well this week was really good!!!!!!

We worked way hard all week and we saw the blessings, :)  We have so many people that we are teaching and it is crazy all the information I have in my head right now, names, addresses, it rocks!! Time is passing soooooo quickly and I am always surprised when we reach Sunday again. :)

We had too many experiences and I don’t know where to start!

Monday we played Voliebol! It was so hot!!!!! and then we cleaned in our apartment and taught. Tuesday we had District meeting, and taught. Wednesday, we taught. Thursday we had weekly planning, and taught. Friday we had service washing motos, and taught, it was 45 degrees Fahrenheit! (Centigrade?)  Saturday, we taught. Sunday, we had church and I tried comforting a drunk and yeah- that was interesting. Today I am so happy that I have this gospel!!!!!

We also got to bear testimony of the Plan a lot this week. The plan of Salvation is the best!!!!!!!  I’m so grateful that our Heavenly Father planned ahead and that now we can receive so many blessings if we follow His plan. I bear testimony that He sent His only Begotten Son to be our Savior and our Redeemer, and that if we follow Him and keep His commandments we will return to live with our Father in Heaven. 

I love you all tons. Choose the Right!!!!! :)

Hola!!!!!!! From Under The Equator and IN THE SELVA!!!!!!! WOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Bueno, Este semana era tan chevere!!! Tuvimos ocho investigadores que asistieron la iglesia ayer, y estamos enseñando a quatro personas que tiene fechas bautismales. Realmente estoy tan feliz y contento con todas las bendiciones que tengo de mi Padre Celestial.

Translation- Well, this week was so cool!!! We have eight investigators that came to church yesterday, and we are teaching four people that have dates set for their baptisms. Really, I am so happy and content with all of the blessings that I have from my Heavenly Father.

Really this week was great!!!!! On Tuesday I received two packages!!!! For Valentines day and for Easter!!! Thanks Tons!!!! They were great, I loved the talk that you gave and everything else. I am a little sad right now because I left my tape player in Lima, and I can’t listen to the three tapes that I have!!!!! :( but at least when I get to Lima I will have something to listen to. :)

This week on Wednesday we were walking to lunch and I had been thinking “how can we have more success, and find families to teach?” And the thought came to fast. So I invited my companion and we started to fast after lunch. We finished on Thursday, and Friday we were in the street and we started talking to a lady (Ayda) that had a hurt foot. We then taught her and her husband (Walter) and they accepted to be baptized the eighth of May!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was awesome to teach them about the Plan of Salvation because they had lost a daughter and two sons, and they can live with them again. They also joined us in church and liked it a lot, and we are going to teach them again tonight. :)

We are doing great!! No, we don’t eat mostly potatoes, we eat mostly rice :) jajajajaja, and chicken jajajajaja and every once in a while, noodles or green spaghetti. It’s good!

Our area is a little bigger than Pleasant View, in the center, and then we also have about 8 Km of the Central street that has streets that lead off on dirt roads. We also have the airport in my area.  I’m healthy, working and walking every day helps!!!! :)

I love you all tons!!!!! Have a great week, and don’t give up!!!!!!! Hold to the rod, and follow the plan God has prepared for every one of us. I know that God loves us so much that He sent His only begotten Son. I am so grateful to Him for that!!

Love much, Elder Joe Johnson

Hola!

Wow this week was cool. My new companion is Elder Pérez from Guatemala City, Guatemala!!!!! He is 24, short, and very soft spoken, but is a great Elder and we are working way hard, and seeing miracles.

We contacted John Patterson Infante in the street.  He listened to the missionaries a while ago and told us that he would like to learn more about the church. So yesterday at 1 p.m. we visited him and he was so ready to receive the gospel!!!!!  It was awesome!!!!!!

We also have seen many miracles through the references that the members give us. I want to challenge all of you to give a reference to the missionaries!!!!!! Be a good friend and share the most important thing you have, some thing that offers the salvation! The Gospel of Jesus Christ!

I KNOW that there is a loving God and that He loves us and He wants the best for His children, to return to His presence. This is why He gave His Only Begotten Son, why He calls prophets, and why we need the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And all of this is because He loves us.

I love my Savior and know He LIVES!!!!!!! With Every Fiber of My Being I know that God sent His Son to pay the price for my sins, He saves us if we exercise Faith in Him.

I love you all so much!!!

Elder Gregory Joseph Johnson

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