So Elder
Lundberg was able to transfer to my area now, which was nice. It sort of took some pressure off me for this
week. We are getting to know each other and I think we’ll teach well together. He
is tall and skinny and from Utah. I will keep you updated on how things are
going with our companionship.
Gilberto
was baptized! He is the brother of Jeannela, who was baptized recently as well.
We started teaching him because one day he was just in the room with Jeannela
and after our visit he showed some interest. He is a nice kid that reminds me of my older
brother Ferious! So, just picture Ferious
speaking French and that’s Gilberto. haha He’s a nice kid and I love him.
Ismael
was also baptized. He has been meeting with missionaries for forever. He’s really smart and was recently accepted
into the next level of school, high school! He is very proud of that and for people here
in Congo that’s a pretty big step. Now
we have 10 new members that we need to fellowship and help out – it’s going to
be a lot of work but it’s worth it! Like
president Hinckley said, "You have to keep the fruits of our labor or
there is no point in doing this work".
I
was going through our area book and came across a name of someone that was
dropped, Kevin. He was on track to be
married and was progressing but was dropped for some reason. So I called him up
and asked if we could stop by. To which he agreed. As soon as we met he said,
"I was surprised when you called, today is my only day off. So it must be
the will of God." Heavenly father definitely knows His children better
than we do – that’s a testimony that is continually being fortified for me out
here.
Some
random things this week - We watched the priesthood session of conference with
the Wheatly’s as a zone last night. How it works, is the branches will receive
the translated CD's and we will set aside a weekend to watch them. Also as I
was working with branch missionaries this week and it gave me the chance to
work on French. As I learned, I still
can’t pronounce my "R’s" correctly.
I guess all that speech therapy training in
elementary school went to waste. haha - ohh well. I'll keep at it, but until then my French can
get me around perfectly fine!
I
think that that is really all that I have got to relay to you all at home. Life
here is going good, I find the happiest times on my mission are the times I’m
out doing things like teaching. So until next week, I will be here - saving the
world!
Love,
Elder
Johnson
