Dear Johnson
family:
As you know, our mission has just been divided and Elder Johnson is not in
our mission now. We just wanted to email you and thank you for such a
wonderful son. It was very difficult to say goodbye to these good Elders
that we have grown to love and call them “our missionaries”. But we
have a special place in our heart for Elder Johnson. We started this
adventure together and I have watched him grow so much just in one year.
You would be so proud of him. He knows his French and teaches with such
boldness. We are honored to have served with him. I love to sit and
talk with Elder Johnson he has the best stories. I have seen his
faith grow during his mission and has helped my faith to grow also.
When my boys were on their missions I always wanted to be a fly on the
wall and see them in action on their missions. And I kind of had
that experience with your son. He is strong in his testimony and loves
the work. What more could we ask for? Unlike my African Elders, I
probably will see the Americans again but for the 30 some African Elders I
won’t see them again in this life. We lost 64 missionaries and only
gained 26 from a city called Kinanga in central DRCongo that was added to our
mission from the Lumbabushi mission. We don't have any more American
missionaries and only have native African missionaries. We will only be
traveling in the DRC now so that will be a little less stressful as far as
the crazy traveling schedule we use to have. But I wanted to take this
opportunity to thank you again for raising such a great son. We love
him
Love
Sister Karol Cook Kinshasa DRC Mission
