JOY

Wow. Honestly don't know what to say this week! Lets just say I am filled with joy. We had the opportunity to baptize 2 members of familia Smith this week. B** Smith and S** Smith. It was amazing. Just... I cant put into words how glorious it is to be an instrument in the Lord´s hands to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man so they are able to live with their families for eternity and take that step of entering into the kingdom of heaven. Just joy. All it is is joy. We visited them on Wednesday and we asked them how they were and how these visits and learning about the Gospel has helped them, and they shared with us just the love and care they have felt from us and from the ward and the Spirit there was one of the most strongest times I have felt the Spirit like that. It was incredible. Right then and there I KNEW I promised them I would find and teach them the Gospel. They have such a strong testimony and just.. there's just nothing I can say! haha! THE GOSPEL IS SO AMAZING! If we could all just realize, including myself, that if we give the Lord our heart, our mind, our strength, He really will make our lives into something we can´t even imagine! And it´s hard! Every day is hard to make the right choice, whether we want to follow the Savior or the contrary. It´s difficult. But through prayer, patience, diligence, and study of the word of God, we can do it! We can endure to the end! I love that I have learned that there is an adversary. And he is powerful. Extremely powerful. And guess what? Our God is even more powerful. He will help us overcome anything through His Only Begotten Son. Whatever cross you carry, whatever you are struggling with, know that Christ has atoned and suffered for that. Lean on Him. He did it for US. Because He loves us. I challenge all to come unto Christ this week through Faith in Him and His Atonement, through repentence, real and sincere, to be baptized by someone that has the proper authority from God and if youve been baptized then remember the Sacrament, through receiving the Holy Ghost, and finally, by enduring to the end. Just every day. Have that faith and courage to keep going. I would and could do anything for this familia Smith and to see the joy in their eyes and lives that comes from the Gospel is a tender mercy of the Lord. I love my Lord and My Savior and I am eternally grateful for Him and what he went through for me. HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!!

Also heard that NBA starts on wednesday... thats a killer for me. haha. 

Thankful for Jesus the Christ by James e Talmage, personal study, sleep, F. Smith., your prayers for me and familia Smith and all the other investigadores, your words of encouragement, El Libro de Mormon, letters, my district, my companion, weekly planning session, and HONDURAS!

-Elder Johnson