okkkk! this week was suppperr tiring! man. I thought I was tired after basketball.. that aint nothing. Physically, mentally, and spiritually drained every day! But the Lord gives us power to keep going and to have this energy day after day! Well just wanted to start off with one of the funniest stories every that happened yesterday. Ok so we went to dinner at this sisters house and she gave us Sopa de Mondongo.. or in other words soup of a cows stomach and legs.. well it was bad.. real bad. But we were eating outside and she was inside and we didnt know what to do because she gave us A BOWL OF SOUP.. like the thing was filled.. I'm gonna throw up thinking about it.. Anyway, we're sitting there playing with our food and she's inside and we dont know if she's looking and so Elder Garcia, just out of the blue, gets up and starts digging in a pot of plants and puts his soup in there while I'm just sitting there like a dummy the whole time laughing my head off with a huge bowl of soup in my lap, haha, but then like RIGHT when I was gonna do the same she comes out! and sees I have all my soup and Elder Garcia has none and she asks "oh you don't like your soup huh?" and I said oh no I just ate my rice first. And so Elder Garcia is the mother of all worriedness and he asks me to put some in his bowl to eat and she starts talking to us while we're eating and I'm just praying the whole time to not throw up while eating! It was just hilarious. We ate it all and we are pretty dang sure that she saw Elder Garcia do it because she kept looking at the plant. Hahahaha
But there was this activity with all the youth in the stake that we did. They served ´mini missions¨ for 2 days and they went tracting with us for 2 hours and went to the CCM the day before and it was probably the best idea I've ever heard of. Suppperrrr great. And even better, which brought sooo much joy to my heart, was when we saw Ma**, Vi**, and Mi** with the missionary plaques.. man. Now they wanna serve a mission! It's really amazing to see how the Lord uses you as a tool in the lives of others to help even more others. We just need to be willing and he will touch the hearts of the people.
One last thing! We brought, listen up people, 15 KIDS TO CHURCH. 15! and like 21 in total with adults! But it was sooo crazy because these kids are nuts! And they all came in sacrament and it was the greatest funniest thing I've ever seen cuz they just didn't stop coming! hahaha and they climbed all over me in sacrament and man! It was hilarious but sooo sweet to see all those kids come! We might be having 3 of those kids baptized this week! Depends if they move or not! But hermana Ma** baptism is this week! We're all so excited! I love all you and hope you enjoyed a little bit more relaxed funny email!
This week I'm thankful for Christ-like attributes, little kids, service, Christ and His walk to Calvary, my journal, being tired a lot, learning to endure, pain, hardships, my friends serving missions, Elder Hale, the TEMPLE!!!, sleep, my crazy new district leader, andddd good shoes!
-Elder Alec Johnson
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