PUES! How's everybody doing? good.. thats good.. haha 1st off gotta give a shoutout to ONLY THE GREATEST WOMAN ON THIS PLANET AKA MY MOTHER (mazza, madre, mama, robyn, mama J, etc) WHO IS GOING TO BE 29 THIS WEEK!! (29..? ya 29..;) SHE ONLY TAUGHT ME HOW TO LIVE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! ok story time about my mom about the earliest memory I can remember. when I was like 3 I was sick and my parents basically tried choking me half to death making me drink ugly disgusting cherry cough medicine (or was it grape?) and while they were doing this and I was crying and screaming I only thought of one thing to do.. so I said "Jesus wouldn't like this!!" and that got em to stop real quick. hahaha SO point is if your parents do that, just say "Jesus wouldn't like this" and that'll get em to stop! So there's the 1st memory of my mom! pretty great huh!? But man. How great is my mom. She taught me the way to eternal life and there's nothing I can say to express my gratitude for her. She really is the most amazing woman on this planet. Thanks for teaching me the Gospel my sweet mother. And not just teaching, but living. I love you mama J.
Ok so this week was super tough. For a lot of a reasons. But shout out to the 2 packages..! WHOO WHOO! THANKS EVERYONE!! you guys rock!! but ya. tough week. So tough. My comp is thinking about home a little early so thats taken it's toll definitely. And I was thinking because familia Ga** didn't go to church and just a lot of things were happening and I thought about all the 88,000 missionaries around the world on the front line. Then I realized we are on the front line against a third of the hosts of heaven who want nothing but to bring sadness and misery to all of Gods divine children. Sometimes I feel like the most stressed person on the face of the planet but I take courage when I realize that all around the world people are praying for those 88,000 to be ok. To succeed against those 1/3 hosts of heaven. In humble families and homes, in child's prayers, in the Temple, the prophets and apostles, all around the world they are helping those at the front of the battlefront. But this week will be better.
Just wanted to bear my testimony that Christ lives. He loves us. So much. I am so glad I know He is my Savior and Redeemer. I love my Father in Heaven. I love the power of prayer and fast. I love our beloved prophet who really does guide us. I love the scriptures and the power they contain. I love my family here in Honduras and my family back in Utah. This church is true. It is Christ's church on the earth today. There is no doubt in my being. Yes this life is hard and sometimes it's hard to make it till the next day but I bear witness as a representative of Jesus Christ that He knows you. He knows you and invites all to come unto Him. And every tongue will confess that He is the Christ and every knee will bow when He comes again. I make a promise to you that if you start today to come unto Him, you will feel his power immediately. We all know what we need to do to become more close to Him. So I invite you to do it. And watch the miracles and power come into your life.
This week I'm thankful for the Liahona, Christ, fasting, my packages, my district, american food, bug spray, ability to cry and laugh, that I have 2 legs and 2 arms, that I have Mondays to calm down and remember why I'm here haha, my friends, my fam, and MY BEAUTIFUL SWEET MAMA!!
-Elder Johnson
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