Elder Alec Johnson: June 8th, 2015

This week was a crazy one! And super long and short at the same time. The Temple with Pres. was super spiritual and really cool. Had an experience that hit me real good that the line between good and evil, light and darkness, heaven and hell is so thin. So delicate. And it really is so easy to say what is evil is good, and break the Lord's commandments and standards he has set. And with the world supporting every bad decision, it's easy to get caught up in those worldly things. It's easy to fall in the hands of that great Satan, who only wants us to be miserable because the plan he gives us is an easy one, full of moments of pleasures of sinning. But what Christ and His Atonement has to offer is a lifetime and eternity of Joy and Happiness. Nothing that Satan has to offer is even comparable to the Joy I feel when I obey the commandments and live the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As a missionary, one has the opportunity to see all the evil this world has to offer and then the light our Savior has to offer to us. Really crazy experience that happened.
Oh and FATHER! HAPPY B-DAY YA OLD MAN! I know you don't like all the jazz that comes with a birthday so I'll just say thanks for being the perfect example of someone who is real, humble, and knows how to work hard. Sure do love ya. And on your b-day we had a baptism! It was pretty nuts and unexpected! Ha! We baptized Hermano Miguel who is 81 years old and just as funny as can be. He had planned to baptized a couple weeks ago but never dropped coffee and went on a trip to Ju**. But we found him on Thursday, found out he hasn't been drinking, and boom! Baptism on Saturday! Really funny but great experience. We had interchanges on Friday and I went to Campamento to verify fechas with Elder Gonzalez and guess what.. we found the family we tried looking for when I was there for 12 weeks! They are so amazing. They went to church and want to get married, want to get baptized and the guy even said, "I've always wanted to go to your church! Because it's different from all the rest!" Oh. And they live across from of our house! But I'm glad we were able to find a chosen family in Campamento, even if it was a little late. And Herman Op** is so stinking' awesome. She filled out all the questionnaire on the back of the pamphlet of lesson/and word of wisdom and I never have seen that from someone on my mission. Woman with so much faith.

This week I'm thankful for the Temple, repentance, my dad and his example, our zone, mangos, that the rainy season is staring, trials in our companionship, music, sleep, soft blanket, my pillow, that the Lord is so merciful, that I'm me, the commandments, Miguelito and his baptism, our investigators, that my little watch lasted 11 months before he retired, that it's been 11 months, that it's June, Cart-man, Sav, and Luke, and The Atonement.

-Elder Johnson