It's SO STINKIN HOT HERE! March 14 2016

This week is what I like to call was a Sagreirdazy Week. (Jake should know what that means right? sounds German.) Sad, great, weird, and crazy. Actually to be honest, craziest week of the miss! But before anything I just have to establish what I am gonna eat when I come home. We will be eating breakfast burritos with ketchup (real ketchup) and franks sauce, every single type of soda that has caffeine in it (and all types of gatorade), and homeade desserts. Done. Complete. Check that off the list. 

OKEY DOKEY. First off. Challenge of the week. In our mission we recieve money every 15 days. And the average amount of money we can spend to have a budget is 6 dollars a day. (not including water and power) Food, transportation, laundry stuff... everything. 6 bucks. The challenge is for you to do it one day this week.. IF you can! If you have a family and stuff totally understand but if you´re all alone and not dating.. Go for it! #topramen

Ok now being serious haha so we´ll start with tuesday and wednesday! OH MY GOODNESS. IVE NEVER BEEN SO TIRED EVER. Taking missionaries to the airport and picking them up for 2 days is crazy. And being the last ones to say goodbye to missionaries is pretty baggy not gonna lie. That was just a story of its own. Oh I forgot monday!

SO monday Fam. Osorto threw me a bday party! It was just the sweetest thing ever! They werent gonna be in town Friday so they made sandwiches and brought a cake from Choluteca and it was just the greatest! I love that fam! He is so getting baptized... 

Then thursday.. not sure what happened. 

Friday... oh Friday.. I felt like it was gonna be a great bday because instead of the alarm I got woken up to 3 men screaming happy bday haha and thennn the office missionaries bought doughnuts and we did that in the office and it was just a great day. And then things kinda got sad... we got a call from Jeancarlo´s aunt saying the mom didnt give him permission to get baptized and she told us how he was balling because he wanted to so bad and we were like.. "dang it" but we were ok because we knew with time she´d give him permission. Then no joke, an hour later we get a call from Emelina crying telling us that 2 guys followed her sister Evelyn to the house and to work and tried beating her up and apparently they have them mistaken with other girls that used to live in the apartment they live in and so it was being watched and so they couldnt live there. So she told us how they were gonna grab all their stuff the next day with their uncle and move away and that was like blow to the stomach.. Because Evelyn accepted a date for baptism the 26 and It was so sad because all these trials came to them all at once when we started teaching them. But we have been calling them and sending them messages and they are so grateful for the Book of Mormon and have been reading it and Emelina said she still wants to come to the church and is gonna find a way to do it. So we will see what happens..:( pray for them please! And so then we were kinda in sad spirits but we had an interview with Jose David for his baptism and he passed! Listo. And as soon as we were leaving their house we get a call and guess what..! The mom gave Jeancarlo permission! YEAYYYYY! So his baptism will be next week because the mom wanted to be there. YES! But it was definitely an unforgetable bday!

Then Saturday.. oh Saturday haha. Good day to start. Good Pday me and elder Burnham went to Mayoreo to get some stuff and look around, went back and then we get a call and Pres asked us if we could go pick up an Elder that is sick and take him to the house and if something happened to take him to the hospital.. We do that and the Elder is way sick. Something with his lungs and his muscles contracting on them so he cant breathe. We take him to the house all is good, go fill up the font, come back, are about to leave again and his comp starts talking in a loud voice for me to come and I go and theres the elder not breathing at all! And his comp tells me to help him and he started giving him a type of CPR but it was different and then like after a minute he starts breathing again and then like after a minute he stops breaathing and this happened for like 10 minutes! And his comp told us this has been happeneing the last 2 nights and so he kinda knew what was happening but still! And during this time we´re screaming at the elders to call Pres and then Elder Bingham and Elder De la Rosa get the truck ready and when I tried to pick him up my back sorta made a noise and it hurts really bad but tomorrow I'm going to the Chiro but then we took him to the car and they took him to the hospital and a got a policeman to lead the way and got him there and the doctors dont know what it is. Pres just gave the confirmation that he has to go home:( really sad. But hes doing a little better.. Pray for him pleaseee! Then Elder Burnham and I went to the baptism and Jose David almost was lost and they couldnt find him (remember he's deaf) but then he showed up and it was so funny because he was like pointing at his wrist where a watch would be saying he didnt realize what time it was. BUT THAT BAPTISM WAS SO SPIRITUAL! ONE OF THE COOLEST I'VE BEEN A PART OF! The ward has a goal to learn sign language by the end of the year. And then Sunday was good and we found positive investigators.:) Crazy week. Sorry not too spiritual but cool thing is we said a prayer when we got to the church because of the Elder and for the fact that Jose David wasn´t found and all worked out after we said that prayer. Love the Gospel. Love repentance. Love it all.

THis week I am thankful for my fam. for prayers, for ibuprofen, for hard times and good times, for my comp. for laughter, for ICE CREAM I LOVE ICE CREAM, for the power of the fast, for great friends and family members who email me what I need to read always, for forgiveness and for forgiving yourself, for my Heavenly Father, for toothpaste, for dove soap, for the fact that it's so hot I like cold showers now, and for my Savior and Redeemer... For Him who lives. 

Keep on keepin on!!

-Elder Alec Johnson

the church is true.

FAM OSORTO!! FREDDY!!

THAT guy who baptized him is an angel from Heaven for that fam. MEMBERS AND MISSIONARIES MUST WORK TOGETHER!

Matching ties! Elder Burnham is da man!

March 7th 2016

So before you start reading this I need you all to go and listen to this talk by Mitt Romney…J

https://speeches.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/mp3/Romney_Mitt_2014_11_18.mp3

And then mom you gotta watch this one. :D https://www.youtube.com/embed/JsoR7LRFV2I

Talks are awesome. Anyways! Changes are going on so the office is crazy. I´ll be short. We didn´t have changes in the office so we´re happy! Anddd shout out to SVU because we are playing Utah State first game! Soo pumped.! So pumped.

Anyways this week was so great and don’t remember much but Hermana Evelyn accepted a date for the 26^th! They are passing through a hard time right now because the gangs killed 2 uncles of theirs… But they have been sharing the Book of Mormon with their whole family that lives far away! They are sooo awesome! Ememlina hasn´t accepted a date for baptism just because she is nervous to see what her grandparents who are really catholic say. She´ll be baptized soon. They are great. But speaking of the Book of Mormon I finished it this week for the 3^rd time on the miss. As I finished the book Alma 32 came to me and I honestly think my testimony of the Book of Mormon is knowledge now. I know it´s from God and I know it gives me power, peace, and protection. That is fact for me now. I love that. Now I still need to work on my faith at being more diligent reading the scrips, but the fact that the Book of Mormon is true- is knowledge and nothing else.

Also invitation of the week is check out Ether 6:5-7 and see what you can get out of it… I got so much out of it! 

And then for P-Day we went to a different museum and the other Elders had a baptism and it was so fun because after we went with the assistants to the Taxi Santo´s house and we ate ´sopa de Garrobo’! Iguana soup! It was sooo good. And supposedely really good for you.

And then Sunday was just the greatest thing ever. Look at the photos to see the story.. But then we totally taught a Jew that lives in Honduras about FamilySearch and it was one of the coolest lessons I have ever had on my mission. One day this week he came up to us in the street and asked us about FamilySearch and said he wanted to be able to look more up about his family in depth and so we put an apt. for Saturday and he brought his two kids and they were the nicest and coolest people! And it is so cool because I have never met a Jew in Honduras and it is soooo rare to find someone interested in FamilySearch here! So we taught them and talked to them about their traditions and cultures and they speak Hebrew and in a weird round about way he believes in the Book of Mormon… haha but he said we can come over to teach them more because they are open to anything, We made some really good friends. Cool story. Thanks for the bday wishes! Pray for Jeancarlo and Jose David so they get baptized this week!

This week I am thankful for my family members and friends, FOR JACEY AND THAT SHE GOT MARRIED YAYYY!!, for this Gospel, for talks, for the Book of Mormon, for miracles, for answered prayers, for the ability to work and walk, for my journal, for the temple, for my family history and the sacrifices they made for their generations, for prayer, for SVU, for my new roommate Brandon Hill!!! Dynamic Duo!, for Pat and Mackay cuz their bdays are this week and next week, for my Savior, and for awesome food from Honduras! 

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-Elder Alec Johnson

SO! on sunday we had the central america conference and we had to go to.. LA VEGA to watch it!! and it was a bummer cuz the ward in la vega had to go to a diff church building but guess who I got to see.. GUSTAVO!!! YAYYYY!! FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A YEAR! HES DOING SO GREAT AND REALLY PREPARING TO GO THE TEMPLE! hes had a tough year with his addiciton to cigarrettes but he told me hes done!! I was so happy! AND THEN Jardines came to the same building and i got to see the whole ward! AND AFTER Elber and Brayan recieved the Melchizedek priesthood! and Brayan... he is so amazing. He honestly is thinking about going on a mission and that is huge for him.. and in his blessing it talked about it! And Elber is just as great as ever! little stud!
It was so great! 

GUESS WHO GOT MARRIED THIS WEEK...!?!?!? FAMILY PORTILLO!!!!1 

Feb 29 2016

"It´ll go straight to your thighs… and then you’ll blow up.” Haha I love Spongebob. All me and Elder Burnham do is quote Spongebob hahaha. 

This week was so………………. AWESOME. SO STINKIN AWESOME. At first I was like “this week is gonna be a rough one” but then, it just was great. This sounds so weird, but I am so glad I am in the office. I am so glad and thankful I am surrounded by greatness with these Elders here. They sure help me. Want to know what else helps me? MAMA MCMULLIN'S PACKAGES! LOVE YOU MAMA M! I freaked out when I saw the fruit roll up….. When I grow up I want a room full of fruit roll-ups. Love you guys! And why yes we are going to Mexico….!! AND THEN MY MOTHER HEART ATTACKED ME! THANK YOU VALENTINE MOTHER!! AND YES, YES I WILL BE YOUR VALENTINE. ANDDDD BRIGGY BABE! MY MAIN MAN IS THE NEW ASSISTANT!! I AM SO PROUD OF HIM! I'M SO GLAD HE IS AN ASSISTANT! BE CRAZY AND WORK HARD. 

BUTTTT man alive we had some pretty crazy miracles. One of them is this…on Wednesday we went to these apartments that we have always wanted to contact and so we finally made time to go and of course the very last door we knock on has some chosen people from the Lord! There are 3 sisters and they are sooo awesome. They all were so excited to go to church but one of them can´t because she goes to school Sunday but the others were like “of COURSE we are going!” and that never happens! And THEN we came back on Friday and boom shaka laka. The Hermana named Emelina (she is 28)  told us she read the part in the Book of Mormon of Moroni Chp. 10 and she kept reading it because it didn´t make sense to her at first and then she kept reading, and she understood, and then she read the L1 pamphlet and prayed and felt peace! We were just like, wow, because for me that was the first time that someone has accepted the invitation and when she didn’t understand, she kept reading and looked for more information in a different resource (the pamphlet) and it was pretty cool. Not gonna lie. THEN her, Evelyn and their friend from Marcala which is 3 hours away from Teguc came to church! AND THEY LOVED IT!! So basically they are great. And the Lord once again just keeps blessing and humbling us. Kinda bummer news is that Jeancarlo isn´t getting baptized this week because his dad took him for the weekend so he has to wait till the 12^th. BUT we will have 2 baptisms that day!:) There was a ton I had to say but don´t remember anything.

Cool thing I was thinking about is that the Lord commanded us to love right? But he didn´t tell us HOW to love. Because everyone is different and everyone loves in a different way. I really liked that thought. WELLLLL, I don't know, life is good. Keep on keepin´ on!

Quote from Pres Monson on Feb 26 in the little calendar book.  "Doing what´s right is the easiest thing to judge of all. Whenever you´re about to do something and that little voice in your head stops you and asks the question, "Should I?" the chances are you shouldn´t. We all have a conscience, and it´s there for a purpose. We should always be guided by it, rather than running from it."

This week I am thankful for my fam, fruit roll-ups, a compu, for the 3 hermanas we found (Evelyn, Emelina, and Karina)!!, for tender mercies, for peace in my heart, for the Chiropractor and that finally my back is getting sooo much better, for emails, for my fam, for photos, for the plan of Salvation, for my Savior Jesus Christ, for the Book of Mormon and the strength and power it gives me, for my comp, for my son Elder Garcia, and for all the people I have met in Honduras! I love this Gospel. 

-Elder Alec Johnson

the church is true.

THIS IS FREDDY! WE LOVE HIM! the son of fam Osorto!!

JINA IS THE BEST SHE ALWAYS MAKES US FOOD HAHA

fam Osorto!

#INSANITY

sopa topado.. its amazing.

Feb 22 2016

HEYyyyyy erryone! Elder Johnson here. Happy as can be in the only mission with a smile in it! Comayagüela. #thatswhatimtalkinabout anyways. Good week. Sunday in the morn with investigators coming to church kinda went wrong but we recovered in the afternoon and have 2 new baptismal dates!!! First is a brother of a recent convert that got baptized by Elder Paiz and he is just awesome, he´s 8 and he learns really fast and wants to be baptized haha. That’s forrrrr the 6^th of march! Then Jose David is the other and he is mute and he is the son of Hermana Jina who just barely got baptized! He is awesome and it´s different and pretty tricky teaching him but he loves church and has no problem with any of the commandments. He is a really pure-in-the-heart kid. That’s for the 12^th of March! Bday present whoo!! SPEAKING OF BDAYS… HAPPY BDAY TO THE MOST AMAZING TEENAGER IN THE WORLD!! MY SISTA MY SISTA MY SISTA SAVVY BO BABBY FANANA FO FANNY ME MI MO MANNY.. SAVVY!! HAPPY BDAY SIS! LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! STOP GETTING SO OLD AND PRETTY! Best pic ever of Sav is in Florida when she was just a chunker laughing with 2 teeth! The best! Love you sissy.

Then other news Familia Osorto is AMAZING!! There the one´s that found us and she just moved from Choluteca and she's a member but her husband isn’t and her husband is SOOO gonna get baptized! It might take a while but man they're the greatest. The husband is Gustavo and he's never really gone to church and he came last week and liked it a lot but this week he didn’t go for a really dumb thing that happened because he was ready to go to church and basically misunderstanding happened between him and his wife because his wife was bringing the car around and he thought she was leaving him because he wasn´t all the way ready and they were late and so ya… anyways we have a FHE with them tonight with a diff. fam. THEN in other news FAMILIA PORTILLO IS GETTING MARRIED ON FRIDAY!! AHHAHHAHAAHAHAHHGGIUNDSN !! BUTTTT we don´t know when they are getting baptized because she was getting baptized this Saturday but she just had her baby yesterday haha but yay! Im so happy! We get to go too!

And we are working real well and the beginning of this week I was really frustrated with some things but on Saturday (our Pday) Elder Bingham and I had a talk and it was just one of the greatest talks ever. We talked about change and how sometimes you can see missionaries come home and you can see a HUGE change in them. But then there are others that were faithful, great missionaries but didn’t have such a drastic change. And why? All we hear about is change and change and change on the mission and we want to change! But sometimes we think the change is always on the outside and we want others to see this change. But sometimes we forget and whats most important is the change in YOUR heart. Just like in the Book of Mormon. Constantly and almost every page it talks about the heart of the people. And we should take it like that. That although sometimes missionaries don´t have such a huge change on the outside they should be changed on the inside and they should know for themselves that they are changed and that is what matters. Because it wouldn’t make a lot of sense if God called you to a place, knowing that you're the type of person that you are and he wants you to use your attributes and personality to help these people, and then change all that! Doesn’t make a lot of sense. BUT you should change and constantly be changing in your heart and constantly submitting to the will of the Lord to become what he knows and wants you to become. So don´t change who you are, but change who you are.. makes sense?;)

Thennn along with that I learned one night this week in prayer about the importance of the Atonement on the mission. I was praying and just remembering all that’s happened here and I kinda asked myself why haven’t I been ¨perfect¨ here on the mission or why have I made so many mistakes and why did I do a certain thing and why were some of my companions so hard and why couldn’t I help them more and all that jazz and it kinda hit me really strong the answer. I think before, not knowing ANYTHING about the mission, I thought I was gonna go, sure have a hard difficult mission like all, but as well that it was gonna be perfect. Where I would be so caught up in the Spirit I would never make a mistake or do something wrong and let the natural man show and all that. And the Lord answered me and made me realize that if it would have been a perfect mission I wouldn’t have been able to appreciate, use, understand, learn about, and love the Atonement like I´ve been able to do and like the Lord wanted me to. It was one of those moments that change you and change your heart and make you wanna be better and at the same time you can feel God´s love so much.

So that is what happened this week. I love this Gospel. I know this is the true church of Christ and my friend asked me why I am Mormon this week and one of the reasons was because the true church of Christ was restored through the prophet Joseph Smith and if it wasn´t restored I wouldn´t be able to have a testimony like I do of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. And we wouldn´t be able to use, appreciate, understand and learn about it like we should. Another reason is because families can be together forever.:)

But this week I am thankful for prayer, for the ability to talk and talk things out, for a bed, for the office experience, for last minute contacts, for my compa Elder Burnham, for Elder Bingham, for the Atonement, for letters, for laughter, for hard times, for good times, for chocolate, and for my sista sista Savvy who's gonna be 14!!

Talk by holland. POOCHA

https://speeches.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/mp3/Holland_Jeffrey_021982.mp3

https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jeffrey-r-holland_bitter-cup-bloody-baptism/ 

-Elder Alec Johnson

the church is true.

¨And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don´t believe in magic will never find it.¨-Roald Dahl

MATEO 5:14 SOIS LA LUZ DEL MUNDO!!!

I found a lobster tie...I need my lobster shirt!!!

Feb. 15th 2016

So there's a ton to talk about but first I want to talk about my goals I have here in the office. So in that last talk I talked about by Elder Nelson, it talked about us doing impossible things. And he told me I can do the impossible if I do whatever it takes to strengthen my faith in the Lord by increasing my understanding of the doctrine and to relentlessly seek truth. So I've decided that I am going to study Preach My Gospel like never before and memorize and study the scrips like never before. I've been diligent in my studies throughout the mission but with more time to study, I've put a lot more goals involving my studies and really knowing the doctrine. Also increasing my ability to speak Spanish.:) Good stuff.
So! Week full of great stuff. Pure miracles. So 1st update on Jose...couldn't go to church but we visited him Sunday and he's doing good. He's been gone all week so not much to say about him!
But ready for this!? 1st. Cool thing I learned. So in Jesus the Christ it was talking about how the Father and Son are one, and mostly everyone knows about those scrips, but then I learned something that I guess I knew, but I didn't... James E. Talmage explained that Christ and Heavenly Father are so in One that if Heavenly Father came to the earth under the circumstances and time when Jesus came, He would have done the exact same things Jesus did. It was way cool when that clicked!
2nd! Work time. So on Wednesday Elder Corey and Elder Terrazzo told me Brayan is doing the Temple work for his dad who died a while ago and you have no idea how cool it was to hear that and how happy it made me. Then miracle alert...on Thursday! We got home late from the office because of traffic at 5:30 and we were really tired and we immediately left to work and lo and behold, a car flags us down, we go over and a sister explains to us how they just moved from Choluteca and she wanted to know what time church started. We told her and she was with her daughter and husband and we found out the husband isn't a member and has never gone to church and they just got married (yes, actually married in Honduras people) 2 months ago. So we put an appointment with them, went over, had a great lesson and they are awesome!! And the husband came to church! Ah! Going over today to see what's up. Familia Orsoto.
Then, found out familia Portillo is GETTING MARRIED NEXT WEEK!!! WHOOOOO!!!!
Then on Friday we had to drop off supplies in La Vega (my cherished home) and it was lunch time so we got to eat the steaks from familia Ordonez!! It was so crazy seeing and talking with them! And I'm so mad because I stinkin' forgot to take a pic! But it was awesome. They are planning to get sealed before July so I'm hoping I can be there! And then I found out my favorite young men from Jardines, Gabriel and David, found out their mom is getting baptized!!! Just tons of great stuff this week. And to top it all off I got kissed on the head by a gay, drunk, rich guy on Valentines day... haha weird stuff.
So as well, Elder Duncan invited us to write a letter to Heavenly Father this week. And I did it and it was one of the coolest/most spiritual things ever. So I invite you to take some time and write our Heavenly Father a letter.
This week I'm thankful for all the people that went to church this week, a great week, God's timing, being a missionary, for that last contact, for prayer and my wonderful mother's talk on it that I totally forgot to talk about! (dang it), pics on my planner, for oreo's and milk, for my g-parents the Mimster and Nanster and the two Papsters, for the stories of the Book of Mormon, andddd for the fact that Christ overcame death.
Love you guys!
-Elder Johnson

a MCMUFFIN!! CANT WAIT TO EAT THESE

went to Ojojona for pday! super fun.

the ketchup here is really sweet and different and I hate it. I found normal ketchup and now I carry it everywhere!

Feb 8, 2016

Welp. This week was much better! Much better.
We got to work every day this week except Wednesday (because the assistants needed help with their presentation). But man. Great week!
Starting off with the work part! The office is way better. We all want to work and are having a blast together. Love all these elders. Now to the field! whoo! 2 baptisms this week babay!! Jia and her son Manuel! They are so good. Really chosen and ready. Thennnn speaking of chosen and ready!...#ilovefastsundays!!! Sunday we found a chosen! His name is Jose, he's 37, his wife is in Spain right now, he's got 2 kids, and we contacted him and he is amazing! His aunt is a member and she lives in Boston and she's been a member for 50 years and he's like, "if someone has been doing the same thing for 50 years and still is doing it, it's got to be good!" Ha! So he said it's time to see what it's like and he said, "of course I'm coming to church!" Tender mercy from the Lord right there. So interesting to see this part of the mission and God's power. Because honestly we work like 4 hours every day during the week. Some days we don't even leave the office. Sunday is like the day to work and work. And it's the day where you're just exhausted. So the Lord (what I think) just wants to see the faith of the elders in the office and wants us to see if they're willing to work when they don't want to and talk with everyone and if they show and convince the Lord they want success, no matter the circumstances, the Lord will give them (us) miracles. Because honestly it's like you need to find the chosen because there's no time to work! So that's been a real eye-opener and has made me humble.
Also! We get to listen to things on the computer because we're there all day so this week I just listened to "Becoming True Millennials" by Pres. Nelson, the one he did for young adults like a month ago...ya, I think it should be considered as one of those amazing history talks like "Beware of Pride" by Ezra Taft Benson. Because it was so stinkin' good,, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"Ask your Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, how He feels about you and your mission here on earth."
"But the Lord is able to do His own work, and I was privileged to watch the unfolding of one miracle after another - always, and only, after I had brought my best thinking, my most courageous efforts, and my most fervent prayers to the task."
"How will you accomplish the impossible? By doing whatever it takes to strengthen your faith in Jesus Christ by increasing your understanding of the doctrine taught in His restored church and by relentlessly seeking truth. As a true millennial, anchored in pure doctrine, when you are asked to do impossible things, you will be able to step forward with faith and dogged persistence and cheerfully do all that lies in your power to fulfill the purposes of the Lord."
"I promise you that as you follow Jesus Christ, you will find sustained peace and true joy. As you keep your covenants with increasing precision, and as you defend the Church and kingdom of God on the earth today, the Lord will bless you with strength and wisdom to accomplish the impossible."
"My third recommendation: Learn how to access the power of heaven."
"Prayer is a key. Pray to know what to stop doing and what to start doing. Pray to know what to add to your environment and what to remove so the Spirit can be with you in abundance. Plead with the Lord for the gift of discernment. Then live and work to be worthy to receive that gift so that when confusing events arise in the world, you will know exactly what is true and what is not."
"Serve with love. Loving service to those who have lost their way or who are wounded in spirit opens your heart to personal revelation."
"Now, as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, I bless each one of you as though I had my hands upon your heads, with the ability to become the True Millennial you were born to be. I bless you to have the desire and ability to learn your true identity and purpose, that you will expect and prepare to do "impossible" things, that you will be undaunted in your efforts to learn how to access the powers of heaven to help you solve your problems and answer your questions. And I bless you to follow the prophets with exactness, to feel peace in your heart as you do so, I bless you to know and feel how much the Lord loves you and how much confidence He has in you."

So those are some of my favorite quotes from him. So much revelation from this talk.
Well! Love you guys! Pray for our investigators! Love this Gospel!
This week I'm thankful for the opportunity to visit Jardines for 2 hours, my comp, the crew in the office, the baptisms, Jose!!, that Elder Bingham and I finally actually know each other hahaha, that it's been chilly, the truck, my fam, letters, talks, EFY music, my Savior Jesus Christ, AND FOR THE FACT THAT I AM A CHILD OF GOD.
~Elder Alec Johnson

and LOOK WHO ELSE I FOUND WALKING BY IN THE STREET!! HERMANA BELALY!! MY FIRST BAPTISM!!! shes doing good! not going to church but still reading.. its because she's moving to the Mosquitia for 6 months this week... sad because there are no churches but still shes so amazing! love her!

Got to visit Brayan!

hehe Elder Johnson 5 months after the miss.

Feb 1, 2016

Well Fam and Friends. This week was one of the most difficult weeks for me. Just pure trials and it's just started Ha. So in my first week of the office I got chickengunya pretty good. It hit hard this time and I was asleep in the office for 2 days. But that's not even half of it. So for the first time on my mission I didn't work and contact and teach and preach and sweat and hurt and walk and do what missionaries are called to do for 5 days straight... and it stunk so stinkin' bad. It was soooo hard. Half the time I want to cry because I feel like I'm not doing anything I should be. It's so different for me and I do not like not being in the field. But sorry about the pity party, I'm just really trying to explain Brigham's story for the last 4 months. The office, I found out, is the last place a missionary wants to be. You missionaries working your hiney's off and always sick and getting home and being tired...soak it all up.
But it'll get better. This week we left at 8:00 every night because of multi-zone conf. and there were a ton of things to do. But next week we should leave at the regular time. But man, Thursday just killed me. We had such, but such, and amazing zone conf. and I was so pumped...then we couldn't go work. It's really different and tough and I'm going to try to figure out what the Lord wants me to learn here. But now the thing we're doing as a mission (credit to Elder Duncan) is "The 40 Day Fast" it's the coolest thing ever! And I desperately need it. I invite all to look it up and try it out. I have a lot to sharpen up in and I have to be a lot better and I think the Lord put me here to do that and for me to realize what a privilege he gave me to be a missionary in the mission field. I know I should never complain about what the Lord gives me freely and I'm sorry about that, and my heart is touched just to even think about the miracles and tender mercies the Lord has given me in this brief period of time up until this point. And I will forever be in debt to the Lord for the opportunity He gives me to share the most wonderful message in the entire world to people who don't know about it. I sure am grateful I have gotten to do that. If it's to 100 people or just 1 person, I'm grateful for all of it.
And now it's Sunday but Saturday was one of the greatest days ever! I can't wait to tell what happened! So we got to go to the Temple and I printed out family names and we got to do them! :) And then Elder De La Rosa - I showed him how he can do the work for his family and he printed out his first name which was his grandpa! And he did all the work for him! He was so pumped! Oh that's another thing, Elder De La Rosa is in the office as well! So Elder Bingham, Elder Burnham, Elder De La Rosa and I are the team in the office. But anyways we're driving back and Elder Terrazas called me and told me he had good news and proceeded to tell me that FAMILIA PORTILLO (the family we found along with Elber) prayed and are going to get MARRIED and BAPTIZED!!!! hahaha So I'm going to go to the baptism and wedding this month.:) There's the proof of the indescribable power of fasting. Elder Terrazas and Elder Corey took them to the Temple too!
But I feel so much better because today was Sunday and we worked our hiney's off! We found a family that could really be something! It was such a cool story! We also have a baptism this week! Hermana Jina! She's way awesome.
But this week was one to learn from and it was hard but it was good.
I'm thankful for the first time going to the mall, Denny's at 2 in the morn (because we had permission and hadn't eaten all day), Costco for the first time in 18 months, for Cinnabon, Crepes, the chiropractor and the treatment, my comp, the new fam we found, Fam. Portillo and the good news!:), my family and their prayers, the ability to repent, sleep, my Savior, the new ward, the Temple and it's power, andddd a washer and dryer!
~Elder Johnson

My compaaa!

Throw back to the first day of the mission!