Week 26

Hey!!

Verrrrry interesting week. Hermana Dorian and I took Elder Ballard's challenge from conference, "Missionaries, if you want people to teach, you've got to talk to everyone"

Which results in weirdness.

So meet Vern. This guy that was pinning his kayak on top of his car and I stop my bike and say "Hey, is that a kayak!?" (I've found out one of my talents are not being afraid to be awkward...) Anyway, talk to him a bit, told him who we are and he was like "ooooh, you're not going to convert me. I'm Agnostic, I worship nature." Well... that's one we haven't heard of before. Then- the guy LIFTS UP HIS SHIRT and jiggles his hairy belly and says "Look, I'm an apeman. This is living proof we came from Apes." Oh my weird. Haha. It was crazy! But we did get a referral from him so... totally worth it. That same day we stopped this one India lady and she was like "I worship fire." ... wow. But turns out her brother was Mormon! Small world.

Antonio is so great!!!! We taught him at the church this time, and I was trying to explain to him the rules we have about having to have 3 girls in order to teach a guy. He was like "Why's that?" I'm like "I don't know, in case someone was crazy or something... it's for safety purposes." And then he flexes his arms and says "Well, I'm Hulk." It was hilarious cuz he's like this really skinny lil thing. But the lesson we had with him was awesome. He had a lot of questions and he's like "Sorry I have a lot of questions, I just take this really seriously." And we told him it's okay to have questions. I was like "It's totally okay, Joseph Smith had questions, but it's what you do with the questions that matter. You have to ask God." And he told us that he never thought about asking God questions- he just says prayers of gratitude (He's so awesome!) but he said he would. We called him last night and asked him how it went and he's like "It's so great! It's like I have a friend that I can talk with about anything." And this is why I'm on a mission. Oh my goodness he's so great.

Anyway, I love you!! Thank you for the emails. I know that the Lord loves us and wants the best for everyone of us!!! Even us weird ones ;) I know that He is inspiring this work. I know that this gospel is His gospel. This work is His work. And that we are all His children and He wants the best for us, all we have to do is ask.

I love you!!! Siempre!

Hermana Johnson