Hello,
So I was actually writing this letter when your second letter came in.
So
this past week we had something really exciting happen, the fifteen
year old girl that we are teaching that comes to church every week, and
usually she brings a friend with her to the church, or the lessons.
Anyway, last Sunday she brought a friend, and as they were sitting in
Sacrament Meeting the friend leaned over to her and asked; what do I
have to do to get baptized? So that was really exciting, the friend can't
meet again until next Sunday,
but we are really excited to be able to teach her and start her on the
track to baptism. Then afterwards, I really hope that we can help both
of their families make the steps. We have planned that the girl will get
baptized on the 2 of February,
so hopefully she can complete that, though she is pretty nervous, so
she´ll need support from her friends and family to do it. Last Friday I
went on exchanges with one of the other companionships in our district.
But that night we had planned the lesson with the family of five, and
when my companion went by, nobody answered, so he though no one was
there, but I called the mom on Saturday, and she said that they were there and waiting, and that we just didn´t show up. Soo that was disappointing. However, this Friday
we are going to try to get the family to come to a baptism. So I really
hope that they can make it to that, because they haven´t made it to
church so far.
So yesterday it snowed!! It only stuck on the cars, but
it was really cool. That night my companion said that it was the second
time to see snow in Madrid, the first time being that morning...
So the new missionaries are actually coming in tomorrow and
Saturday. Tomorrow we have 10 coming in, so we get to pick them up from
the airport in the morning, and then on Saturday .. we still have to
figure that part out... But President, Elder Wilson, and Elder Perkins
(the other AP) got everything figured out about where they are going and
such. Since transfers are in a week and a half, almost all the
missionaries are going to be put in trios. A few of them are going to be
in companionships of four. But that is only two companionships. So
these next few days are going to be really fun to be able to meet all
these new missionaries coming in. It won´t be crazy for us, because we
only have to drive them around a little and buy a mattress. It´s
President and the AP´s that are going to be having the real fun, since
the part of transfers that they did have done, just got restarted with
these 12 new missionaries. So next Monday,
they probably will have an all office day, planning transfers. They
haven´t opened any new areas yet, but I am expecting about 3 or so in
the next transfer. The Canary Island Zone is doing amazing right now,
all the missionaries are really dedicated and so the work there is
jumping forward. As of right now they are almost keeping up with the
baptisms of Madrid, despite the fact that Madrid has about 10 more
companionships. So I can almost assume that they are going to be opening
up some areas down there.
That´s great that Breanna only needed her braces for a
year. Also, how long was I supposed to wear my retainer for? I took it
off months ago, but if I should still wear it I can put it back on....
So
as a DL, I am in charge of 3 companionships (including mine), though
one companionship is also the ZL´s, so I really don´t need to watch out
for them that much. So mostly, I just have to take care of the other
companionship in the District, and try to find ways to help them become
better missionaries. So I take care of the weekly district meetings and
go on exchanges to make sure that they are being good missionaries and to
see if there is anything that I can help them with. So It´s a great
opportunity to learn and grow. I enjoy it kind of.
Anyway, thanks for everything!
Elder Johnson
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