4 November 2013

  

 Elder Johnson and Elder Groves having some fun!

(Thanks to Hna Piscoya for her pictures on facebook.)

Hello,

So this week went well, we had three baptisms here in Vigo this past weekend. The service went very well, and it was really cool to be able to see all those people make those changes in their lives. It was also an interesting baptism because all of the people that were baptized spoke Portuguese as their native language. Our investigator from Angola was able to sort things out in his life, so he was also able to get baptized this past Saturday, He was really excited and gave a great testimony in the service. This past week we also found an investigator from Ghana that we are teaching, he came to church on Sunday, and seems pretty excited to learn more. I think that the best part of finding these people is that there are two members from Africa, that speak different languages than most of the branch, and they therefore found it difficult to fit in and have friends, however, with our now recent convert, and with our new investigator, it looks like we may have just found a good friend for each of them to help them out in the future. It makes me very excited to be able to help in more than one way, and it is awesome to see how perfect the Lord is in everything that he does. 

So this week we have a zone meeting, a District Conference, and then next week we have a zone conference, so these next few days are going to be filled with a lot of traveling. 

So the majority of our investigators are starting to progress well and show potential for entering into the covenant of baptism, so I am really excited for these next few weeks, there is going to be a lot of success here in Vigo.

So I brought my camera cord... and I forgot my camera, so I am hoping that next week I will be able to send some more pictures, sorry.

So the mission is doing well, we are getting better, and President is doing a great job of helping out the mission. It is really cool to be a missionary right now.

Well, something cool that happened this past week is that I was able to hear the testimonies of a few people as they talked about the power that priesthood blessings have had in their lives. They bore testimony about the powerful Spirit that they felt and the change that it had in their lives. It was something really cool to be able to hear about, because I know that many times we don´t see or recognize the difference that we have had in the life of another person. Sometimes, down the road we are able to listen to the testimonies of those people as the tell us how we helped them in an important moment, etc. However, many times we do not. Therefore, we just have to press forward doing good works, and trust that the Lord is able to help people through us and that he is able to make a difference in the lives of others.

Thanks again for everything!

Elder Johnson

The Elders of Vigo enjoying dinner with a wonderful member!