Man, this has been a pretty awesome past couple of weeks! Fist of all, after wandering 8 months in the Mojave Desert, I FINALLY found a drum set!! We were doing service at Brother Orosco's place with some other missionaries and they invited us inside for some lunch. During lunch one of the Orosco boys mentioned something about his guitar. He invited us into a room where I beheld such a beautiful sight.. A drum set and several electric and acoustic guitars. I was speechless. We asked if we could play and then had a riot!! It turns out Elder Brown is quite the musician! We were switching off jamming with each other and with brother Orosco and his son! It was a good time. I had missed playing music so bad :)
Our investigator, Yolanda is doing really well! She is in her 60s, has been taking lessons since July, and has finally made the commitment to be baptized! She is seriously awesome. The only thing holding her back at the moment is giving up drinking coffee, but she has faith that she can quit.
Our investigator, Jeremy, is also making some progress. It's really interesting going over there. He feels like God is telling him he doesn't need to be baptized right now, and that he should "take a break." We are still working with him and helping him overcome his challenges.
The missionaries in the Arrowhead had an awesome baptism for Sue on Saturday!! Sue is awesome! She is 24 and a little mentally handicapped, so her parents are still technically her guardians. She has been investigating the church for about a year and her parents have now given her permission to be baptized! Both Elder Coburn and Elder Infanger, who had taught Sue before, came up for the baptism. Man, I missed those guys!
I really do love missionary work. I feel like I understand the purpose of missionary work more and more each day. Of course there is the purpose written in Preach my Gospel, to "invite other to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored Gospel...," which is true. But I think the basic principles of missionary work are charity and love. We are out here trying to help people better there lives and come unto Jesus Christ so that they can experience eternal joy. It is impossible to do that, or at least do it well, unless we truly love them.
Stay positive and love your life!!
Aloha ke akua
Love,
Elder Johnson
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| My bike |
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| cruising down the street |
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| Hammocking at our place |
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