Elder Blake Johnson: "Journey in peace now. You don't have to be afraid." -311

Uh-oh!

Guess what day it is??

GUESS. WHAT. DAY. IT IS???

HUMP DAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! WOOT WOOOOT!!!

Sorry, I couldn't resist ;) But it's true, just 3 days ago I hit my year mark. It's honestly just bazaar to think It's been that longs since I've seen any of my family for friends back at home. It's gone by fast though! It makes me think of Thomas S Monson's talk, Finding Joy in the Journey. He quotes the Music Man, where Professor Harold Hill says, "You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays." I've come to realize that relative to the rest of my life, this mission experience is only a small chapter, and that it's so important to make every day count! There have been ups and downs, but overall this first year has been incredible. I can't wait to see what part 2 has in store :)

Well, I've now been down here in Ontario for a couple weeks now, but haven't been able to send out on email yet because of a temple trip we went on last week. It's been great! However, it turns out that even when your bike does get stolen from your balcony at night, the mission WILL provide you with a mission bike to use, sooo I'm still not off the hook from biking. But, It's honestly not even as bad biking here as it was in the hi-desert. It's a little less hot, and oh my gosh.. there aren't NEARLY as many hill. There might be a very slight incline at some points, but it is NOTHING compared to monstrous hills Elder Paxton and I tackled daily in Hesperia! I still have nightmares about Peach Ave..

But the work has been really good here! Elder Gomez and I got a text earlier this week from one of our investigators saying that he wanted to be baptized. That sure isn't a bad text to receive! He has some struggles he's working with, but if things continue to go well, he should be baptized at the beginning of November! :)

We also met another lady this week, who was a former investigator. She had some problems come up in the past, but she still wants to be baptized, so we are hopefully going to help her get baptized in the next couple months!

Life is good, folks! Stay positive!

Aloha ke Akua

-Elder Johnson