August 4, 2015

                         H.O.M.E.    August, 4, 2015

From San Diego, California to Salt Lake City, Utah airport about 1:30 p.m.

 

July 13, 2015

Hey family!!  Everything is going great here, this week was good we had a special conference this Tuesday and I was able to see lots of my old comps and friends so that was cool!!  On Friday I went on interchanges with Elder Gove in Las Villas and it was good to go where there are paved roads and eat some solid food.   I enjoyed it!  Yesterday the stake president came to the branch, we were able to bring a few investigators and it was good. But afterwards we had to walk with the branch president about almost an hour to put the tithing in the bank.  Some times we take for granted the little things that we have everyday, like a car to drive to church in!!!  This week we also found a black widow in the house right by my desk...besides that everything has been good.   We have some investigators that are progressing good they just have some doubts about getting baptized, but I know that they will!!  We went climbing up the hill by our house on Monday with the branch president and a member!  It was good, I'll send some pics! Anyways, have a good week and I'll see y'all soon!!

 Love Elder Jacob Johnson

July 6, 2015

Hey family, this week has been good.  Just been working hard here in Imperial, its getting hotter every day, but I'm just glad I'm not in Mexicali! Everything is going great here.  I don't have much time to write cause we're going to go climb a mountain right now! I'll send y'all a picture of the mouse we killed in the house the other day, ya we have mice... I don't have too much too tell you about and anyways ilkl see you son enough so have a great week and thanks for the support!!

Love Elder Jacob Johnson

June 29, 2015

Hey family this week was good, we have found some new people that are really cool.  Sounds like y'all had a good week!  By the way, I might come back talking like I'm from the south cause my comps accent is rubbing off on me! Everything is going good, my comp is awesome, its nice to be with an American again! We have some cool investigators that are progressing and we are working hard here. We organized an activity but there were very few members that went but we brought a lot of investigators. I gave a talk in sacrament meeting again and taught the class! By the time Sunday is over I'm pretty burned out! The other day we went and did a service project with the zone, we picked up trash and cleaned the road in a tunnel. But anyways, sounds like you all had a good week! Thanks for everything,  we'll see you soon!

Love Elder Jacob Johnson

June 22, 2015

Hey family whats up!!  This week was good, we were able to baptize Leslie, Pedro, and Diana.  It was really neat, Pedro and Diana are part of a family that had known the missionaries for a long time now but the dad had never gone to the church and when I got here I wanted to go with them and we went on Saturday and we shared a simple powerful lesson and he went to church the next day and he hasn't missed a Sunday after that, and that was 5 weeks ago.  He isn't married to his wife so he can't get baptized but in the near future. His other son is going to get baptized in a couple weeks also! and Leslie is the grand daughter of a recent convert that we started teaching a couple weeks ago!  I'm really enjoying Imperial, its fun.  I got a new companion today, his name is Elder Cronin, he is American from Mississippi, he has almost 6 months in the mission, he seems really cool.  I'm excited for this last transfer!!  Hopefully we are going to baptize this week Lucero, the sister of Ricardo!  But anyways everything is going good here!! Thanks for the pics, the garden is looking good! Thanks for everything, have a great week!!

Love Elder Jacob Johnson

June 15, 2015

 

cutting Ricardo's hair, President and I in the bus taking the tithing to the bank!

Hey family, this week was good.  We've been working hard here and having a good time, this week we were able to bring 8 people to church and Ricardo, our recent convert) received the priesthood! So that's was good, there definitely never is a boring moment here in the branch! This Sunday a dog came into the church during the prayer and ran up on the stand and everything haha and we gave talks again this week in the sacrament meeting.  We had 37 people go on Sunday so that's better, my birthday was just another day, walked a ton, up some mountains, ate some soup, soaked up the sun, just the normal, but on Sunday, a family gave me a cake!!  We have some really cool investigators right now that are progressing very well! We have some baptisms coming up this week and next week!  Anyways just enjoying the time I have left here! Anyways, hope you all have a great week!!

Love Elder Jacob Johnson

June 8, 2015

Ricardo's baptism



Hey family, this week was great we had a baptism on Saturday, Ricardo got baptized.  He will receive the priesthood this Sunday and be the only youth in the office of the Aaronic priesthood.  We were able to bring a few investigators to church on Sunday so that was good. Looks like Bri had a good time at her dance, and the graduation went well! Today we went to go eat some Birria tacos, I've got to eat all the tacos I can before I get back!!  Transfers are in two weeks but I'm pretty sure I'll be staying here, I'm good with it, I'm enjoying the branch! The few members there are make great sacrifices to serve the Lord, this last week there was only one person that came to church with a car and there were no other  priesthood holders so we had to take the tithing to the bank with the branch president but the bank was pretty far away.  The brother with the car gave us a ride to the bank but then he had to go and we walked back to the president's house, about an hour walk in the heat.  Sometimes we take for granted the little things in life, but I have learned a lot from the people here in Imperial, many of them live day to day, their worry is what they are going to eat that day. It's very humbling.  Sometimes I wish I could just build them all houses. Anyways, everything is good here, just taking advantage of the time I have left!  Thanks for everything family!  Have a great week!

Love Elder Jacob Johnson