September 29, 2014

found this guy in our house....


Hey family, this week was good.  We've just been working hard, the weather is cooling off a little bit. We were going to baptize a lady and her son this week but she ended up not being able to and her son didn't want to get baptized without his mom so they ended up not getting baptized. But I had an spiritual experience, Saturday night when they had canceled the baptism we were feeling pretty down and we didn't know who we could visit or what to do.  So I decided to say a prayer with my companion in the street there and about 3 seconds after we ended the prayer my phone rang and it was Elder Algeria in Mexicali telling me that Alfonzo and Emily were getting baptized right then and they wanted to talk with me. They were some investigators that we had been teaching before I left. So I was able to talk with them and some other members from Mexicali too that were at the baptism. It was really great to be able to talk with them, it was a reminder that we are an influence to everyone we teach and talk to, even though they don't get baptized in the moment we are putting the foundation so that they will later on, it reminded me of the scripture in D&C 64:33,34.  Anyways this week was good, found some huge spiders in our house... I'll send some pictures, have a great week!!

Love Elder Jacob Johnson

September 22, 2014

 Sunset in Ensenada from my sector.....

 Climbed up a big hill, always cruise ships in the bay

 
Hey family,  this week was good, on Monday night I stayed the night at the hospital with Elder G.  for about 18 hours.  It was hard for me to be caged in that room for so much time. He ended up going home this Saturday, his head never stopped hurting I guess. So we've been going to the hospital all week taking turns staying with him. No we weren't affected by the hurricane, it hit just the southern tip of the baja. No mom I still haven't gotten your package, we had the conference with Elder Valenzuela but they didn't bring the packages down so I wont be getting it for a while...the pics look great.  Can't believe its already fall up there. I'm loving Ensenada, its definitely the favorite place I've served so far.  From my sector you can always see the bay and feel the breeze from the ocean. Anyways that was pretty much my week, spent some time in the hospital. Anyways looks and sounds like you're doing good, enjoy the weather before winter gets there, thanks for the pictures, I love seeing how you're doing!! Have a great week, hope you like my pics!

Love Elder Jacob Johnson

September 15, 2014

Hey family, this week was good.   I'm just loving it here in Ensenada.  Can't believe its already so cold at home, its still pretty hot here but nothing compared to Mexicali, it's just more humid, so I'm sweating a ton. Sorry to hear you are sick mom. I actually got sick too on Saturday night.  I didn't sleep cause my stomach hurt so bad, I had eaten something that had given me an infection or something.  And then we went to church and the bishop asked me 20 minutes before the sacrament meeting if I would give a talk. I thought he was just joking but turns out he wasn't.  So I ended giving a talk haha but this week was great.  We had a conference with Elder Valenzuela from the area seventy, it was really good.  I was able to see Elder Mejia again.  He talked about how we can edify the church where we are serving by reactivating families and finding baptisms through them, it was really good. Elder Garcia that lives with us has been in the hospital since Saturday, he had a head ache and I guess it hasn't gotten better so he is still in the hospital.  We have been taking turns staying with him, I haven't stayed with him yet so I'm pretty sure I will stay the night with him tonight in the hospital. It's pretty crazy here in Ensenada, one thing I've noticed is that you can go from one house that is made from scrap wood eating beans and rice and the next hour you're in a super nice house eating with a gold spoon. But anyways I'm doing great here in Ensenada, hope you are all doing good. thanks for everything, have a great week!

Love Elder Jacob Johnson

September 8, 2014

That's the bay behind me, you can see a cruise ship


Hey family, I'm doing great here in Ensenada, just loving it.  I can't believe I finally got taken out of Mexicali! This week was good, my new sector is pretty good, it's just all big hills that we climb up and down.  My legs will be getting big. You can see the bay from my sector but not from my house.   I actually went on interchanges with Elder Lindley in his sector and his sector is all along the shore so we got pretty close to the ocean.   It was pretty sweet.  My companion is from Pennsylvania and the other Elder Phair is from Mesa Arizona, and the other Elder Garcia is from Chiapas.   It's kinda weird living with other Americans and having an American companion, we just talk in English all the time, its kinda cool.  It's good to hear Brooke and Keith came up for the weekend.  Anyways I am having a great time, and hope everything is going good at home.  I miss you all but I'm loving Ensenada.  I'll send you some pics! Have a great week!

Can you see the ocean?  You can't see it from where I live but you can see it from almost every part of my sector.   I will send you some pics.   I will probably see President this Thursday, we have a conference with Elder Venesuala from the Seventy.  We walk to the church but its in the sector of other elders, it takes us like 10 minutes to walk there. The ward is like 100 people, its pretty good the ward.

Love Elder Jacob Johnson

September 1, 2014

Hey family, this week was good.   I got transferred today to Ensenada!!!!!!!!!  My companion is Elder Molano, he is American. He has about 7 months in the mission think. This last week in Mexicali was pretty hot but now I can say I lived through the whole summer of Mexicali. Ensenada is pretty sweet, on the bus ride over here there is a part where we are just driving next to the ocean for a little bit but my sector isn't touching the ocean.  I hope you like the pictures I sent you.  Looks like you all had a good time at the family reunion, looks like Jordan and dad were able to kill some geese this week, Jordan looks taller than dad.  I was super sick this morning,...it was probably from the cow foot that I ate yesterday...I'm gonna miss the ward and everything in Mexicali but it sure feels good to not be in the extreme heat. Anyways, I hope everything is going good at home, have a great week!

How long was the bus ride?  It was like 3 and a half hours.

What is your new house like?  the house is a lot better than the house I was in in Mexicali, its two stories and there is four of us living there, there is 3 Americans and 1 Mexican, I'm looking forward to it.   I have never had an American companion or lived with any.

Love Elder Jacob Johnson