Monday, October 20, 2014
October 20, 2014
Hey family, this week was good. It's getting a little cooler now down here, its perfect weather!! This week we had a conference with President on Wednesday and I went to work with Elder Lindley on Tuesday in his sector! It was good, we've been able to find various new people these last couple weeks! This Sunday we brought 8 investigators to the church, it was great. We have a new elder in the house with us, he is from the District Federal( the capital of Mexico) he seems pretty cool, he knows a little bit of English so that's good! Anyways I'm doing great down here just loving Ensenada. Thanks for all the support and the e-mails every week!! Don't stress out too much about the wedding! Just enjoy the moments! Have a great week everyone!!
Love Elder Johnson
Monday, October 13, 2014
October 13, 2014
The beach from the bus ride
The sunsetHey family, this week was great, I'm staying here with my same companion again Elder Molano, nothing too exciting happened this week. I was able to go on interchanges with Elder Lindley, it was good. I'm doing great down here, just living it up here in Ensenada. The ride to Tijuana was good but really curvy, anyways thanks for everything!! Have a great week!!
We haven't had too many experiences this week. We got some people to come to church with us, Marcos walked from his house to the church about 2 or 3 miles, and we passed by Israel and his daughter and we walked to church about 1 or 2 miles so we were able to bring 5 people to church with us, it was good. We also have a new investigator from another sector that just moved here that she is trying to get baptized but is trying to stop drinking and smoking but I went there to meet her with Elder Lindley and we helped her and I shared her the story about Juan in Mexicali and we gave her a blessing! It was a pretty spiritual experience, there was a man in the room that wasn't a member and he asked us to give him a blessing too because he was going through some problems and we gave him a blessing and afterwards he just asks us what he has to do to get baptized. It was pretty cool, but besides that, nothing too exiting!! Elder Lindley came on interchanges with me, I just walked him until he was ready to die haha.
I think being down here in Mexico you start to be more thankful for everything we have in the USA, there are so many things we take for granted everyday that these people will never have in their lives.
I never realized until I came here that we live in a mansion... anyways I have to go now mom, but thanks for everything. By the way thanks a lot for the packages, the calendar is great I love it, especially the pic with dad and his mustache with the grandparents.
Love Elder Jacob Johnson
Monday, October 6, 2014
October 6, 2014
Hey family, this week was great. Right now I'm in Tijuana because we had to come to renew our visas. So I came up with my companion and Elder Lindley, it was a pretty rough ride, its a super curvy road, the conference went well. We listened to it in Spanish but it was fine, I understood everything. Yes mom I still have my jacket and blanket, no we haven't had any fun experiences on p-day, they haven't given us permission to leave our sector lately so we just rest in the house and go eat somewhere. Thanks for the pictures, they look great! The weather has been good, its not too hot and it gets pretty cool in the nights, I'm really liking Ensenada. I went on interchanges with an Elder in Chaputlepec, its a really awesome sector, its right by the beach. Yes mom we were able to bring some people with us to the conference! I liked the talk given by Henry B Eyring in the priesthood session. Sounds like you guys are doing great! I got your packages mom, thanks alot!! Well hope you all are doing great! I'm having the time of my life!! Have a great week! Love you all!
I'm actually in Tijuana right now for visa stuff.
The weather has been great! No it hasn't rained, were going back right after this! I got your packages, thanks mom!
(Mom) I see a lot of hills and big dogs in your photos. Do you have any good dog stories lately?
Ya that's how my sector is, ya I've almost get eaten like every day... The other day a dog almost got me, I kept getting closer to the house to greet at our investigator and there was a big dog barking but I didn't think he was going to do anything til I got a little closer and he just came at me so I just turned and started booking it. He tried biting my companion but missed, he didn't get us luckily haha. I've had a lot of close calls here haha.
Love Elder Jacob Johnson
Monday, September 29, 2014
September 29, 2014
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
Monday, September 22, 2014
September 22, 2014
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
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
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
Monday, September 8, 2014
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
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