Day 90! 3 months!

Tuesday transfer day, this was a cool day.

 we had a lesson with this guy named Francisco, we have been teaching him for a minute and every time its been in his doorway because his wife wasn't home, and we cant go into a house unless their is a girl over 18. so this was just another door conversation, but I will talk about him later. 

then we got a referral, and it was like 30 minutes away, so we drove to the house and it was the wrong address, but we saw this guy out in the trees. it was in like wine country so their were a bunch of grape vines and it has been raining every day here so it was very  muddy and his truck was stuck in the mud. so we walked over there and asked him if he needed help. and he was like no. but he ended up speaking Spanish and so we talked to him for like 30 minutes in the pouring rain about the gospel and about how wonderful the book of Mormon is and how much it could help him in his life. he thought that it was cool and wanted to learn more.

 so it was amazing!! 

also we think that the referral we got might live next door to the house we had gone to so we are going back another day. 

we got a new Hermana in our house she is so cute she is the 3 oldest of 15!!! so it really crazy she has had a crazy life each siblings is 1 year apart for the most part. but she is so small she is like 4'10 and  weighs like 85 pounds she said so she is smaller than Kate. 

then we had a lesson with flor. it is so cool to talk to people who haven't always had the holy ghost because for me its just kinda always been there  but to see poeple who notice a huge difference in their lives because they didn't have it before is  so cool. she has had so many crazy experiences recently with the holy ghost and its so cool to talk to her and see what blessings she is receiving in her life. 

then on Wednesday we had a lesson with Francisco and his wife rosalba we got there and he let us in and we had a really good lesson with him and his wife about the Book of Mormon.

 he has been reading the book of Mormon and he said he doesn't understand that much ( which makes sense because the book of Mormon in Spanish is kinda hard to understand its written really differently than the form of Spanish we use now) but he said even though he doesn't understand he knows its good and that it is the word of god and him and his wife want to learn more. 

then on this night!!! we locked the key in the car. HAHA its not like i have ever done this before... but any way we had to call the car guy and it was going to take him about  an hour to get there. so we just tracted in the rain. and it was a miracle, we had a lot of lessons planned this night so if we didn't lock the key in the car we would have gone to these lessons and we wouldn't have met so many people. we made 4 new friends (which are people who we share the gospel with, we ask them to do something like read the book of Mormon or a pamphlet, and then we have a return appointment with them). it was so cool then we made 1 friend for the english missionaries so we made 5 in total. it was so wonderful we got to talk to so many people. and we got our car unlocked right at 7 just in time for our last lesson. 

then i went on split with another hermana this day so that was fun. 

on Friday we had interviews with President Hymas.

his wife went on a walk with each of us. they are really sweet i love them,. they are definitely  mission parents .it so cool to have them. 

then that night we went tracting, we met a Hmong family they were so nice, they believe in Shamanism which is really popular here and it was cool because these people  knew what they believe in . most people we ask what is that they are like i don't know it just what we believe its a tradition, but they were hard core in it. its really really interesting look it up if you have time, you can also send me more information on it if you want. then we met this one guy who was like 19 and he didn't believe in anything at all most people when they say they are atheist at least believe in a higher power but he believed in absolutely nothing. we asked him if he knew why he was here on the earth and he said to have fun, and then where he was going after he dies he said this is it. it was really sad to see that because he said he wasn't that happy and its because he doesn't know his purpose here on earth. that is one of my favorite things to teach is why we are here on this earth and where we are going after. we know that our purpose is to learn and grow, we also know that we are never alone. 

then we went to a baby shower this day it was huge their were like 70 people there they had way loud music like a dj type thing it was crazy. but the lady is a member and her husband is not and we have been trying to teach him because he knows the church is true, he just isn't ready. 

 then we had a family home evening lesson 

then yesterday we had a fireside in stockton it was like 40 minutes away but it was so cool and so much fun. then after we went a visited a less active member and she gave us a ton of food.

That’s it for this week. 

Love, Hermana Johnson 

Month 3 almost

on Tuesday we just came home after we did everything for pday and I  painted for a while . it was really fun,I actually really like painting. I painted the front of my book of Mormon. 

on Wednesday we were driving and we waved at this guy and he waved back then he was like do you want some chocolates and we asked do you want a book of Mormon ? 

 he said I don't know so we told him to pull over, so he pulled over and we talked to him about how cool the book of Mormon is and how much it could help him and his family, he was way excited to read it. 

he also told me my Spanish was really good!!

on Thursday we had a lesson with a guy named Leo we think that he has a lot of potential, but its really hard to teach him because he doesn't believe in life after death or anything before that so its kind of hard. he also thinks his only purpose here on earth is to have kids and pay taxes and then die in a hole. but he is very interested in learning more. 

on Friday we had exchange I was with hermana miller a girl I live with. 

it was a lot of fun. we had a bunch of good lesson and taught the most adorable family (who came to church this week) they are going to ask them to be baptized today so hopefully they say yes. 

on Saturday, we saw the cute little man we got snow cones from on Monday and he pushes this cart around and sells food form it. anyway we gave him a book of Mormon and a picture of Jesus, and he had the picture of Jesus hanging in his cart it was the cutest thing ever. he was so sweet and way happy to see us and talk about the book of Mormon.

 a few days before this we met this couple from Russia, they spoke a little English but not that much, but we told them we would bring them a book of Mormon in Russian. so on Saturday we brought it to them and they were so excited. they talked to us for a while about Russia and some of their  life experience it was adorable.

  

on Saturday we also got transfer calls and I am staying here with hermana cappillo-montes. its really exciting since she is a native speaker I get to learn Spanish so much better and I can hear how things are pronounced. so I am really thankful. also I know all the members here and they are so nice, and I know the area and all the people we are teaching so I am excited. 

on Sunday, we visited this refugee family they were really nice. the church has a program set up for refugees and the president said there are going to be a lot of refugees coming into this area within the next few months. so whenever they move in we get sent  their  address and we get to go meet them and talk to them so i am excited for the opportunity to do that. 

we also had a lesson with flor who was recently baptized she is so cute and she is thankful for the holy ghost every time we talk with her she tells us about new experiences she is having with the holy ghost. it is so cool to see all the blessing she is receiving

Love you all, Hermana Johnson 

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hey,

this week has been so crazy it has gone by so fast. 

each week here feels like one day it so so crazy how fast time flys here. 

on Tuesday not that much happened. 

we went tracting and we knocked on this really bright yellow house and looking at the house we were like they are going to be so happy and nice. 

so we knocked and asked if he faith in Jesus Christ and he was like I am very much a satanist. and we were like oh okay have a good day. 

BUUUTTT he had a tear drop tattoo which we all know what that means and then he had a red line that went from his chin straight now his whole neck ( so if someone could look that up and see what it means and tell me that would be great because i want to know!!!) but he was nice he told us to stay safe. 

then we also asked someone named solem to pray about being baptized on march 9 so that is way cool.

on Wednesday not that much happened we got to go tracting in the rain which is one of the funnest things ever, it so fun and when you get in the car and your hair is dripping its so cool, its my favorite thing i love it. 

Thursday what a great day. we had a Spanish culture meeting where this man from Columbia came and talked to us about the culture and history of his people . it was way cool and i learned so much. he also runs this business in Columbia where they make bracelets and he gave us each a way cool bracelet.  then we had a lesson with  a recent convert named Salvador. he is so nice he is one of my favorites. but anyway he has a indoor pig!! yeah its so cute and it has blue eyes and its vegan . i got to feed it lettuce and he made us dinner and he made me a really good salad, but the pig kept jumping up on my legs and i would feed it some of my salad it was so cute. then before we were leaving he was like wait and he went and got us these lil bears he got for us and a rose for Valentine’s Day .  we had also told him we were bringing a member with us and he got her one to it was the cutest thing ever. 

on Friday we went to pep boys to get our car fixed for like 4 hours but we stopped and got ice cream so we just sat there and talked to some people there and ate ice cream. Also on this day we were tracting and there was this helicopter fly above us and it was saying something and then we heard what they were saying "we have located the missing child send help" so that was strange and then a few minutes later this cop goes riding by on a bike way fast. 

we had a lesson with flor she was baptized last week and I  love the happiness she now has. 

then Saturday we had a meeting in the morning and the guy brought us mango on a stick they were so good!!! everyone is so nice here and a lot of people in the ward found out i was vegan and they bring me oreos they are all so nice. 

theeeennnn we went tracting again we LOVE tracting and we knock on this one door and the lady was Indian or Hindu were not sure but she wasn't interested in Jesus Christ but then i told her i liked this decoration at her house and i asked her if she made it (she did) and she was like take off your shoes and come in so we took them off and went in. it was like another country it was insane. she said they were about to worship their gods she had like 35 people coming over, and they sing and dance and offer fruits and flowers it was so cool. she showed us the room where everything was going to happen and they had so many flowers and fruit and pictures of their gods. it was one of the coolest things ever it was so amazing. then we were late for dinner so we had to run like more than a half of mile back to our car, it was crazy. 

also we meet a lot of people with dreads and they are automatically my bffs we met this guy and i told him i loved his hair, and then we talked to him about the book of Mormon and gave him one and he was so excited to read it. 

Sunday night i was taking a picture of the sunset and this guy walks by and was like take a picture of me. and we were like hah and then got in the car and then i was like we should actually take a picture with him. and my hermana was like no, so then we started driving , then we saw him again and i was like thats a sign we have to. 

so we got out and were like heyyy were here to take a picture with you. he was way cool and we talked to him about the book of Mormon for like 25 minutes and then we gave him one, and as he was walking he was reading it!! 

thennnnn yesterday. we worked so hard yesterday. we had 45 unplanned contacts on a normal day our goal is 10. we shared the gospel with so many people we knocked on more than 64 doors and talk to more than 60 people it was insane. we also had an amazing lesson, and taught like 5 people at the one house it was so crazy. we also got snow cones from this one guy we got to order in Spanish it was the coolest and the juice was fresh strawberry juice it was so amazing. we learned that hard work pays off!!! 

love you have a great week