Week Twelve

Hola amigos y familia!!!!

This week was a SOLID week. We got invited to members' houses 3 TIMES this week to eat with them. So far I haven't had to eat anything scary so that's good. It's all been delicious:))

Also update on Ricardo, he got the Priesthood on Sunday! Woo!!!! Such a happy thing. He was thrilled. We actually saw him on the streets a few days ago too and we stopped to talk to him for a little bit and he told us that everything about his life is so much better since being baptized. He said the world looks more beautiful, his business is taking off, he found a new apartment to live in, literally everything good that could happen in a person's life is happening to him right now. And he's so good, he totally recognizes that he's being blessed by God and that all those things come from God. Ah man, gotta love him.

So this week was transfers which is something that happens every 6 weeks on the mission where things change around. You could get a new companion, you could get sent to a new area, or nothing could change. For me, nothing changed which I'm really happy about. :) So Hermana Sperry and I made goals for this upcoming transfer and put together what we call our "altar of sacrifice" where we basically just wrote down all the things that we could do better to be more obedient to the mission rules and we made a plan for a better way to include Heavenly Father in our work and all the decisions we make. It's gonna be good we're super excited about it and are already seeing miracles!

Speaking of which, MIRACLE!!!!!! TODAY! Alex (the hombre who was supposed to get baptized, whose phone died, who we lost contact with) CALLED US TODAY!!!! We had about given up on ever seeing him again, but he apologized over and over again and asked if we could meet with him tonight!!!! Such a miracle. And I totally attribute it to Hermana Sperry and I's altar of sacrifice. Blessings right there.

Also there's this ADORABLE family that we're teaching right now from Romania! They speak English (woo!) and they're literally goals. They're all gorgeous and they LOVE the gospel! We gave them a Book of Mormon this week and they had us write a note in it and sign it for them and it was so sweet the way they held it. They were so grateful and thanked us over and over and over again and told us that it meant so much to them that we'd give them a Book of Mormon. I love! They're super sweet I love them! So we will see what happens with them. :)

This week I was thinking a lot about the Plan of Salvation. It's one of those things that gives us SO much hope in this life. We know where we were before we were born, we know why we're on this earth, and we know what happens after we die. How comforting is it to know that when we lose loved ones, we know that we will see them again in heaven! One of my favorite things to tell people is that our families can be together for the eternities, not just "until death do us part." Thank goodness for that. Because our heavenly father loves us so much, we came to earth in families, and we get to be in heaven with our families too! I am so grateful for this gospel and for the knowledge that I have through this gospel.

And I love you all so much!!!! Feliz dia de las madres (in Spain, mothers day is this Sunday!) 

Love!

Hermana Johnson

pictures: I didn't take a ton of pics this week or today since our preparation day today was mostly just walking around different shops and such, but we did buy flowers so, claro, we took pics haha. Also my companion and I are obsessed with besitos. They're heaven. So there you have it! Haha