Week 18

Holaaa!!!!!

Well this was my first week with my new companion and also my first week out of training! My companion's name is Hermana McConkie. She's from Vernal, Utah and has red hair! She's super cute and a great missionary, she's been on her mission for a year now. So it's fun.

Life is good here in Palma! We've been CRAZY busy this week. We've had visit after visit after visit with people and it's been amazing to see how many people just kinda pop up when my companion came here. It was kinda a testimony builder to me that we are called to specific places for a specific reason to help the people here. And there are people who are prepared and ready to hear from me and Hermana McConkie specifically. So how fun is that! 

So this weekend we had district conference. It's just church but longer haha. It's the same thing as stake conference but we aren't big enough over here to be a stake. But it was fun because President Dayton and H. Dayton came and spoke and Elder Dini Ciacci of the area seventy came and spoke! It was really great and JAN HAAS CAME and LOVED it!!!!!!

So back story on Jan Haas. So earlier this week, Hermana McConkie and I went to KFC and we were just chillin, enjoying our chicken and American fries, and the man sitting at the table next to us (Jan haas) turned to us and was like (in English) "hi, sorry to interrupt, but I've seen missionaries like you before and wondered if you had any information on homeless shelters around here." So apparently he's from Colombia and has only been in Palma for about a month and came here and felt really bad for all the homeless people that he sees everywhere and wants to help them! So we talked to him and explained a little more about what we do as missionaries and such. And then invited him to come to district conference with us! Which he accepted! 

And he LOVED it! There was a meeting on Saturday and a meeting on Sunday, and after the Saturday meeting, he was like "I have to come tomorrow when is it and where is it?" And he came! And then afterwords he texted us and was so grateful that we invited him. He told us that the messages really touched him and have made him rethink the course of his life. So we are SO excited about him. We're meeting with him today actually to talk about the restoration of the gospel. Yay for KFC miracles!!!!

So that's really been the highlight of my week. Today for preparation day we went to Valldemosa. It's the CUTEST little old town you've ever seen and it's up kinda high on a mountain. I loved LOVED it. It reminded me of Italy actually which was so fun.

Life is good! I continue to love it! And oh my goodness the SPANISH this week has just flown. I don't know what it is but I can speak Spanish now! I'm at the point where I know I don't speak or understand perfectly, but I have enough confidence in my ability where I have no problem going up to people and talking to them in Spanish. Some accents are harder to understand than others, but at this point I can fluidly carry on a conversation where I am understanding and am understood. So that's fun who knew that'd ever happen! haha

The church is true everyone! Earlier this week we met a cute lady on the street who we're going to visit on Wednesday and as we were talking to her, she was really curious about us as missionaries and what we do and how long we serve and all that. And at one point I told her "we wouldn't do this if we didn't believe so strongly in this gospel." and the spirit confirmed so strongly that YES this is the work of the Lord and I'm bringing people unto Christ! We always say that, but it's real! There really is a church of Jesus Christ on this earth where a true and living prophet receives revelation for God's children just like in Bible times. I love it. Blessings blessings. :)

Well I sure love you all!!!! I hope everyone's enjoying their summer and are planning trips to Spain ;) 

Love!

Hermana Johnson Some extra pictures from last week's goodbyes and my new dog friends.

 And then Hermana Barlow is still here!!!