Santi Jordi

HOLAAAA!!!!

This email has potential to be very long I feel like I have so many stories from this week. That's how you know it's been a good week:))

FIRST. I got fed guatita. Which is cow intestine (I think). An Ecuador thing apparently. Pictures to come. Spiky bumby things and everything. Chewy. Interesting. Culture!!!

ALSO fun story that happened. So Hermana Bodden and I were trying to figure out what to do with ourselves since we find so many people who seem great and love everything we teach them but then never progress or keep their commitments. SO we had a reevaluating talk and we've bumped up our goal to now talk about baptism with every person that we stop on the street. (Thanks for the idea mama<3). So we got super pumped, said a prayer, and then got to work and THE FIRST PERSON WE CONTACTED was actually drunk and dirty and smelled like alcohol. So we started talking to him and in the first few seconds he told us that he's an alcoholic, believes in God, and wants to quit drinking. How perfect is that. So we explained to him that if he quits drinking with God's help, it's possible and that he can be baptized and start his life over completely clean. He LOVED it. We're so excited to meet with him and help him out!!!! Miracles.

ALSO yesterday was Sant Jordi!!!! It's Catalunya holiday where all day men give out roses and women give out lil books. I'm not really sure why they do it but it's cute. So we took full advantage of that tradition and set up a table infront of the church to give out Books of Mormon! All of us missionaries took shifts and us 4 in the 3 hours that we were there gave out 75 Books of Mormon. And I have so many happy miracle stories from that too oh my goodness. 

1. First off it's just so amazing to be able to explain the Book of Mormon to people who had never heard of it before (or had heard of it, but didn't understand what it was). After understanding what the Book of Mormon is and what's inside of it, it just makes so much sense that it's the word of God and was written by prophets and testifies of Christ. I love it so much. The best book. READ IT!!!!!

2. I MET MONICA!!! So there was a super cute Colombian woman chillin right outside the church on her phone so I went up to her and started to talk to her to give her a Book of Mormon. And when I mentioned the church, she turned around all surprised and was like "oh woah I stopped right infornt of a church!" and then continued to tell me that she had just moved here and was looking for a church and that she knows that God put her right there at that moment to be able to talk to me and learn more about our church. She's coming this Sunday and is going to meet with the missionaries to learn more! Miracle!!!

OKAY AND THE BIGGEST MIRACLE OF THE ENTIRE WEEK GET READY!!!!!!!

So Hermana Bodden and I were in the church Sunday night working on our big Libro de Mormon board things and in walked a couple who had just moved here like 3 days ago. The wife is a member but the husband isn't and he literally was like "I'm ready to get baptized, when can I recieve the lessons?" WHAAATT THAT NEVER HAPPENS WHAT WHAT WHAT!!!!!! We literally about died. He's planning on moving to Hospitalet so we're praying we can start teaching him soon. BUT WOWOWOWOWOW. Huge miracle. God sometimes just sends us people who are prepared right then and there and it's just the biggest blessing. I feel so grateful.

So yeah really a great week. I love the mission. I love being so close to the spirit and I love studying the scriptures, I love the Book of Mormon, and I love this church. I know it's the true church. There's no way I'd be able to tell people multiple times a day that I know it's the true church if I wasn't 100% sure of it. 

I love you all so much!!!

Love,

Hermana Johnson

 

ALSO

Well I just love you people! Yesterday was the best day of my whole mission. One of them. But I just had the best joy feelings giving out Books of Mormon. And we all just split up and talked to people on our own and I made so many cute friends and wow I just loved it.

Also the guatita that we were fed was the worst experience of my life. So disgusting. But here I am I survived haha

 

1. Guatita. (if you look closely you can see the bumpy spikey things)

2. WE GOT YUMMY FLOWER GELATO!!!!!!

3. Us making big LdM boards for Sant Jordi

4. Giving out Books of Mormon!!!

5. They had little things like this on EVERY corner where people could buy roses to give out for Sant Jordi. Super cute.