Aug 23, 2010

Washing his clothes

Wash day

Drying his clothes notice the rain clouds.

Elder Toscano and Kyle with 3 baptisms

Kyle's zone

Ok well alot really does happen in the week so i just figured the best way to explain is through pictures. First i sent you a picture of my zone and the other pictures includes me washing clothes in a pilla and hang drying them, i do that about 2 a week. One of the pictures is of me and my new companion elder toscano and our 3 baptisms we had saturday. Elder Toscano is from San Jose California and has lived there his whole life, his parents are Mexican so he speaks perfect english and perfect spanish. Im really grateful for him cause he helps out aton and we get alot of work done but he also really knows how to have fun.So i have an experience for you, I have always been told you know your a missionary when you can feel the spirit in your mission language, well this sunday we were having a really hard day and all of our appointments were falling through so it was just really crapy and we were going to go in early around 8:30 when my companion asked if there was any inactive members we could go visit. And i had the idea to go visit a family who´s parents haven't come to church in 2 months and they have a boy on a mission. Well we started to talk with them and really get to know them well and we found out what the problem was and we shared really strong expiernces and an amazing message the spirit was really working through us to talk to these people because the mom started balling her eyes out and the dad got really choked up and his eyea started watering and we helped them realize the purpose of going to church and partaking of the sacrament and we all felt the spirit in that room with us.They thanked us as we left and it really was an amazing way to end a crappy sunday. LOVE you family LOVE Elder Johnson
p.s. I still haven't recieved your package

So busy

Elder Kyle Johnson

OK i have alot to write this week so hopefully i remember it all. First of all i need to ask you a huge favor, would you please put in 100 dollars in my account so i can take out 800 quetz down here because the electric company has been screwing us over.....the missionaries that were in the house before us didnt pay their power bill on time and the company didnt send the bill for this month so its like triple the price and the office wont re-emberce us on late fee´s even though it wasnt our fault. But what im trying to get at is im outta money for the month and i have to take out my personal money, sorry that im asking you guys for this but yea im not to happy either. But on the good side we have 3 baptisms this weekend, and i get a new companion wednesday, i am currently in a trio because my companion went home last friday. For dads info no i didnt get to baptize the family of 6 because the mom wont let them, but hopefully they can be baptized in the future. I havent recieved your box yet, i wont get it until next mission conference if they have it because they dont send out missionaries mail. i only get mail once a month down here. Oh yea i teach aton of discussions and im always busting my butt working as hard as i can, its to the point that i hit the bed at night and im asleep. On my p-days we get together as a zone and email then go and rent a indoor soccer field and play soccer as a zone. I dont really need to do alot of site seeing because i get to see aton in my area and on the bus rides. Tell dallan im proud of him and he better be number 1 this year because i know he can be. Tell Palma if you see him that im so proud of him. Oh i love the pictures you send me the only thing is there to big when i try and open them so i only get to see the little preview picture. Tell Jason i got there email and it sounds like there pretty busy. Well Love You family -Elder Johnson-

The work goes on

Kyle, Alba Sandoval, Elder Ricks Alba was baptized in Aug 2010

Alba Sandoval in the middle

Hey family first i just wanna tell ya the picture is of alba sandoval she was baptized saturday and she was my 4th baptism i don't have pictures of the other 2 kids cause the pictures didn't come out on my camera but the boy was heyner rodriguez and his sister ideliza. As far as the family of 6 goes the parents won't let them be baptized but they all love me and want me to baptism them so were still trying. we also have 2 more kids that want to be baptized so we´ll see how it goes. I CAN'T BELIEVE how much my newphew has changed!!!! he's huge. I didn't get your package yet but i´ll let you know as soon as i get it. I really don't have much time to write cause i try and write the family, travis, trevor, amanda, and elder beckwith so i run out of time and there's never that much to write about. JENNIE I LOVE YOU AND this is me saying HI.Well family until next week. Love Elder Johnson

Humbled living quarters

Kyle's drawing of Moroni

The shower, hopefully he won't get electrocuted.

Kitchen

The apartment looks clean

OK so i sent you the pictures of our new house and a drawing i did of moroni. I cant believe how much dallan changes every time i see a picture of him its crazy. I got travis's package and i will probably get yours this week so i'll let you know next email. So we have 6 baptism's for this next sat. But we have to convince the parents to let us go through will it because they are nazi catholics, but any ways right after i told you i was gaining wait last week i caught the throw up flu and lost all the wait i gained but thats ok i'll get it back. So there's really not much for me to write this week because it's been really calm. We went to the mission office as a zone for zone interviews with the president, we had zone conference, my companion and I went to the sister missionaries area to help them with a lesson cause my comp. is district leader. But other than that not much going on. I'll try and take more pictures this next week to send you and i'll be looking for your package. Love you family. Oh and tell spencer i got his email k.