Hey Everyone,
so this was a very eventful week. first of all, about the earthquake, yes we did feel it. it has been really rainy and muddy here, so in the middle of the day we went home to change shoes, and when we walked out of our apartment, my comp turned to me and say, ¨hey is this an earthquake?¨ it was definitely an earthquake. where we were, it wasn´t big enough to knock us over, we just swayed back and forth for a couple of seconds. afterwards, everyone was outside talking about it. i don´t know too much about it, only that a hospital in Haiti fell and a lot of people died. i am not sure if we are going over to Haiti to help because it is a different country, but if they tell us anything i will be sure to let you know. it also caused a tsunami that is supposed to arrive friday, but i heard that by the time it gets here, it wont be that big. i feel bad for Haiti. they are already so poor and it seems like stuff is always happening over there. for right now, all we can do is pray for them.
The great news about this week is that we finally baptised Joan! that whole week we went over to his house everyday to make sure that he was still doing good, and on Friday he passed the interview. the district leader said that they had a really spirit talk during the interview and that he was definitely ready which made me happy. i also got to baptise him which was a great experience. you will have to wait until next week to see the pictures though because the USB on this computer doesn´t work and all of the other computers are taken. All of the other baptisms that the other missionaries had fell through so Joan was the only one. It was a very spritual experience that i hope he will always remember. he also brought his non-member mom to the baptism so i hope that she was able to feel the spirit as well. the next day on sunday, my comp confirmed him to the church and gave him the Holy Ghost, and during the 3rd hour he received the Aaronic Pristhood. he just seems so happy and excited to be a member. we had a lesson with him on monday, and after we tried to put an appointment with him on wednesday, but he told us he couln´t because there was an activity at the church that he wanted to go to. he has been making a lot of friends in the church, and i am sure that he will help the ward a lot.
Besides that, the only big news is that Elder Bednar is coming this weekend! He is talking with all of the missionaries in the mission for 3 hours saturday morning. they said that he will talk to us for a while, and then after we will have a question and answer period where we can ask him whatever we want. I am so excited to listen to what he has to say. He doesn´t speak spanish so i´m not sure if he is going to use a translater or just whip out the gift of tongues. The day after on sunday, we get to go to the stake center for conference where he will talk to everyone. the best part about this is that he wants all of the investigators to sit up front and then the members behind, so i am sure that the missionaries will get to sit with our investigators. we have about 7 of our investigators that are planning on going.
Well, as you can see, we had a great week (it could have been better for Haiti), and i hope you are all doing well. have a great week. love ya
Elder Johnson
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