Once upon a time there was a kid named Tomas. He grew up in a loving
family but somehow lost his way. He got caught up in drugs and all kinds
of bad things. Well he had a brother named Enrique who always seemed
happy. He craved this happiness and tried to chase it by finding ways to
satisfy his pleasures. He eventually found out that this does not
provide lasting happiness but leads to fleeting moments that make you
think you are happy. Enrique would always invite Tomas to church
activities but he thought that was silly. Then one day he lost
everything...he turned to Enrique and he reached out again. He invited
him to dinner at a sushi restaurant. It just so happened that he invited
us to that sushi restaurant as well. We met Tomas and talked about how
the Gospel can change lives and how it had changed us. Tomas accepted
everything and accepted the invitation to be taught by us. Last Tuesday
we set a date with him to be baptized on May 6th...which is this Sunday.
Although he has been through so much in his life, he is so ready and
willing to accept Christ into his life.
Once upon a time me and Elder Peterson were doing our weekly
planning session. We were about to begin and we received a text from a
random number that said, "Hello, I'm hoping this is still the
missionaries. My name is Alex and I want to meet with you guys."
We said, "Yes this is still the missionaries. We would love to meet
sometime. How did you come in contact with the missionaries?"
She
responded, "well it's a long story. But I met with the sister
missionaries a few months back and I found this number in my wallet and I
want to continue meeting and get baptized."
That was really cool! We set up a meeting with her for today at 6:30 I can't wait.
Once
upon a time there was a girl named Melisa. She was raised in a lds home
and grew up going to church. She had a LOT of troubles and trials
growing up and her parents got divorced when she was young. When she was
8 she was going to get baptized but then her mother found out and she
said no. Well her father would always go to church every Sunday and get
there 30 minutes early and Melisa was always bored. So when she was a
little girl she would always go into an empty classroom and pray to God.
Then many years passed and she turned away from the church and found
solace in other churches and feeling Jesus Christ shape and change her
because of her trials. One day she met some missionaries and they taught
and baptized her friend Amy. She began to ponder and wonder about the
things she learned as a child. She wanted to go to church again but she
couldn't because her work schedule would not allow her to. She tried to
ask for Sundays off many times but always was denied. Then one day the
missionaries came over and we read to her D&C 59:9-10 where it says
coming to church is a commandment. We then read 1 Nephi 3:7 which says
God provides a way to keep the commandments. We then invited her to pray
for the Lord to provide a way for her to come to church......3 days
later we received a phone call from Melisa. She had walked into work one
day randomly to pick up her check. While she was there another employee
was trying to switch her schedule around and asked if she could work
Sundays instead of Saturdays...Melisa offered to switch. The Lord will
always provide a way for his children to keep his commandments if they
diligently seek him. Melisa is set to be baptized on May 13th if
everything goes as planned.
Ok well I hope that gives you a little taste of how stupendous our
week was. I love missionary work it is amazing! I love you all and thank
you for your prayers
Love Elder Johnson
