3 Weeks Left in Spiritual Prison (or in other words, week 5 in the MTC)

HEY FANMI MWEN!!!!

So im trying to respond to everyone who sent me mail within the past two weeks but there are alot of you so im going to try my best! Well parker is finally here so thats good that it takes him only 3000 miles to respond to one of my letters haha. Well there are some funny language stories for you: first its that while in the middle of some lessons ive said the COMPLETELY wrong thing like saying satan instead of "tann sa". i was trying to say thank you for the this time we have, but i said thank you for satan we have. my teacher burst out laughing in the middle of the prayer while i was totally confused haha.

I also said "pete" instead of "pedi" so the gospel farted in the world instead of the gospel was lost from the world. it was a real hoot to hear all the jokes after that one. One day my teacher asked us what mwa ment and i automaticaly said "it means me!" in reaction to that fre jean takes off his glasses, looks at me in disapointment and says "welcome to haiti my friend". i said what it ment in french haha.

i broke my bottle today cause i set it on the paper towel despencer and it fell and broke but my companion suplied me with another one so that was a tradgety averted. we held a funeral service for it which lasted about 3 seconds from me carrying it to the garbage. heres a shout out to my mom for sending me a BUTT CUSHION!!!!!!!!! its sweet and i will never be uncomfortable again in class. THANKS!!!

on friday when i was running my mile, elder zajak and elder corder stoped me and said if i wanted to do a buddy carry with them. i said yeah sure whats a buddy carry? elder zajak then picked me up and ran a lap with me while he fireman carried me. he said it was a real work out and thanks for the help haha.

the last story is the funniest i think. the last 5 hours of our day on saturday consists of language study, a 3 hour pst block , and going to the tall lab. This is all done in the class and we were really tired and so we decided to spend the last hour outside to wake us up. elder rasmussen then went to this tree and started meowing at it. we all thought he was going crazy but then he look up at it and started saying there was a cat up there. we all knew he was pulling our leg but about 50+ elders running to gym believed him. everyone that passed by look up too and were concerned about the imaginary cat that was up in the tree. some people even claimed to see it but then none of us could keep our cool and busted out laughing. we had the whole zone in on it and was a great way to relieve stress and woke us all up from a long day.

anyway today we went to the temple and did inititories again. elder rasmussen and i went to a different session, or more like we didnt change fast enough out of inititories, so we went to one by ourselves. it was kinda different cause we were by ourselves in a corner of the celestial room and the spirit was so strong it could have lifted me up out of my chair. its amazing to be inside the house of the Lord and going there every week strengthens my testimony so much. every time i go i always get an answer to my prayers which is also why i look forward going there everyday.

im still going strong on 35 words a day and thanks to everyone that believes in me. we taught the second half of the second lesson yesterday in creole and it was so hard. everyone butchered it and we made our investigators really confused. its a huge lesson with alot of new things that people never have heard of before so its the hardest to teach. its a make it or break it lesson for alot of people so we are trying really hard to get a teaching strategy going. i can testify really good in creole now cause i can feel the spirit testifying to me of what im saying. its not so much about the language now but about using the spirit. the lessons are still a little choppy but we are working hard on them.

thanks so much for all the things every one is sending and for all the mail. it brings so much excitment to the same four walls and just helps the day move along. thanks for all of your prayers and thoughts. they help so much and im praying in creole for you too! everything here from the devotionals to the food are an answer to my prayers and im thankfull for all of it, even if the food nearlly kills us everyday. i love everyone so much and i have really come to understand the role of my family and my love that i have for them since i have came here. Na wai!

avek lamou,

Elde Johnson