WHEWWWW ok well this week was a week of new starts. I ran a mile yesterday and on Sunday I shined my shoes for the first time. also today I had my first whole apple since I've been here. It feels good to feel tired from running and from eating apples but I still have to do this whole missionary thing ontop of this. Well, anyway the mail room had some disaster or something like that and so I didn't get some of your mail till like Thursday. So yeah sorry I didn't write cause I figured I could address all your concerns like this one:
Kayla said I didn't indent enough so here ya go:
this
one
is for
kayla
:)
Today we went early for the temple which was a really smart idea cause we did inititories, did a session, had lunch, and it was only 1 o' clock. I feel like this is that "God's speed" all of you are talking about. I also got this Haitian shirt with the Haitian flag and with the population and stuff on it. I figured I could get a nyc one while I was there so I didn't special order it from the mtc. The language is going great. This week I'm going to try and double the amount of knowledge I have in Haitian. I've started praying in Haitian and our class is speaking it 75% of the time now in class. I'm trying to get my district to speak during meals but I don't think they like that idea very much.
I want to give a shout out to kayla for sending me PICTURES and SWEETROLLS (I have yet to get them but they are on their way) and for my mom for making me a BUTT CUSHION. This will definitely make my week. Nothing really outrageous or crazy happened other than I'm still trying to do 35 words a day in Haitian and unfortunately I think its taking a toll on my English spelling. It's phonetic so you spell what you hear or say. I LOVE IT. I can spell EVERYTHING just by hearing someone say it. Our progressive investigator is going well I think.
We just challenged him to read the first 7 chapters of first Nephi in a week so I hope he does it. He has kept all commitments before so I think he will do this one as well. I want to move onto the third lesson but Elder Campbell doesn't know enough vocab to teach it he says. I'm going to kick his butt this week cause it's hindering our ablility to teach when he is asking me for a word every sentence. We have trc tomorrow which is where we teach someone else who actually KNOWS the language and who isn't our teacher. We will teach lesson 2 in Creole but I know that really well so it shouldn't be a problem.
Grats to Mitch for mastering guns for the fourth time and for his new found ablility for becoming a misterfix it (welcome to the club). Kayla said that Katherine got engaged and I've been looking for her fiance (a french word that means the same thing in creole as it does english) but its hard to find a brother Wanket. : / Good luck for Kayla and Mitch to find jobs and I'm praying in Creole for you!!
uhhhhhh well OH well I just remembered a NEW (nouvo) Haitian proverb told to us yesterday by brother Nelson one of our teachers. it goes like so:
woch nan dlo pa konnen doule woch nan soley.
It translates to the rock in the water doesn't know the pain of the rock in the sun. Meaning that we shouldn't juidge others for what they have cause we don't know their problems. Also that everyone has different trials and some that may seem easy to us may be hard for them. This last Sunday's devotional was about love. I've really taken this to heart and I've really tried working on charity and loving everyone more and judging less. It's kinda hard but I've found that being sourounded by the spirit really helps to accomplish it. I've been praying hard for this along with doubling my knowledge about Creole. I know that with my faith and the power of the Lord anything is possible to accomplish.
My teacher Brother Pixton told us that some one in our mission would try to fast for 40 days and 40 nights and that this was STUPID and I know this is impossible and something that only Christ could accomplish but I'm really trying to push my boundaries with learning, eating, exercising, and teaching. I hope and pray everyday that I can acomplish these goals. Anyway can't wait to hear from you again. I'm going to try and get some pictures printed for some of you guys (I still have room for like 300 pics so I won't send my card home yet). Thanks so much for all the prayers and thoughts and I can see all of them at work in this sacred place that I can't wait to get out of. My teachers are an awesome (onfom!) influence on me and I love the way they teach us every day. Any way times up so I can't wait to hear from you this next week!!
Elder Johnson
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