well this week was particularly exciting. our prayers were finally answered!! we found a family of 18 haitians. 8 of which are of baptism age. they all committed and we are super excited for them. unfortunately their father is really catholic and is really against us being in their home so we have to teach outside. the first lesson we had in the house the dad cussed us out in creole and was particularly mad at me cause i was white. that sounds really racist but thats how it is. they have a lot of feelings like that for the french who they rebelled against so i can understand if hes still feeling like that but i dont think he realizes that im from texas...... oh well.
the other thing that went not so well with the first visit was the fact that we brought another sister in the ward that was haitian so she could talk with them. she kinda stirred the pot with him cause she has a REALLY strong testimony and isnt afraid to share it lets just say. the last not so good thing that happened was that they didnt show up for church this past week. we checked on them right after but they werent home. they are all so receptive so i think this is just a fluke in their schedule.
besides that family we really dont have many people to teach. my trainer was sorta "blinded" into the area which means he wasnt familiar with the people that were last being taught that were in the area book. so we went through all the potential investigators last week and found out who was interested and who wasnt. we have a couple of people to visit this next week though. one speaks french and another is a haitian lady who said to call before we stopped by. not much but something. so this next week we are going to be doing a lot of finding days.
my mom is so cool. not my maternal mother sherry johnson but my mission mom. its just more mission lingo that your dad is your trainer and your mom is the sister missionary who is the oldest sister in the district. and then from that you have grandparents and great uncles and all sorts of relationships. its kinda cool cause you automatically have friends when you get here. anyway sister basset is my mom. she has baby whipes, hand sanitizer, chapstick, and even granola bars on her all the time. its pretty funny cause she acts like everyones mom haha. dont get my wrong that i still love my real mom. especially cause she gave me this super cool quilt that glows in the dark haha.
anyway this week for pday we are going to play dodgeball again. last time was so fun and i was somewhat good at it. yesterday was 9/11 too. so for a commemoration to the event, new york had two giant spotlights shine up in the air. we went over by the brooklyn bridge as a district at the end of the day and took some pictures of it. hopefully they will show up well on my camera but it was pretty cool to see it in the sky with the bridge too.
haha one last story, so i totally got shut out on saturday twice. the first time we were looking up a former investigator. it was my turn to lead for the day so i knocked on all doors, led us around on where to go, and did all the talking. well we knocked on this guys door and he opened it up. i told him we were looking for "Basil" and that we were missionaries and wanted to talk to him. the guy just said "ah ok" and shut the door never to be seen again. even after we knocked again. the second time we were calling everyone on our list to see who we could meet for the next week and i did the same thing explaining that we had a message about jesus christ that we wanted to share as well. well this one guy didnt even day anything after "hello" after which i heard a distinct hang up sound. we all started laughing but we still kept calling others too.
anyway thats all for this week and hope that everyone back home and that is on their missions are doing fine. im praying for everyone in haitian and appreciate all the mail i keep getting. keep it up!!!
love,
Elder Johnson
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