Week 7

Hey!

Why no email? Thats fine. So this week has been really awesome. I have learned alot and apparently my spanish is alot better then most other new missionaries. I guess our District in the CCM where just really good. The only problem is i can not understand them. THey speak so fast. And there is a decent amount of words that are only in Chile. They alos say my accent is really good so all i need to work on is learning more and having the ability to be able to understand. Though we fasted this Sunday and one of the Things i fasted for was the ability to understand more. And i already feel like i can understand more. My testimonyis growing everyday in things that i didnt have a testimony in before.

I started reading the New Testament this week also because I had an interview with the MIssion President and he said i want a Christian if i havent read the bible and that i probabaly wouldnt be put into any leadership positions in my mission if i havent read them.

This week we had 16 lessons which i less then we should have. The standard for excellence is 20. But we defiently worked as hard as we could. We just had two days where no one was home or they where busy. So we walked a ton and did contacting. So this next week i hope is better and we can get into peoples houses.
My area is awesome. It is defintely alot different here. There is trash and dogs everywhere. The houses are small but some people know how to make there house look really nice while others are not kept very well.

So the majority of our work is Less or non actives. The lessons are alot different then those with investigators. And that is all we learnded how to teach in the CCM. Though some of our Less non actives are like investigators because they dont know ANYTHING. It is a mess down here with alot of the people where baptized. Some really should have not been baptized. WE have alot of work to fixit. But that is why i am here. So far my favorite less is the parabole of the Prodigal son. Because i can relate well with it and share my experience and it just feels really strong.

My trainer is Elder Hoose. He is awesome likes to be obedient and a hard worker. Which is exactly what i wanted. He is from New York. I am sure we will have alot of fun.

I hope this next week we can get in with more of our investigators. We a a decent amount but we just have not been able to.

I am truly grateful to be down here. I feel peacefull all the time and just feel happy. I love sharing my experiences with them and i hope we can help as many as possible to feel that same happiness that we have in our lives. I hope all is going well. I love you all!

Love

Elder Justin Johnson