Interesting Week

Hellos everyone!!! I love you all and I hope everything is fine for you! I miss you and hope that you are remebering that God loves you all and wants the best for you, as said in John 3:16. And also as said in this new video that He has made posible to watch! Here, go and watch it, I promise you it will make you feel just a little bit happier today: http://www.mormon.org/easter?cid=HP_FR_3-27-2015_dMIS_fMRMN_xLIDyL1-A_

Angry Bird Pet

Hello everyone!!! I love you all and I'm missing you here in Ecuador and hope everything's good on your end of the line!!! Basically, I was laying in my bed last night, almost asleep and very nice and happy when our ringtone, which is like a really strong metal techno beat, woke me from my almost-happy slumber. Thankfully, it wasn't a call for me, but for Hermana Mamani.

Milagro - Setting Goals

Hola everyone, this is Hermana Johnson reporting live from Milagro, Guayas, Ecuador! Basically, hello and I'm sorry I haven't really written anything in like two weeks concerning what's going on around here. Getting on to that right now, keep reading. So, about two weeks ago, I was just about sleeping when the zone leaders called our phone in Duran at like 11:30-12:00 in the night, to tell me I had transfers. Usually they call everyone at around this hour for transfers, but I wasn't really expecting it, so it was a bit disappointing for me. But they changed me to Milagro, where I am now serving with Hermana Mamani from Bolivia.

New Companion, New Adventures

Hi everyone! Hope you're all doing great and I love you all! Pray for you all the time! This week was a bit long, as I was showing my new companion Hna Vásquez EVERYTHING in the sector! I didn't know were to start, our sector is huge and there are so many people in our ward! But we pulled through and everyone loves her a lot! She's from Honduras!

Answering Sarah's Questions

Hello, Sarah! Hello everyone! 1) The ward we attend is about 400 people big, but only about 150 assist every Sunday, sometimes less. We're working on that, and I'm very excited to bring everyone back! 2) Oh man, the favorite person I've taught... This really isn't a question that any person can answer really! I love all the people I've taught, here and gone. I miss the ones in Samanes 1, but everyone here is so nice, they are all amazing people with different challenges and different quirks and personalities. Right now we're teaching to Bryan still and Romina, but Bryan more.

New companion

I have a few minutes left and I just lost my favorite companion and one of my best friends ever so I'm sad.

Dreams Come True in Ecuador

The winter season brings the rain, and with the rain comes the 100 degree weather and humidity. But after 6 months here in Ecuador, I'm used to it. We have recently been teaching a young girl named Ericka the gospel, and she has a little dog that looks just like Kona! Ericka is very sweet, and is 17 and pregnant. Latin culture is very strange in comparison with ours, the father is 36. Basically, this is a thing that happens a lot. But she's very awesome, and knows everyone in the neighborhood! But the most awesome thing is that she had a dream right before meeting us: She had been eating in her house and there came a knock at the door. She went to go and open it, and saw two elders (the Latins called both the girl missionaries and the guy ones "elders"). She told them that she was catholic and closed the door, but turned around and saw the elders open the window and ask her, " Why are you putting yourself farther away from God?" She woke up and was really worried the whole next two days, wondering what she had to do to bring herself closer to Heavenly Father, and then Hna Purnell and I came by with our friend Marlon, who had felt that he should take us over to meet her. She told us that we were exactly like her dream, and whoop now we're teaching her! It is so awesome! Love, Hermana Avalon Rae Johnson