Well, This week has been great I really love it here a lot, there is nothing better than getting attached to the people you love to teach. I also am really improving when I teach in lessons, before, my companion would have to teach most of the time because I had a real hard time explaining things, but the more I try to teach lessons, the better I get. I`m starting to understand them really good, but I can`t seem to comunicate as well as I can understand, oh well, I know my language is coming, slowly but surely. Well we were hoping we would get a few baptisms this week, but it didn`t seem to work out very well, we moved it till next week, i`m pretty sure next week will be better anyways. Man! time really does fly, even when you don`t want it to. The only fear I have is that if I blink I will almost be done with my mission, and I don`t want that, the better I seem to get, the more time seems to pass by me with out me even knowing. Well, the food here is absolutely the best, my favorite type of food is pappusas, there the best thing I have had. Me and my companion were eating at a home that sells pappusas, I ate thirteen of them, and I asked the lady how much any one has ever eaten there and she said the most is five to six. Hahaha! don`t worry I have pictures. Anyways I`m really loving it here, nothing is better than serving the Lord. I have put more trust in him than I have ever in my life unfornately, I can`t believe i`m even saying that, I have learned so much. There is a scripture that i`m thinking of right now, but I don´t remember where it is, but it talks about that man is nothing with out god, and I believe that to be true, I have felt his help more than anything out here in the field. Anyways how is everyone doing? Tell the guys at the shop that I will send a letter soon and that I say hi. Tell grandma and grandpa that I love them and they are in my prayers,(all of them)! You need to give me Stevens email address so I can write him letters. Maybe he will get to talk to me when I call this Christmas. Well anyways, I have to write my president now, I will send pictures soon.

Hola coma esta? Estoy Aprendiendo muchas Español! Well it`s been 2 weeks now out here, and I`m still loving it, it`s been actually super crazy here, but I`m getting used to it. I`m loving it here alot, nothing pleases me more than going out teaching the people of El Salvador the gospel, we baptized three people Saturday, and that was the best feeling ever. Oh and my companion is from Costa Rica. I really can`t believe everything is changing in the world so quickly and I`ve only been out for three months. It rains so much here, but it`s hot as well, so it`s like I never left Arizona. We hopefully will baptize a couple of people this saturday. You need to get me the Hancock's house address both of them, they haven`t been writing me, but I think I was supposed to write first. Tell grandma and grandpa (All of the them) I say hi and that I love them. Que Mas? Well tell me how things are going in Arizona? It`s defiantly wierd and different to here people talk about everything they have to say, it`s more different than the united states. I haven`t seen Bro. Walker yet, he is not in my ward. I`m not going to lie church without an organ or even a piano is terrible, lets just say it`s super hard to sing when everyone here can`t sing to well, but the thing I love about these people is they have a big heart, and alot of them are willing to listen to what you have to say, but I have been rejected alot which is heart breaking, but I still press on and find other people who are ready and prepared for me to teach them. Anyways Everything here in El Salvador is going great I love it alot, I`m starting to get used to everything, one thing I love is that we pay someone to do our laundry, she is literally the only one with a washer here, you would be lucky to find someone with a washer, and there is no such thing as dryers here. Anyways I love you all, and send everyone in the ward my love and that I say hi!

Well I guess I will write you, ha-ha just kidding! Everything is going great here, my new companion is Elder Horton, he speaks Spanish and English, it`s really hard trying to talk to people or understand them, I seriously can`t understand them at all, so the language is probably the toughest thing for me right now, but I`m told not to worry about it will come। I believe it will happen, I just need to be patient. Anyways, this mission is probably really close to dads mission, my area that i'm in is really poor, our house isn't big what so ever. I bathe in cold water every morning with a bucket, it`s really rare that you get showers here, and if your lucky, maybe a built in hot water heater for the shower. Anyways, there is a lot of sickness that I need to avoid here. I can`t even drink out of the tap otherwise I will get real sick, I really do feel fortunate to live in the states! I really don`t know how people survive here in El Salvador, I have learned a lot from these people. Probably the most funniest things that I hear in El Salvador is when we are trying to teach someone about the gospel, the first thing they start talking about are these weird visions they think they are having. I try not to laugh and do the best I can to teach them. It is real hard sometimes to get investigators to come to church, especially since it rains! Usually 160 members come to church, but since it rains, members get real lazy and don´t come, this Sunday we only had 60 people at church! What happened? I have no idea! We are really super busy with everything. We had two baptisms hopefully this saturday if we get them to stay committed. Time is flying by way too fast, it hadn`t dawned on me that I have been out here for 2 1/2 months. I really try my best to do everything I can to be obedient and be receptive to the spirit, and yes I being more obedient than I ever was at home. ;). Anyways tell me how everyone is doing, how is grandma and grandpa doing, both of them? Tell Grandpa I am learning spanish, just at a slow, slow pace. I`m going to start writing letters the best I can to everyone. Anyways I love all of you and I'm going to try to start sending some photos now. Please keep me in your prayers!

Love Elder Johnson

Well next week I'm leaving for El Salvador, on Monday! I'm really excited to go, my spanish still isn´t that great, but I heard by the time I call in December, my spanish will be good enough to understand and listen। We watched general conference and it was the best conference I´ve ever heard. Probably my favorite session was Priesthood, Elder Holland's talk was great. I liked how he talked about how we need missionaries, believe it or not we do! It´s so much better with more people, Mom and Dad, your next in line for a mission, so you better start preparing for it, ha-ha just kidding! But seriously I have really enjoyed my time at the MTC. I have grown so much in my spanish and in the gospel, I feel ready to leave now, I know it´s going to be extremely hard out in the field, but I know the Lord will help me in everything. I heard a talk by Elder Holland yesterday, he was talking about our missions and how we grow and learn to love the people. One thing that struck me so hard I started to cry, he said one thing that pains him is how can missionaries go home and fall away from the church when they were telling people to repent and bared testimony of those things. I know once I get home from my mission, my work will never be over, its forever! Anyways, sorry, but I felt that I needed to say that for some reason. I love you all so much, this is the greatest thing that I have ever felt or done, the best decision of my life. I have a strong testimony of this gospel, and I know that everything I'm going to teach is true. I will answer your questions when I get to El Salvador, they will give me a lot more time.

Love Elder Johnson