Semana 42

 Hega,


Had a crazy this week, here's the highlights:
  • This week we had Divisions with the Elders out in INGENIERO JUAREZ. For those who don't know, it's the farthest out area in the mission. We had to take an 8-hour red-eye bus just to get there... 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. It's so far out in the boonies that it is the only area where President Reber doesn't send American Elders. Probably Top Ten craziest experiences of my life
  • Out in Juarez they speak four different languages: Spanish, Toba, Wichi, and another ethnic language that just doesn't have a name. One of the neighborhoods for the unnamed language has government permission to Stone the missionaries if they ever walk in the boundaries... needless to say we did not stop by over there
  • Saw a dude kill an alligator for lunch, the video is a little graphic but lmk if you want to see it I guess. Also saw an armadillo
  • There are wild pigs at every turn in Juarez as well. Once we hit lunch hour me and Elder Aranguren (from Colombia) took a second to chase around some baby chanchitos... unfortunately I did not make any hog rider jokes sorry boys
  • At the end of the day we were headed back to the terminal to travel and we heard a tribal ritual in the distance 
  • I included a bunch of pictures of juarez below because words just don't explain how epic it was, enjoy
  • The rest of the work was pretty basic, but on Sunday our friend Jade was baptized! She's the one who likes watching Keeping up with the Kardashians and understands about 80% of all English. She got baptized on Sunday and it was a super awesome experience!!
That's all for this week, apologies for the long emails but it's been a blast. Make sure to reach out and lmk how you're doing!

Cuernos Abajo.

Elder Johnson

1. En camino a Juarez
2. Juarez
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9. Juarez feat. Elder Aranguren
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12. Jade's Baptism!!!
13. Juarez














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