Luke Mission Letters

  Hola a todos Highlights: Had to go get my DNI to become an Argentine Citizen on Friday, so Elder Smith and I went on vacation to Corrientes on Friday morning and it was LITTY. We sat in the government office for the morning and then got to spend the whole afternoon in Resistencia, so we went to the one shopping mall in the whole mission, AND we went to McDonald's. It was amazing We got transfer news on Sunday, and Elder Smith is leaving Formosa halfway through his training  Big RIP but luckily he's being follow-up trained by my homie Elder Phelps in Saenz Peña so I at least know he'll be taken care of when I'm not there :( We found out that one of our friends Jade just turned nine this week, so we decided to start visiting her family and teaching the lessons. We gave her a copy of The Book of Mormon to read in Spanish, but when we came back a few days later, she had (somehow) found a copy in English, and told us (in near-perfect English) "I like reading this one ...

 Hola ches Great week this week! Here's the highlights: Our boy Santiago got baptized on Tuesday! He was super hyped and took some TOUGH pictures right before, so don't even trip I added them below. We found him our second week here, and he has not missed a week of church since then. Major W We had Divisions on Tuesday and I was with Elder Elison from Utah; together we had perhaps the most OP missionary day: teaching eight lessons back to back from 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm. But right after divisions ended, we taught two lessons from Wednesday until Sunday night. Not the most productive of weeks (minus the baptismal service on tuesday) but it was still a good time Make sure to let me know how you're doing! Thanks for the support! Cuernos Abajo, Elder Johnson 1. Met Messi 2. Maldito Skate Shop 3. Divisiones feat. Elder Elison 4. Almuerzo con Santiago y su Familia 5. Formosa 6. Hype Wall 7. Está todo tranqui pero listo igual 8. Santiago's Baptism!! 9. Tough baptism pic 10. Found...

  Que tal Another great week this week! Here's my highlights: Note from last week: Totally forgot to add this to the email but two of our friends, Zuni and Ingrid, got baptized a few weeks ago! I added the picture below! Poor Elder Smith wanted to do some street contacting one day as we were walking home from the Terminal, so I taught him how to start a contact in Spanish and set him loose on the people of Formosa. Unfortunately he got flashed within the first few minutes so that experience didn't last too long There's a kid in our neighborhood who has been STUDYING when we leave our apartment every day so he can throw CD's at us. Don't ask me why or how he has so many CD's, but it's been every day this week. He sees us walking down the street, yells something in Guaraní, and throws a blank CD at us, before disappearing into a house within seconds. The CD Bandito is still at large We had lunch at a member's house this week and one of the kids said "...

  ¡Hola a todos! Here's the highlights from the past two weeks in Formosa Capital: It is really hot (Highest this week was 104°F with 98% humidity) and every single conversation that I have starts with somebody mentioning that it is really hot Elder Smith and I were knocking doors to try and find some members in the projects and a dude answered the door 100% naked. Turns out he was not the member we were looking for Went on Divisions with Elder Reyes in Centenario and participated in the most heated Ward Council meeting that I have ever experienced Found a goat and his owner said that if we want we can use him to ride around the neighborhood so we can get around faster. W I've been living the dream that I had throughout my whole 6 months in San Vicente because there are Elders who live closer than 3 hours away and we play basketball every Pday  Life is good Let me know how you've all been doing! Have a great week! Cuernos Abajo, Elder Johnson 1-3 Formosa Capital 4. Formosa ...

  ¡Hola a todos! Week one in the new area! I'm now serving in the capital city of the Formosa Province, and it's been a blast so far!  Highlights: Parted ways with Elder Yetter on Tuesday morning at 2:00 am after getting stranded in Posadas without a place to stay for about the 9th time After surviving the night on the streets of Posadas I headed to Resistencia to pick up my new companion, Elder Smith! He's from St. George, Utah. He's picking up Spanish pretty quickly which is great, as I have 0 desire to speak English Formosa kind of reminds me a little of Las Vegas; it's a big, desert city with a giant road down the middle that takes much longer to walk than you might think. But where Las Vegas has The Strip, our giant road is called "La Gutnisky" I have flooded the new apartment twice In Formosa there's about 5 different Bakery chains that all claim to have "El Buen Pan" which essentially means "THE good bread". The goal is to fi...

  Hola compinches Great week this week! Here's what went down: Had divisions with the ZL's down in Apostoles on Tuesday, found out biking through mud in the rain is not quite as fun as it might sound, especially in Missionary attire. Luckily, however, this time I was able to use the bike that wasn't made for someone who is 5 feet tall so that was definitely very dope We left Apostoles at 2:00 am on Wednesday morning so we could book it back to San Vicente for divisions with the Elders from Puerto Rico. Learned that a total of 5 hours of sleep between two days is not enough to get you through back to back divisions... Luckily divisions were litty Almost passed out while making Mac and Cheese on Friday, make sure to open a window or run the AC if you're cooking in a rental apartment with poor ventilation in South America during the Summer Our friend Nestor got baptized yesterday! He had told us on Christmas Eve that he wasn't feeling ready to get baptized, and after t...