I'm sorry that this email is coming at the witching hour of the night for you guys, its about 10 in the morning for me riht now. I am sitting at the cyber that I used to go to every p day back in mahamasina. Its definitely a walk back to the park of memories for me. I miss mahamasina lots, and I feel so glad that I served there. This past Wednesday was the 26th of June, which is Independance day for Madagascar! There was a lot of fireworks, horns, drunk people, ect. But to top it all off Madagascar is taking the lead in the African soccer cup. It beat Burundi and Nigeria and is moving on to another country this sunday that is yet to be announced. I am super excited.
Tuesday was frenzied since it was the eve of the 26th. We went to the top of our church and took a ridiculous amount of pictures of the fireworks and videos of the crazy sound of people freaking out to fireworks. Not a lot of work could be done that day since it was a holiday, and it was pretty much the same for wednesday since it was the day. On wednesday as we were hading home, we caught a glance of a rooster fight...typical of a madagascar scene. We don't like to watch the animals fight since it really doesn't do any good and its not productive. But other than the crazy stuff like that nothing else happened those days.
Thursday was great! I gave a lesson in district meeting about our Book of Mormon Heroes and how we are heroes for the people of madagascar. It is really important for everyone to realise that we all are heroes. We all have someone that we need to save. Whether we know it or not, we always are being watched, and we need to act wise to set a good example for those that watch us.
Friday was also great! I went on an exchange with an elder from my group who just recently became a zone leader: Elder Wilkes. He did a baptismal interview for one of my investigators, and that went well. We helped to teach english that day as well, and we had a great dinner appointment that day as well.
Saturday was pretty mundane...we taught english class again and switched back from our exchange. I figured something out that was pretty sad. Remember that cute puppy that I posted a picture of last week? Well, let me just say that the people ran out of pigs to eat. I think you can guess what happened next. Rest in peace, little buddy.
It has definitely been a ride on my mission. I hit one year today! woohoo! I go home exactly a year from today, so if you're going to start your countdowns, now would be the time to start. I thank you all so much for the boundless love and support ushered on my behalf from the moment I left. You all are truley MY heroes!!!
Love you all soooo much!!
Elder Johnson
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