Salama indray!
Wow, every week seems to be stuffed silly with blessings (even those with worms, nothing has changed about that, but that doesn't bother me anymore). Why bother to worry about things that can kill the body when we should fear the death of our spirits? If it is something that I can handle by relying wholly on the Savior's help, I should move forward fearless. You got it, worms has never been a worse problem for me, but that problem has never felt so puny than in that of my Savior's endless love and his eternally receiving embrace.
While waiting to go to Fianarantsoa this past week, two friends of mine (Elder Meldrum and Hjorth) came and spent a week at our house until about today. It was an absolute blast to have them around, and they proved to be a great help in the work, despite their brief sojourn.
On friday, I went to a meeting to go pick up my new trainee. Seeing the new trainees was amazing. Fresh, new, and ready missionaries from america (excluding one from Madagascar), you could also tell that they were a little tired from jet lag. The meeting started out by remarks from President Duckworth and Sister Duckworth followed by some other people. During this time, Elder Rafiliposon (The malagasy elder) received some translation through other missionaries (including myself...I translated for him a lot of the time. He told me I did a pretty good job). After lunch at the mission home, the trainees were given an envelope to open, which had a letter from President Duckworth. The letters also said which elder was going to be their companion and which area they are going to go to. The sisters went first, and they all were pretty excited. Eventually, it came down to me and another Elder. The two remaining elders were the malagasy elder and an american elder. I just about flipped the biscuit when the name of my area fled from the mouth of the malagasy elder, who I am now proud to call my companion. I love him very much, and I will be sure to make him the best malagasy missionary in speaking english, which he is already very decent at.
I cannot go on without crediting you all for the blessings that I received this week. Your prayers are precious to me. The work of a missionary (or for any calling for that matter) is not that easy, but with the Savior and your prayers, I practically cannot feel a lot of burdens that I know are there. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the moon and back for your prayers.
Oh yeah! I only have 2 more companions left (including elder Rafy), so I'll be sure to live up the twelve weeks I have with him before the day that I get an eternal companion. He will be great practice as all my companions have been :)
Love you all! I am in good shape. Kicking and alive as usual, just another warrior in the Lord's army
Elder Johnson
I'm sorry for the one picture with the package, I'm just so excited I get to taste twizzlers and pringles for the first time in over a year XD
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