An update on our people...

Hey,

This week flew by. Elder Goodman and I were not able to work together from Sunday until Thursday night because we had so many exchanges. It was a super good week though. We basically had double the work all week because of the exchanges. This next week we will have 2 more, but 1 of them is in Cuenca. I'm always excited to go back and visit. 

So Juan is going to be baptized this Saturday. It's about time. I don't think it's possible for a baptism to happen on its scheduled date. He actually moved outside of Madrid on Saturday so that's why we haven't dunked him yet. He asked that we still baptize him though because he knows us and he doesn't know the new elders. We're gonna have them come to the baptism so they can meet him. He's doing well though. 

Katty is doing great. She's preparing to get a temple recommend and she's attending institute twice per week. She basically lives in Temple Square now. She reminds me a lot of Jonathan with how solid and quick her conversion has been. She has taken it really well and will soon have a good calling. 

Speaking of Jonathan, his wife Melania, came to the temple this week and we talked a bunch. They're doing great. They're going to the temple once per month. She is primary Primary President and he is Sunday School President and Ward missionary. Their oldest kid is working on his mission papers. Pretty cool considering the family wasn't active last winter and Jonathan wasnt a member. 

I think I mentioned 2 weeks ago that we did a pday with our ward mission leader. Idk if I have told you much about him, but his name is Santi and he got home from his mission 6 months ago. He's 20 years old. There are a lot of people I have loved in the mission, but this guy has become a best friend. We do pretty much everything with him. We are going to Costco with him today. He took us to the center a few weeks ago to shop and we also played card games with him and Elder Roger's and Birnbaumer a few weeks ago. You'll probably hear lots of stories with him in the future. We did a family home evening in his house this week and 27 people came. It was pretty cool. 

Thanks for the 100 day reminder jaja.. Elder Goodman was pretty surprised when I told him about that. We definitely aren't counting down. That's all I've got this week, though. 

Love you, 

Elder Johnson

Update: Santi didn't end up meeting them to go to Costco but they were dead set on getting American milk for the week. So they used public transit to get to Costco which meant the metro, a bus and then a 3k walk (in their missionary clothes). They ran into Elder and Sister Mayberry at Costco (the senior missionary couple serving with them) and the hermanas so they sent their groceries with them while they took public transit back home (another 2 hour excursion). But they said the milk is worth it (and the Costco hotdog they had while there 😉).