Training Week 10

Hey guys, 

This was a Huge week. Before I say anything though, I should tell you guys I am receiving everyone's emails. I have received a bunch this last 2 weeks and I haven't replied to any. I realized I only have today and next pday left here so we haven't really been leaving time to write. I'm going to try next week, but if that doesn't work I will write everyone in 2 weeks. 

So like I mentioned before, this was a big week. It might have been the coolest week yet. (except for the week of Jonathan's baptism) It all started with last week's hike in Gran Canaria. We went to a place called Roque Nublo. The hike was beautiful, but I think my favorite part was hiking it and then seeing the Rock from the airplane. I still loving flying everytime. It's become a little more normal, but the effect still hasn't worn off. 

Right after I emailed you last week I had my last interview with President Pack. It was really good. We talked a lot about the area, how I'm doing, how Elder Rogers is doing, how training has been, and then he gave me some advice for the rest of my mission as well as some advice for afterwards. I always love our interviews. It was pretty sad to think thats the last one. 

Tuesday I had my last zone conference with the Packs. It was definitely a special one. During the morning session we talked about obedience. I think President wanted to crack down on a few things before going. But he made some big changes, too. As of Tuesday the "Law of Moses" has been lifted. We can listen to music now!! Sort of... We aren't going crazy. But it's been nice to change it up with something besides hymns. I have some David Archuleta and Alex Boyé that's pretty good. So that's cool. Then the afternoon session was a Q&A with the Packs. No rules, anything goes. It was just great advice for life. We talked about everything. My favorite thing they said was that we should put the most important things first in life, not the most gupressing things. Sometimes the pressing things, like work or school, take priority when what really matters is our relationship with God and our family. If we give priority to the important things, the pressing things will be taken care of. I really liked that. I think it's very common/easy to make that mistake. 

Update on the investigators: we had a great week with Rosi. We met Tuesday and we were planning on teaching about the Restoration, but she told us about some family issues so we taught the plan of salvation. It's always cool when we both just know and we can change plans without talking about it. Long story short, it was a great lesson and at the end I really felt like we should talk about baptism. Normally I like to teach more about it before inviting someone to do it, but I just went for it. It worked out. We are working towards July 28 for her baptism. The rest of our investigators have really slowed down. A big part of it is that we were on another island half of the week and couldn't meet. I will keep you updated though. I would love to leave this area set up for a baptism or two. 

THE CAR...... I HATE THE CAR........ We have had to put a lot of time into the car lately. We took it in this week to get an estimate on the repairs. Let's just say it's gonna cost a lot more than my car was worth at home. (That's prolly not saying much 😂) We have an appointment tomorrow to see if we can just sell it. The goal now is to see if we can get a decent amount without fixing it. So we have to get a written offer and send it to the office, then we will sell it. The headquarters in Germany decided not to replace it so we are losing the car. It's the first time in my mission so that will suck. I'm kinda ready though. Idk how many times I have said I hate cars. 

We recieved a Ministering assignment this week. On one hand I think it's super cool. I'm excited to be a part of it. On the other hand I think it's weird because we're full-time ministers. Why do we need this assignment. It has taken a lot of time in interviews and meeting. We'll see how it goes though. It might be really cool. 

Today was amazing. We did another Puerto pday. We hung out on the wall by the ocean for a while, then we grabbed lunch at a really nice restaurant, then we played spikeball forever. That was so much fun. You guys need to look up the restaurant. I uploaded the name in the Google drive. There is a pic of the sign. It's right on the ocean and the mist kept hitting us as we ate. I saved up and got cordon bleu. It was totally worth it. It wasn't missionary food. That's for sure. Idk if you guys know what spikeball is, but you have to look up videos. Elder Rogers got it from his family, and it's sooo fun. We played it for hours. 

That's all I've got this week. It was a long one. This week deserved it though. Love you guys, 

Elder Johnson

(This is a building I told Josh about when he very first got transferred to tenerife. I wanted him to find it and send me a picture because I kept seeing it all over Instagram as a tourist spot. He finally found it!)