Olá!

This week went by super fast and I feel that I don't have many things to say as the week was full of meetings, but I will explain a little about what we did. On Tuesday we had a meeting with the new missionaries. They are great. That meeting is always exciting. On Wednesday we had a meeting with the leadership of the mission. It was fantastic. President talked about our purpose of why we are here. Why the work is so important. It showed me that the work we do has eternal consequences and that we can help others change their lives through Jesus Christ. Thursday we had a meeting with the District Leaders. It was a good meeting where we explain to them their responsibilities.

That was all of the meetings and then on Friday and Saturday, we were in our area. Actually, I went on an exchange to my old area Novo Osasco! It was a lot of fun. It is weird going back to a place you have already been. I was able to see a lot of people I had met there including Luan! It was great to see him again. He is doing great and has been going to Church, seminary and has been learning a lot. That exchange was great and then on Saturday Elder Lucas and I were together. We invited a lot of people to go to Church and also had an açaí that day which was great because I have not had açaí in so long. Açaí is a fruit that they make into an ice cream and put fruit and other stuff on top. It is so good.

On Sunday Kimberly went to Church which was great. She has been learning so much. She thinks that she is still not ready to be baptized and needs to learn more, but she knows so much already and we explained that her baptism will help her learn more and grow. She is super excited, but also nervous. It has been hard for her because so many people tell her that she is making the wrong choice. The great thing is that she is listening to the Spirit. She said that she received an answer from God and that she won't give up. I think that it is true that there is so much opposition in the Church because that is how it was in the life of Jesus Christ. His ministry was not easy, so neither is ours. The amazing promise though is that we will not be left alone. Christ will always lift us up and help us in all things that we do. I am so grateful for that promise.

As one last story of the week, last night we got a call from a sister who did not have enough money to check in her bags at the airport. It was 3 am and there was no way to send her money other than getting in a car and going there. We talked to President and he sent me and Elder Smith(the executive secretary) in an Uber there and back to help her out. It was tiring, but she was able to check in her luggage and get on her flight. We got back at around 7 and had a meeting with President. We then just got back from going to Wendy's with him. There are only two wendy's here. It is more of an upscale hamburger place here. It was super good. It was great to eat a frosty again. :) It was a fantastic week. We are going to have more meetings this week, but I am happy to be in the work of the Lord. Thank you all for your love and support!

Amo vocês!

Elder Johnson

Here is one of me and a couple of good friends I have made here on the mission