Hello Everyone,
I apologize
for the late email. Thank you to all of those who have emailed me, it is well
appreciated. This week has been a very exciting one. We have been spending
quite a bit of time getting to know the members of the ward. It has been very
intriguing talking to these people about their past and how they have ended up
in the place they are now. We have had a wide range of people to talk to. We
talked to a a single mom who had a very rough upbringing in New York City. At
age 12, because of the living conditions, she ran away from home and since that
day she has never seen her mother again. Her life story is quite incredible. We
also were able to meet a less active member who was cut from the Miami Heat due
to an accident that would require a knee replacement. This man also has a very
close connection to Theral Bailey. His sister was married to him and they had a kid
together.
Unfortunately they did split up and this man baptized
their kid.
Another exciting
thing that has happened this week was that the missionary's serving in the
Gaithersburg 1st Ward were able to go see the Pope address congress, and lucky
for me, I serve in that Ward. It was very cool. We woke up at 3:30 am to get
ready. We were at the Metro at 5 we got to the lawn of the Capital at 6 and the Pope did not speak till 10. His speech to Congress was about 20 minutes and
after we concluded he walked out of the chamber to the back of the Capital Building to address the thousands of people on the lawn. It was an amazing
experience and it was only possible because a member in our Ward knew some
people who had tickets because those tickets had been sold out.
Another awesome experience we had was we were able to go to Dr. Prince's home for dinner tonight. He and his wife are the ones who are running Madison field's. It was a great experience. They each gave us great advice for life and it was something that was worth while.
On Friday we had a chance of helping out with a food drive at a grocery store. It was awesome to see everyone being so generous. We were able to fill up 4 boxes of food. It was so fun and it felt so good. That project was part of an event called Day To Serve. It is something that the Area 70 created with the state of Maryland. And so there are a lot of service projects that missionaries and members are all helping out with.
Saturday I found out that Elder Rowley and I are both leaving Gaithersburg so we will be transferred out on Wednesday.
Thanks you so much for all that you guys do.
Have a great week!
Elder Johnson
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