Hey Family!
So Elder Knight is home, and I'm here with my new companion, Elder Sembrano. He's Bicyan, from Mindanao and he's a really cool guy. He is taller than me, and really slim, which is different from alot of the fiippinos i've been around.He's a really good teacher, he's been in the mission a year and a half, so he'll be finished with his mission here pretty soon. He's got a strong testimony.
The week went well, I enjoyed working with Elder Mendoza, I learned alot working in a different place and being with a different companion. It makes you better. The work in Lucena is alot different than here in Lucban, Here in Lucban the wealth distribution is relatively the same. Everyone has that 2 story concrete house. But in Lucena there are 8's and 9's (we rate the houses here in the mission from 1 to 10, for tractng puroses and establishng he church, you want houses between 4 and 10, but you rarely see a 10) everywhere, but then you'll have a whole barangy of houses behind those 8's and 9's where there are dirt floors and a rickety lean too houses all clustered together. Its different, but it was good to see how the gospel message is the same to everyone who hears it, regardless of your situation. We have three baptisms coming up his week, Eden, Joel, and Kathy. Its been a long process with these 3 but I know they are ready now. We are inviting everyone we can. We have told them to invite all their friends and family, and the Ward Mission Leader and Bishop here are great, so hopefully everything will run smooth.
Im excited for that, transfer day was cool, everyone in my batch looks a little older already! It's crazy how many missionaries are coming into the mission and 60% are sisters!. 31 total missionaries in this next batch, and 25+ in the next 4 or 5 so president says he needs people to train. Hopefully next transfer I can!
The work is going good, l'll keep working hard, I hope everyone is well!
The gospel is true, I love you all,
Elder Johnson
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