October 28, 2018 Santa Fe

yayaay maayong aga sa inyo!!

what a week! we're just trucking along over here. life is good!!!
the highlights-
-me and sister bergman both got our wallets stolen and spent a whole day filing police reports at the police station!! so many firsts in this country. gotta love it
-got a PACKAGE WOOOO! see the picture below for probably the biggest bag of cereal you've ever seen. thanks mom u rock
-saw fireworks this week!! our little house has a cute balcony so we all stood outside and watched the fireworks and it was so cute. felt like home :,)
-met some people this week visiting santa fe from old sagay, my last area!! it was so fun we bonded over my fav restaurant there. so good

this week has been good!! we have been focusing a lot on finding lots of new people to teach and we always have lots of cool experiences with it!! one family we started teaching the other day were so happy to have us there. the mom just went on and on about how she had been praying to know how to help her kids and praying to find a church where they could make good friends and kind of set their lives on track, and as soon as she started praying for that, thats when we showed up!! God seriously is so aware of everybody. its so so evident. 

and then one other lady named Cathy! so she lives alone just with her aunt because all of her family is in australia. her and her aunt were taking care of her mom who recently passed away and she was feeling way alone and kinda hopeless. we met her the other day and she is the CUTEST little lady. reminds me of my grandma. she told us over and over again how much she appreciates us taking the time to come talk to her and she totally believes this is how God is showing His love for her. too cute. 

but life is good over here as always!!! i hit 5 months tomorrow in the mission which is CRAZY. time seriously flies. but i miss you all and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Sister Johnson



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