My Internal Compass Doesn't Work but My Companion Does!

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Good morning everybody! This week brought a lot of changes. Monday was my last day proselyting with Elder Fatoma! I'll miss that guy. He taught me a lot. On Tuesday after district council the Elders in Nuamakrom, a small village in our zone, came with their luggage and then spent the day in our area to save travel money. They and the Nyinase Elders, who also stay kind of far, slept at our apartment that night. It was a good time. 

Wednesday morning we got up early to join the van to transfers. I stopped part way at Hemang to be with Elder Amevor there. We watched the transfer meeting there together on zoom. He's a great guy and good missionary so we enjoyed. Plus he fed me a really nice veggie stew and rice that was much needed and delicious. 

The transfer meeting was cool. More than half of our small zone went on transfer. I'll miss those that left but I'm sure we'll enjoy here with the new ones. 

Speaking of new ones, my companion is Elder Barile from Nigeria. . So far he's awesome. Very hard working and capable and definitely not afraid to speak his mind. We came back to our apartment and he asked if he should unpack or if we were going out. I told him we were going out. He agreed and we went. As we were going I thanked him for being willing to go out even though he hadn't unpacked. He said, "Elder, what am I here to do?". I just love that. I wish more missionaries were like him. We're here to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive His restored gospel and we can't do that unless we talk to them. 

And talk we have! It's rained a lot so we've gotten a lot of use out of our umbrellas. Most missionaries won't go out if it rains, but Elder Barile is down so we have been. And he's a good teacher too. It's been good. 

Luckily, he's also very patient. That has been put to the test this week. I thought I knew our area pretty well, and mostly I do, but this week we got a little lost twice. We had to jump a ditch and my companion almost lost his shoe in the mud. I felt kind of bad about that. We also spent like an hour trying to find one lady's house, passing through mud and water and suffering, only to find that her house was where we started and she wasn't even home! Luckily Elder Barile was really patient with me. My lack of directional skill has been plaguing me my whole life, but the work still gets done. 

We also had MLC this week which I loved. It was our last one with President Morrison. I will miss him and Sister Morrison so much. I love them with all my heart. They've led us in righteousness for so long. Our new mission president will start July 1. President talked a lot about the culture that he's tried to create in this mission. He told us that we are the culture of the mission and that we need to help make the transition smooth for President Morgan. 

We also met President Morgan over zoom yesterday! The whole mission had a zoom meeting with them and they seem so great. I haven't heard a southern accent in awhile but President Morgan definitely has one. They seem so nice and I really know they're the ones who are supposed to be here. 

President taught us about the "differences in administration" that it talks about in Doctrine and Covenants 46:15 and 1 Corinthians 12:5. The leaders of the church change. Its policies change. But the doctrine will never change. Jesus Christ will always be our Savior. This will always be His church. The Book of Mormon will always be true. And I'm so glad to be a part of it! 

Pray for us! We always need it. I love you all. 

Love, 

Elder Johnson

1-2. Me and the one and only Barinua Barile. 

3. Elder Barile building a bridge while we were lost the second time. 

4. Elder Barile's shoe after falling in the mud the first time. 

5. Me, Elder Barile, Elder Nketsiah, and President and Sister Morrison. 

6. Me and my mission leaders.  I will miss these two saints so much. 

7. Ntiamoah mission crew. These guys take us around the village and translate for us. Issac, Elder Fatoma, Abraham, me from left. 

8. Drying rack for cocoa beans. Cocoa is one of the main industries in Praso. It smells really good. 

9-10. Pretty Praso











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