Hey.
Guess what.
I love you. 😊 And you have a Heavenly Father who loves you too.
You should tell somebody you know how much you love them, they need to hear it more often than you think. I was walking around the streets of Boise the other night at 8:30 and when we knocked on this random door a full-grown lumberjack lookin iron-forged man opened the door and glared down at my companion and me like he was trying to decide how best to tear us in half and hide our remains.
Luckily, my companion was quicker than I was in the face of imminent death.
"So, here's the story: we gotta load of giant zucchinis. They're each like, heavier than my 12 year old brother. You want some?"
The lumberjack was quiet for a few seconds. His face was tough to read through the beard and massive furrowed eyebrows but I think he might've given us the slightest grin then.
"Oh that's all right, I got bigger ones in the back. Come on in!"
So we entered his lair.
He had animal skins on the wall, the couch, everything. From the time we spent there I gathered he was an avid bow-hunter and skilled gardener. He loaded us down with fresh jalapeño's, onions, tomatoes and a jar of his special homemade salsa. He talked about his family. He told us about his wife who was sick with lung cancer in the hospital. You could tell it hurt him that he couldn't visit or do much to help her while she was gone.
We eventually went back outside and he walked with us all the way to the end of his driveway. I had a feeling that I should just tell him something, "Hey, this is random but I felt like I really needed to tell you that your Heavenly Father understands you. He loves you. He knows exactly what you're going through."
This man's eyes pooled up with the fattest man tears and he was looking in my direction but his eyes looked like they were focused on something far behind me. He blinked and looked away. He muttered, "Thanks. I appreciate it."
I wanted to hug him but didn't think he would appreciate that so much so I gave him the most loving handshake I could muster before we parted ways for the night.
We're all just a bunch of kids trying to handle adult problems so let's cut each other some slack and eat homemade salsa together every once in a while.
Love,
Elder Johnson
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PICTURES YAY!!!
(1-2) Elder Barlow and I went thrifting and found some sick shades which I now flex at every leadership meeting.
(3) I met a greyhound in real life for the first time ever and fell in love. Those dogs are SO COOL!!
(4) Speaking of love and stuff Elder Barlow also picked up a Wahl guard for free at a garage sale, slapped it on his electric razor and showed me love by giving me a haircut. It was actually going pretty great until he tried to cut the top of my head and the razor exploded so I had to walk around the rest of the week with a halfway haircut until I found somebody else to finish it. Pretty neat experience.
(5-6) Elder Burgess and I were asked to make some super sleek ads for the BSU Institute so here's my companion learning how to balance and operate the Gimbal 🥲 he's growing up so fast!
(7) We found a mini crossbow so I made a target out of half a grape and a slice of bread and we took turns shooting it for dinner.
(8) Elder Barlow and I showed up to a meeting but I forgot my mask so he figured out how to share his. Again, his resourcefulness amazes me.
(9) We ate lunch with my family which was way cool!! That doesn't happen very often on the mission hahaaa!
(10) During a companion study I accidentally put on my koala onesie and threw apples at my roommates before chasing and wrestling each of them to the ground. I was very sweaty by the end.
(11) Social media leader SQUADDD!
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