Johnson, Ethan

The week began with five inches of snow in Houston, Texas; it ended with four people in the waters of baptism.  We saw so many miracles this week. I had one of the most spiritual experiences ever with one of our part member families, ending with the goal of Angel getting baptized after he bore testimony of the afterlife and a life-altering dream/vision. We stayed inside all day and half of the day on Wednesday because of the snow and ended up putting Yureny, the sweetest woman ever, on date for baptism, too. Satan tried to stop Melissa and Josiah from getting baptized the night before Sunday by exploding their tire while on the freeway and they almost died. Satan stopped Ricky from getting baptized because of his parole officer who usually approves church on Sundays but for some reason–on the day he was getting baptized–he did not approve Ricky to leave his house, even after three calls and a text from me. I gave a 20 minute talk in Spanish and then was swarmed by members of the co...

I have fallen in love with that hymn over the past couple of weeks, and I don’t quite know why. That’s a lie. I do. I love the fact that it speaks of how Jesus’ gaze is upon the sparrow, so we know he watches over us, too. The small details in this life make me appreciate the glory of God and everyday I am fortunate enough to see those little details. The past three weeks have been insane. As of right now, we have three baptisms set up for this next Sunday. Ricky, who has been cleansed and changed through Jesus Christ and His Atonement and Josiah, the smartest ten year old I have ever met. Josiah’s mom also needs to be baptized, even though she is a member of the church. It turns out we could not find her records and when she was baptized, 20+ years ago, they never entered in her records correctly so we get the privilege and honor of officially baptizing her into the church that she’s been a part of her entire life. I love the Houston 8th ward with all of my heart. They are just the mo...

I swear I will write a real email for the next three weeks this coming P-Day, so I will have a big lengthy email this next P-Day BUT, here are some updates. -Ricky, who is on date is so excited to be baptized. He came to church 30 minutes early, not for "Johnson or for McArthur" but for himself.  -Elder McArthur is my new companion (that is why there was not an email). -Seal Team 6 Generation 3 is up and running which is crazy -Josiah is so ready for baptism and it turns out that we cannot find his family's records so we may be baptizing like 4 more people with him and the ward wants Ricky to be baptized that same day so we may be having a megs baptism on the 26th. -We have been seeing so many miracles including teaching a Colombian family of 8 -We simultaneously let the family of 8's dog out and lost it, but then also miraculously found it all within the span of 25 minutes and the family will never know they almost lost their dog forever because God is real -Bonnevil...