Elder David y Hna. Pam Johnson

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

* * * * THE FOLLOWING IS AN E-MAIL LETTER FROM HNA. JOHNSON TO HER FAMILY ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 * * * *

Hi family,
Shrek and Donkey have received a new assignment. We have been transferred from serving in Neyba and Duvergé to a Branch here in the capital. Dad will be released from being the Branch President and we will not be traveling such long distances every weekend. Pres. Almonte came into the office on Friday and issued our new assignments. We were in shock. I thought for sure we would be serving there our whole mission. We figured out that we spent a month of Saturdays and a month of Sundays out to the far ends of our mission and that is two months of our total days that we have been here. So, no longer will it take 5 hours to get to church but only 15 minutes. We told President that we will miss our journeys of delivering items to missionaries and he said to go now and then but that we are to have P-days now and he wanted us to do some recreational things. We will not know what to do with a day off, well I take that back, we will find things to do I’m sure.
We were so happy to hear that everyone got together for a family picture. Thanks family, that is such a treasured family tradition that we have. We show off our family calendar to all missionaries who come into the office, everyone enjoys it.
Be happy everyone, we love you and thank you for all your support and love.
Elder y Hermana Johnson

* * * * THE FOLLOWING IS MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE FNL - MARCH 2, 2010 * * * *

Dear Family and Friends,

I do hope you are all keeping up with our mission by logging onto our blog at: davidypam.blogspot.com
Because there is too much going on in our mission to begin to write about it in “The Family News”. But briefly, the highlights in February: We’ve been involved in the relief effort for the Haiti earthquake victims, taken our branch through the Santo Domingo Temple, helped needy families, helped the church’s Humanitarian missionaries distribute wheelchairs, picked up new group of green missionaries from the MTC and sent a whole group of good missionaries home after 2 years, etc.
February, like every other month, has truly been a “Whirlwind Adventure” for Hna. Johnson and I. And we love it. We love the service, we love the people and we love the missionaries we get to work with. They are great. We love our mission president; he is truly an inspired man and a spiritual giant here in the Dominican Republic.
I can’t think of anyplace we’d rather be than right here, right now doing what we’re doing. It’s an honor and a pleasure.
And it’s an honor to have the love and support of each of you back home. We love you and we appreciate your prayers in our behalf. We gain strength from your strength.
Until next month,
Much Love From,
Elder & Hna. Johnson