Happy thanksgiving!
It’s that time of year again, and to celebrate the holidays I decided that I would have another baptism this weekend! Yeah, that’s right! I’m a baptizing machine!! His name is Erlon and he is super excited and ready for his special day!
Yesterday was stake conference here in Vila Velha and Elder Ellis, of the presidency of the area of Brasil was there and spoke to us. It was quite amazing! He spoke of always making ourselves better people in the church and never letting the ways of the world enter into our houses or into the church! I learned a lot!!
So I was thinking the other day about an experience I had in my first area that I never told anyone and I think everyone would enjoy.
We were teaching A.., (my first baptism), we were teaching the first lesson and it got to the part that I was going to teach. A.. began to stare directly behind us and focused on something. Elder Myres and I both turned to see what it was and there was nothing. I continued on. A.. continued fixed on something behind us. After a second he ‘came to his senses’ and began focusing on the lesson again. He asked us, "did you two see that guy behind you?" I freaked out in the moment and turned around again thinking there was really someone behind us but as I turned around there was only a wall and a little space between the couch and the wall, but no man. He then explained that there was a man dressed in white behind us and as I was talking he was nodding his head in agreement with what I was saying. I didn’t know whether or not I believed him but I did know that I did not want to stay in that house for much long. To this day I don’t know what or whom he saw. It could be that he was crazy but, I tend to believe that my Portuguese was so bad that our Heavenly Father had to send an angel to explain what I was saying. Just kidding! I think he’s a little crazy. :)
Happy holidays to y’all!
Elder Johnson
