Elder Jared Johnson in Reno, Nevada: July 2017

Hey mom ! Sounds like it's going really good back home ! This week was a ton of fun so we hung out

with some less actives on Tuesday and they took us to the firework show and it was really good !

I think it was better than the one in Idaho Falls and we had really good seats ! But early that day we

were headed to a lesson and we got to our less actives house and there was a huge 41/2 ft snake

right outside, so my comp has a blow gun and we killed it ! At first we thought it was a rattle snake

but it ended up just being a bull snake and we took it home and then on Thursday I skinned it and

made snake tacos haha they were pretty good ! And then we went out to the Indian reservation

and it got really crazy out there. There's a few places where we have to take the truck across the

river to get to some of the people's houses ! but we had a sweet lesson with some less actives

about keeping the commandments and the spirit was super strong when we were teaching it and

at the end of the lesson he told us that was exactly what he needed to hear because the week

before he took his family out fishing on Sunday. We talked about keeping the sabath day

holy and it was cool because we got to see him recognize that God truly does know what he

needs in life. Also me and Elder McGee were driving back from a lesson to go get some lunch

and was this lady at this super ghetto trailer park that we cover and she was sitting beneath a

tree and I told Elder McGee to pull over and so he did. We said a prayer and I walked up to

the lady and asked if she needed help and she told us to go away and to leave her alone and

so we continued walking on and as we were walking away she just started in tears and to get

back to the truck we had to walk past her and so we said another prayer and we walked past

her and I turned back one more time and asked her do you need help ? and in tears she said

can I use your phone and so we let her use our phone and she called a friend and we sat there

with her and talked about how God has a plan for us and that she's a daughter of God and we

said a prayer with her and went about our way. I know that she was comforted by the spirit

we brought with us and it reminded me of a scripture in Alma where he says "aren't we all

beggars?" Of how we all have spiritual and physical wants and needs and I know that we definitely

helped her with a spiritual need and I hope that we can run into her again and share a message

of the Gospel with her. It's amazing to see how God can lead us to his children if we follow the

promptings of the spirit and I love seeing miracles on the mission because they increase my faith

and testimony. My companion rolled his ankle and remember when I wrecked on my dirt bike

and messed up my ankles and couldn't walk ? so that's what he did to one ankle but he didn't let it

slow him down. Thanks for the package and for the ties, they are amazing ! I'm actually

learning how to make ties and it's way cool ! Have a great week love you mom !

Elder Johnson

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Elder Jared Johnson in Reno, Nevada