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Sibling Missionaries...
Actually, an aunt, uncle, and two nephews serving at the same time in four different places in the world: Hawaii, Guatemala, Canada, and Argentina
Canada
Hawaii
Argentina
Guatemala
circa 2017
four years later in 2021
Elder Adam Johnson
Sister Emily Johnson
Elder Joseph Telford
Elder Joshua Telford
BACK STORY: These four "siblings" are great friends with each other. Emily and Adam are two of my youngest children, and Joseph and Joshua are my two oldest grandchildren (oldest daughter's oldest sons). So they are nephews to Emily and Adam. Emily and Adam, Joseph and Joshua are actually really great friends, and did stuff together. Now they curiously find themselves in the mission field together, starting at about the same time (late 2021). There will be a great reunion one day in about a year when all have finished their missions. I am so proud of them! Such great people, helping many come unto Christ. Its a wonderful thing. GrantPa Johnson
Elder Adam Johnson
Sister Emily Johnson
Elder Joseph Telford
Elder Joshua Telford
six years later in 2023,
(near end of mission)
Tornado + Baptism
Pretty crazy. Yes, there was a tornado. I would've never guessed there would be a tornado in Montréal. Anyways, I got some pretty epic...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
Jul 17, 20231 min read
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"I have fought a good fight" (2 Tim 4:7)
Amigos, elderes, familia, This is it, the last email. Two years, 7 areas I've called home, and one heart changed at a time. This has been...
Elder Joshua Telford
Jul 6, 20233 min read
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✨️SUCCESS✨️
Just a heads up, I was writing my weekly last week, but didn't get far. Basically I'm staying here in the Mandarin branch with Elder...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
Jul 3, 20233 min read
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💰💰💰Tithing = power 🔋🔋🔋
So much has happened this week and last week. (My bad for not sending a weekly) We met this guy named Paul in the beginning of our...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
Jun 19, 20233 min read
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0° grados
Hola, que frío que hace Or in other words, it's cold. I hope you're all doing well with summer starting up and school getting out. This...
Elder Joseph Telford
Jun 12, 20231 min read
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Dog days
Uh oh, that month went by way too quick Hola a todos! Argentina is welcoming us to June with the usual, a cold front and the flu going...
Elder Joseph Telford
May 29, 20233 min read
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Working in the death
Ok my last email was titled: "Worked to Death" because we literally worked so hard that our bodies just shut down and got sick. But this...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
May 29, 20232 min read
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"Has the end come yet?" (Mormon 9:15)
And again I speak unto you who deny the revelations of God, and say that they are done away, that there are no revelations, nor...
Elder Joshua Telford
May 24, 20235 min read
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Worked to death
This week has been epic so far. And the title of this email is not talking about me, but my companion haha. First things first: I'm back...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
May 22, 20231 min read
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Aguante madre
It's been a while since I've written an email... how time flies when you're having fun, am i right? The past month in Olmos has had some...
Elder Joseph Telford
May 15, 20232 min read
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"Our God shall fight for us" (Nehemiah 4:20)
Que pedo I hope you're all doing great, these last few weeks have been pretty run of the mill here in Catocha. April is the hottest month...
Elder Joshua Telford
May 3, 20235 min read
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First Vision... pretty powerful
Kirkland is fun, we're meeting with a guy name Gerry. He is an awesome person and we have a member helping us teach him the Gospel. He is...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
Apr 25, 20231 min read
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CTR
I have been so bad at writing the last few weeks. I hope you can forgive me Well the last few weeks have been composed of: 1. It's Colder...
Elder Joseph Telford
Apr 18, 20232 min read
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"They were of one heart and one mind" (Moses 7:18)
Hello all, It's been a while since I've written. An entire transfer has gone by, actually. (we didn't have transfers.) The work has gone...
Elder Joshua Telford
Apr 17, 20233 min read
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Frozen solid
Transfers was kinda stressful but an adventure. A day before transfers me and my companion (both from California) were takin' a walk...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
Apr 10, 20231 min read
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26 Kilómetros de Kilómetro 26
Hi As the email title suggests I am being transfered. It was cool to find out that I'm going exactly 26 kilometers from where I am now,...
Elder Joseph Telford
Mar 27, 20231 min read
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Broken
If there's one thing I've learned on my mission is: never clean and exercise at the same time 2 weeks ago I was at the church, mopped the...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
Mar 27, 20232 min read
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There were over 400 miracles this week, maybe more nobody knows for sure
Helloooooo What a cool week. Many miracles for sure Don't have too much time so I'll get down to it. Dora: She is maybe the coolest...
Elder Joseph Telford
Mar 20, 20232 min read
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Love is the fulfilling of the law" (Romans 13:10)
¡Hola! These last few weeks have been legendary. A lot has happened, so bear with me, this might be a longer email. Last time I wrote I...
Elder Joshua Telford
Mar 15, 20234 min read
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Ain't no Mountain high
I think if someone were to make a mission approved movie list that Remember the Titans should be on there. Also Johnny Lingo. Well in...
Elder Joseph Telford
Feb 13, 20233 min read
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The Joyful REUNION
Our daughter and son went on Chinese speaking missions at the beginning of August 2021, and trained in the Chinese language for two...
Grant Johnson
Feb 8, 20232 min read
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A pleasant surprise
I'm sure you want to know what the surprise is huh This week. . . was a week. We found a girl named Genisis who lives 50 minutes from the...
Elder Joseph Telford
Jan 30, 20232 min read
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In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight!
Heyo! I didn't think I was going write this week, but I won't have time next week so here ya go! Here's some things! * I've been writing...
Sister Emily Johnson
Jan 27, 20234 min read
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"Be it unto me according to thy word" (Lucas 1:38)
Que lo que, I'm back, I'm alive, and I've been transfered. After two transfers in Cipresales, I had to say goodbye to my two companions...
Elder Joshua Telford
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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Weekly
Why hello, I apologize for the lack of emails... and this short one as well. My companion wrote 13 emails today so he's all caught up...
Elder Joseph Telford
Jan 23, 20232 min read
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I LIVE!!!....... 'case you were wonderin.
Oh my goodness guys. I'm almost DONE. I have a lot of feelings about coming to the completion of my mission-- good and sad-- but I think...
Sister Emily Johnson
Jan 20, 20236 min read
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3
For this upcoming week, me and Elder Bai have a goal to get 3 of our friends on date for baptism. We already have one of our friends on...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
Jan 16, 20231 min read
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Kilómetro 26
Why hello This has been a week very special to me. I was able to focus on changing my focus attitude and obedience in order to have the...
Elder Joseph Telford
Jan 9, 20232 min read
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✨️✨️First miracle of 2023✨️✨️
So many miracles these last 3 months. We went to an english Sacrament meeting for our friend GuDongRen who lives on the west side of the...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
Jan 9, 20231 min read
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"Seek, and ye shall find" (Matthew 7:7)
Que onda Parceros! It's been a very interesting 2 weeks since I last wrote! Full of adventure and the spirit. Right after Christmas, I...
Elder Joshua Telford
Jan 4, 20232 min read
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La fiesta
Hola a todos If you want to know what argentina is like for Christmas, then you just need to know that instead of calling Christmas break...
Elder Joseph Telford
Dec 26, 20221 min read
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Light the Beam- Argentina Edition 🇦🇷
Well if you need explanation with that title you can ask my father. Or much better yet my brother Jacob. I am sure he would love to...
Elder Joseph Telford
Dec 19, 20222 min read
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The Rollercoaster
Welp, these past three weeks have flown by! I hadn't realized that I have not written all these weeks until I was informed that people...
Elder Joseph Telford
Nov 17, 20222 min read
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"That ye may learn wisdom" (Mosiah 2:17)
Buenas buenas, How are you all doing? I hope everythings great back home! This week has been one of the craziest of my mission, and...
Elder Joshua Telford
Nov 7, 20223 min read
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Obedience = miracles!!
This week was wonderful! Especially the last few days! We found this one less active member last week, and his wife came out and asked if...
Sister Emily Johnson
Nov 1, 20222 min read
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Water Woes
These past 2 weeks can be summed up into 2 points - miracles - ingesting bad water So all in all it was a pretty classic week in the...
Elder Joseph Telford
Oct 24, 20222 min read
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"Behold, my son" (Moroni 9:22)
I don't have much time to write, but this week was really bittersweet. The work is going great, we put Blanca and Andrea on date for...
Elder Joshua Telford
Oct 13, 20221 min read
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Padre Part 2
Hello Sorry for not writing very much these last few weeks. We've been sick and busy. That's a basic way to start a missionary weekly...
Elder Joseph Telford
Oct 13, 20222 min read
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Successful week 👊😤✊️
Okay this week was great. We went on exchanges and went to this park called Park De La Cité. Beautiful park. And for some reason that...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
Oct 11, 20223 min read
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A "gentle" nudge
Aloha my friends! This week was great! Man I still can't get over how good General Conference was! Our missionary president asked us to...
Sister Emily Johnson
Oct 11, 20222 min read
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"Not knowing beforehand" (1 Nefi 4:6)
Buenas buenaaaas, This week was one of the greatest weeks of my mission. Elder Vásquez and I have been full speed ahead since day 1, and...
Elder Joshua Telford
Oct 7, 20222 min read
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Strong Impression...
We invited like 7 people to come watch General Conference with us but we only got one friend (Orhan) to come watch General Conference...
Elder Adam Lehi Johnson
Oct 4, 20222 min read
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You are loved, and needed.
Aloha everyone wow time flies!! I apologize for being too lazy to write recently. First of all I want to say how amazing General...
Sister Emily Johnson
Oct 4, 20224 min read
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Mini (and mega) Miracles
I again found myself with no time this week to write but better than nothing. It's been a great mix of super duper difficult and...
Elder Joseph Telford
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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"I will go and do" (1 Nephi 3:7)
Hello everyone! This has been an amazing week. It's also been a long and quite tiring week. I had a crazy day Tuesday trying to say...
Elder Joshua Telford
Sep 30, 20224 min read
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"My time is at hand" (3 Nefi 17:1)
Familia, Amigos, y Hermanos, This week was crazy. I got to do divisions with a good friend of mine, Elder Speaker. Love you man. That...
Elder Joshua Telford
Sep 19, 20222 min read
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Hello Florencio Varela
Helloooooo This week did not fly by as fast as the last 6 did in Piñeyro, but I still loved it. I got to meet a lot of new people and fix...
Elder Joseph Telford
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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"As if it were unto us a dream" (Jacob 7:26)
Que onda, This was a week full of new experiences for me. It was honestly a roller coaster, so I'm going to go in order Tuesday By far...
Elder Joshua Telford
Sep 5, 20223 min read
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Chao Piñeyro
Well, as for most missionaries, transfers came around. I am leaving the best area in the mission to the city of Florencia Varela. I am...
Elder Joseph Telford
Aug 31, 20222 min read
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Feliz lunes todos! Mon, Aug 29, 2022
I don't have much time to write, my pday didn't exactly go according to plan today haha This week was awesome, albiet tiring. We got...
Elder Joshua Telford
Aug 29, 20223 min read
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