Zone Leader

Well this week was good.. had some rain on Sunday pretty hard so the investigators at church was kind of low but I know my companion will bring it back up next week! Well I transfered that's why I'm on kinda late.. I'm going back to the zone of my second area Binalbagan Zone but I'm going to Isabela which is a Zone Leader's area.  Yes, I'm now a zone leader!! My companion is Elder Suarez he is from Cavite Philippines.. (this area is Brayden Evans previous area) so it's good, very progressive and VERY mountainous. It will be great.. I'm great hope all of you are also! I love you all and hope you the very best!!

Love Elder Cody W. Johnson

I'm ALIVE!!

I'M ALIVE!!! the typhoon wasn't even bad.. it passed by just like last year.. "no elements can stop the Lord from hastening the work in Bacolod Philippines Mission!" 

What a miracle.. As we were going to the computer shop just barely we met this amercian member, who is in our area, who is a return missionary, that served in japan, and said "to be honest i'm not one of those anti-mormons, i've just been a little bit lazy, my faith is still strong and i know it's still true, but i will come back and if you need any one to work with you or any transportation just text me." what a miracle! 

The experience of the week was we met this Less active member, he's been through Inglesia ni Cristo, Baptist, Catholic, Seventh-Day, Church of Christ, and now is active in Jehovah witness. We met him once just passing buy and he said to us "elders, don't come back you're wasting your time." and then just walked back into his house. I thought to myself what is this guys problem haha, But the other day we were walking buy and we met him on the dirt road and he started talking to us and of course we turned it back to the church, figured out he was baptized in 1983 and is now a missionary in Jehovah witness. As we were just talking to him i could tell that his faith was completely gone. I asked if he still believed the church was true he said "I can't say yes or I can't say no." Then asked him about the Godhead. He said that Jesus Christ is not a God. And it hit me so hard when this guy is denying the truth that he once held dear to his heart, and followed up by asking if he believes that him continuing on in Jehovah witness will bring him salvation, and he replied "i cannot claim and i cannot judge." (these are all short parts of the visit that we had) but after this visit i realized that he was not going to change his mind he said "i have my belief and you have yours so let's leave it at that and we will see in the end who will be saved and who will not." When he said that to me i don't know what hit me but i just started talking and told him "brother, you know it's true, you've felt it before and now you are denying the truth and especially denying the Godliness of Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost, I can say that if I die this moment I will be saved and receive Everlasting life, and can promise that you will not, Why? because you denied the truth and the holy ghost, after this life you will bow down before Christ and you will say that he is God and you cannot deny it, but after this life it is too late brother, you cannot repent after this life. We are telling you the truth and you know it, but you are denying it and so you will be denied everlasting life after this life. We respect you and love you, but I am telling you now that if you continue in your ways you will not return to our father in heaven, especially by denying the truth. So take care brother and think about what we have said." After that we just walked away and don't plan on going back. Like it says in Luke 9:5 "And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them." These things will be a testimony against him and cannot escape it. I know that God lives, Jesus does also. I know that they love us so much. I know that this church is true and is the only church that will bring us salvation. I love you all!! 

Love Elder Cody W. Johnson

We SURVIVED!!

WE SURVIVED THE SUPERTYPHOON! We were not affected by the storm. Mission lockdown is over. All missionaries are safe. They are now back to proselyting. There was only moderate rain and wind all day since this morning. Mahalo for all your prayers!

Typhoon Ruby

WE ARE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER TYPHOON THIS WEEKEND. ALL MISSIONARIES ARE PREPARED AND PROPERLY INSTRUCTED. WE ASK FOR YOUR COLLECTIVE FAITH AND PRAYERS FOR OUR SAFETY.
HAGUPIT rapidly strengthens into a 150-km/hr Typhoon as it approaches Yap, Ulithi and the other smaller islands of Western Micronesa...remains a threat to Eastern Philippines particularly Eastern Visayas this weekend. 

SUPERTYPHOON UPDATE: We have a "mission lockdown" starting Friday 6 PM. All missionaries are in placed. No one is allowed to leave their home during lockdown. Every missionary is made aware of our protocol during a calamity. We thank you for your prayers.
FRIDAY EARLY MORNING: Continues to intensify as it traverses the southeastern part of the Philippine Sea...about 580 km east-southeast of Borongan City, Eastern Samar [2AM DEC 05: 11.4N 130.7E @ 260kph]. 
SATURDAY EARLY MORNING: Strengthens further as it slows down and turning slightly to the west, across the central-southern part of the Philippine Sea...about 310 km east-northeast of Borongan City, Eastern Samar [2AM DEC 06: 12.0N 128.2E @ 280kph]. 
SUNDAY EARLY MORNING: Maintains its strength as it continues to slow down and turns further slightly to the west, across the western-central part of the Philippine Sea, closer to Eastern Samar...about 115 km northeast of Borongan City, Eastern Samar [2AM DEC 07: 12.3N 126.2E @ 280kph].