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Deja Vu with Chinese Traditional Song in China 月亮代表我的心 The moon represents my heart
2020 年 7 月 4 日 (JUL 4, 2022) Our family spent a year in Fuxin, China in Liaoning Province (northeast China) and made many friends...

Grant Johnson
Jul 4, 20201 min read


The Circle of FEAR
Many years ago, The Eagles ( known for "Take it easy" etc) would, when preparing for a concert, sit in a circle with their acoustic...

Grant Johnson
Jun 25, 20201 min read


Green Screen & Teleprompters Installed in Machu Picchu Studio... used in REAL TALK KitchenTalk shows
The Machu Picchu Studios got an upgrade with three new teleprompter boxes, each interfaced over the VGA network via splitter box to a...

Grant Johnson
Jun 24, 20201 min read


厉害!乐队 搭建了一个新的池畔舞台和音响系统 Lehi! band built a new poolside stage and sound system future music
厉害! 乐队 为未来的音乐演唱会搭建了一个新的池畔舞台和音响系统. Lehi! band went outdoors to build a new poolside stage and sound system for a future music concert....

Grant Johnson
Jun 13, 20201 min read


Not Catching a TAXI at 4:40 am. NOW WHAT?? Kevan's plane awaits in Shenyang 3 hours away!
7th April 2015 2015 年 4 月 7 日 watch video and hear vocal, or... ...begin reading here>> 中华路 ZHONG HUA LU. A semi-deserted street below...

Grant Johnson
Apr 7, 20155 min read


Daddy Dates with the Whole Family. One kid (and wife) at a time.
2014 年 11 月 2 日 (NOV 2, 2014) DATE time. A COUPLE ON A DATE SAYING A BIG HELLO TO DADDY AND DAUGHTER ON THEIR DATE! Daddy time. So...

Grant Johnson
Nov 1, 20144 min read


Can God Change the Music?
2014 年 9 月 27 日 September 27, 2014. Saturday. Well, tonight we got an answer to that question. Tonight I went on a scooter ride with my...

Grant Johnson
Sep 26, 20144 min read


The HOSTILE HOSTEL in Hong Kong: "ChungKing Mansion" and Opposition in All Things
8th August 2014 2014 年 8 月 8 日 The ChungKing "Mansion" sounds good on paper. In real life, it was actually a sham. My son Kevan was...

Grant Johnson
Aug 8, 201411 min read


Unemployed in China. Can the Priesthood Help You Get a Job?? How we coped.
2014 年 5 月 11 日 May 11, 2014. Sunday. 9:15 am. Today is District Conference in Chengdu, China on Sunday. We already had our Saturday...

Grant Johnson
May 10, 201412 min read


Locked out of China, Stuck in Hong Kong. Visa experience. FINAL DAY. Visa 101? 4/23/2014
2014 年 4 月 23 日 School of hard knocks. Today is the drop dead deadline day for us, getting our visa to enter back into mainland China. I...

Grant Johnson
Apr 23, 201412 min read


HONG KONG TEMPLE, Our First Stop in Hong Kong. The Priority.
2014 年 4 月 18日 (APR 18, 2014) APRIL 2014. We had to go to Hong Kong to convert our Type-Z Visa to a Tourist Visa because the company I...

Grant Johnson
Apr 18, 20142 min read


Audrey rides a high-speed train to Chengdu for her baptism in China
2014 年 2 月 16 日 February 16, 2014. Sunday. Coming unto Christ, even in China. We had to go some far distance to do this. Riding the high...

Grant Johnson
Feb 16, 20142 min read


A Prayer Spot in China (near my work) and Inner Peace 祈祷花园
SOMETIMES in the rush of the morning to get out the door, you miss your personal prayers… On this particular day, December 3, 2013 in...

Grant Johnson
Dec 3, 20134 min read


Today I watched this video in China, and my Testimony of the Restoration was strengthened!
13th September 2013 Today I was watching some videos on my computer while in Chongqing China, and I came across this video I made for a...

Grant Johnson
Sep 12, 20132 min read


JIE FANG BEI PEOPLE-- UNCUT 解放碑人 ChongQing, China 重庆中国
September 9, 2013 Such a fun adventure. Many of the Chinese people who live here in ChongQing get out at nights after work and go places....

Grant Johnson
Sep 8, 20133 min read


Letters from our Missionary Son, 我们从传教士的儿子收到了一封信 Kevan (Elder Johnson) in Nebraska/Iowa!
We have a son who is in the mission field right now. We write to him every week, and he faithfully writes to us and the rest of his...

Grant Johnson
Sep 5, 20133 min read


Grant's COMBAT SIMULATION VIDEO in China's DaZu Long Dragon Lake Island
I went on a company retreat last weekend and part of the activity was CS (combat simulation games). Its a step up from laser tag because,...

Grant Johnson
Aug 23, 20133 min read


PIRATES and STUFF 洪崖洞 hong2 ya2 dong4 Chongqing China 重庆中国 HD
August 8, 2013 Our family made a visit to the HongYa Dong area in downtown Chongqing in the YuZhong district on the peninsula there...

Grant Johnson
Aug 7, 20131 min read


Our Music Studio Arrived... and we set it up!
2013 年 8 月 3 日 (AUG 3, 2013) Our STUFF from the USA arrived on the boat last month, and we FINALLY got things going on setup. Here's The...

Grant Johnson
Aug 3, 20133 min read


Lightning Rain Storm at our Apartment in Long Hu Xi Yuan looking at Dragon Lake (Long Hu, 龙湖)
We lived in the coolest apartment. 11th floor looking over a large man-made lake called Dragon Lake (Long Hu), and so when the lightning...

Grant Johnson
Jun 1, 20131 min read


Got a New China Bankcard. Forgot my PIN. No Money for WEEKS until Bank could fix it.
Some things like banking in China are very different and less convenient from my experience of the same in the US. I was careless when I...

Grant Johnson
May 23, 20136 min read


Like a Waterfall
One family night in 2012 our family was invited to a friend's home, the Fisk's home and they had a really cool backyard. In the yard was...

Grant Johnson
Jun 10, 20121 min read


Miracles. Audrey was drowning in an adjacent pool. Nobody knew. But, a Higher Power knew.
Miracles. Our 1 year old Audrey was drowning in an adjacent pool. 30 people present. Nobody knew. But, a Higher Power knew. On one...

Grant Johnson
Jul 3, 20083 min read


SONG: "Music in My Soul" © 2011 Grant Johnson, inventor of MERIDI musical instrument
I found this in my journals from the past, and as I listen to this song created on the precursor to the MERIDI, the Chordboard STAC, a...

Grant Johnson
Jan 31, 20072 min read
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