This weeeeeek wassssss awesommmmmme.
It really was.
ISAIAH AND SARAH!!! Okay so Isaiah is an investigator we have been
teaching for a while. He came to church last week for the first time and
brought his girlfriend. Then this week we started teaching her too, and
now they are both getting baptized!! They have to get married first,
but that is okay, the Lord will provide a way. They are loving life and
the gospel. On Thursday, one of our ward missionaries, Sister Smith,
invited us, Isaiah and Sarah, and Brother and Sister Leon over for
lunch. SHE WENT ALL OUT. She made bbq brisket, ham, carrots, cole slaw,
and three different desserts. THAT WOMAN CAN COOK. She is my favorite
sassy lady from NY. Anways. Isaiah and Sarah and the Leons became fast
friends. (The Leon's have been members for 11 months.) The morning of
the breakfast Isaiah called us and said "Sarah and I have been reading
out of the Book of Mormon and praying every day..... and I know it's
true." DUDE BOOOM RIGHT THERE THAT IS THE MOST GLORIOUS THING TO HEAR AS
A MISSIONARY. now we just need prayers that they will be able to raise
the money to get married.
The Leons
brought Isaiah and Sarah to our Stake Pioneer Day Hoedown and they had a
blast there too! They are loving life and so much happier now. It's
been a miracle to witness. I have a picture with them that I will
attach.
We also had
interviews with our mission president, President Hobbs this week ( we
have those every few months or so, so he can check up on us and see that
we are being good missionaries). It was wonderful to sit and talk with a
man who is so close to God, and also who can offer insight and
spiritual upliftment for our young hearts. I felt rejuvenated afterwards
and ready to tackle the world!
Two of the
recent converts in our ward were in the hospital this week! AHHH
everyone is getting sick and hurt and having surgery. It's amazing how
much junk people have to go through, but in the process I see them
coming unto Christ and seeking perfection through Him. His grace is
sufficient!
Lets be real, a
million other good and wonderful things happened this week that I
cannot remember nor do I have time to write down. This week was
busyyyyyyyyyy hahahaha
Last night, we
were walking (because it was about to be storming and so it felt
wonderful outside) and this lady stopped in her car and was like "Are
you missionaries?" and we told her yes and she asked if we were mormon
and she was so excited because she had never seen Girl missionaries from
the Mormon church! She wasn't interested in learning more, but we gave
her a card and she was on her way. It was still really cool to be able
to be recognized right away as Mormon missionaries! GIRL POWER! Random
experience for you. Who knows why I chose to share that out of
everything else that has happened. hahahaha
Also
yesterday, Sister Nash and I gave the lesson in Young Woman's about
going on a mission. It was awesome, and the girls had wonderful
questions! The generation under me has some great faith
This
week I was reading a talk fro General Conference called "What Manner of
Men?" by Elder Hallstrom. Also, I was thinking about some wise words
that my dear sister, Lexi, shared with me..... In it he said "Once any
of us conclude--'that's just the way I am'--we give up our ability to
change."
This got me
thinking.. and I gathered that the same goes for what we say about
others. When we say, 'that's just the way they are', we are giving up
our ability to help others change and ultimately we stop viewing them as
a Child of God-- but instead a Child of Man, dammed, unable to
progress, unable to use the Atonement, unable to become like our Savior
Jesus Christ. We are synonomously saying 'The Atonement wasn't for
them--therefore they are unable to change.' How dare we ever say that?
How dare we ever handicap others with our words? Elder Hallstrom also
says in this same talk, We should have "confidence that His Atonement
gives everyone of us--no matter our weaknesses, our frailties, our
addictions--the ability to change."
In the words
of my favorite cheesy EFY song, "You can change. You can turn your heart
around! A brand new heart can be found, if you only take on step! You
can change, wrap your mistakes in a cocoon and let them die. And emerge a
butterfly, you can change!" Anyways, that song always gets stuck in my
head and one time I broke out in song in a lesson singin it. But I won't
share that with you because you will all think I am too cheesy.
Peace and Blessings!!!
Sister Johnson
Brother and Sister Leon took this picture of us at the Stake Pioneer Day
Hoedown and then posted it on Facebook right away. hahahaha they told
us to walk toward them and act "natural".. so naturally I put my arms
out and made jazz hands.
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