Sunday, September 25, 2016

SISTER SARAH JOHNSON...Same area...new companion...

Hello all!
 
So Sis. Whitehead is very nice :), and she's been really patient with me and my level of confidence in taking over the area. The ward has been super nice to us this week, which has been helpful since I'm not super certain how to do everything yet. But! we have survived the first week, and the rest of the transfer supposedly goes faster from here. 
We have a new investigator! And it's Hailey, Rick's 12 year old daughter! She is super prepared and super nice, and she's excited to read the book of Mormon and learn more. That was probably the highlight of our week, teaching her. :)
Mostly, the rest of our week, the appointments fell through left and right, which stressed our back up plans out. But this one less active Marshallese family finally kept an appointment with us, and they started coming back to church! That was so great! And they offered to feed us on Friday night :D. 
Saturday was... a day. It drizzled cold rain all day, and it wasn't our day for the car. So we walked and walked and walked all over this city knocking on doors. Haha I think Sis. Whitehead and I had a good bonding experience over that kind of misery. But once again, we found a little blessing even on a miserable day! This lady who is married to a less active member let us come in for some water and chocolate, and we had a good conversation with her, even though she's super not interested in coming to church. I like when people are at least interested in us as human beings even if they don't want church. It made our day :). 
Anyways! We found an awesome scripture this week, and we shared it with several people, so I decided to share it with all of you! It's Ether 6:5-7, about the Jaredites as they cross the ocean in little barges. I love that even though the winds have to be furious, and the waves have to be mountainous to get these people to the promised land, the Lord always brings them back up out of the water, and they make it to the promised land safely. It was a good reminder this week, as lots of things went wrong, that as we continue to have faith and trust in our Heavenly Father, He'll never let us drown and he's always aware of us. :) 
 
Love,
Sister Johnson

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