Well, my companion left yesterday, and it made me very sad. But I'm so excited for her to go see her family and all. Sister Barnes was just the best, and I'm so grateful that I got to be her only trainee, because now she's gonna send me stuff. :) Yay! Haha
Something funny I
realized this week is that I'm pretty sure Spokane has more squirrels
than birds. Every morning I wake up to squirrels chirping? screaming?
growling? Idk squirrels do something and they're pretty vocal about it.
So fun fact for you guys!
We also got chewed out by an old
air force veteran the other day. He started yelling at us about how he's
a warrior for Christ and how other Christians call us "Morons". Ha ha,
like I haven't heard that one before :P. It was kind of weird, since he
approached us and then tried to talk regular conversation with us and
tell us how we need to be careful out there. I meet so many interesting
people being a missionary, it's pretty adventurous.
Oh! We
finished the Book of Mormon the other day! And guess what?? We got our
40 baptism goal!! Miracles do happen! :D The mission is pretty excited
today, since the news finally broke out. We got 40 baptisms exactly. So
crazy, right? I love that I've already read the book all the way through
on my mission, because this time there were lots of new things I
learned and noticed. Like when Ammon, after his mission, gets so excited
to see his brothers that he passes out. Look it up - Alma 27:17.
Hopefully i'm not quite that happy when I get home, that would be
embarrassing... Or when Giddianhi, the Gadianton robber leader writes
this super long, super bold letter to Lachoneus, the Nephite leader, and
says something like "Yo, we're going to take away all your freedom
because we're gangster. So you should just give up now." and Lachoneus
is "exceedingly astonished, because of the boldness of Giddianhi
demanding the possession of the land". Can you imagine Lachoneus just
being like, "Wait, what?" (3 Nephi 3:1-11) See? the scriptures can be
funny, haha.
Church yesterday included a missionary
presentation for the entire ward, featuring me and sister Barnes. It
went super well, and the Bishop backed us up. He said something like "As
bishop, I hold the keys to missionary work, and we're going to get this
engine started", and the ward was really receptive. It's going to be
really amazing to see how the Lord gets his work going here, and I'm
excited to be a missionary in this area. The ward is so supportive and
kind. I'm only a little nervous about taking over the area for the next
little bit. I know Heavenly Father will support us though, and
everything will work out. As Sister Barnes used to say, "You can't mess
up the Lord's work, as long as you're working". :)
Speaking of Sister Barnes, my new trainer is Sister Whitehead! I'll meet her tomorrow
morning :). She's only been out maybe one transfer more than I have, so
we'll both be learning :). I'm excited to meet her, I hear she's really
nice.
I love all of you! :) Until next week,
Sister Johnson
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