OUR MISSIONARIES: SISTER SARAH JOHNSON - 4/3

And what a fabulous April it is going to be, because it has already started out fantastic!

Most of the week was good missionary work. Lots of driving to Pullman and back... oh! And we got to meet with John every night last week! We did a lot of review and talking about the commandments :). And he had his baptismal interview on Friday with President Clark, and he passed!! He was so excited, it was so fun to be there. So now we're confidently moving forward with the baptism on April 8th, and we couldn't be happier :)). That's probably the #1 reason April is going to rock.

Also Conference! I hope you all listened to S Mark Palmer, because he used to run this mission. ;) But I also really liked Yoon Hwan Choi's talk, where he said something about always looking up and opening your mouth no matter where you are. It's a good principle to remember as a missionary. The best part about Conference though, is that not only did John watch 3/4 sessions, but we got to watch a session with Isabeau, and another with Ezra, and Tessa watched all the sessions in her dorm room! Ah! I was so excited that so many of our investigators were able to watch it :). Exra was especially exciting to see there, because he got to meet some of the YSA members, and he hadn't been to church in months with us. But we had a really amazing lesson with him on Thursday, where we straight up asked him if he'd really given the Book of Mormon a chance in the year he's been meeting with missionaries. And he said he hadn't, but he was ready to. I'm so excited for him, because I feel like he finally committed to reading and praying every day, and he'll start making an effort to make it to church and YSA activities. He's just awesome, I'm so excited to keep teaching him too.

Ok but the funniest part of last week was actually Saturday night. A less active Chinese member in Pullman wanted to take the 3 of us to dinner to "thank us for our service". It didn't take us more than 10 minutes during the dinner to realize he actually knew absolutely next to nothing about the church he was a part of. Basically, we spent an hour being flirted at over a $70 sushi dinner. I'm going to call it, "The Polygadate of 2017", because that's exactly what it was. And when we asked him if we could share a little message with him, he got this panicked look in his eyes and said "we're not actually going to pray here, are we??" Pretty sure he wasn't counting on a message haha. And then, just before we left, I said "Hey, want to come to church tomorrow?" and he made some excuse about homework, and I said "Do you have just an hour for Jesus though?"and he said "Oh, I have every SECOND for Jesus, girl!" It was pretty fabulous. And even though it was 10/10 the most uncomfortable member dinner I've ever been to, we would not hesitate to do it over Mexican food next week. Haha!

Oh! Also this week we met Makenna, a new investigator in Pullman! She was referred to us by a member, and she's the most golden, prepared person I have ever met. Wow. She had already been reading the Book of Mormon every day for 2 weeks, and in the first lesson agreed and wanted to be baptised! She's planning on May 13 (I think?) so that her family can come! She's already giving her parents Books of Mormon too, and they're considering looking into it. It just feels miraculous to me. Ah! It's amazing how well Heavenly Father leads His children to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am more and more convinced that He is aware of each of us the longer I'm out here to witness it.

Anyways, today is going to be a weird P-day, because Gonzaga (the Catholic college in Spokane) won something or another, and is playing some big championship something or another in football or basketball or something or another. So, we're working from 2-5 instead of 6-9, because no one around here will be doing anything but watching the game this evening. So it'll be a party! Yay! :D haha

I love you all! I hope things are going well!

Here are a couple of pics! One of the picture we drew on our miles report for Elder Boehme at the office. Haha!