Dear all,
This week was full of opposites haha: sunny and rainy, inspiring and trying, eventful and slow. But all in all it was a really good week. I learned several things this week in regards to faith, goals, and giving my all to this work. So yeah, highlights!
-We found a family from Pakistan who speaks little English. We were trying to contact a member but ran into them. They invited us in and all the mom could say was "how are you?". We couldn't communicate very well but it was neat to meet them! On our way out we ran into the YSA sisters. They told us how they found a lady just then who was very interested in learning more about the gospel. They also told us how they were focusing on setting high goals in faith and praying specifically for things. They were seeing amazing results. So sister Webb and I have been doing our best to implement that this past week. And we found that when we were focused on our goal and did our best to talk to everyone that we were able to find people to teach. It was amazing to see how the Lord blessed us this week.
-Tuesday we had a lesson with the Hunsaker family (a young couple with the cutest little black boy EVER). They weren't home so we stopped to talk to their neighbors (who live above them in a the house). The guy was reluctant to talk at first but as we continued to talk he opened up and actually invited us into his house to meet with wife. We learned that the Hunsakers had been talking to them about church and they were interested in learning more. So we taught them about the Restoration with the Hunsakers there (they joined later).
-So once upon a time we were visiting with our adopted mother and recent convert, Mitro, when the sky got suddenly super dark. Then all at once the wind picked up and it started to POUR. There were sheets and sheets of rain! It was so crazy! Mirto wanted us to go home, so she sent us out...little does she understand that missionaries get to work RAIN or shine haha. But tracting we found was a but helpless...one house we stopped at the mother wasn't home and the boy didn't invite us in. The whole house was just staring at two short, drenched girls at the door haha. We were quite the sight!
-We were able to do a lot of tracting and finding this week due to it being summer and everyone was out of town. So that was honestly hard. It isn't that fun to go tracting for a large majority of the day. I reminded myself and was reminded by other little things that I am out here serving because I love the Lord and I know that the Gospel is true.
-We met with a cute old couple from Puerto Ricoin our ward this week. They are both hard of hearing so it was funny to have a conversation with them both...and she wouldn't stop talking haha.
-One morning we were tracting and started talking to a black lady named Cheryl. We found out that she has been looking for a church to attend for a while but just hasn't found one yet. She has an inquisitive boy who wants to learn more about God, so we shared Joseph Smith's story. She recognized that our meeting was meant to be because she usually isn't out at that time of day--she has migraines so is usually in bed. The Lord truly is leading His work. She wasn't able to come to church, but we will be meeting with her later this week.
So it was a full week although plans fell through right and left. I learned the importance of giving this work my all. It's much like a cross-country race. During the race you get to a point where you want to give up and just going forward seems too difficult. But if you focus on the end you are able to get back up and endure. When life gets rough--first find something to laugh about--but then look to Christ. Doctrine and Covenants 6:36 "Look unto me in every thought. Doubt not, fear not." I know that giving my all to the Lord's work is worth every day I spend out here. I know that this church is directed by the Lord.
Hope you all have a blessed week!
Sister Brianna Johns
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