Hey hey hey!
Wisconsin is soooo indecisive (I guess we have that in common). It couldn't decide if it was going to be sunny or cloudy or rainy...so it alternated approximately every hour of the day haha. But we thoroughly enjoyed the cool weather! This week we started to see the fruits of our labors from the past two weeks of basically non-stop finding. We were able to find a lot of new investigators and actually meet with a few past gators. We have been focusing on setting high goals and doing everything we can to achieve those goals--a lot of prayer has been involved. And, as sister Oborn (our sister training leader) says, "set crazy high goals and expect to achieve them." We expected too and were not too far off. Amazing how the Lord furthers His work through imperfect vessels.
HIGHLIGHTS!
-Monday we spent the day at a park slacklining with the district. It was sooo fun to get back on the line! Sister Oborn was a natural at it.
-Tuesday sister Webb and I were feeling really adventurous and decided we were going to try to get a lot of investigators that day--with the Lord's assistance of course. Aaaand we met our goal! It truly was a miracle that we were able to meet so many wonderful people. Ended up though that we passed several over--including an adorable family of girls--to the Spanish elders in Neenah. Apparently we found the few Hispanics in Oshkosh!
-Wednesday we met with an investigator named Jason. We met at the library and sadly we weren't able to bring a member with us. So we just walked in and found a quiet place to talk. It struck me how strange this meeting must be to him--or anyone really! This older gentleman is coming to meet with a few young girls to learn more about religion. It made me think about how God uses our weaknesses to show forth His power--so true! But the lesson went really well. He had questions and sincerely agreed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon.
-Thursday we had zone conference--it was soooo good! It was like all the missionaries were coming in from the wilderness to an oasis haha.
-SO this ward is really amazing. There are so many solid families who are willing to sacrifice so much of their time and efforts to helping the missionaries and other people in the ward. They are sooo wonderful. And there are so many cute families too. I love getting to eat dinner and visit with them during the week. Not getting to hold babies is a little rough, not gunna lie. But we are obedient!
-At correlation with our ward mission leader...
Sister Webb: We found this awesome guy named Jason this week who seems to be super interested!
Me: and he seems to be fairly well, off...like he has a car!
WML and wife: What?! He has a car? And a job? He's showing commitment??
Apparently people out here don't enjoying driving a lot...or at least not everyone is fortunate enough to have a vehicle. So a lot of the less active members don't have cars. It was just funny haha.
-We had exchanges with our sister training leaders this week and boy did I learn a lot. It was so good to see how they do missionary work--I have something to go off of now as sister Webb and I work in Oshkosh. We aren't just fumbling along trying new things haha, which is good too haha. I got to go to an apologetics class for a bit too...
-Saturday and Sunday were crazy! We spend the day running around to appointments that usually fell through and planning for the week in our car haha.
-Sunday night we met with David, who has been going to church in Fond Du Lac. He is sooo ready to be baptized, he just needs to learn a bit more--why he can't get baptized tomorrow haha. He smokes and drinks coffee so we talked to him about the Word of Wisdom. It was so neat to see his real intent. The member we brought with us was also wonderful! We prayed as a comp about a baptismal date and decided on July 22. But sister Webb though it would be neat to have him pray about his own date. So he did and finally decided on (DRUM ROLL) July 22! It was sooo neat! We are super pumped for him.
So sorry for the novel haha, but it really was an adventure this week so I had to share. :) My favorite tid-bit from zone conference was about being a consecrated missionary. As I've been out on my mission I tend to get caught up and overwhelmed by all the things I should be doing but am not and all the things I'm doing but shouldn't (I am sure some people can relate, right?). I wish I was more obedient, more cheerful, less fearful, ect. I need to be giving my ALL to the Lord, right? But if consecration is a tree, those are the branches. And we don't water branches, do we? We water the roots. SO the root of consecration is a love for the Savior. As long as we are nurturing that love (and not focusing on all the things we aren't doing), we will begin to do those things that will make us a consecrated person. We will want to give our all to the Lord. I also think that this comes by focusing on other people, not what we want.
Again, sorry for the novel! I just love sharing things that I have learned throughout the week.
Anyways, hope that this week is full of adventures and sunshine. :)
Love,
Sister Brianna Johns
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