Dear fam,
Yes I am alive and well. No worries. :) We had interviews with President yesterday, so we rearranged our week. District meeting was yesterday and P-day is today! It was a great week! But we did have a freak snow/slush moment--it was JUST a moment--yesterday while we were driving. We both freaked out. But now sister Eadie is in full Christmas mode..she's already pulled out the Christmas music haha.
-Tuesday we had exchanged with the STLs! I got to stay in Racine and take over. And guess what?? I didn't get lost at all. :) We visited with a part member family. Sister Byers is coming back to church and she is awesome. Her kids are soooo cute. Their little boy loves to sit by me and read the Book of Mormon. #sistermissionaryperks We also had dinner with the Davis' in our ward. We started teaching their granddaughter who is nine. She is awesome and knows her stuff! She's been coming to church, but hasn't been baptized yet. It was quite the day!
-Wednesday we got to help in the food pantry. It consisted of sorting food and also listening to the kind old lady in charge of the place. We learned that she used to be a college math teacher! It is so fun to meet so many fun and different people. We had an awesome dinner appointment with a returning less active couple. Sister Lee is awesome. We showed the video from lds.org Because of Him (if you haven't ever watched this, do! ). It brought the Spirit very strongly into their home. Brother Lee, who hasn't been very involved at church yet almost got emotional. It was amazing to see how remembering what Jesus Christ has done for us can soften heart and bring hope into lives.
-Thursday we had an awesome lesson with Felicia! She is wonderful. We invited her daughter to join us--she's 17. We taught them the Gospel of Jesus Christ. we loves what we have taught her and is even sharing it with her family! She hasn't quite yet come to that knowledge for herself yet though. She came to church this week though! It was the primary program and she loved it. :)
-We helped a couple of old ladies in our ward with their garden. One lady, sister Umhoefer, is originally from England and she said we were going to "put her garden to bed." It was fun to get my hands dirty for once! She lives in an apartment building but there are little garden boxes in the back...she has 5 of them and probably will take over another next year! Reminded me of you Dad haha. ;)
-Miracle of the week!! We were able to get in contact with Ethia! For some reason we have not been able to get in contact with her and her family for a long time. We stopped by on Friday and they told us we could have a lesson the next day. We were able to teach their whole family the restoration using the short Joseph Smith video. It was so fun! Their kids (they have 4) are so well behaved. We are so excited to have them come to church next week.
-Funny Halloween moment: we were knocking doors on Sunday when we got mistook for trick or treaters! We weren't aware that the cities around here take turn for Halloween!
-Oh and apparently I'm the "scariest" companion sister Eadie has had. We have been scaring people a lot recently. On accident! Today is was brother Briggs (whoom we live with). We came home and just about jumped off the couch haha. I guess we are just really quiet...or sneaky?
So yeah, it was a whirlwind of a week! It has been an awesome week. We are excited for the people we are working with. I've been reading the New Testiment recently and this week I read about the sermon on the mount in Luke. A couple verses stuck out to me:
27 ¶ But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
I thought about how Christ is coming and teaching the people. The things he is saying are different than what they have been observing to do. He is helping them to become as He is--not just do good things. I also thought of the musical Les Mis. Because of the one kind act that the priest did (gave his silver away and let Jean Val Jean go free), Jean Val Jean turned his whole life around. You never know what a kind act will do. I hope that we can all remember Christ's love for each one of us and be a little more kind this week.
Love you!
Sister Johns
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