Dear lovely people,
This week has been lovely here in Wisconsin!
MONDAY: After P-day we had dinner at this awesome family in our ward. It was Hannah's birthday! So we got to celebrate with her and her cousins (the family of 8 in our ward). So it was crazy! Then some of her school friends showed up and it got even crazier haha. But we got to share a message about Jesus Christ with all of them. It was amazing to see how the Spirit came in when we started to testify of Christ. Her school friends weren't member of the church, so it was cool to have them there while we shared our message.
TUESDAY: We had a lesson with Javier about revelation. That was good. We also had district meeting, which is always good. We had dinner with this cute old couple at Olive Garden (SO good). So we are in the restaurant having dinner when sister Milner starts talking about her grandson who is serving a mission. She kept talking about how good looking he is. It went something like this:
Sister Milner Oh he's is so good looking. Do you have your eyes on anyone? *Brother Milner looks at her* Well they have eyes don't they?!
Brother Milner: Dear they're serving the Lord!
Sister Milner: They're prospective husbands!
Hahaha, we were dying. It was so funny. Brother Briggs later this week also started talking about the same thing. He's all like yeah, but this is a perfect opportunity! This is a prospective fish bowl. Haha, so funny.
WEDNESDAY: So we had several lesson on Wednesday. We taught Lindsay the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She really understood it and it was so exciting! She is still unsure about baptism, but we challenged her to pray about it. She loves church and can't deny that there is a special feeling of joy that you can't get anywhere else. We also met with the cute old black lady named Gloria. She just loves having us over! When we talked about baptism and invited her she said something like, "Oh I've already been baptized. But I could get baptized again!" Haha, she's awesome.
THURSDAY: We had an awesome lesson with Javier. Brother Milner came and he was able to help Javier see a little more clearly. He has been through some of the same things that Javier is now going through. It was so beneficial to have him there and testify of the truth of what we were saying--from experience. We had dinner with sister Maine. She is the cute old lady who has MS. We go over often and cook her dinner. She tells the best stories about her genealogy work. I've really learned the value of following the Spirit. She told us how one time she and her family were driving away for a vacation. She had the thought that the burner was left on. but she ignored it. Finally she told her husband that they had to go back. Ended up that it was on and she saved the house from burning down. ALWAYS follow the Spirit's promptings.
FRIDAY: We met this lady who was previously taught by missionaries. She was very open and invited us in right away. It was so cool to see what she remembered. She is open to us visiting her again. So we are excited! Also, everyone here is getting sick...but we've avoided it so far!!!
SATURDAY:We had an awesome lesson with Felicia. When we came in she told us that she needed to slow down on our "Bible studies". We of course didn't want that, but we just said okay. We taught her the 10 commandments. It was what she really needed! When we were done she told us that reading about them in the Book of Mormon she now left like she needs to keep going with our studies. It was a miracle! The Spirit really does do the teaching and converting.
SUNDAY: It snowed! But people still trekked out to church! So we had dinner with the Meiers (the family of 8). The super bowl (of the stupid bowl according to sister Meier) was starting and the remote was gone. So the first half of dinner was spent frantically looking for it haha. Her daughter is 18 and planning to go on a mission. So it was fun to talk to her about questions she had and funny stories we've had.
So that's our week! I've been studying and pondering about the Holy Ghost a lot this week. I know that the Spirit is so vital in missionary work. As a missionary I know that I need to be a clean vessel so that the Lord can work through me. Sometimes it is difficult to discern the Spirit's quiet, gentle promptings when we are so involved with other things. I am learning to quiet myself and pay closer attention to those thoughts and feelings so I can do the will of my Heavenly Father. One scripture I cam across this week in my studies I loved: It's from D&C 11
12 And now, verily, verily, I say unto thee, put your trust in that Spirit which leadeth to do good—yea, to do justly, to walk humbly, to judge righteously; and this is my Spirit.
13 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I will impart unto you of my Spirit, which shall enlighten your mind, which shall fill your soul with joy;
I know that as we put our whole trust in that Spirit that we can bring to pass many miracles and find peace and joy in our daily lives.
Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Sister Johns
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