Hello fam!
This week was really good! I can't believe that it is already the end of another transfer. Man, time is picking up! So crazy. Miracle of the week:
SO we went to go visit our investigator Wanda this week. Man, Wanda is such as amazing lady. She is this sweet black lady. She is the one who is battling cancer right now. So we try and visit her when we can. On a side note we went into her apartment and found out her dog had gone to the bathroom on her couch....soooo we thought we'd be kind and pick it upfor her. Oh Camilo haha. But afterwards we were in our car and sister Gorder saw a street called Sidney. She had to take a picture of it to send to a previous comp who's name is Sidney. So I drive closer and low and behold we found duplexes!! A lot of them! Sister Gorder get SOOOO excited to when we find duplexes. So we decided to tract them of course. The first door we knocked on a lady answered. She was in her bathrobe. We got to talk to her and she said he would love to hear our message! So we taught her on the doorstep about Joseph Smith and the first vision. She agreed to have us come back! As we left she said, yeah you never know what someone is going through. Miracles.
Random things...
We got invited to Diena's birthday party! She is this crazy little girl in our ward. She loves it when the missionaries come over haha. She just turned 9 so that was exciting.
Oh, we finally met with Mike this week! Craziness happened...but we finally met with him. He is the guy we met at McDonalds a while ago and gave a Book of Mormon to. He has been reading it! And is going to finish it..by August he said. He is planning on reading 4 pages a day. Wow haha. But we are excited for him!
It was a week of birthdays I guess cause we also went to the Relief Society birthday party! It was really nice. Relief Society is truly an inspired group. I love that I get to be a part of it.
Another Miracle, we are meeting with a lady named MOnica. And she struggles with understanding the language in the scriptures. But we gave her a specific chapter to read this week. And she understood it!! She got so excited telling us all about it and what she learned. I love that!
Funny thing that happened. We took sister Bruette out with us to a lesson. As we were walking to his door I asked her how she was doing. Sidenote, she is this cute grandma-looking lady. So she turns to us and says, "I'm wet." Haha! It was just so funny. She had just gotten out of the shower I guess. Ya had to be there, but it was funny.
We also had dinner with this awesome sassy lady and her kids. Sister Gorder was having fun teasing the 16 year old haha. I'm the nice one and she's the mean one I guess haha. We got to make cookies with her 4 year old, Shylee. She is SO cute. She started dancing for us! I wish we could play with her more often ha.
Life is good! This week I have been pondering the Savior's Atoning sacrifice and what that means for me. With Easter coming up I have been trying to center my mind and thoughts on Christ. In my personal study this week I read this verse (Ether 12:27):
"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."
I've read this many times before, but reading it this week I understood it differently. We have been given weakness. We fall short of who we are trying to become like (more like our Savior), we give in to temptation, and sometimes turn away from Heavenly Father. But Jesus Christ has promised that if we come to Him that He will make weak things become strong. He will help us become more like Him. What a glorious promise! Coming to Him requires humility. I know that I have been humbled as a missionary--a representative of Jesus Christ. I am learning to turn to my Savior when I fall short--which is on a daily basis. As I humbly and gratefully acknowledge Him in my life, He promises to guide me and make me strong. I now that that promise is for everyone who turns to Him! It is only through Him that we can do good and receive peace and joy.
Have a blessed week!
Sister Johns
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