Dear everyone,
Hello!! What a week. We've had some crazy adventures! I've been kinda freaking out that this coming week is my last full week as a missionary.....AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
So first off funny story. This happened Tuesday? I can't remember. It's all a blur. But we were backing out of our garage one morning. Our car has a handy dandy back out camera on it. So sister Oborn and I were in the front--making our trainee sister Squires back us. We noticed that there was something in the camera clear at the bottom, it was pretty tiny. As we started moving we realized that it was a spider. yeah. No bueno. It starts to freak out cause we're moving and crawling UP it's web. So on the camera it starts to get bigger and bigger and bigger!! We both freak out! *side note the only thing sister Oborn is afraid of is spiders...and she is deathly afraid of them* We can't move obviously since we are in the car...that was our first reaction even though it wasn't actually in the car. So sister Oborn realizes that the only way to make it stop is to put the car in park. So she halts the car immediately and screams. Ha. sister Squires was super confused. Then when she realized what was going on she couldn't stop laughing. It took us some time to re-cooperate. So that was fun!
Update on Amanda: We had a really good lesson with her on Tuesday! We taught her gospel of Jesus Christ. So if you haven't heard yet...there's a new Preach my Gospel out! We've been having a lot of fun studying it. But it has added more focus on Jesus Christ. I love that! We helped Amanda to realize that it is through Jesus Christ that we can over come sin. How important it is to make that connection! We need to realize that it isn't from an ambiguous term called "the atonement" that we get strength and the power to become clean from sin. We get that strength from Jesus Christ. John 8:12 "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." Amanda loved the idea of receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. I love how much she loves the gospel!! We also taught her on Saturday about the Plan of Salvation. She also understood and loved it! But we brought Marla....and wow. She told us how much the gospel has changed her life. It was so powerful. By the end both Amanda and Marla were crying. Tasha, Amanda's friend was also there. They both came to church! Tasha said she came to church because of Marla. Her story touched her. AH! So amazing.
We had some crazy lessons with Megan. She is a returning member. And she is bringing a lot of her friends with her! Every time we've met with her she has a new friend with her that is interested in learning about the gospel! So first is was her and Rose, then her, Rose, and Quisha; ect. So we have been teaching all these people with a ton of kids running around. I love it. Megan is so funny though. In the middle of our Restoration lesson she says, Oh! tell them about the word of wisdom! So we had to tell them about that...interesting results. :)
Oh! We met with Kendal this week! We met him a couple of weeks ago and finally had a lesson. He was really interested! He is excited to learn more! We had fun with his daughter haha. Her name is Navea (spelling??). She stole all our phones and different times and took videos and pictures. She also put BRIGHT blue eye shadow on us. She did say a prayer! Here's how it went roughly, "dear Jesus God, I love you...I love white girls, amen." Ha. So great.
Saturday was an adventure! We rode the bus all day. :) So after our lesson with Amanda it started to rain. So we caught the bus to Culvers for lunch. We had to walk a little after we got off the bus...and by the time we got to Culvers we were SOAKED. I was dripping. It was so funny walking in there...everyone already stares at us haha. We had to go into the bathroom to dry off. Also on Saturday we tracted into a lady who let us in! She said how she just came from Chicago. Some missionaries had given her a Book of Mormon and she was excited to read it! But she lost it. It is so amazing when the Lord leads us to people who are searching and prepared to receive us. #blessed
Anyways, that is a few of our adventures from the week! I love being a missionary. One thing that really struck me this week was how valuable the message of the Restored gospel of Jesus Christ. As a missionary I've gotten to talk to so many people. There are sooooooo many different crazy and confusing ideas out there. I've seen how families get torn apart. I've talked to depressed and discouraged people. Just as Preach my Gospel says, all people are best helped by receiving the gospel of Jesus Christ. Through Jesus Christ and his teachings lives are changed. Relationships are healed. We often take the church for granted. But the blessings we receive are so bountiful! Don't ever take it for granted!! Share the goodness. Look for ways to help those around you. Please! It changes lives.
Okay, I'm done preaching.
So I think that's about all for this week. Hope you all have a wonderful week!!
Love you!!
Sister Johns
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