Dear fam,
Hello! This week has been crazy!! quick run down of everything...
Tuesday was spent running around like crazy basically. Sister Koford had to finish packing....and say good bye to all her friends in Green Bay. She's been here since January so that's a lot! We also had a couple of appointments. So our day was packed! To add to that we went on a impromptu exchange with the Spanish Sisters. One sister had something she needed to be at in Milkwaukee but they had some appointments they also needed to go to. SO i left sister Koford to balace both schedules while I took a road trip to Milwaukee! It was actually super fun! Lots of driving though, it takes about 2 hours to get there. So we got back around 7--we were later than we thought--and I had to just turn around and drive all the way back to Milkwaukee. We had stay the night in Milkwaukee because we were supposed to be at the trainers meeting at 7:30 the next day. SO 6 hours in the car that day. I was exhausted by the end!
Wednesday we got up bright and early to meet our new trainees! I am training sister Squires! She is also from Idaho, so is awesome. ;) Sister Oborn wasn't there because she was driving all over kingdom come to make sure no one was alone that was getting transferred. SO poor sister Squires had to wait with me until 2 at the church. It was fun getting to talk to everyone though! I saw sister Eadie again! I forgot how much I love her. I also met another Elder that slacklines! So that was fun. So when sister Oborn finally arrived we headed back to Green Bay. Funny thing was though that my GPS had died a couple weeks before. And we found out that sister Oborn had given her GPS to her last trainee. SO we were GPs less. We were able to use the tiny map on our area book planner app though and found our way home. We used that app for the next couple of days. BUT in desperation I tried to charge my GPS AGAIN. But miracle! It worked again!! So blessed. Also on Wednesday we took sister Squires tracting for the first time. We got to talk to some interesting people. But the first door she did on her own she set up a return appointment! She got so excited. I think that we are going to rock this transfer! It was exciting.
Thursday we had several appointments. We were pretty busy which was fun. We didn't get a lot of time to weekly plan..whoops. We did have a lesson with Trent. Sister Squires invited him to be baptized! She did awesome! And he said he would pray about it. He is definitely a seeker of truth. We had a fun dinner appointment with the millers. Their kids are so smart! They have a 1st grader that knows a LOT about birds. Oh also we ended up driving down to Oshkosh to get a different car, it's about an hour away. They decided to total our car....wow.
Friday I hit my 16th month mark! So crazy. We had lunch with a sweet little Hmong lady that comes to church. She made a LOT of food and it was sooo good. She didn't think we ate a lot, but I seriously couldn't eat one more bite. She makes traditional Hmong clothing for the Hmong new years, and she let us try it one! IT was so fun to play dress up haha. We also helped at a funeral. We had a lesson with Crystal which was really good. We brought a member with us which was so good! Crystal opened up to us a lot and told us some very personal things she's been struggling with. It was so neat to help her see how the gospel can bring peace and comfort into her life when nothing else can. That evening we ended up stopping by Hilkiah and caught him drinking with his friends. Ha. We got to talk to them a little, THAT was fun. but we set up an appointment with Hilkiah for the next day.
Saturday we attended a baptism in the GB 1st ward. Crystal was going to come but didnt...whoops. We had a really good lesson with Hilkiah! He told us how he's been trying to live the word of wisdom. Even though he hasn't been perfect he has seen how living it has brought more clarity and peace in his life. He also has a 10 year old son. He asked him if he wanted to stay at our church or go to a different one. Hilkiah jr said that he liked our church! So they are staying. We are so excited for them! We had some quality finding time that day. We found an AWESOME guy named Luis. We were talking to him and his friend...his friend was a little crazy. But Luis told us he's read the Book of Mormon and loves it! #golden. Miracle happen. We got to have dinner at the Vanderheyden home. We saw some of Brother Vanderheyden's art work! He was working on a little colt--he does metal art. So that was cool.
Sunday was lovely! I always love Sundays. We had a looong day at church though. Correlation, ward council, then church. And we stayed afterwards so that sister Oborn and I could do my plan...which was weird. (for those who don't know its a 6 week program that prepares missionaries to be regular people again...I don't think it will help me be less awkward though haha). Exciting things though. For 3rd hour the YMs leader asked the elders and us to come join them. They asked us questions, so that was fun. But we had to leave Marla and Crystal in RS alone. BUT we asked Marla to sit by Crystal. Marla is our recent convert and Crystal is our investigator. Crystal is normally very quiet and keeps to herself. So we heard from Marla that they talked and Marla was able to help Crystal feel welcome. Oh it just made me so happy!! Also Marla got her temple recommend and a calling!! She also gave me a gift haha. A DVD to help me learn Spanish...and her notes from trying to learn Spanish (she tried for 3 days then gave up). HA. It's a joke between us. Remember the one time at church...we grabbed a Spanish Hymnal instead of an English one. We were both real confused. Then in RS the only hymnal in the room was a Spanish one. So we've just laughed about it ever since. Haha, Marla is so funny. So that made my day. I love Marla!
So I guess that wasn't a quick run down of the week haha. It's been an eventful 1st week of the transfer! We are excited. I love the gospel! It really is the good news that we get to take to everyone who will listen. I read these verses this morning that made me really happy in D&C 76:
40 And this is the gospel, the glad tidings, which the voice out of the heavens bore record unto us—
41 That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness;
42 That through him all might be saved whom the Father had put into his power and made by him;
No matter what mistakes we've made or times turned away from God we STILL can come back to Him. We can be washed clean and receive the peace and joy that comes from Jesus Christ's atoning sacrifice.
That's all I got for this week,
love you all!!
Sister Johns
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