Hello everyone!
Have no fear, I am not dead. I did not get lazy. No one kidnapped me--in case you were all wondering. ;) We had interviews with President yesterday, so we turned it into a work day. So, happy Tuesday P-day!
So in Green Bay the 4th of July is pretty chill. There were a whole bunch of venders in a park by the bridge down town. They even blocked off the bridge to traffic so more venders could set up. It was a very HOT day. But we celebrated with pizza. :) We were super hot and sweaty by the end of the day. But it did down pour in the middle of the day. So that was a fun break from planning our zone conference training. We had dinner at the Bytheways so that was a party! We got to hang out with their newly found frogs.
Zone Conference was on Friday! It was sooo good. So sad that it was my last one! But we did win the golden plates for the cleanest car. :) Funniest part of was when sister Oborn went up to share her departing testimony and ran into a pillar. Ha.
Also Saturday was fun! We drove 0 miles. We got a ride from Marla to a lesson with Hilkiah. It was so cool to see Marla testify of things she's learned! So powerful. For the rest of the day we basically walked everywhere. :) Other exciting things...we ate watermelon from Marla for lunch. We had a lesson with a guy who got lost in sister Oborn's eyes......yeahhh.
Over all it was an awesome week!
Story on the subject line: We were knocking this apartment building and met this kind lady from Somalia. She let us in and gave us some water--kind soul!! Her kids (who spoke much better English than she did, although her English was very good) asked us, "who do you work for?" Sister Oborn's response, "God." Which is true! I have probably said this before, but there have been countless time when we've showed up at a door and the person says, wow I can't believe you caught us at home! Sister Oborn's response, "Well, God sent us!" He does send us to people. I love being a representative of Jesus Christ. It is very humbling to stand in his place and try to emulate Him as you talk to and teach everyone you can.
This week we got to teach Amanda again. She is someone we got in with last week or so. We stopped by on Saturday randomly and caught her as her was about to leave. She said that is was crazy that we caught her because she was supposed to leave a while before, but she hadn't felt like leaving. As got to share the story of Joseph Smith and tell his story with his own words. In response she got teary eyed and said how beautiful that was. In our return appointment yesterday we taught her the full restoration lesson. She seemed to understand and love what we were teaching her! At the end she said with teary eyes again how she could feel our non-judgmental love for her. She hasn't had that a lot in her life. But she could feel the strength of the Spirit--because the Spirit was there. It was so tender! She is an honest seeker of truth. You don't find people like that everyday. We testified that God loves her. She is His daughter and is very aware of her unique circumstances! I can say the same thing for everyone.
This week we've talked to a lot of people. Something that I have noticed is how confusing, dark, and hopeless the world sometimes seems to be. The one light of the world is Jesus Christ, as He Himself testified: Johns 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." We can feel and receive that light if we come unto Him. We can do that in small and simple ways. Studying the scriptures, having meaningful prayers daily, and coming to church, and partaking of the sacrament. I have found that these small things make life so much lighter and hopeful. Let His light come into your heart.
Love,
Sister Johns
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