TRAINING A NEW SISTER
AND TRANSFERRING BACK TO BERKELEY!
Hello!
Sorry, this e-mail is going to be a little bit
short! Sounds like a fun Halloween!! Last week was fun for us too! We
had our Trunk or Treat Tuesday evening. We taped candy to temple-cards
and decorated our trunk with a sign that said "Happy Halloween! Invite a
friend to the Oakland Temple!" (Super creative huh? ;) Jk) So that was
fun! We took pictures of some of the kids and their creative costumes.
It was fun to mingle with everyone. :) Wednesday morning we had a
Visitor's Center breakfast and the four sisters who are leaving this
week gave their departing testimonies (Sister Kim, Sister Leung, Sister
Bayot and Sister De Aquino). I'm so sad they are all leaving!! Wahh! It
is especially crazy that Sister Kim (my trainer) is already going home!
When I came out, she was out as long as I am now. Weird!!
For
Halloween, we did our weekly planning that day, then went to a member's
home for dinner and went home by 6 to deep clean. We moved the fridge
and cleaned underneath and on the walls and the stove. There was a a lot
of grime and grease stains so it was exhilarating to clean! Haha. So
that was a fun night! Saturday, Brother G***** had his baptismal
interview! He's getting baptized this Saturday!! Everyone is so excited
for him! His conversion has taken 5 years. So it's about time!
So
transfers are this week, and sadly I will be leaving Moraga. Guess
where I'm going? Back to the Berkeley University Ward!! I will be a
sister trainer with Sister Orantes. A sister trainer goes on exchanges,
gives trainings and works with the other leaders in the mission. I'm
excited but also don't feel qualified to be a sister trainer. But, the
Lord qualifies those who He calls right? Let's hope so. :) What I'm most
excited about though is 1) I get to be with Sister Orantes- whom I love
and is awesome!!!! And 2) I get to go on exchanges with all the other
VC sisters and learn from all of them. :) I think that's what I'm most
excited about, is I'll get to learn a lot from the other sisters.
Hopefully that's not selfish haha. Of course I am excited too that I get
to help them and support them in whatever way the Lord needs me to. :)
So, there's that. I'm really going to need a lot of prayers so please
pray for me.
I have learned a lot though since
being in Moraga. When I first got here I was told it is a really slow
and a difficult area for missionary work. But, I saw the opposite.
Although it may not historically produce baptisms like other areas, I
saw many miracles- some big and some smaller that have the potential to
be big. If we believe that an area is slow, it will be. If we believe
and have faith that miracles will happen, and act on that faith by
working hard and being obedient, miracles will happen. It's all about
faith and nothing happens without it. This past week as I studied faith,
the principle that Ether chapter 12 and the good ol' Bible Dictionary
teaches about faith stood out a lot, which is that faith produces
miracles- miracles do not produce faith. It is only until after we
exercise our faith that Heavenly Father is going to show us a miracle or
give us a witness. :)
That's pretty much it
for today. I didn't have as much time today so sorry it was short!
Thanks for your prayers and love! Have a fantastic week!
Love,
Sister Johnson
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