Sister Johnson with John and Sharon Ballard!!??!! What a coincidence~!!!!
Sister Johnson and Sister Kim in the Oakland California Temple Visitor's Center!!!
EXCERPT FROM MARCH 17, 2014 E-MAIL FROM LAUREN:
Mom:
To answer your questions:
1) My health is great. I feel
very good each day. Very energized and I don't get too tired, not yet at
least. All I drink is water but I could probably drink more water
throughout the day. But yeah health wise I feel great :)
2) Living with a comp has been good, Sister Kim is awesome and a
hard working missionary and she pushes me which I am grateful for! We
work well together and are doing well at teaching together and I am
(hopefully) getting better at teaching. Sister Kim tells me that I am
doing a really good job and says it doesn't seem like I'm a new
missionary (not to brag, that's just what she says :)) so that is great
to hear, when she first told me that I was really surprised. But I just
keep trying to learn all I can everyday and I hope I'm getting better
and better each day.
3) Yeah I have been able to laugh, although the mission so far
isn't like the MTC. At the MTC I was totally comfortable and my comps
and district had a blast together, and I think partly why is because we
were all in the same boat. Coming out here I've been a lot more quiet
because everyone is already BFF and knows each other super well, and
it's kind of like coming to a new school where you're the loser...jk but
everyone is super nice and fun. The elders are really cool and funny
too. :) It is especially fun being in the VC because it is fun to work
with and be around the other sisters :) Sister Kim and I have been
helping a Sister who got surgery on her knee a couple weeks ago (she is a
solo sister in the VC full time until she can start walking on her own
again because she's on crutches); her name is Sister Oa from Samoa.
She's so funny!! (Sorry my descriptions for everything is so lame, I'm
trying to be detailed but also hurry!!)
4) The most fun things so far....hmm well I do like just talking
with people on the street and getting to know people in the ward.
Contacting is actually pretty fun; it's kind of like a game because you
try and get people to talk with you/engage them so you can talk to them.
We go contacting on Berkeley Campus so we talk to a bunch of college
kids and we've met some really cool people! So when you contact,
basically you just have to talk to everyone and anyone. I always find
something about them that I can ask them about or comment on, like if I
like something they're wearing I will give them a compliment and ask
them wear they got whatever it is (ex:"Ohh I love your shoes!!! Where
did you get them?!"), or it's really easy if they are eating something
like ice-cream or a smoothie because you can ask them where they got
it/if it's good. Anyways, it probably sounds lame but it is fun to do!
Last week we were by a Japanese restaurant looking at the menu from
outside and a guy walked by and I asked him if he's ever eaten there and
he started telling us about all the places he likes to eat in the area
we were in, hahaha it was funny.
The Berkeley YSA ward is a great ward - everyone is really close because
they are the only YSA Mormons in this area really. They all are super
smart, but all very humble and fun to talk with/listen to haha. On
Friday they had a "Pi Party" for pi day, and that was fun :) There were
lots of yummy pies! The institute building/church building for our ward
is really cool - it's in a really old house, so it's kinda creepy and
smells weird, but it's awesome hehe :)
Well I am going to try and write some more emails!!! Thanks again
for everything, I wish I could write more!!! I really do appreciate your
emails!!! I love you all so much and thanks for all your love and
support! I hope you and dad and Brad are having fun together! :) It
sounds like you are having fun watching movies, can't to watch movies
with you when I come home! :-)
Love you!!!
Sister Johnson
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