LAUREN'S OCTOBER 13, 2014 E-MAIL

ANOTHER WEEK IN PARADISE!!!

This was about a month ago at a zone activity next to the bay. So pretty!

Sister Wang and I! It was really windy as you can tell!

Giving Sister Housely a piggy back ride. She's super tall!

Me being weird! Also these are our zone t-shirts. :)

Sister Chen from Canada! She left this past transfer. She's the coolest!!

Me in front of the Moraga building! It's a pretty building :)

Greetings Mother!

You go girl! I'm glad you and Dad saw Meet the Mormons! Wasn't it good? Have they been advertising it on TV and stuff? You should invite a friend to go watch it with you!!

Something gross happened this morning! We went to the public laundry room at our apartment complex to do our laundry, and when we walked in something smelled rancid. Then I looked down on the floor and there were maggots all over the floor!! It was disgusting!! Sister Wang couldn't see them at first because she wasn't wearing her glasses but when she looked closely she freaked out because she hates bugs. It was so creepy. We think something might have died in there. We called the manager and he went and cleaned it up but when we went back to check it out again, there were more maggots! Luckily there are two laundry rooms so we used the other one. It was just nasty though. After that we were freaking out at everything we saw that resembled a maggot haha. It made for an interesting morning though. :)

Hmm let's see....well last week was good, but another slow week. We had two appointments scheduled with M****** but both of them fell through. Then we rescheduled for Saturday, but he didn't show up to that one either and since then hasn't been responding to our calls or texts! So that's been a big bummer. The only reason we have needed to meet him so often is to finish teaching him everything for his baptism which is next weekend. At this point though, if we can't meet with him this week, it doesn't look like it will be happening which is sad. We just need to find out what's been going on and how we can help him. He's been having a rough time at work because his boss is kind of a meany.  A couple of weeks ago on our p-day we were talking to him outside of where he works because he works doing landscaping stuff in that complex, and his boss drove by and yelled at us to "talk to him when he's done working!" Haha it was a little rude but funny because it was like something out of a movie.  Anyways, we have faith that his baptism will still happen on that day but first we need to make sure we're on the same page with him. A couple of weeks ago things were going great! But, when good things start to happen that's when Satan likes to jump in and be dumb.

Other than that, things are going good - Brother G****** is doing awesome! Everyone is so surprised and excited about his decision to get baptized. He is such a funny, nice, easy-going guy. During my time here I've seen a big change in him. He's a lot more enthusiastic and open. It is so neat to witness how hearts can be changed because of the Gospel. :) Oh also on Friday Sister Wang had to go to the eye doctor because she had a weird bubble-looking thing on her eye that had been there for a few days. It turned out to be nothing serious though, just an eye blister that can result from rubbing the eye too much or from contacts. So she got some eye drops and it's gone now. :)

Last week we also had some neat things happen at the Visitor's Center! Yesterday we got to the VC 30 minutes early to eat lunch, and when we got there there was a Chinese family that couldn't speak English. Sister Wang was the only Chinese speaker there at the time so she talked to them and asked if they wanted a tour. They said no because they had already looked around, but she had the brilliant idea of taking them to the Chinese branch which was still going on in the Inter-stake Center across from the VC! So we took them over there and quietly introduced them to the Elders. They were super sweet even though I couldn't communicate with them. And it's funny because Sister Wang said when they got there and the Elders starting talking to them, the dad turned to the elder and said, "Shh....I'm trying to listen." Haha. Anyways, so that was awesome. I think they go back to China soon (which is a bummer because they can't get baptized there) but, at least a seed was planted and they got to go to sacrament.

Well, that's it for this past week. I hope everyone has an awesome week this week! Halloween is coming soon! We get to do deep-cleaning on Halloween and I'm super excited. Haha. I love you all! Read your scriptures every single day and spread the Gospel!!!

Love,

Sister Johnson

Also a few tidbits from our back and forth e-mail from Monday:

What have you done today for your P-Day?
 

Today we got some groceries, went to the dollar store and I bought a kitten calendar!! I am going to write miracles that happen on each day (I wish I started this at the beginning of my mission!!), then we ate at burger king because we had some coupons hehe, then cleaned a little, then came to Oakland to wash our car but a lot of other missionaries were washing their car at the mission home so we came to email then we went to wash our car and then we came back but Sister Wang started talking to a Chinese guy and we showed him around the VC and now we're back emailing :)

Do you ever meet any really mean people?

Actually I haven't come across that many really really mean people, people have been rude but not any extreme ones yet. I talked to a lady on the phone and she was pretty rude though. The other day I talked to a lady who was just really upset off the bat and asked all these questions about what we believe and I was just calm and answered the best I could but she still wasn't happy at the end. But honestly I have no problem talking to rude people. It doesn't bother me at all haha. I'm just really nice and if they are rude back it ain't my problem! And they'll regret it a lot some day anyways which stinks for them and then I feel bad for them hehe.

Look for another post next week and a special post for her half way mark next month!  Bye for now!

SISTER JOHNSON'S OCTOBER 6, 2014 E-MAIL

CONFERENCE WEEKEND!

 

Oakland Temple Visitor's Center Sisters from Spring, 2014

Hello!

Yes! Conference was awesome!! I loved it. We watched the Saturday sessions at the Visitor's Center, which was super fun watching it with the other VC sisters. We were on shift but were in Elder Poulsen's office until someone came in, then some of us had to leave. It was a little slow that morning, which isn't what we want haha but it was nice because we got to watch basically all of conference. Sunday we went to the church and M***** and Brother G***** with his family were supposed to come, but neither of them showed up!! And actually, no one else showed up either so Sister Wang and I were the only ones at the chapel! We felt kind of like losers, but conference was still awesome. In-between sessions we went to Brother F****'s house (our ward mission leader) and they fed us lunch, so that was fun. The second session of conference, Sister G***** came to the chapel so we watched it with her. I thought about what it was like to watch conference before my mission - I have always loved conference, but it is different watching it as a missionary! It was just so excited and curious as to what topics they were going to talk about and wanted everyone in the world to watch it! Seeing all the apostles and prophet speak pumped me up so much! And SO many of the talks were answers to my prayers and recent things going on!

For example - last week we had a rather interesting experience. A lot to the story, but basically a member said they received revelation that President Monson isn't a real prophet. (This person says a lot of interesting things though. I was just a little shocked because they have a really strong testimony.) Anyways, it bugged me all week and I wanted to find a way to help this person. Well, the Sunday morning session of conference was the answer! I was blown away at how many spoke about sustaining the prophet and church leaders, how they receive revelation straight from God for us and I it was awesome that Elder Nelson specifically talked about President Monson. I really think those talks were given just for this person haha. But also, I think they were perfect messages for all of us and were what I personally needed to hear. I think we all need to seek for more guidance from our current prophet and church leaders and gain greater conviction of their callings. Think about it - we have a prophet of the Lord and twelve apostles on the earth. Whatever they have to say is going to be pretty dang important because it all comes straight from Heavenly Father. Forget for a minute about the news and all the stuff going on and follow the prophet!! He knows the way! So anyways, conference was awesome and I can't wait until the conference ensign comes out.

Also, last week we had a mini Zone Conference and we had the privilege of watching the movie, "Meet the Mormons," which comes out on October 10th! So everyone needs to go see it and invite friends! It was awesome! It looked into the lives of 6 different members of the church from around the world. It was funny and inspirational. You will really enjoy it! Our Zone Conference was in Antioch (which is far from our area) and after Sister Wang and I went with Sister Kwok and Sister Shu to a Chinese buffet! Sister Wang and I were really excited because we have been wanting to go a Chinese buffet for a few weeks now haha. 

It is awesome too that you are reading the Book of Mormon again because I am too! We have been challenged by President Meredith to get a fresh copy of the Book of Mormon and start from the beginning, focusing on the Savior. He gave us topics and a color-coding system. If you want to do it with me you should! Here are the topics and colors: the Savior's words to be marked in red, His personal attributes (Christlike attributes) to be marked in blue, anything about the Atonement to be marked in green (focusing on the power of the Atonement and the grace of God) and I added anything about faith or faith in Christ to be marked in yellow (faith is one of the Christlike attributes, but I still want to distinguish it). 

Anywho that's it for this past week! Thank you for all that stuff and for wanting to send me a package - I honestly can't think of anything for you to put in it! Put whatever you think I'll like (but no junky candy stuff please :-)) I love you so much mother dear and everyone else so much!!!!!!!!!!

Love,

Sister Johnson

RIP SUGGIE BEAR

Brittany's rendition of Sugar Johnson

Hello everyone!

Another great week! We have 3 solid progressing investigators! Woohoo! Haha, that may seem like nothing to most missionaries but that is awesome for Moraga. M***** and Brother G***** have baptismal dates (M***** for October 25th and Bro. G***** for November 8th) and they are doing awesome (M***** came to church yesterday for the second time. We had an awesome lesson with him after church! It was a great day. :)) L**** doesn't have a baptismal date yet, but we'll get one with her in the near future. Her dad wants her to be ready. So they are all doing wonderful. We are so lucky and blessed to be a part of their lives and help them as they learn about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and prepare for baptism into His church. :)

We had another miracle yesterday! When I was with Sister Henderson a few transfers back, we visited a former investigator who lives up the street from us. We just talked to her at her door, but she seemed really interested in having us back and we invited her to church (the sisters before us only taught her the restoration on her doorstep as well). We had high hopes for her because her and her husband have been looking for the right church for years. We set a return appointment, but it fell through, and we tried to keep in contact to visit her but eventually she stopped responding and when we went to stop by and visit she was never home. 

Well about a week ago Sister Wang and I stopped by her home and she was finally there! We talked for a few minutes, invited her to Stake Conference, and gave her a restoration DVD. She told us she's been having a lot of back problems because of a car accident she had in March. She didn't seem interested at the time still to have us back over for a visit but was grateful we stopped by. Anyways, to get to the point, she came to church yesterday! We found out that her and Sister G***** (the wife of Bro. G*****) are good friends, and Sister G***** recently invited her to come to church. She said she didn't realize the church Sister G***** went to was the same one we went to (and Sister G***** didn't know we had been trying to visit her). So it was a huge surprise to us! She brought her 8 year old son and they are planning on coming again to church! So that was awesome and really unexpected. :) Miracles always happen on fast Sundays!

Also, who is excited for conference this weekend?! I know I am! I wasn't able to watch Women's Conference because we were busy at the Visitor's Center, but I heard it was really good! 

I am SO grateful for this Gospel! It is just so true. It's really that simple. Christ and Heavenly Father are real and they live. The Plan of Salvation is also real; it's not just an imaginary idea. We are in the middle of it. I wish I could convey to you how strongly I know this. That is why we don't have to be sad forever when loved ones pass. We will see them all again. We just have to wait a little bit. :) (Shout out to Sugar - I love you Suggie Bear!!!)

I love you all and am so grateful for all of you. Have a great week and enjoy Conference! Go in with a question and be prepared to take notes (if that works for you :)) I love you!!!

Love,

Sister Johnson

SISTER JOHNSON'S SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 E-MAIL

RECENTLY, ON FAST SUNDAY

Me:  "Yeah, was it like this?"

Lauren:  "hehe.  Yes, that was me!!!"

Hello Mother deary!

Wow, Grandma is nifty! I like her re-done wedding dress! You definitely got your creativity from her! Thanks for the update on everything - and YES, it is crazy that September is almost over!!! October, November and December are going to pass by even faster! Especially October, since it will be General Conference and Halloween! Man, this year is basically over already. Goodbye 2014!

So last week was the last week of the transfer!! Crazy huh?? This will be my 6th transfer. Sister Wang and I are staying in Moraga! Which we are both really happy about it because a lot of miracles have been happening recently! 

So last week we got a great referral from one of the counselors - at the end of church last Sunday he said a woman came in with her daughter (we were already at the VC by then so we didn't meet her). They recently moved up the street and can see the church building from her house and her husband kept telling her to go check it out. So she did, and was really interested. Brother S******** told her she could have missionaries come visit to tell her more and she was like yeah! So, we got her info, called her and set up an appointment the next day! And she is amazing!!!!!!!! She and her husband are non-practicing Muslims that have been looking for a good Christian church for many years. She says she wants to raise her children in a loving, family environment - we were like, our church is the place for you!!! She also told us when she came with her daughter on Sunday, she asked how her daughter felt there and her daughter said she felt calm and peaceful, and when she told us this she got emotional! We were blown away!!! But, there is a sad part to it. We set up another visit for Friday, and sadly the day of she cancelled and said she would like to wait before having us come teach her because she wants to study the Book of Mormon on her own at her own pace and go to church on Sunday's and not feel pressured. We tried to explain that our job is definitely to help her and not pressure her, but she didn't respond to that. So, that's sad because we really want to teach her, but we are just going to keep praying that over time she will want to have us come back, and the good news is she still wants to come to church. :) So, even though it ended quickly, for now, that was a great miracle last week!

Also last Wednesday was awesome! It was our full-pros day (and may have been an average day for full-proselyting missionaries, but for us it was awesome!) We had 3 member-present lessons with our investigators M*****, L**** and Brother G******, a recent convert lesson with Brother M*******, were able to catch a potential at home that we've been trying to see for weeks, went tracting and found an awesome potential, and had a meeting with Bishop who is impossible to meet with because he is the busiest man ever! Everything just worked out so perfectly that day and it was full of miracles! It was a great day! Also that day we re-set a baptismal date with M****** (who says he is for sure committed to October 25th)! L**** is doing great and is growing and opening up to us so much! And Brother G****** is on fire! I haven't been here for that long but have noticed a big change in him! He is so enthusiastic and our lesson with him and Sister G****** went awesome. We are just so grateful to all the amazing members who come with us and help us out! Yay!!

Saturday night we had the adult session of Stake Conference - which was amazing!!! Sister G****** brought her friend, who isn't a member, and she really enjoyed it!! We were really bummed because at the end they quickly left and we wanted to talk more to her friend, but the next day Sister G****** said she would ask her friend is she would be interested in having missionaries because the meeting really "inspired her" according to Sister G******. So that was awesome! Elder Hamula from the 70 was there and gave a great talk about hastening the work of salvation. A lot of the talks were about how members, we are so busy always doing stuff, always going to meetings, planning lesson, returning and reporting, etc. etc. - but that is what the work of salvation is - it is not about getting ourselves back to Heavenly Father, but helping others to get there. Everything we do in the church is for others and to keep the covenants we make at baptism, which are "mourning with those that mourn, comforting those that stand in need of comfort." It was kind of like, "Are you tired? Burnt out? Good! That's what you should feel! Keep doing it and know why you're doing it!" It was awesome!!! 

So anyways, there's the gist of my week! Awesome miracles recently and more to come! Love you so much too!!!!! Thank you for everything!!! Oh and I am good for now - don't need anything! Thanks again and love you!!!!!!!!!

Love,

Sister Johnson

SISTER JOHNSON'S SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 E-MAIL

FLOODING THE EARTH

I don't think this is what that means ...

 

Pictures I sent to Lauren to show her the extent of 

our flooding here in Chandler ...

Our park (retention basin) which is about 20 feet deep.  Those are tall trees with big trunks!

The lake is on the right, the road is on the left.

This shows the whole lake merging with the road!

Mother!!

Wow those pictures are ridiculous!!! An actual decent flood in Chandler - who would have thought? I'm glad everyone survived though and that our kitties didn't get washed away! Thanks for those pictures and also the pictures of the wedding and your trip!! I love that picture of Grandma she put on her flowers!! That is so sweet!! And yes, let's please visit everyone next year!!!! I can't wait! :-)

So this past week was crazy!! It all started on Monday, which was a doozy. We were in a rush all day to get everything done because we had a district activity at a park near the bay, so after getting groceries I spilled my favorite juice everywhere and all over my new shoes! But my shoes were fine and most of my precious juice was safe. :) The district activity was fun - we had a small bbq at a really pretty park near the bay, but Sister Wang bumped her head really hard on one of those look-out telescope thingies! I felt so bad! Then after, when Sister Wang and I got on the freeway, we accidentally took the San Francisco exit! So at first I was a little panicky because we couldn't turn back and had to pay the fee to get across ($6, not bad but still annoying), but we were able to take the Treasure Island exit and turn back quickly. So it only ended up being a 20 minute delay of our time. I was scared though because if you don't exit right away and go over the bridge it can take up to an hour to get back, especially during that time of day. But, it all worked out! Then the next day, Sister Wang and I were nervous all day for our Zone Training which we had been preparing for all week! We probably wouldn't have been as nervous if there wasn't going to be the area 70 general authority there haha. But, we ended up not giving it because we ran out of time (because Elder Packer the area 70 took up a lot of time)! Haha, so it was a kind of relief but also a little bit of a bummer since we prepared a lot for it and were practicing all morning during Visitor's Center when it was slow. Oh well, we didn't complain too much. ;-)

Also, a huge miracle happened last Tuesday evening!!!!! There is a part-member family in the ward named the G***** family (Sister G****** was baptized 5 years ago, is super spiritual and has wanted her husband to get baptized the whole time since she's been baptized. He goes to church every Sunday and has had many missionaries and many baptismal dates but they've all fallen through). Anyways, last Sunday at church, Sister G****** asked us, "Sisters, when are you gonna come visit us? You haven't been over in a while!" And that was surprising to us because we had visited them a while back and tried to set up another appointment many times but Brother G****** said "That's okay, I will just keep studying on my own," meaning he wasn't interested in having us visit haha. So anyways, that surprised us, and when we were setting up a time to visit, Brother G****** was involved in trying to find a time to meet (which was also unusual). So we went on Tuesday, and Brother G****** greeted us at the door, more friendly than usual (which was also odd - not that he's not friendly, its just because we are the missionaries). So we went in and sat down and started talking to Brother G******* and asked how he's been. He said he's been really good, etc.....then a couple of seconds of silence.....and then said, "Well, you know, my kids are getting older. I'm not getting any younger. I've been huffing and hawing all these years, and to be honest I don't know why. So I think I'm ready. I want to take the next step." And we were like - WHAT? We didn't say that of course, but that's what I was thinking!! I was just like, "Wow, what made you decide this?" And he said lately he's been getting these feelings that it's the right thing to do. We were blown away! He has been an investigator for a long time now! So we had an awesome lesson, which we felt inspired to share that morning, all about Heavenly Father's plan for us and that the only way it can happen and that we can return to Him is through Jesus Christ (so basically part of the Plan of Salvation). It was awesome and Sister G***** told us the story of her baptism, which was awesome! So, mir-a-cle. As a missionary, you just do what you can. You try to be exactly obedient to everything. Then that, mixed with Heavenly Father's plan, allows blessing and miracles and people's hearts to be prepared. Woohoo!! So we are really excited! :)

Also last week we had exchanges and it was super fun! Sister Kim came to Moraga with me. Our 2 appointments fell through, but we went and visited people and took 2 sisters with us from the ward, both preparing to serve missions. No one we visited was too interested in seeing us, but then the last lady we visited was super friendly!! She was actually a former investigator (didn't investigate for very long) and was very willing to have us come back to share a lesson with her and her kids. So that was a miracle!! We've also had many other miracles happen and a lot of member referrals! So awesome things are happening here in Moraga!!

Well that's all I have time for today! Thanks for sending me all those pictures and all the updates with home! I love hearing about how everyone's doing and seeing how everyone looks! I'm sorry I haven't sent pictures lately, I haven't taken too many but have some that I will send next week because I'm out of time right now. Love you all and have a blessed week!!

Love,

Sister Johnson

LAUREN'S SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 E-MAIL

COCOA DYNO BITES

Hello Mother Dear!

Thank you for all those pictures! Cathy looked beautiful! I'm glad you got to hang out with Granddaddy!! It sounds like you had a lot of fun; I'm sad I wasn't able to be there! Can we please take a trip down there next summer when I get home? :-) 

So yesterday was a great day. It started off in the morning - I got ready, and went to go pour me a nice bowl of the best cereal on the planet (Cocoa Dyno Bites - it was the very last bowl too). I poured the milk and got a spoon and then, my heart dropped. It was fast Sunday! I totally forgot. For a few moments, I stared longingly into my bowl of cereal, knowing it's fate wouldn't be to enter into my hungry stomach. So, without further ado, I dumped my freshly-poured delicious bowl of Cocoa Dyno Bites right down the sink. As painful as it was in that moment, a few moments after I felt exhilarated. I thought to myself, a bowl of my favorite cereal means nothing compared to the chance I have to fast for those around me who I love and care about! You betcha I'm willing to dump that bowl down the sink! And thus, the rest of the day turned out great, and I didn't even feel hungry for the rest of the day! So there is my little story and testimony on fasting. It works!! :-)

Haha, so we really did have a miracle yesterday! M****** finally came to church! Yipee!! We've been trying to get him to church for almost a month and a half now haha. He lives 30 minutes from Moraga and doesn't have a car, so he takes the bart and two awesome members were able to pick him up from the bart station. It was so cool, he was all dressed up nicely and had his Book of Mormon and Bible and it was just awesome! It is like Christmas when an investigator comes to church, but also nerve-racking because you want to make sure they have an awesome first experience. And he did! All the members were so nice and warm to him and he said he really enjoyed it. :) Everything just worked out perfectly and the members helped out so much. So we were happy campers yesterday!

We also have some awesome potential miracles in the future! Sister F******* (the most awesomest coolest lady ever) invited her long-time friend to meet with us - and she accepted! Another member, Sister Johnson (who is also out of this world amazing, and not just because we have the same name) invited two families to church and stake conference and she said they accepted and are interested in coming!! Yayy!! Our members are awesome! 

Oh yeah! At the VC we also had a miracle - a member and her friend came in, who was interested in learning about what we believe. We played the Christus for them, showed her pictures of inside the Oakland Temple and the Book of Mormon table, and showed her God's Plan for the Family. She had questions about grace and mercy and we read out of the Book of Mormon with her. She loved all of it and wanted a Book of Mormon asap! So we got her one and she is going to have missionaries come over. She was hilarious and was going crazy because at the end of God' Plan, the music reminded her of Titanic. Hahaha. Anyways, it was a lot of fun. Those kinds of tours are gifts from Heavenly Father!

So those are some of the highlights of the week! Oh yeah, Sister Wang and I were asked to give a training in zone meeting this week (which we have no idea why because usually the sister trainers do them) so pray for us please! :)

Have a great week! Love you, bye!

Sister Johnson

LAUREN'S SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 E-MAIL

TRACTING FOR FUN AND FAMILIES!

Hello Mother!!

I'm glad you made it in one piece to G-Daddy's house! Wow, what?! Mason has his driver's permit?? Now that's just crazy. How did he get that old so fast! My goodness. But yes, definitely send my greetings to everyone!

This past week was really fun! Sister Wang and I are enjoying Moraga and being companions! She is super funny and screams at every bug or anything that resembles a bug. She especially HATES moths. Hahaha. She is so funny. Last week we had dinner at a member's home who recently moved into the ward, and when we got there the husband starting speaking Mandarin to Sister Wang. Found out he served in Taiwan, where she's from, which was cool! They started talking more and then found out he served in her home town. So then they started talking further and he told her he might have served in her ward! She pulled out a picture of her parents and he was like, "Oh my gosh, I totally remember them! He was the bishop! Yours were the first home I ate dinner at in that area!" Haha isn't that funny? Small world! So that was cool! :)

Last week we also set a baptismal date with our investigator M******! Yay! However, he still hasn't come to church...so unless he comes to church the next 3 weeks we will have to push his baptismal date back. It is hard for him to get to to church in Moraga though, which is why we tell him he needs to go to the ward where he lives. So, we will see how it goes....we have to do all we can to make sure he comes!!!! 

Oh yes, a neat thing happened this past week! We've decided lately to do more tracting because we haven't done a ton of it in the past (we don't feel it's very effective in this area but feel we should give it more of a shot.) Friday night we set a goal to find a family of 4 while tracting for the next day. So the next day we chose a specific street to tract on, but for some reason could not for the life of us find that street. So we just ended up going to a random street. When we parked, we saw a dad and his daughter get home from somewhere and go inside their home. I had a thought to myself, "Hmm, maybe that's our family!" We decided to tract other houses on the street first though. So we did that for a little. Right before we were going to leave we decided to go to one last house which was the one with the dad and his daughter. So we knocked on their door and the dad and his daughter answered. They were super friendly to us, and were actually interested in talking to us! So we told them who we are and what we do. They asked us some questions about our church and we taught them a short restoration lesson. We introduced the Book of Mormon and offered to give them a free copy. The dad was hesitant to take it, but we told him it was a free gift, and the daughter said, "Cool, I'll take it!" And she asked us a couple more questions. Anyways, we found out they are Catholic, but not super active, and were open-minded about coming to the ward in Moraga. What was super neat though was the daughter - she seemed so interested!!! And right before we left I saw their other daughter and the mom....so guess how many people are in the family? 4! :) So, even though we couldn't get a return appointment and they aren't investigators (yet), we are really hoping they will become investigators and that this is the family we were supposed to find! So we are going to go visit them in the next week or so. :) So that was cool! I definitely think Heavenly Father lead us to that family that night!

Anyways, other things that have been going on lately: visiting less actives (which has been rare for us these past couple of transfers), visiting our recent converts (who are all awesome - C*******, the one from New Jersey fed us hot dogs with sauerkraut last week and they were sooo yummy, it made me think of you mommy hehe), and trying to visit members of the ward to get to know them better. We continue to see miracles everyday, no matter how small they are. :) It is so much fun being a missionary out here! My job is to help people and give them the greatest news they could ever received. If you ask me, that's the best job ever.

Thank you for your continued support and prayers! Love you all. :)

Love,

Sister Johnson