Bonjour Family and Friends!
Happy New Year! I cant believe that it is already 2017. It is so crazy to think I had the opportunity to be a missionary for the entire year of 2016. I feel so lucky! We had an amazing week to finish off an amazing year!
We met a boy named Micheal this week while we were out contacting. We talked to him for about 30 minutes on the street and explained the Book of Mormon. We ended up having a lesson with him a couple days later and were able to teach the entire restoration. He took it all really well! He was telling us a little bit about his religious background and told us that he said he noticed a difference in his life when he was going to church. He said that right now he hasn't gone for awhile and wants to start going again. He is planning on coming to church this next week!
The biggest miracle of the week...We had been knocking on doors for multiple hours but we didn't have much success. Not many people seemed to be home and the ones that were, wanted nothing to do with us. After about 4 hours without success it began to be a little bit discouraging. We finally decided that we needed to start testifying more. The door that we knocked on right after got slammed right back on us, right in the middle of us testifying! However, I think Heavenly Father was just testing our faith and perseverance! The next door we knocked on we found such a cool person. His name is Derek and he is from Ireland. He knows of our church because he visited Salt Lake City but also because there was a temple by where he lived in Ireland. We directly started to testify about how we know Heavenly Father has a plan for each one of us here on earth. We asked him if we could come back another time to teach him how we have come to know for ourselves. He told us to come back a couple days after and so we did! We went back and taught him about the plan of salvation. He asked really good questions and was very honest about how he felt. He doesn't know of there is a God but he said he would like to believe that there is. He just has a hard time because he thinks so logically. He had the typical question of, "If there is a God, why do bad things happen?" I loved that he was honestly searching and wanting to know for himself. It was one of the most genuine lessons I have ever had. We are hoping to have another lesson next week and teach him about the restoration!
We had another really cool miracle happen this week! We were supposed to be visiting a member of our ward and her husband who is not a member. We were almost to their house when they called and said they would be late. We were deciding what we should do for those 30 minutes, when Sœur Brown realized that a couple days ago we had received an address of someone that was potentially interested in the gospel and she didn't live very far from where we were at. We decided to go see if she was home. We knocked on her door and she immediately let us in! Her name is Francoise and she has the cutest little family. Her brother is actually a member of the church in Virginia and sent her information to us. She is really interested in learning more about what we believe. We didn't have very much time because we had our other lesson but we were able to schedule a time to see her family this upcoming week. It was a good reminder that Heavenly Father works in such interesting ways. It was such a good thing that our member was a little late because it gaves us an opportunity to visit this other amazing lady. The little village we were in was pretty far away so it is not somewhere we go very often. This is truly His work and He is in control! We are truly just instruments in his hands.
This week as I have been thinking about goals that I want to set for the New year I have reflected on the scripture in 1 Nephi 11 when Nephi is asked the question, "Behold, what desirest thou?" It is a question that I have reflected a lot on this last week. What do you truly desire? It is important for each of us to decide for ourselves what we desire out of life and then fix objectives to obtain those desires. I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love, Sœur Johnson
Happy New Year! I cant believe that it is already 2017. It is so crazy to think I had the opportunity to be a missionary for the entire year of 2016. I feel so lucky! We had an amazing week to finish off an amazing year!
We met a boy named Micheal this week while we were out contacting. We talked to him for about 30 minutes on the street and explained the Book of Mormon. We ended up having a lesson with him a couple days later and were able to teach the entire restoration. He took it all really well! He was telling us a little bit about his religious background and told us that he said he noticed a difference in his life when he was going to church. He said that right now he hasn't gone for awhile and wants to start going again. He is planning on coming to church this next week!
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| New Years 2k17! |
The biggest miracle of the week...We had been knocking on doors for multiple hours but we didn't have much success. Not many people seemed to be home and the ones that were, wanted nothing to do with us. After about 4 hours without success it began to be a little bit discouraging. We finally decided that we needed to start testifying more. The door that we knocked on right after got slammed right back on us, right in the middle of us testifying! However, I think Heavenly Father was just testing our faith and perseverance! The next door we knocked on we found such a cool person. His name is Derek and he is from Ireland. He knows of our church because he visited Salt Lake City but also because there was a temple by where he lived in Ireland. We directly started to testify about how we know Heavenly Father has a plan for each one of us here on earth. We asked him if we could come back another time to teach him how we have come to know for ourselves. He told us to come back a couple days after and so we did! We went back and taught him about the plan of salvation. He asked really good questions and was very honest about how he felt. He doesn't know of there is a God but he said he would like to believe that there is. He just has a hard time because he thinks so logically. He had the typical question of, "If there is a God, why do bad things happen?" I loved that he was honestly searching and wanting to know for himself. It was one of the most genuine lessons I have ever had. We are hoping to have another lesson next week and teach him about the restoration!
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We had another really cool miracle happen this week! We were supposed to be visiting a member of our ward and her husband who is not a member. We were almost to their house when they called and said they would be late. We were deciding what we should do for those 30 minutes, when Sœur Brown realized that a couple days ago we had received an address of someone that was potentially interested in the gospel and she didn't live very far from where we were at. We decided to go see if she was home. We knocked on her door and she immediately let us in! Her name is Francoise and she has the cutest little family. Her brother is actually a member of the church in Virginia and sent her information to us. She is really interested in learning more about what we believe. We didn't have very much time because we had our other lesson but we were able to schedule a time to see her family this upcoming week. It was a good reminder that Heavenly Father works in such interesting ways. It was such a good thing that our member was a little late because it gaves us an opportunity to visit this other amazing lady. The little village we were in was pretty far away so it is not somewhere we go very often. This is truly His work and He is in control! We are truly just instruments in his hands.
This week as I have been thinking about goals that I want to set for the New year I have reflected on the scripture in 1 Nephi 11 when Nephi is asked the question, "Behold, what desirest thou?" It is a question that I have reflected a lot on this last week. What do you truly desire? It is important for each of us to decide for ourselves what we desire out of life and then fix objectives to obtain those desires. I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love, Sœur Johnson
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