to say. The whole week goes by and then when Monday comes I realize so
much has happened I don't know what to write about, but all in all
this has been a great, and insanely busy, week. In summary: we had
some awesome lessons with some awesome investigators and saw some
awesome results. I am one happy missionary.
One of these awesome lessons was with our investigator Mario. He is
going through some really hard stuff right now with his family and was
referred by a friend to check out the gospel. So we met him a couple
months ago, but he hasn't been able to meet until now. So we went over
and ended up teaching him and his 2 roommates! We brought one of my
favorite members, Rosie, with us, and it was one of the best lessons
I've ever had. He was asking all the right questions, and things just
seemed to click with him! Then a couple days later when we called to
follow up on him, he said he's been reading the Book of Mormon! As a
missionary there a few things that make us happier haha. The Libro de
Mormon really is the key to everything.
We also finally we able to get in touch with Maria again. She picked
up a second job for a while, and so quite literally had no time, but
she felt the impact that was taking on her family and decided to quit
the second one. We've been taking Brisa with us to go visit her, and
it's so cool to see just how deeply she wants to help Maria. She was
telling us yesterday that she remembers being in the exact same
position as her, a single mom renting out a room in a packed house and
struggling to make ends meet, and she just has the strongest desire to
do everything she can. That right there is the pure love of Christ!
Other miracle for the week is that Oneyda came to church! We had a dry
spell last week in the Barrio de Silver Spring. Between all 3 sets of
missionaries, none of us had people at church. It's always a little
difficult to have a great week of lessons and then not see the turn
out, literally, when Sunday comes around. So we worked our little pies
off to get people to church this Sunday, and we ended up having 4
people come to church from our area! I was so happy to see Oneyda
come! I've seen so much progress in her just in the past month. It's
crazy how you can see people's hearts softening little by little, and
her coming to church again is such a huge step for her.
I am so incredibly blessed as a missionary and just as a daughter of
God. I know He loves me, and each one of His children. This week I
have really been able to see how much of a difference members have in
missionary work. Our purpose to help others on their way in this life,
and so that's my challenge for all of you. Find some time this week,
or in the very near future, to go out with the missionaries. I promise
they need your help.
Yo sé que nuestro Señor, Jesucristo, vive. Sé que El nos ama y que El
sufrió para nosotros individualmente para que podamos tener esta vida
tan maravillosa. El evangelio de Jesucristo es perfecto y la iglesia
es la verdad! Les quiero mucho y espero que tengan una buena semana!
Hasta la próxima,
Hermana Johnson
Found this funny house with Winnie the Pooh statues everywhere. My
family knows I appreciated it.
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