I am so excited for Bri's baptism this weekend! I can't believe that it is already here. Please tell Bri thank you for the cards and the bracelet! I love them! The package was a great surprise! Thank you so so so much! I loved the
"smile" quote! Its super cute and its on my dresser! I look at it every
day! We e-mail at a comp college that a Bishop here owns. Its
really nice! I really hope we get to chat next week! whooo! If they are
closed here we will just go somewhere else!
This
week has been better. The email dad sent me last week was really
humbling and it helped me have a better perspective about the challenges
that I am facing right now. As I was driving the other day I looked
over at a billboard and in bold lettering it said "LOVE WHAT YOU DO!" I
realized in that moment that I just need to love what I am doing right
now, love where I am at, love my companion, love the ward, the work, I
just need to love everything! As I took that and strived to apply it I
noticed that things went a lot better for the rest of the week! One of
the homes we went into this week to bless had our couches! It was crazy- I walked in and we went to kneel in the living room to pray and they
have both of the couches we have and the pillows too! It took me back
home just for a bit and it was refreshing! I am grateful for tender
mercies!
These upcoming two
weeks, I have been asked to go on exchanges! I will be going to Stuart
which is north of where I am at. It will be fun to see what its like up
there! I will also be going to Boyton Beach which is about 20 min south
of me. I love exchanges because I always learn so much about missionary
work and about myself as a missionary. I also love being with other
sisters and just trying to help them learn and grow as well. I remember
looking up to Sis Andrus so much! She was always going on exchanges,
everyone always said I had the best trainer, and she was just the
ultimate example to me. I always told myself if I could just be like Sis Andrus I'll have it made! Well, now I am having the privileges that she
had when I was with her. It's humbling, and it is stretching me but I am
so grateful for these opportunities. "The cultivation of Christlike
qualities is a demanding and relentless task-it is not for the seasonal
worker or for those who will not stretch themselves, again and again."
The
meaning of love has begun to take on a new meaning for me. I don't feel
like I've every really had to "learn" how to love someone. It is
something that I feel like should and normally does come natural for me. But, I am having to learn how to love my companion. She is really great
and we get along. Its just
going above and beyond that and truly loving her. Multiple times
throughout the day I just run through my head "love her Brooke, just
love her" I have also realized that love sometimes requires us to do
things we don't want to do or to really search deep for ways we can help
the person we are trying to love. Again, its been a humbling experience. If you cant tell from my emails- I am being humbled! and I` am forever
grateful for it!
There
are beggars all over here, and one came up to our window the other day
and he was saying "please, please anything will help. please, please,
please...." I usually just do the typical "act like you don't see them"
but he really caught my attention. All I could hear as he stood at my
window was "please, please anything will help." I reached into the cup
holder where I put change and gave him prob a total of 50 cents. But
what I took from him was worth more than that. I am like him. I am pouring
out my heart to my Savior saying "please, please anything will help. Please, please offer me the guidance and direction from the spirit that I am desperately in need of. Please, please...." In life, there are many
lessons to be learned. They are every where. all day every day. That
experience was something simple. Something I see and hear every day. But
when I take the time to step back and allow my spirit to be taught, I
learn a great lesson!
Last week for p-day Sister Ellett and I went over to the
island and then we walked over the drawbridge and around the water way. It was so beautiful! I loved it. I miss taking my thought provoking
walks. Or just walking and chatting with you and Bri, and friends. It
was relaxing! I hope you enjoy the pics I took for all of you!
Family, I love you! So much! I am so grateful for you. I
know I say that every week but I hope you can feel it as I tell you!
have so much fun at Bris baptism and being with family this weekend! I
will be thinking and praying for you all as always!
with all my love,
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo Sister Johnson
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