1. Sis Megos daughters (she is the one dating our investigator)
2. Exchange with Sis Price she is from Rigby, Idaho and she was the first 19 year old sis in our mission
3. This is the family that showed up on Sunday! what a miracle!
Family,
Well, it sounds like you all
had a great week! that's always good for me to hear :) my hives have
gotten a lot better. I take a Zyrtec every night and I hardly ever get
them now- its rare when I do! Your hair looks great mom and Bri! I am
happy that Shine was able to do that for you! She loved doing your hair! I love that pic that you sent! Three of my favorite people! the other
pics you sent this week were fun too! All the boys are almost taller
than dad! They all look so big and different! Jordan has changed the most I
think! I have a lot of fun things to share with all of you this week!
John Denney who plays for the
Miami dolphin football team is in our ward! cool right? I thought the
boys might like that one! He is really nice! I talked to him before I
even knew who he was and then when I found out I was pretty excited! I
invited someone to be baptized in Spanish! That was a big moment for me! I am trying to learn but its hard! I know Jake will do great with is
because he is called to serve Spanish speaking! Also that's all he will
be around so he will pick it up fast! Yesterday Sis Tuai and I got to
church about 10min early and NO one was there.. we were a little
confused but we set our stuff on the back bench so that we could see all
the ward and continue to try to figure out who is who. About 5 min
before the meeting started everyone started walking in. There was an old
women who walked up to the bench where we had our stuff and she said,
"who's stuff is on my bench? this is where me and my family sit!" I
started laughing and told Sis Tuai to go grab our stuff! It was so funny I couldn't believe that she actually kicked us off her bench. We went to a member home the other day and she has a quilting business!
prob the only one in Florida haha. I asked her if she had heard of Linda
Taylor and she said of course I have! I told her I know her and that
shes my neighbor back home! I told the member she should come visit us
sometime! She is working on a really cool quilt right now. Its called
100 wishes. But I guess all of the friends and family members send one
block of material with there wish on a card then when you look at the
quilt you go to a little book that is also made and see the wish that
someone made for you! I thought it was cute! a lot of the places where
we were are gated so we usually bike in. but yesterday we didn't have our
bikes and we needed to get in through the gate. we pulled up and
started (one by one) to go through the 5 members we knew in that area.
none of them were answering their phones but about on the 4th person to
call the guard at the gate said, "you basically know everyone I will
just let you in" it was awesome haha. So know we are just going to start
naming names to get into places! biking is good it just takes up so
much time some times because I am def not a speed biker ha. We at dinner
at the Funn's home yesterday it was yummy! We had pork and corn on the
cob watermelon and lemon bars! they are such a cool family! Our ward is
awesome. Its like a ward from back home and I am growing to LOVE it! I
cant tell you have fast the weeks are going by for me. Because we go on
two exchanges a week the weeks are just gone gone gone! i went down to
Miami last week! that was a good time. There are so many people down
there! traffic is always crazy and everyone is every where! i hope i get
to serve there i think it would be a lot of fun! we are currently
waiting for our investigator to get his birth certificate from Mexico so
that we can have a wedding on fri or sat and then get him baptized! we
are praying for miracles! he is engaged to a member and we love their
family so much! they are awesome! it was his birthday this week so we
bought him a cake and had a party for him! they make the best food too!
everything on the grill! mmmmm...
we saw a huge miracles this
week! we have been working with a family since we got to the area. we
leave commitments with them and they keep them but they weren't coming to
church so we weren't sure what to do. this past week we decided not to
go and see them. we still called them to invite them to church but they
didn't answer. as sister tuai and i were sitting in church guess who
walks in...! they did! we hadn't even left a voicemail when we had
called! it was such a blessing to see them there! they really enjoyed
service and were participating a lot during Sunday school. they family
has been though so much lately and they really need the RESTORED gospel
in their lives. they lost their granddaughter and are having to take
care of their great granddaughter. i know that them coming on Sunday
really strengthen my testimony. everything is done on the Lords time! We
also had another investigator show up! we found him knocking on doors! I
cant even explain the joy that comes to me when i see others coming
unto Christ! its the best! Sister Tuai and I are doing great. i am
learning so much from her. she brings things to my attention that I
didn't even know were things I needed to work on. It goes to show how
important communication is no matter what. if she hadn't of told me I
wouldn't have been able to change and she still would of been frustrated
with me! Wow where would I be with out my mission?!
Thank you so much for the
opportunity to serve. This is honestly the best thing that I could ever
do (besides having a family someday). I love my mission with all my
heart! and I love my family with all my heart too! I hope you all have a
fun week! The garden will start to grow and that will be fun to watch!
love love love sister brooke johnson
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