After a long day of work........
Johnson Family,
I am so happy that
Jake was able to go to the temple on Saturday. We are all growing up!
its weird! I never thought it will all work out like this but its
great! The Lord is blessing our family in so many ways! Something that I
have learned this week is the importance of having an attitude of
gratitude! It changes the way we see everything! I'm grateful for many
things some of them being, the gospel, family, friends, the opportunity
to serve, learning experiences, the beauty of the earth.... I could go
on forever! As we remind ourselves of these things then we are able to
better feel the love our Savior has for us!
This past week I went on
exchanges to Miami, Florida (again)! I had a great time, as always. When I
was in Miami, in the morning Sister Eldridge and I ran to the pier that
isn't too far from the house! It was beautiful! The sun was rising,
there were a lot of fishermen at the end of the pier trying to catch
something. The water there was so clear. At 20ft you could still see the
bottom. We got to see a few sting rays one was huge! As you stood at
the end of the pier and looked back to the shore all you could see were
the tall, tall buildings all along the shore! It was a tender mercy to go
there and to see nature!
Our area is struggling a little
in the fact that we have yet to find someone in these past few weeks
but, Sister Tuia have the faith and we know that we will be led to those
who are prepared the receive the restored gospel into their lives! I
studied from one of my all time favorite talks by Elder Holland this
week. It's the one he gave in last years general conference. It's offered a
lot of motivation and encouragement! Here are a few of my favorite
quotes from it, "What I need, Peter, are disciples—and I need them
forever. I need someone to feed my sheep and save my lambs. I need
someone to preach my gospel and defend my faith. I need someone who
loves me, truly, truly loves me, and loves what our Father in Heaven has
commissioned me to do."
"To all within the sound of my
voice, the voice of Christ comes ringing down through the halls of time,
asking each one of us while there is time, “Do you love me?” And for
every one of us, I answer with my honor and my soul, “Yea, Lord, we do
love thee.” And having set our “hand to the plough,”we will never look
back until this work is finished and love of God and neighbor rules the
world.." this is the wonderful opportunity that I have been given at
this time! All day every day to show the Lord that I love him by sharing
his gospel to others! Its not always easy but it is definitely worth it!
To help the work hasten in our
area, Sister Tuia and I have started a 40 day fast with our ward. We
sent around a sign up sheet and each family chose a day that they would
be willing to fast for 3 things. 1. Families and individuals to be
prepared to enter the temple when it is completed 2. activation and
reactivation of worthy priesthood holders 3. someone the missionaries
can visit. We are really excited to see the blessings that come from
this. We know it will really unite our ward as well as us as
missionaries to our ward. We will be able to help those who have been
prepared because we will be striving to be selfless and show our love to
God through fasting. I look forward to sharing miracles with you that
we see from this!
It sounds like everyone is
enjoying their summer! Bri's dance outfit is adorable! Jake leaves so
soon I can't believe it! From my end it doesn't seem real because I'm not
there for all the hustle and bustle. He will have to make sure to send
me his email and his MTC address, or maybe you could help him out with
that mom haha. He will prob forget to send it to me.
I love you all, more than I can
share through an email!! I hope you can feel it all the way from here! Because I am still there! The mission is the best, I love it so much
here! My life has been changed forever, no doubt. I'm excited to hear
from you next week! Be safe, know I love you, have a fun week!
xoxoxoxo
sister johnson
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