Week 25

It’s a short one this week, but a good one!

Okay!!! Mom! I've been thinking about ya'll all week. I get kinda homesick and lonely when I move to new areas. It just takes me some time to get established and stuff you know? Anyway, it's getting a lot better. I'm learning to trust the Lord and His plan for me. Conference was amazing! I loved M. Russell Ballard's talk Saturday night, you definitely need to look that up.

SO guess what!? I got to do some family history this week. I found this lady that like- her life was super hard and her husband died and then she remarried to someone who's wife died... what!? It's on Grandpa Gale's side... you can look up stories on family search did you know that!? I also found out that one of our ancestors did 187 temple names in the ST George temple! I always wondered why I loved that temple so much. So my invitation to ya'll is to just go and look up family search this week! It takes five minutes but it will literally change your life. Seriously! You gotta try it!!

Things are great in the area. We taught Antonio again, and he is super prepared!!! We taught him the plan of salvation- which was really cool to him because both his parents died. He's only 23, and he's lived in the states for five years. I'll keep you updated on him :)

I'm just looking for opportunities to exercise more faith, I know that God always grants us according to our faith. I'm loving the bikes. Hermana Dorian and I are going to try and talk to like- everyone again, which we've kind of stopped doing a little since the whole "member missionary" push. But I know big things are coming.

Mom, you are seriously the most inspiring person in my life. I'm so SO grateful for you and for all that you've taught me. I just feel like God put you in my life cuz you would love me no matter what, and you have no idea how much that love has changed me. 

Dad and Grandpa are for sure here with me! I've met a lot of their Hispanic friends that they've wanted me to convert :) Seriously, ever awesome investigator I'm like "Dad would be best friends with these guys." I know that angels are with us. 

Also, thank you for the handwritten letter you sent me! Give Greg a hug for me and tell him thanks for everything. He is such a great example of patience and trusting in the Lord. He really has taught me so much. Tell him he can write me anytime he wants :) 

Give Brant a birthday pinch for me!!! That kid is growing up way too fast. :) 

I love you!!! Something I've learned here on the mission- or I'm learning- is to trust in the Lord and His plan. He wants us to trust Him. If things aren't going the way you planned, turn toward God and keep just trusting in Him, and He will deliver you out of bondage!

Love you!

Hermana Johnson