Hey mom!!!!
So did I tell you, after I got of the phone, Gabby was like "You have a lot of love in your family." I'm like- right! We are the best! Forever!!! I love you guys, it was so great to see you.
Christmas was pretty good, we went and visited with Paula, a single lady in our area, she's really cute. We played uno and I totally lost. It was all I could do to convince Hermana Dorian to play, but we did in the end!! I love me my card games ;) Then after that we had dinner with this other family in our ward. Actually we ate dinner and they sat in the other room and chilled but it was fine :) That morning we made a big breakfast for the 8 missionaries in my ward and some other people in our ward. Twas delicious! Then we sang christmas songs. It was great.
Thursday night<x-apple-data-detectors://0> we saw Antonio. He was like- "I want to be sure. I'm going to pick my baptismal date." Which is fine! He's trying so hard to find the truth, it's a little discouraging though cuz it's like- we don't know when he's going to be baptized and hopefully he doesn't wait til next year or til he knows everything about the church to do it. I don't know- if ya'll could just pray for him so that he'll receive and answer and be able to recognize his answer about the restauration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. That would be great. I just don't know what more we can do for him but just pray. He's totally all in the Lord's hands, and I know that the Lord will help him receive his answer.
So for Hermana Dorian's birthday! I cooked her breakfast while she was in the shower (I mean, I make a mean scrambled egg) and then I posted ugly pictures of her inside all our cabinets and in the fridge. I'm seriously probably the best companion ever. Haha. She had a great birthday, we got fed, Janie's girls gave us both presents (Yes!) and La Hermana Paula (The one who's house we called from) got her flowers and cake, and then we had even MORE cake at Irais's house. I was like- going to die I was so full. But it was a lot of fun. :)
We definitely had my first bible bash! Whoot!!! I can hold my own. Just kidding, we went with Hermana Paula to see this one guy and his roommate was there and Hermana Paula invited him to listen. We taught the plan of salvation, and after we talked about Premortal life he's like "Well, where does it say that in the bible?" So we showed him, and then he's like "well I interpret it like this..." And like from then on every principle was like "I think this. I think that." And we'd show him a scripture, or testified or whatever, and then he'd just go off again. Hermana Dorian was suuuper frustrated. Me too. But I mean, it was fine, just his poor roommate who we went to teach couldn't feel the Spirit cuz his roommate tried to dominate the conversation the whole time. Super frustrating. But it wasn't that bad. After that, the Lord gave us a tender mercy and we got to teach a family! The mom's name is Sylvia and she's got 4 beautiful little girls. They all speak english too, but I'm not sure I like teaching in english. I'm not used to it!! They were cool. We're seeing them tomorrow, and I hope it goes well!
Oh my gosh. Okay so yesterday. Man, tender mercies exist! We went to this apartment complex that we had a bunch of potentials, and NO ONE WOULD ANSWER. We heard like a thousand people at home, but no one would answer. So we went and tried one of our Less Actives, Carmen. She's SO funny. Hilarious. Anyway, she's kinda just one of those- doesn't have her priorities straight kind of less actives. She's got a little kid named Steve, who's seriously just like Brant. Just one of those one-of-a-kind sweet/hilarious kids. He's 7. We taught them about the baptismal covenant. And Carmen just kinda took over and taught her son about how wonderful baptism is and what we do and why we do it. The Spirit was so strong. It just made me realize how wonderful it is to have a mother teach her kids. It's just how it's meant to be. And Steve is seriously one of those "noble and great ones" that loves the things of God. After we taught a little, Hna Dorian and Carmen started talking about something and Steve turns to me and says "Will you tell me more about what you were just talking about?" Man, that's how I feel about the gospel, too. It was seriously one of the most tender experiences ever.
Did I tell you!? Elder Neilson is coming to my stake! On the 11th. I'm SO EXCITED!!!
The Church is true. God answers prayers, and He is guiding us every single day. I know that He's helped me in more occasions than I can count. I know my Savior lives, and is the perfect example for each and every one of us. He knows our burdens, and He knows how to strengthen us. And in His strength, we can do all things.
I Love You!
Hermana Johnson
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