Just another great week here at the Provo MTC! me and my people got our flight plans! we leave next Monday and will have to check out of the MTC at 4:15 am and arrive in Florida at 4:15pm. I'm more excited than I can explain!
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| The best district ever! the elders are such dorks...apparently smiling is bad for their health or something. |
I think my thoughts and feelings are going to be summed up by saying that I am amazed at how easy it is to automatically love gods children. all of their struggles and worries can be fixed by the hope that we teach them-all through Jesus Christ. my companion and I have taught three amazing girls...maddie,Ines,and Kristina. they each have such a sweet spirit, willingness and hunger to learn the message of our savior! I have loved learning how to improve my teaching skills and how to rely on the spirit...it makes a WORLD of difference. (who would have thunk ;) )
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| Sundays...seriously the best day ever |
The cool teaching experience we had is the most recent TRC- her name is Kristina. she has a lot of medical problems including depression and anxiety. as we talked I got the impression to just start to testify of the love that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have for her. He knows HER name and exactly what she is going through. I have been studying Christ's attributes and it has been my main focus here at the mtc-to just to know and understand who Christ is. anyway, in that moment I felt the spirit so strong. I wasn't only testifying to her, but to myself also. it was the coolest moment I had while teaching...to see the light in her eyes to hear that message was really touching and I'm really excited to get to share this message to everyone who will listen!!
Missions are so hard- I couldn't understand what people meant by that and wouldn't until I did it myself. it's sometimes a mess but when the doubts come, it is always followed by a light of hope. without failure. every time. I know I'm lucky that it's like that right now because it may not be at times. I'm really focusing on serving with everything I have. one thing that is hammered here is obedience and forgetting yourself-which I'm grateful for!! i love being a missionary.
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| My favorite ladies! |
A few random things:
I got stuck on a team of elders during volleyball and it ended with a concussion. I'm on three different medications and have physical therapy haha who knew. i felt like I was walking on a cloud for a few days. that was rad.
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| My wonderful medication that I'm happy about (eye-roll) |
i saw Noah Leavitt! what a cool guy to stop and say hi...i almost called him elder Leavitt because no one says first names here so I wasn't sure what to do (haha sorry noah) but It was awesome to see a familiar face from home!! and I didn't get a picture because I am awkward so that's cool.
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| Noah Leavitt and Sister Johnson - Random "Noah sightings" |
I have also seen my friend Justin from HEFY around a lot and he left yesterday...luckily I spotted his avianca blanket wrapped around him and knew it was him and it made me smile (hefy buddies know how important that blanket is in our lives) :) he is gonna be a great missionary.
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| Elder brown and I!! Not a suit coat he is holding...avianca! |
Everyday I think about my family and the blessing they are. I miss them a ton...but they are so supportive of me and I couldn't have asked for better parents or siblings....or aunts or uncles.
Thanks to my auntie Jill and Maria for the sweet packages that really hit the spot....those made my week.
Remember I can see emails throughout the week and read them whenever so please send pictures!!
I love you all so so much. the church is true. go read the book of Mormon because it's the best book in the world. oh, and go serve your neighbor because everyone needs a little service
XOXO,
Sister Johnson
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