A GREAT WEEK!

SORRY, GONNA BE A SHORT LETTER THIS WEEK!

ok, so before anything! Guess what? i dyed my hair this week! :D my highlights were way grown out and we had a Zone Conference yesterday with Elder Chidester and Elder Arnold of the 70. elders were told to fix their hair so we figured we should too... so me and sis pilling got dark brown hair with red undertones! she dyed mine and i dyed hers! it was fun, and i think it looks pretty good! :D

so quick about this week! 

Also the sisters we live with (Pearson and Tranchina) had to get their car fixed in layton so we were driving ALL week the Mission van- 15 seater! it looked so ghetto haha but everybody loved it!! :P

mon was a fun pday, we did a fhe with a fun family and played foot vollyball with balloons on a trampoline! so fun!

We had a meeting on tue at the bountiful tabernacle (super close to centerville) and that took up a chunk of tue morning, contact referrals, were uber busy! :)

Wed we met with the DL's and talked in prep for district meeting, then we (after a lot of communication and worries from mom) opened my hump day package! i'll consider myself after this week to be 9 months just because I count from when i went into the field and mom counts from MTC day :P haha i loved it all, especially the dress and frog cup! :)

Its kinda funny because as a missionary you are ALWAYS busy (at least we are, esp cause we're STL's) but we never remember everything we were busy with! I do remember sis pilling wasn't feeling good so we stayed in for some of the day on wed.

Thur we took the sisters to an appt, and went on exchanges! i was with sis Stratton and we were on bike! we had some really great experiences with talking to everyone and with listening to the spirit and praying. 

Fri we had district meeting and a bunch of meetings with people! we also got to go to the joseph smith movie with an investigator family we're teaching. it was awesome...and POURING RAIN!! :D

Saturday we did the hair dying thing, which was good :P planning, ward activities which were legit, did our progress record, and crashed.

Let me tell you: i have NEVER been more exhausted than i have been in Rose Park as an STL. SO EXHAUSTED!! 

SUNDAY WAS CRAZY BUSY!!! we both spoke in one of the wards on obedience to Gods Commandments: basically, DO IT :P haha i love the chapter in Gospel principles book on it :)

Yesterday we had the Zone Conference/Mission tour where we had a spiritual feast! i learned a lot about how to be a better missionary, find more people, help them keep commitments, etc. we also picked up the sisters car in layton and ate at a cute diner called Sills with delicious Scones that were as big as my face!! :P 

love you and hope everyone has a great week! keep loving God and always remember: he loves you too!

Question of the week: when was the first time you remember feeling the spirit?

♥ SISTER JOHNSON :)

Her "new" hair.. looks more like her old hair! 

Dr. Froggy helps

Some of the Hump Day package that the family sent. Silly girl... not counting her MTC time! LOL!

Sis. Pilling and the many treats of the week! 

WELCOME TO ROSE PARK!! ;P (Letter from Aug. 18, 2014)

Before i begin, just a few notes: 

Don't google Rose Park unless you want to see REAL sketchy stuff...

Send packages and mail to the mission office...

Don't worry about me cause its legit here, as sketchy as it is! :D

I do have to admit, Rose Park is PRETTY sketchy. Like, we saw 12 cop cars on the corner one night... but its amazing here! So many people are SO ready to hear the gospel and SO willing to listen and accept it! Its definitely ghetto, but definitely SHWEET!! My Week:

MONDAY- obviously found out that i was going to be transferred, so spent much of the day doing fun stuff, hanging out with other missionaries, making visits to all of the amazing people i knew i'd miss, and PACKING. So much PACKING O.o

I guess when you stay in an area for 6 months, it builds up... :) good thing i still have 9 1/2 months till i have to worry about packing up to go home!!

TUESDAY- We went to the Transfer Building (which actually happens to be the Rose Park Stake Center- one of our buildings!! :P) and met up with our new companions. It was sad to leave Sis Smith and Mason, but i know they will both do GREAT things in their areas with their new companions (if i didn't get to mention, sis smith stayed in the area and sis mason went up to kaysville). Sis Pilling is an AMAZING missionary and we have SO MUCH FUN together!! :D her companion, sis Bischoff was actually finishing her mission and going home, so she ended up spending the rest of the day with us, which was fun! we met with a few members because we are trying to work more with members and leadership in this area because both are great! we went to a Relief Society activity, some visits and phonecalls, checked on our wonderful sisters we are STL's over, and crashed for bed. 

WEDNESDAY- Here in Rose Park we cover 4 wards: 9th, 10th, Starcrest, and Center. Its awesome because we get to really focus on the members AND people we're working with! we also have three sets of missionaries in the stake: Us, the Zone Leaders, and one of the District Leaders and his Greenie (spanish elders). Wed we met with the Zl's and DL's to talk about the zone goals and such and prep for District Meeting. we met with a lot of people, made visits, got referrals, and street contacted. We had dinner with one of Bishops, B. Eubanks and had a correlation with the Andersons (one of the WML's.) All in all a packed day that was SUPER busy! :) One of our awesome experiences: We got LA referrals from one of the sisters and we were contacting them and stumbled across H*, a lady who is definitely going through a lot, but is ready for the gospel back in her life. It was amazing to be able to talk to her and also bear testimony of the saviors love for her and that there is always repentance. Hallelujah for the ATONEMENT!  

THURSDAY- we took the sisters to an appointment in the downtown salt lake (we technically live like 17 blocks from the temple, which is legit!), we live ALSO with two other STL's in an apartment (On the Green Appartments). Sister Taylor used to live in the same appartment but was transferred OUT the same time I was transferred IN!! man, we were SOOO bummed! but we'll see each other at lots of the meetings :P haha we had lunch with a few members, we did our weekly planning, had dinner with a LA named K* (super cool dude!), and had a super full night of appointments- one at every half-hour from 6-8:30! sooo crazy!! we had an awesome lesson with a few new investigators, C* and T*. C* lived in Provo and had almost gotten baptized but he moved to Cali. T* was raised Jewish but never went to church or was really religious, so is neutral about Jesus Christ- which means we get to help her gain an incredible testimony about her savior! it was cool because when we taught she could definitely feel the spirit and her eyes just lit up :) you can physically FEEL the love that Heavenly Father has for them both! 

FRIDAY- we had our district meeting and we both split and went to different ones in the zone so we could both give trainings. I definitely was nervous about my first official STL training. i'd given trainings before, but i feel like more is expected now. The spirit took over though and helped get the point across, whatever heavenly father needed them to hear :) its great! we went to the Spanish Sisters planning session and were able to help them out too, which was awesome! we had dinner, met with a new LA we are working with (Misty), and met with a member family. We offer any help to any and all who need it, especially members because they do so much for us... and this will be brought up in just a sec... :)

SATURDAY- another crazy busy day! we did some service for a member, helped her pack up her house because she is renovating. then we made brownies to give to two members who help us lots because they both had seemed like they weren't having a great day on thursday. we visited referrals and had dinner with the Clausens (10th ward mission leader) and went to a party, saw a LA family who are so sweet (we are trying to work with them), and met with M* again, with Bishop Eubanks :)

SUNDAY- SUPER BUSY CRAZY DAY!! we had our first meeting at 8am and had to do our progress record at 7, so we had to wake up extra early...boo O.o then we were asked to substitute in Singing time because the chorister's husband was in the hospital... and that was SOOO fun! :) then we also had a stake coordination and dinner with Melanie Romero, a returned member (she is super fun and legit!!), we went and also planned a FHE that we are doing tonight. 

I can honestly say i have NEVER been so exhausted in my life as i have been this last week, between STL stuff, hard work, spiritually draining stuff, and just EVERYTHING! This area is great! there is so much potential and so much we can do still, but we can already see miracles and can already see it growing. The faith of the members is growing and the trust they have for us as the lords representatives. I love Rose Park, as ghetto and crazy as it is. We DEFINITELY meet quite a few interesting people as we street contact and there are TONS of Hispanics… i just love it here and love the work! have a great week and talk to you soon! :)

Hannah's new companion

WHAT LEGIT EXCITING NEWS!!! (Letter from Aug 11, 2014)

sorry in advance for the short letter, 

:) SO NEWS!!! i am an STL. IN ROSE PARK!! im so excited, i get to be with an awesome companion down in da hood!! im super excited to be an STL too, nervous, feel inadequate, etc. but im happy. i feel like things are going to go super well, so SUPER EXCITING!!

MONDAY- did normal stuff, pday activity, tried to catch frogs at the lake (not so successful... but fun!), ate at lamberts, had a lesson with g*and m*, had a lesson with the O*, altogether a great day!

TUESDAY- we were able to have more rain! i love rain and we have had lots of it late, which is nice cause it keeps things REALLY cool! :P haha we made lots of visits, had a lesson with S*, dinner with the pearsons. I gave Jill a watercolor i made for her and she liked it, so i guess it didn't suck that bad!! then we walked dogs... in the pouring rain... and saw a DOUBLE RAINBOW!!! it was sooo amazing! loved it. 

WEDNESDAY- We got to have a lesson with M*in the morning and then we went to Temple Square again with the M*! it was great and they are going to talk to the bishop so that they can go and get sealed in the temple soon! i was a great experience, the spirit was definitely there. weird though cause on the way back from SLC we were caught in a freak rainstorm and i literally could not see the lines on I-80. kinda scary!! we also had a lesson with p* and saw lots of people. OH! and meet Stumpy, a three legged cat with no tail! she is soooo cute, and the nicest cat EVER!! loves people and just loves you... and bathes you... :) 

THUSDAY- had a lesson with m*, did some weekly planning cause we wouldn't have time on friday, saw n* with sister pearson, more visits, s* had her baptism interview and passed!! i was feeling ick all day though which was really sucky. went to bed and was up all night... next morning...

FRIDAY- I WAS TERIBLY SICK!!! i died. i had aches and hot cold flashes, a fever, and a lot of pain on my insides... which caused me to be sick to my stomach. NO FUN! i had to miss my Zone meeting AND Matt and Felicias wedding! i was so completely bummed. and in pain. felt like an awful missionay but i got a blessing which helped a bit and was hard to sleep so just laid in bed all day... watched "the testaments" like three times...

SATURDAY- It was tolerable (the sickness) so i pulled my butt out of bed and we did correlations, lesson with M* again, and S* got baptized! it was great to see sister latham and bennett as well, but the baptism WAS SO AWESOME!! still on the mend. I also got a call from president that night telling me i was gonna be an STL, so a little bit in shock too ;P haha

SUNDAY! my very last sunday in this area, so sad!! :( we got to go to Lakepoint ward and see investigators at church, see people in Stansbury ward, and go see Savannah's confirmation in the Benson Mill ward, it was a great day and i will forever love and cherish this area! i've been here almost 6 months and i'm so blessed to have been able to do so.

LOVE YOU ALL and have a great week! :)

Thanks to Sis. Pearson for all these photos!

TRANSFERS NEXT WEEK!

i'm super excited/bummed/sad/MIXED EMOTIONS about transfers next week! i'm pretty sure i'm going to be kicked out of this area come next monday, but i trust the lord that he will place me where he needs me, whether its whitewashing, training, or put into an awesome area with an awesome companion! who knows, but i'm excited... small chance i could stay in Stansbury Park though... :D probably not...

Ok, so we have like NO time for email today so i'll go through it really quickly! 

RECAP OF THE WEEK!!!

MONDAY- regular stuff, we had thunderstorms and rain all day long! (and its raining today which is REALLY nice :P) we went on a members tramp, zipline, and indoor rockwall for a bit then went to DI and Walmart and Roxberry (healthy smoothies), did fun pday stuff, played handball and while we were in the room...power went out! and its super dark (in a basement) so we freaked out for a second... then were fine :P haha we had sister callahan with us all day too which was fun! dinner at the lamberts, they made us delicious Ravioli and we had pizelle's (Italian cookies) for dessert! we also had a lesson with the o*s... 4 missionaries teaching one family, haha definitely a new experience!! 

TUESDAY- we were able to go down to temple square with sister pearson and N*! and it was raining buckets!! :P haha so fun! we went to the south visitors center where it has the diagram of the temple and she knows that that is where she wants to be and she WILL get there! we also were able to have a lesson with D* and he wasn't smiling, so i said, "do you smile? do i need to tell a joke?!" :P haha it was funny... and i got him to smile and laugh. he's a really quiet kid but an awesome family! they've all been through a lot. we also walked a members dogs (Akitas- HUGE!!) and that was fun! the 17-year-old daughter came with us and we all talked and had a good time. 

WEDNESDAY- We went and washed dishes and cleaned for M*, who is finishing up chemo and will start up radiation soon. that was nice :) Then we saw the t*s, had a lesson with the m*s, made visits in the afternoon, we saw B* in the trailer park and S* (one of our potential investigators!) we saw L*, help them pack up their trailer (going camping) and stopped by to see P* as well- he was going to be baptized on this last saturday but his mom wasn't ok with it so it was put off for now :( boooooo! i was also called a dusty q-tip by m*... thats a new one!! :P hahahahaha

THURSDAY- We had lunch with sis chamberlin, lesson with S*- she is getting baptized this saturday!!! yayayayayayay!! our lesson with Ginger cancelled, but i think we are going to take a break for a few weeks and see how she is after that. we saw n* and she was just glowing still and happy, even though she IS still sad she has to move. we had dinner, scripture class, and met with the High Councillor over YSA to talk about YSA stuff, the fireside on sunday and possibly TMNT and some other stuff too... :) haha he wrote for a bunch of stuff and people, including Smallville, TMNT, Orson Scott Card, Ben 10, Adventure Time, and TONS more! he works for the missionary department and is over mormon.org. LEGIT!!

FRIDAY- usual planning, district meeting, etc. lesson with l*, packed and cleaned because... i went to tooele on exchanges with sister Toutai!! :D so fun!

SATURDAY- I got to be in Tooele all day! started off good, went to a baptism where i met the tongan actor wo is in "the RM" and "Forever Strong", which was cool! we got roxberry (SOOOOO GOOD!!) took a sick Elder Anderson gatorade and kitty cat stickers, visited a lady named J*- who just happens to know B*, same one from the trailer park! :P haha! we did service from about 3-5ish, then went to a polynesian BBQ and were sent home with BUNCHES of delicious chicken, visited more people, laughted a ton, and exchanged back. we have waaaay too much fun together :P haha Sister Toutai is super fun and bubbly and hilarious and loveable. 

SUNDAY- FAST. AND. TESTIMONY. MEETINGS. i was sosososoooooooo hungry all day i was dying, started to get a bit dizzy and nauseous but i told myself NO! i have to go on. slightly dramatic ;P hehe we didn't have as many at church this week as we wanted, but still a successful week! went to Bro Blacks fireside about mormon.org and missionary work... USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL!! IT IS MANDATED FROM HEAVEN!! just sayin... :) hahaha

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN TO DAD! 

and guess what? aug 3rd marked by 8 months of being in the field... i can't believe its been that long! at least i'm not homesick or sick of missionary work or anything, cause i love it too much out here!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND LOVE YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH!
KEEP THE FAITH! ♥
SISTER HANNAH JOHNSON :)

Another Awesome Week! (i think i'm running out of headings for my weekly letters :P haha)

Another Awesome Week! (i think i'm running out of headings for my weekly letters :P haha)

So! this week was super busy! not nearly as busy as last week lesson wise, but still we hardly had a chance to breathe it seemed like! So, this is how it went:

MONDAY: we emailed, then went to DI, walmart shopping, got delicious Roxberry smoothies, and played a really fun activity as a zone! something called pictophone, a mix of pictionary and telephone. SUPER FUN! also, there was a "change". Lamberts made us gyros and brother lambert has actually been to greek islands in anacortes before!! its such a small world :P OH and my daughter is a freaking boss!! so, brother lambert loves spicy, especially sauces and he can handle a LOT. so he bought the second hottest sauce in the entire world for him and sister smith to try and they did. He was sweating, his mouth went numb, he said it was like liquid fire. sis smith hardly blinked... then went back for more!! it was HILARIOUS! she is awesome :P haha

TUESDAY: a full day! we had lessons, we saw N*- it was her birthday so we got her an elvis CD (she LOVES elvis), sister mason drew a picture of a hamster that looked like elvis, and she was so happy :) we went to a L* house and helped sand stuff for projects they're doing and then she made us white sauce enchiladas for dinner, super bien! :P haha! lots of people getting ready to enter the waters of baptism though!!

WEDNESDAY: we made visits with sister vickars the stake relief society president and gave her a picture of Christ that i watercolored (again :P, different pic though...) then we went to SLC for the new missionary training which lasted most of the afternoon, but it was super good! i LOVE trainings. seriously. and i love helping with them too :) we had the first lesson with a new investigator, D* (yes, polynesian :P) haha and he's a cool kid! 9 years old and the family is awesome too! we also finally saw O* and the V* as well. 

THURSDAY: the 24th of July is really BIG here! they did a kids day at the Benson Grist Mill (you can put the pics jill sent you on the blog :) and that was fun to help out with! then we had a lesson with Ginger and its getting to the point where she just isn't coming to church... she's come once and that was in May. we may have to drop her soon. after that we had our Interviews with President in Tooele and that was wonderful! i love interviews because its always a really spiritual experience, President Hansen is an amazing person, mission president, etc. he's like another grandpa! :D he did tell me though that i'll probably be getting transferred, which will be ok. i'm fine with whatever the Lord wants for me... maybe i'll go to Kaysville or something! :P After interviews we saw N*! which was good, except we found out she's going to be moving :( she sold her house and so she is going to be moving out at the end of August. SOO SAD! after dinner we went to the stake pioneer day party, which was huge! a huge turnout and they did a fun run where the firetrucks sprayed people and we helped wtih rootbeer floats and husking and wrapping HOT smoked corn. we did 300 ears and had JUST the right amount. we were scared for a bit we weren't gonna have enough :P phewph!

FRIDAY: district meeting, planning, dinner with the chamberlains, saw brother fairbanks, bishop steinegal (over Lakepoint ward), saw R*, and stopped by the M*, which was nice to see them :) good day! tiring, but good!

SATURDAY: SUPER BUSY DAY!!! we had 4 correlations to do with ward mission leaders, a lesson at the T* (hopefully M* will get on date this week!!), lesson with V* (she is totally getting there!, we brought her primary teacher april warby to help at the lesson) lesson with l* we were going to do service, help F* get ready for their wedding on the 8th but they weren't home so we did other stuff! visits, etc. good day!

SUNDAY: we had 3 Ward Councils we went to. such a long busy day! but it was good! and we got to go to the YSA ward, had a lesson with K* who we hadn't seen in awhile (she is my fellow whovian :P) and a new family the s*s, stopped by, shared a message, and offered to walk their akita's (dogs) at least once a week. yay for helping people! :P 

I absolutely am loving the mission and can't wait for what is sure to come, its scary to think i'm almost halfway because its going SOO fast, but im so excited too! :) love you all and Keep the Faith! ♥

SISTER JOHNSON!!

Benson Grist Mill

diner at lamberts

so many beautiful sunsets here in LAKEPOINT!! :D

district pic

cow!

An AMAZING WEEK!

I can definitely testify of a few things: 

1) hard work pays off, and everything is in the LORDS TIME!

2) Greenie power is REAL! :)

3) the book is blue and the church is true!!

OK, so its been an awesome week! so much good has happened and we've had some awesome lessons we've taught. i'll try to remember to put in a spiritual experience this week, sorry, i'm always so rushed :P 

MONDAY: was awesome! we played games, shopped at walmart, went golfing, got a package from mom (shirts are awesome and love the fun stuff :P). we had dinner with the lamberts (it was DELICIOUS as usual!) and went to YSA FHE, and had a lesson with the T*. M* is doing really well, understanding everything and remembering most everything!! 

TUESDAY: we had a pretty busy day! we tried to make a lot of visits and contact our referrals, but not as much luck as i would've liked. we finally had a lesson with P* though and Miracle #1 of the week: we put him on date for baptism!! :) it was a long time coming and we're all super excited! had a lesson with S* as well at night and the O*'s. S*'s lesson we talked about the gospel of Jesus Christ (faith, repentance, baptism, holy ghost, and endure to the end)... and guess what?! another miracle! we put her on date as well!!! :D was an awesome day! we also got a referral from brother chamberlain for a 9 year old in a semi-active family that we are going to start teaching... and put on date this week! so many good things happening in the area and in peoples lives!! PLUS in the O*'s lesson we commited them to all going to church on sunday (aren't sure yet if they did or not but we will find out! :P) 

WEDNESDAY: We had another lesson with the Tovars and then right after that went into Salt Lake so sister Smith could take her drivers test. we got there and she was SUPER nervous, because she has never really driven in the city before, she (in missouri) lives in the middle of nowhere on a dirt road. but she said she would try and do her best, we said a prayer, and she did GREAT. probably better than i did haha :P after that we had lunch at IHOP with the giftcard that sister rutter sent me and i had delicious pancakes with peaches and rasberry :) shoutout! ♥ ran to deseret books so sis smith could get a few things, then home for a service project. That night we had a lesson with M* and F* and they are getting married, and he asked if he could get baptized on the 9th, the day after their wedding!! MIRACLE #3!!! wow wow wow! i was so happy and full of the spirit this week it was awesome. we did tell him that there are certain commandments he has to follow and he said he's willing to live them when he learns about them, but he really wants to be baptized and eventually sealed to his family :) I LOVE THE GOSPEL!!!

THUSDAY: was another great day! we did our regular morning schedule, had a lesson with g*, i think the biggest struggle we have with her is that she ALWAYS says she will come to church and is very genuine, but she has shown up once, and that was mothers day. in MAY. its kinda frustrating, but i think we're going to try to do temple square with her. we had a lesson with S* as well again and that went well, everyone is on board with the bapism! we haven't been having as many lessons with p* because everyone has been super busy (he's been working, family drama, etc.). we also saw n*, dopped R* as well, which you could tell he was really disappointed about and we're probably going to pick him back up sometime soon :) we had a lesson with the m* in the trailer park, and it was altogether a busy day and i felt grea! weather has been cooler and we had some rain and thunder this week, especially on sunday! :)

FRIDAY! we surprise weeded for the V* again for morning exercise (before it got too hot)- the pile was HUGE!!! O.o Distict meeting, lunch (subway with the giftcard from sis Rutter again!!), planning, correlation, a quiet not super busy day, a usual friday. but planning is going really well! President wants us to be expert planners by the end of july, and i feel like i'm starting to get there!

SATURDAY: had correlations, saw T* up in the trailer park and set up an appointment, chamberlains gave us a giant bag of walnuts from her tree... they are HUGE and SOOOO Good. SO GOOD. we saw l* as well, and made visits.

SUNDAY: busy sabbath as usual, it will be weird to come home and 1) have only 3 hours of church, 2) not be 100% busy! we never have spare time on sunday! always somewhere to be. we went to gospel principles with m* and f* and in Lakepoint sacrament meeting sister pearson was released as relief society president! O.o it was so sad. you could tell she was bummed, but is all the lords plan. went to Primay with S* and i was sitting next to her in sharing and singing time... and she was sneezing every 10 seconds... literally! we were really confused and then we realized... she was probably allergic to me or my clothes! because i think the shirt i was wearing has some silk in it and she is allergic to silk :P hahahaha. fun sunday adventures :P primary is more fun than i remembered too!! :P we did the stop smoking lesson with m* and f* and that went really well, he's definitely got a long way to go in a short amount of time, but i know he can do it!! :) i have faith in him and in the lord and in the gospel!

I love all of the had work we've had the opportunity to do this week and i can't wait for this next week too! :) have a great one and Keep the Faith! :) ♥

SISTER HANNAH JOHNSON :)

A Fantastic Week! :)

(Letter from July 14th, 2014)

What a great week this has been! It’s just flown by and we've been really busy! I think one of the best parts though would have to be.... THE RAIN! I think we got rain 2 or 3 of the days this week and cooler temperatures to go along! It reminded me of home, especially the light sprinkles! I probably sound weird, but they were like heavenly kisses from above :)

MONDAY: pday was SUPER busy. Emailing, cleaning, shopping, golfing, activity, dinner, FHE, bed. We played categories with the zone which was fun- you have a group of people and a squirt bottle. One person picks a category and something specific in that category and they everyone goes around and says their own, if they way the one you're thinking of then they get squirted and it’s their turn! :) Good to play when its 103 outside! o.O haha

TUESDAY: Sister Hathaway and Callahan moved homes so we helped them out with that. We had some lessons cancel as well. Sister Mason gets headaches and migraines because she's had brain surgery twice (when she was 11ish) but she doesn't let them get her down for too long, which is awesome. She is a hard worker and quiet, but when she does talk she's always got amazing things to say... and she's hilarious! :P 

WEDNESDAY: had a lesson with the T* this week! We made bunches of visits, saw N* (it had been about 6 weeks since we'd seen her), it POURED, which was awesome! Saw L*, year is moving along as well! :)

THURSDAY: lesson with T* again, finished the Blomquists baptismal records, lunch with the Chamberlains, lesson with G*, N*, R*, Mc*, and then a Stake Missionary Training for Ward Mission Leaders and Ward Missionaries. It was good... I got to give a short talk on Retention and how it’s the wards responsibility to be involved and lead it. They really are crucial! And everyone should study ch 13 in PMG and go back and read Elder Ballard's talk from April Conference... it rocked!! :)

FRIDAY: We had our district meeting, lunch, weekly planning, I GOT A LETTER FROM SISTER RUTTER! It totally made my day, so before I write back... thanks so much! It really helped me out and I was so happy :) we had a correlation with Brother Fairbanks, we saw Bishop Argyle, picked some Spearmint... yum! :) saw M* and F* as well to set up an appointment. QUOTE of the DAY: Delegation hurts :P haha

SATUDAY: some of the important things when teaching people: agency. Priorities. Real intent

We had a day full of corelations, we did a surprise service for someone, a lesson with G* and M*, and saw the V* :) just keeps getting better and better! :) We also saw B*... earlier in the week he fell on a broken mirror and cut his arm REALLY bad. So he didn't make it through the stop smoking program but he's gonna try again next week! :)

SUNDAY: busy as usual! We go a referral for a boy in the Benson Mill ward who just turned 9, family semi-active... so we're excited to hear about that! :) We helped teach sharing time in the Millpond ward, which was fun... it’s been a REALLY long time though :P haha we also had he YSA ward council and that went really well too! We had a lesson with M* and F* and M* wants to be baptized... and they're getting married August 8th! So... things are going well! 

It’s been a week full of fun things, hard work, hot weather and tender mercies. Love you all and Keep the Faith! :)

:D SISTER JOHNSON ♥