Apparently we are good people

August 5, 2019

Great week y'all...

• First of all, the cutest fam in our ward took us blueberry picking today and it was SO MUCH FUN. Love them. And we got fresh berries wassup.

Blueberry picking

• Sister Nuttall started counting cats too so here is the roundup:
-204 dogs and 14 cats. it was a great week for dogs

• Ate tons of cones again, no surprise there

• Ants have infested our apartment and we cannot get rid of them...pray for us.

• This weekend was Riverdays here in Midland at the tridge. Don't even really know what this is but there's a live band and tons of food trucks and they have a hot air balloon competition where 28 balloons are just up in the air and it's a blast. There are THOUSANDS of people there so we got to talk to lots of nice souls. 

 

• We drew God's plan of LOVE (plan of salvation) @ the tridge in chalk SO large and were able to explain it to a few people at Riverdays which was awesome! But it only lasted about 36 hours and someone power-hosed it off the sidewalk...sadness. But while we were drawing it, this great guy Keith comes up to us and is all, " I like what you're writing! Can I give you two American flags?" To which we of course responded yes and he goes "I like to give flags to good people". BEST guy, made our day :) 

God's Plan of Love

• Sister Nuttall and I cooked in a crockpot for the first time this week, went great! Everyone is encouraged to send us crockpot recipes lol

• The Elders in our ward called us one day while they were at taco bell and asked if we wanted freezes...when do we not want freezes? So they got us some, bless their souls. 

• We also took our 90 year old neighbor, Ken, to Riverdays on Saturday and we got ice cream together. Sweetest guy, loves to dance, so he just went up in front of everyone by the singer and danced, great man. Kept us laughing all day :)

Ice Cream with Ken

• Ran 3 times...no further comments

• As I read in Jacob in the Book of Mormon this week, a story known as the allegory of the olive trees really stood out to me. It talks about the Lord of the vineyard, who represents our Savior Jesus Christ, and the olive trees that He puts so much time and effort into representing all of us. Throughout the chapter, the Lord says no less than 15 times, "it grieveth me that I should lose this tree", showing how deeply He loves and cares for us. When the trees produce bad fruit, even after all the effort the Lord puts in, the scripture says " the Lord of the vineyard wept, and said unto the servant: What could I have done more for my vineyard?" I love this parable because it so clearly demonstrates our Savior's and Heavenly Father's love for us. They love us perfectly and endlessly. We are never too far to feel that love. They will give all they can to help us return to them, they weep with us when we fail and rejoice with us when we do good. They will NEVER give up on us, don't give up on them. :)

I love you all lots
♡Sister Johnson

Sister Riana Johnson

2201 Ashman St

Apt #2

Midland, MI  48640

riana.johnson@missionary.org