Miracle after Miracle

September 2, 2019

Hey y​'​all this week has been crazy and awesome so I'll get right to it!

• ​Our area is awesome! It's a little tough because the previous missionaries weren't teaching anyone and had knocked all of Sturgis in the past 6 months, but we have found so many tender mercies and miracles here. We also cover a large area with several cities as well as some of Indiana! There are some amazing people here.

Cones, of course, why not?

• We had a miracle happen when we were down in Shipshewana, Indiana last p-day! We went to this place to get our missionary tags engraved, but there was a wait of over an hour so we decided to drop by some people in that area. We met Chrissie and had a walk-in lesson with her! She told us about how she used to be Amish and was now understanding how God is there for her. She is so awesome and has been so prepared!

• Our ward is so great! We have been fed almost every meal—lunch and dinner this past week and we have some for everyday this week!

• This super kind member, Sister Wierschkie, had us over and gave us a ton the food she grows in her garden! We seriously haven't had to buy any food and bonus we eat healthy now, hahaha.

• Sister Jacobs is seriously the best and loves Mexican food! We have been cooking up some bomb food.

Bomb Mexican Food

• The Bushre's baptism was on Friday and we asked just about every single member in our ward if they could take us to Midland and no one could. It was very stressful and we had no idea how we'd get there. President Brennan gave us special permission to drive the 3 hours to Midland and stay the night in my old apartment!

• So Friday we got to go to their baptism! It was so powerful to see the hand God has played in this family's life to prepare them for this! The spirit was SO strong and every person in that room could feel it. I know that Heavenly Father is so pleased with their decision to follow Jesus Christ and I'm eternally grateful that I could have seen them grow along the way.

Bushre Family Baptism

• Sister Nuttall and I sang a musical number and so we got there early to practice with Sister James. Afterward she told us how we are exactly where we need to be and I needed to hear that. I could not agree more. I love Midland, and I always will, but I know Sturgis is exactly where I need to be.

• After we drove back, we stayed in Three Rivers and did finding there all day, and we were able to pick up three new friends! It’s amazing to see the people the Lord will put in our paths!

Three Rivers has a little bridge that's not the tridge but it'll do

• Okay funny story—Sister Jacobs is gluten intolerant and they had special bread to give her for the sacrament. Little did I know that when the young man stuck out the tray in front of me, it was the special gluten free bread and I grabbed one. He walked right away before Sister Jacobs could get one and she ended up not taking the sacrament. We were DYING and I felt SO bad! No worries, though, they blessed some after church so she could take the sacrament.

• Yesterday we had such a miracle! We had all night planned to stop by potentials and formers and everyone we had met was either not home or not interested. That was until we met Rick! He was the last person we stopped by that night, and he told us about how he had just decided to look for a new church earlier that day. His wife recently passed away and he said he knows that she sent us to him to share about the gospel. The spirit was so strong and I knew that we were just instruments in God’s hands in finding Rick! 

So this week I had a lot of different emotions and feelings and I was really praying for comfort and guidance. That next morning, I was reading Alma 29 and I swear Alma had written this for me at this exact moment. A chapter that had never really stuck out to me before was speaking right to me. I was so overcome with the spirit and honestly very humbled. I know that God truly does answer our prayers. He is aware of us in every situation we are in. It was another testament to me as well that the Book of Mormon is here for each and every one of us. It was written for us in our time to bless us and bring us comfort amidst trials. I plead with each of you to read it. Find comfort and strength in it. It is the word of God and we are SO blessed to have it on the earth today.

I hope you all have a great week! Love yas!

Sister Johnson

Also forgot to put last week but the total dogs for last transfer was a whopping 532 dogs.

The lady at the engraving place thought I wanted March instead of May so I guess I served for 21 months.

Missionary Tag -- Correction Mar. should say May