Neuenswhat??

January 6, 2020

hey hey!

this week was awesome and I got to pick up my new companion, straight from the mtc! her name is Sister Neuenswander and she is SO cute. I love her already. she is from Pleasant Grove, Utah and she loves canes and drake. it truly was meant to be. here’s a little about the week:

♥ I got to spend some of the week with Sister Schulties in Battle Creek while we waited for our new missionaries! we had a cool little miracle on new year’s eve. we had just gotten out of a lesson and it was 8:30pm and we were deciding what to do with our last 30 minutes. Sister Brennan always taught us that 8pm-9pm is miracle hour so we had faith that we would have a miracle. we went and knocked on some doors and we met this sweet, sweet woman named Rosie. she had been going through a lot of hard struggles that she shared with us and had just gotten off work. after visiting with her for a half hour, we set up a time to meet later. it was just a little reminder for me that when you have faith that you will have a miracle, you will!

sister schulties :)

♥ we picked up our new missionaries in Lansing on Thursday which was a ton of fun! it was really sad, they traveled all day and didn't get to bed until midnight so they were all so tired. such a highlight tho, we got jesus chicken (chick-fil-a) on our way home. what a blessing.

we took like no pictures so here’s this from the first day!

♥ we visited with Sue and she is doing so great. she has had a lot of health issues recently and they figured out what the cause was so now she is back to herself! she is seriously my favorite and cannot wait to be baptized next Saturday.

♥ this week was really hard on Robert, especially some of the things he has read. we met with him and discussed it to help but he said he needs time to process. we had to take him off date but we will keep trying to help him.

Something really neat that I learned about while studying was who the Book of Mormon was written for. The title page of the Book of Mormon, written by Moroni says that "Wherefore, it is an abridgement of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites—Written to the Lamanites." These powerful words were written for those who were wicked and rejected Christ throughout the Book of Mormon. Mormon 7 talks a little more about that. It begins with how they need to "know that ye are of the house of Israel", "know that ye must come unto repentance", and "know that ye must believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the Son of God". It shows that no matter what sins they may have committed before, they—like any other ancient group in the America's at that time, will be able to return to live with our Heavenly Father when they repent and are baptized. There is no limitation to who is allowed what. While the Lamanites lived thousands of years ago, this principle is still applicable to us now. We have never gone too far from the reaching love of our Savior and His atonement for our sins. There is always hope. 

thanks for reading and the continued love and support I get from all of you! 

sister johnson

riana.johnson@missionary.org

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