Sister Riana Johnson: Life as a Michiganary: "sturgis is in deep deep deep deep ... snow"

March 2, 2020

hey friends!

this week was a slow one but that's alright! not much to report on, but i'll update ya:

• sad news about Terrence. he met with Bishop and he said it went well, but we haven't heard from him since.

• it snowed a ton for three straight days, and we got stuck in it! super awkward, we were stopping by this guy and could not get out of his driveway so big oof. no worries, only took us a hot minute to get out haha.

• we finally had a lesson with our new friend Diane! we picked her up on Sister Neuenswander's first day and finally got to teach her the restoration and that was really good!

• sister newey loves frozen so during the big snow we were singing that "sturgis is in deep deep deep deep ... snow" all day.

my bff

• we did a lot of knockin’ this week too, and sister n cracked me up. one lady yelled at us for knocking too late at night and she just responded, "well we are just TRYING to share a message about Christ." killed me. love that girl.

This week I have seen a lot through my studies how merciful the Lord is to us. Isaiah taught that on multiple occasions that, “His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.” It was a good reminder to me about our agency. Agency is the gift we have been given to choose for ourselves. While we can make our choices, we don't pick our consequences. And with that, while we will always sin and fall short, Christ's hand is ALWAYS stretched out toward us. 3 Nephi 9:14 teaches that, "Yea, verily I say unto you, if ye will come unto me ye shall have eternal life. Behold, mine arm of mercy is extended towards you, and whosoever will come, him will I receive; and blessed are those who come unto me."

may we all come unto Christ and be perfected in Him

♥sister johnson

riana.johnson@missionary.org

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