April 13, 2020
Hello friends and family!
This week has been a roller coaster of things
happening but miracles were around every corner!
♡ We had a
very powerful and moving mission devotional last night with the area seventy,
Elder DeVries. He shared some very strong counsel on how we can do better and
overcome this challenge we are faced with. I am again so grateful to be blessed
with the opportunity to continue serving. I know that there is so much work to
be done and so many people that the message of the restored gospel needs to
touch.
♡ This
past week was Holy Week and we were so blessed to remember our Savior
throughout the week. I felt the spirit so strong in my study of Christ's life
and resurrection. I know He did come to earth, that He did perform miracles,
that He sacrificed Himself for MY sins, that He died, and that He lives for me.
I know it and I know that God knows it, and I cannot deny it.
♡ So funny
story. Pictured below is President and Sister Brennan, our mission leaders. I
love them so much. We were on our Mission Leadership Council call (with all of
the other leaders in the mission--Sister Training Leaders, Zone Leaders, and
Assistants to the President). President and Sister Brennan were mastering some
of the fun features of zoom, including fun backgrounds. Sister Nielsen and I
thought that it was the funniest thing, so during the break we went to
screenshot them. We thought we were muted, but everyone in the entire meeting
heard us yelling, "Screenshot it! Screenshot it! They're so cute!"
And this is the shot we got of them laughing at us. Luckily, one of the elders
let us know that we weren't on mute pretty soon after that! Yikes, so even
though it was embarrassing, it was really great.
♡ We sadly
had to send a few missionaries home this past week, but a blessing that came
through that was Sister Cook joining us on Saturday! She is the sweetest person
I have met in my life. We are seriously so blessed to have her. Also we got to
celebrate her 20th birthday yesterday!
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| trio power!! |
♡ We also
had a wonderful lesson with Jasper about recognizing the spirit. She told us in
the lesson, she felt something that was different but gave her chills down her
back when we bore testimony to her. She also came to the virtual Book of Mormon
class and mentioned again how she was feeling the spirit so strongly. We are so
excited to teach her this week!
Here is a link to the full talk to read!
https://www.
Lots of love,
Sister Johnson
riana.johnson@missionary.org
Sister Johnson
500 W Lake Lansing Rd Apt B 16
East Lansing, MI 48823-1479
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| the cutest easter gifts dropped off by some members |
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| far off in the distance, me and my best friend |
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| baby turtle who i proceeded to drop ever so sadly |
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