the solution is cookies

 

July 20, 2020

 

hello my friends. twas another week here in williamston. let me get to all the good stuff:

 

• we had the coolest lesson with our friend gabriel! he was a bible request and was really looking for how he can know what commandments to follow (law of moses vs. other commandments). we read from matthew 7 and ended up teaching him the restoration because he had so many great questions!! so excited for him.

 

• kevin has been really struggling. since we taught him one of the commandments, he has been off the grid. he didn't keep any of our appointments this week. we are definitely keeping him in our prayers!

 

• we met with erin this week too. she has been crazy busy with her new position at work and with some challenges her son is facing. it is so hard watching people struggle but she is so faithful. amidst all of this, she set a goal to read 3 chapters of the book of mormon and 3 chapters of the bible each day!! she is so inspiring.

 

• sister nielsen’s trainer came to michigan on saturday and we got permission to meet up with her! it was a ton of fun and we got some yummy mexican food. i forgot how much i love being out with people hahaha gotta love quarentine

also rip we didn't take like any pics so here is one of sister nielsen and her trainer
( i was there lol)

 

• we also received a ton of new missionaries being reassigned from other missions! it was so fun because we got to have sister brown come stay with us for a night! the poor girl missed a connecting flight and had to stay overnight by herself in chicago so she was happy to be with other people! now she is up in north muskegon. love her! ---- also if you want to know something funny, sister nielsen and i were messaging a missionary (sister kovach) who was returning back from a funeral and she said she was on the flight with some of the reassigned missionaries! we took a selfie to send to sister kovach to let the new missionaries know we were excited for them and mistakenly sent a selfie of ourselves to the entire mission. i was mortified. but oh well- people probably forgot right..? 

the selfie we accidentally sent to all of the missionaries in our mission

 

• we also dropped off the cookies to our neighbors who were affected by the bird seed falling from our porch to their’s. it was very positive and was nice to meet them! one of them isn’t as happy but good thing the atonement covers that!

 

this week we had a district council about how to recognize and feel the spirit. it was very powerful and it helped me reflect on my past spiritual experiences. each day that i have been studying since then, i have been able to record and remember spiritual experiences i have had. it was a really good exercise and helped me see the Lord's hand in my every day life. i invite you to ponder your experiences and record them! you never know when you will need to look back on them.  

 

love yas!!!!

sister johnson

 

riana.johnson@missionary.org

Sister Riana Johnson
5240 Madison Ave Apt A11
Okemos, MI 48864-5115