Hello Family!
Some quick little business things: Transfers are next week, and starting next week we will have our P-Days on Wednesday again. From what we understand, it's not a permanent thing, it's just for this transfer. That way we are able to go to the temple more as a mission! Yay!:)
Here's the funny of the week:) So we walked down into a subway station to get wifi and there was kind of this crazy guy. He was yelling a little bit and pacing the subway station so at first we were a little skeptical and nervous. He came over to us and said, "What's your nametag? . . . oh can I have a Jesus thing? Like a pamphlet or something? I need some more God in my life" We gave him a pamphlet and got his name, Kevin. He said he likes different religions and went to Catholic Church but left after the prayer cause it was boring haha! He's still kind of pacing at this point. Then he stopped, looked at us and said, "I'm about to sin, so I'm just waiting for you to leave. . . I was going to go through the gate, but that's stealing huh."
"Yeah, kind of. . ."
"So I probably shouldn't do it?"
"Mmm. . . Probably not."
". . . Okay. . . I'll go try the bus." (As he shamefully walks away).
"Good luck, Kevin. Have a good day."
Haha!! It was so funny! But it was really cool to see that even our presence made a difference, and the light of Christ in us brought out the light in him! We all have the light of Christ in us, and he knew on the inside what was right and what was wrong. So let your light so shine before the world, because it truly does make a difference!:)
Here's the miracle of the week:) We were wondering where to go one night, so me and Sister Balley prayed about it, and a less active member came to mind. I told Sister Balley and she was like, ". . .Okay! Let's do it!" So we went and just gave her a little Easter treat and said hi. She let us know she really isn't planning on coming back to church, but she really appreciated the visit and the treat. So that was a little sad and not much came from it, but on our way out, a guy walked in and as we were walking out Sister Balley was like, we need to talk to that guy. So I was like ". . .Okay! Let's do it!" So we found him again and we then had a 30 minute discussion with him! His name is Marcus and he basically has a desire to have more faith, but he just doesnt know how to act on it or how to go about strengthening it. He feels like he's on the wrong road but he wants to be on the right one. We talked to him about the Book of Mormon and we could tell that he really is searching for the truth! Sadly he lives in the Bronx, but we sent his information to the Elders there! (We do a lot of finding for people not in our area and then we reassign them to the correct missionaries). It was such a cool experience to have the Spirit work through both of us to find Marcus. We had to rely on the promptings we received, and trust each other with what we were told:)
The surprise of the week is that SAL CAME TO CHURCH!! He totally surprised us haha! He had texted us and said he wasn't really sure if he could come or not because he was up late, 9 is early, and he works at 11. But as we were singing the opening hymn he walked in! He thought he was so funny for surprising us haha;) I would take that surprise any day though!!
The cliff hanger of the week is that we have a new investigator named Dianne:) She's an older woman who was in our areabook. She came to church just over a year ago, and now after recovering from a back surgery we were able to contact her and meet with her again! She is really nice and seems so open and interested in learning more:) Stay tuned for more. . . :)
I love you all and hope you make it a great week!
Love, Sister Johnson
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