Hello Family!!
So remember our electricity problem last week? Here's our miracle story with that! So it completely stopped working in half of our apartment on Thursday, so we had to be really creative while cooking in the dark! We have a gas stove so we were able to light it with matches and we felt a little bit like cavemen haha! On Friday we had an electrician come and Heavenly Father totally protected us because when he pulled out the fuse box he just starred at it and then said, "This is your lucky day. You are so lucky." It was all burned except for about an inch circle around the wire. If the wire had been burned it would have exploded or caught on fire! So that was a miracle and Heavenly Father really does watch over his missionaries and His children when we do our best to live righteously! He sure does love each one of us!
We knocked on a door and this big guy with a beard and tattoos all over his arms flung the door open. At first we were terrified and thought we were going to die or get yelled at! But then he turned out to be the coolest, kindest, funniest guy! His name is Tyrone. He saw us and said, "Well hello ladies, or should I say sisters. Do you want some seltzer water and Pringles?" Haha! He gave us little snacks for the go and we talked to him for a bit. His mom met with missionaries when he was little and he still remembers! He's now a 39 year old dad with a daughter who he loves more than anything! We talked about the importance of family and he said we could come back! Basically lesson learned, don't judge a book by its cover:) Tyrone is awesome and would make an awesome body guard and a wonderful member someday!
Okay backup, remember before my mission when Missy Smith came to our house and talked about my mission cause she just got home from there? And remember that giant American Flag plywood board she carried through Central Park? Well it also has a world map painted on the back and it's like a 4x8 foot board! We took that from 66th street at the Lincoln Square Chapel (the temple) onto the subway, and all the way up to our church here at 200th street! Haha what? The things you do as a missionary in New York City! So that was an adventure and we were dead tired afterwards! We're using the map to do another missionary finding activity about family history work and knowing where we came from. We're excited:)
Transfers are next week, so depending on what happens, this will most likely be my last week in Inwood, and maybe my last week in the City! I love Inwood so much and I'm grateful for all the growth I've made here and all the lessons I've learned. This area has changed me for good:) I love my ward, I love this city, and I love the gospel! I know that the Restoration of the Gospel is real and it happened in our day. Joseph Smith truly was called to be a prophet of God, and that's why I'm here as a missionary! I love you all and I know that Heavenly Father does too:)
Make it a great week!
Love, Sister Johnson
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