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Sister Missionary Johnson





Good morning! I miss y'all.
So, funny story. I spoke in church this Sunday. It went pretty well, but apparently the microphone was broken, so no one could actually hear me which was unfortunate. But, the funny thing was that on the program, it had my name as "Sister Missionary Johnson." It's a powerful feeling to have your name be missionary. :D I love being a missionary, but it is a lot different than I expected. So, I'm going to tell you some of my duties as Sister Missionary Johnson.
1. Spider killer
Sister Brown, my perfect companion, is such a city girl. And so, I am the designated spider killer. We actually have a lot of them. :/ I am quite fearless though, so no worries. I'll send a picture.
2. Pallet painter
We got to go to a wedding this week!! This awesome couple we have been teaching got married, and it was so happy. Such a beautiful wedding. Loving them and loving to serve people as we do, we offered to help. They responded by asking if we know how to sew. So, we show up to help, ready to sew, and instead we whitewash pallets. I was in my normal missionary attire and got paint all over my shoes and my skirt, but it was great fun. And the paint came out of my clothes super well. :) The pallets were beautiful at the wedding, so I was very proud.
3. Bearer of the best news
The best part about being Sister Missionary Johnson is the incredible news I get to share with people. The news is this: "God is your Father and loves you SO MUCH! Because He loves you so much, He wants you to be happy and return to live with Him. This is called the gospel of Jesus Christ." It's a great message. A really happy one. Unfortunately, not many people will let us give it to them. We went finding a lot this week, and the funniest things happened. Tracting, we knocked on a door, and this old guy opens it. We say hi, and then he says "I think someone is napping" and shuts the door. It was really sad for us and for him because now he doesn't get to hear our awesome message. It was so funny though. So now randomly Sister Brown and I will say to each other "I hate it when I think someone is napping." And the other will say, "I know. It ruins all the fun." And then we'll laugh and laugh. Being a missionary is great fun. :)
4. Glue chipper
I get to do a ton of service as a missionary which is so fun. I love it. We do about 10 hours of more organized service every week. But we also get lots of chances to serve those around us spontaneously. A dear lady we visit got paintings from her granddaughter that she wanted to hang up. We offered to help her last week, but she said she didn't know where she wanted them yet. When we came this week, they were hung up but crookedly. She explained to us that she decided to do it on her own. They weren't staying where she wanted them to, so she glued them to the wall with gorilla glue. So funny. She left a streak of the glue on the wall, so I stood on a chair and chipped the glue away. I love being Sister Missionary Johnson.
5. Recipient of miracles
God is a God of miracles. I have never seen this more than on my mission. I see it in the lives of people we teach and serve with. I see it as I
 get to know members and see the good they are doing. I see it in changes I make in myself. This week, I was able to see a very physical miracle. So, I got quite confused last week with my money. We thought we would get more money for groceries before we went shopping Monday, but we didn't. And I was super out of both money and food. So, we used personal money to get necessities. This week was incredible. We got fed so much, and so many people gave us food. We ended the week with more food then we started with. The Lord takes care of us.

There are so many awesome parts about being Sister Missionary Johnson. I love being able to serve Jesus Christ and those around me all the time. I learned so much this week, it was crazy. I love you all and miss you. Email me at liberty.johnson@missionary.org.

Much love,

Sister Johnson




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