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Trio Party!!






Good morning! I am officially in a trio.
😊😀☺ 

(My new thing is to put 3 face emojis in texts and area book and such since there are now 3 of us. I hope you enjoy.)



This week has been very exciting--different than usual but quality. We had a lot of driving. We went up to Branson 3 days this week (45 minute drive) and to Bentonville on another day (2 hour drive). I'll tell you about some of our adventures.

1st trip to Branson: Stake P-day
Last Monday we had p-day with a lot of other missionaries. We played some basketball and games. The highlight was we played Settlers of Catan!! I was so excited. I won. :)


All of us new missionaries got together in Bentonville for a training on Tuesday. I got to see my sisters from my MTC district! I was so happy. It was the weirdest thing to be with both Sister Brown and Sister Fowler (my 2 companions) at once. Very happy though. I'll send pictures. I learned so much about being a missionary and just a disciple of Christ. I want to always remember why I'm on my mission and why I do everything I do. I am so passionate about following Jesus Christ and sharing His message with others. I want to remember that and bring my passion into my work. Also, some of us went to sushi after the meeting. Blessings. :D






2nd trip to Branson: District Council and Lead Hill
Every Wednesday we go to district council which is a meeting with us and 3 sets of Elders. My favorite part is hearing their stories of cool people they're working with. Oh, also, we watched this video that changed my life. It's called One by One and is the most beautiful, real portrayal of the nativity I've ever seen. So, as you're getting into the Christmas spirit, definitely watch that. 

We always take a detour on the way home to save miles (we use so many miles! :/), and it's one of my favorite parts of the week cause we visit Gene. He asked some questions about what makes our church different than other Christian churches. So, next Wednesday we're going to share with him the good news that we have a prophet on the earth today and the same church Christ set up when He was on the earth is here today! So pumped for that.

3rd trip to Branson: Transfers
So, the most exciting part of this whole week is we got Sister Jelderks!!! Now there are 3 of us. It is great fun. We got another mattress and desk and all the other things. Sister Jelderks is awesome--so smart and has the Spirit really powerfully with her. Also, the three of us laugh a lot. I have this problem where I've gotten a lot more comfortable with Sister Brown, so I tend to be snarky and obnoxious... It's a real problem.

In other news, we have freezing rain today! It's supposed to snow which should be exciting. Also, we had a nice lesson with Alyssa last Monday. We talked about Joseph Smith and how he restored Christ's church. She still has a lot of questions and looking back on history is confusing. We're going over again to talk about it more in this coming week. Even though she still has questions, it was a powerful experience to be able to testify to her that I don't know a lot and there are still things about the restoration of the gospel that I don't understand, but I believe with all my heart that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ did appear to Joseph Smith. I know that Joseph Smith was given power from God to restore Christ's church and translate the Book of Mormon. I know because I have asked God and lived the gospel, and I can feel it. Again when I was sharing this, I felt the Spirit so powerfully. I just felt peace.

I love you all so much. I miss you! Email me at liberty.johnson@missionary.org. 

Love,

Sister Liberty Johnson

Also, we were borrowing couches for all of last transfer, and this week they needed them back. So now our couches are significantly reduced... I sent pictures of that.





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