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Peace in Christ


Wow, this week flew by! So much Christmas cheer and lighting the world, it's ridiculous. 
First, I have some wild news. Sister Brown is leaving me! She's going to be transferred to Missouri!! She has taught me SO much, and we've laughed a lot. I will miss her heaps. But, I am excited for my new companion. I will be training a new missionary right out of the MTC! I am excited but also very stressed because I still don't know what I'm doing, so pray for me and my new sister... 

Anyway, this week was all about Christmas. I went caroling with the youth at senior centers, wrapped so many presents for angel tree, played the piano at our ward Christmas party, and talked to so many people about Jesus Christ and why His birth is such a big deal. We have this nativity video called The Christ Child that we show to all our friends that has helped me put into perspective all this Christmas craziness. Bible scholars from a lot of different religions got together to make this video as historically accurate as possible. It's all in Aramaic and Hebrew and just beautiful. Here's the link if you haven't seen it yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWoKi5x3lw. It'll actually change your life. Anyway, this month has been full of awesome Christmasy things, but it has also been crazy and busy. Watching this video, I always feel such incredible peace. And it reminds me of why we care so much about Christ's birth and make such a big deal about Christmas. Christ brings peace and hope no matter what we're going through. Even as it's so hard to say goodbye to Sister Brown, and I don't know how to train a new missionary, I can always have this peace through Christ.

Funny story, we had a miracle this week!!! We have some awesome friends that gave us so many cookies and so much fudge to give away to people. It was super nice, but with transfers and everything, our week is wild, and we didn't know when we were going to give it away. Miracle: we gave it all away yesterday! It was incredible. As Sister Brown says, "Business is booming."
I love y'all! Email me at liberty.johnson@missionary.org.

Love,





Sister Liberty Johnson

Pictures: Us with our cookies to give away, the Christmas party, our friend feeds his dog with a spoon..., and a snowman tin we found at a thrift store we volunteer at representing how I feel about transfers

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