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Examples of Faith





Guys. So much happened this week, it's crazy! I got to spend a lot of time with different missionaries this week, and I wanted to tell you about what I learned from them. :) 
1. Sister Carter. We had exchanges Wednesday, which means I switched companions for a day. And I got Sister Carter!! My goodness, I learned a lot. She has so much power. She said things that just blew my mind. And when she says things, you feel the power of it. I was telling her how impressed I was with something she said after a lesson, and she said, "It wasn't my words." How cool that she recognized where her power comes from. The Spirit is able to work through her. She helped me to think about how often that happens to me. So many times, I'll say things in a lesson or talking with someone that is what they needed and that I wouldn't know to say on my own. The Lord is able to work through us as we have faith in Him. 
2. Sister Thacker. We had a meeting with a ton of other missionaries on Thursday. Elder Ochoa of the Seventy spoke to us. Let me tell you, it was incredible. He asked us all why we were on missions. People gave lots of nice answers like serving people, helping people to know Christ better, helping people feel loved. Elder Ochoa was like, that's great, but what are you missing? Then President Strong told some incredible stories. One of them was about this guy who got into a gang when he was young and had a wild, really hard life. After getting out of prison, he decided he needed to find God. And so he met with missionaries. President Strong described to us the transformation this man made. The day of his baptism, he exuded peace and a feeling that God was pleased with him, something he had never felt before. He was baptized, promising that he would follow Christ forever. We have the greatest message in the whole world! The gospel of Jesus Christ has the power to change people's lives. We can't settle for just helping people feel good. We can help them repent and change and make promises with God!! It was a fire meeting. Anyway, his talk was very hardcore. And a little bit hard to hear. We need to change our whole focus to help people make these changes! I was so impressed with how Sister Thacker responded to this. She only has 10 days left on her mission. 10 DAYS!!! But she has faith that Elder Ochoa is called of God, and she is acting on his council. She is asking a lot of people she's teaching if they want to be baptized. That's scary. But she has already seen incredible results of people accepting her invitation and making the changes in their life to be ready for that promise with God. I learned in my study that faith is manifest by diligence and work. I want to be able to put into action the things I have faith in like Sister Thacker is.
3. Sister Kershaw. Wow, I LOVE Sister Kershaw. We have transfers in 10 days. Not excited. I'm for sure staying here in Harrison (the promised land) cause I'm helping coach FFA at the high school. But Sister Kershaw might leave! We gave transfer input to our leaders, telling them what we think would be best for us and for Harrison. I was very clear in what I wanted. Sister Kershaw wants to stay in Harrison possibly more than I want her to stay. But her input was that she would go wherever the Lord wanted her. I was very impressed. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy path." I want to be able to trust in the Lord like that. I tend to get caught up in my understanding, when the Lord knows way more than I do.

I love y'all so much!!! Miss you. Email me at liberty.johnson@missionary.org.
Love,
Sister Johnson

Pictures: we went on such a fun hike and saw the famous Buffalo River! Not pictured, but we got rootbeer floats afterwards. Blessings. 







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