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Leaving the Promised Land





Good morning!!! 

First, I have some tragic news. I'm leaving Harrison!! My home. The promised land. The people and the place I love so much. BUT, I'm going to Springfield, Missouri. I'm going to be a sister training leader with Sister Horsepool, my MTC friend! It'll be way nice cause I'm still in the same stake, so I'll be able to call Sister Kershaw every week and come on exchanges in Harrison and whatnot. Also, Sister Kershaw is TRAINING!!!!! She is going to be wonderful. 

Anyway, let me tell you more about my magical week in the promised land. The definite highlight was Nancy's baptism on Saturday. It was such a sweet experience. I cried. She was confirmed a member of the church and given the gift of the Holy Ghost. In that blessing, it said that everything in her life had prepared her to receive the gospel. I know that God really loves Nancy. He prepared her and led her to the church. I feel so honored to be part of her journey. She is so strong too. She loves the Lord so much.

Sunday was also incredible. Church was missionary themed. I spoke and 3 of my favorite people in the whole world all talked about missionary work. We had a potluck afterwards. We had a challenge with the members here to do missionary work every day of February. Everyone wrote one of their experiences doing missionary work on a piece of paper. Then we read them all. Ah, it made me happy. Nothing brings more joy than serving others and sharing the good news of the gospel!
I love you all so much. Please pray for me as I leave my home. I know the Lord will help me, so no worries. Email me at liberty.johnson@missionary.org.

Much love,

Sister Johnson

Pictures:
Nancy's baptism

Bowl of missionary experiences :)





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