Sister Johnson goes to Arkansas!

Hello, hello! This week has been crazy busy, but way good. I went to Harrison (my home)! I love that place, and the sisters there are incredible. We have been doing a ton of service and meeting new people, and just going hard. With so much going on, it's easy for me to feel so busy and pretty stressed. I was reading in Alma 37 this week, and a verse really touched my heart. It said, "Remember... that God has entrusted you with these things, which are sacred." The Spirit hit me hard, and I remembered how sacred what I do really is. This is God's work. My whole purpose is to help people come closer to Christ. And the people I am entrusted with are amazing! Such a sacred responsibility. I have felt this sacredness a couple times this week. One was Tuesday. My friend Cassidy got baptized! She has been meeting with other missionaries but has started coming to church with my congregation. And she just glows. Seeing her take this step to promise to follow Jesus Christ f...

  Wow, SO much has happened this week! First, last Monday we went hiking and waded in some beautiful water and enjoyed the old district. Aw, I love those guys. Tuesday, Sister Horspool and I cleaned out gutters ALL DAY. Cleaning out gutters makes you  very  dirty. Who knew? I'll send pictures. I also said goodbye to some of my favorite people in the whole world. I cried. Wednesday, Sister Horspool and I drove up to Bentonville, and I got SISTER HESS!!!!! Y'all, she is incredible. Dream team right here. She just got out of home MTC. She's going to go to Sante Fe, Argentina, but until then, she got to come here to Missouri!! Lucky her, coming to the best mission. :D She is a distance runner. Like, takes her water bottle with her everywhere she goes, has a garmin, runs (or used to run) 55 miles a week, and is on the UVU cross country and track team. So, pretty much, we get along great and are going to start running lots more. She's also really g...

My people, hello! This week has been crazy busy and very exciting. Looking back on it, it is easy to see that God's hand has been in my life this week. And I am so grateful.  First I'll tell you about all the craziness. :) Monday, we went to Branson for a sister's p-day. SO fun! We roasted hotdogs, went hiking, and rode the ferris wheel. With all my favorite people!  Then Tuesday, we went up to Bentonville for a training. There was some solid content and wonderful people, but the best part was that the Spirit was really speaking to me, giving me all kinds of ideas and impressions about the Southern Hills ward.  Wednesday I was back in Branson with Sister Ivie. She is cool! She is such an example of faith to me because she keeps going even when she doesn't have all the answers and everything figured out. We did such hardcore service that day. And it was so hot!!! I got back to my area the rest of the week. We did service like crazy! We got 20 hours...

Good morning! What a week it has been. We've been using social media a lot lately to try and talk with people. A couple weeks ago, a guy posted on a Springfield page that he was looking for a church. Of course, I reached out to him to tell him about my church. Well, this week, we had a video call with him. He had a ton of questions, but they weren't seeker of truth questions, they were prove you wrong questions. So, not far into the conversation, Sister Horspool asked him why he was meeting with us. It told us he wanted to convince us that we were wrong! We were very polite and said sorry, no thanks, and left.  This experience wasn't crazy out of the ordinary, but it really made me think about why people do things and why I do things. Why do I want to teach people Christ's gospel and why do I serve people? Sister Minor (the legend!) asked a question a few weeks ago that changed my life. "What if your only motivation was love?" This really st...