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 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 good at remembering things and talking to people, which is great because we have a lot of people we meet. I was covering 2 wards, but now we're just over 1 ward and the young single adult branch for Branson, Harrison, and southern Springfield. It's going to be a lot of traveling and a lot of people, but we are both way excited to get things started.

I am so happy but we are also SO busy. And overwhelmed. 

It's made me think a lot and question why am I even doing this and what is most important to spend my time on of all the things we need to do. I was really struggling on Saturday, but we went to a meeting that helped me a lot. We talked about being Christ's disciple and what that means. In Matthew 28:19, Christ says, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations," but the Greek word for teach in this verse also means "make disciples of." It hit me that what Christ is asking me, and everyone to do, is to become His disciple and help others do the same. And I can do that. I love Jesus Christ and am honored to be His disciple and be in a position to help others come close to Him.

I love y'all and miss you! My new address is 2935 West Maplewood St. C101, Springfield, MO 65807, and my email is liberty.johnson@missionary.org. Write to me.

Much love,
Sister Liberty Johnson






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