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Best Birthday Ever!

 


Hello, hello! This has been an incredible week. So much has happened. 

I had the best birthday of my life! Sister Hess and Sister Judd decorated the house and made me strawberries and waffles. I am so spoiled. :) We had district council, and then I had a birthday party with the missionaries in my district! We attacked a jungle for this nice widow and life360 church. Vines here are crazy. That night we went running with this running club and got free frozen custard and made some friends.

Transfers were Thursday. I think transfers are dumb. I cried. But now I have Sister Newitt, so I'm okay. She is awesome!! She's from Sandy, Utah and just waiting for her visa to go to Sweden. She's incredible at missionary work already and BEAUTIFUL, and I am so excited to work with her.

This week I decided who I want to be when I grow up. It's Sister Wasley. Let me tell you about the legend member missionary she is! Last week we had dinner with her family, and she invited her neighbor to come (cause they're friends). We shared a message and Sister Wasley shared a message. We offered to do service for the neighbor, and she said we could come over this week. We did and it went really well. Sister Wasley and her little boys came over while we were working to say hi and help us a little bit. I'll send pictures-- it was really cute. Writing it out, what Sister Wasley did sounds pretty simple. She had a friend who wasn't a member of the church and invited her to be part of her life. Then we got to meet her and serve her, and it was incredible. It made me realize that member missionary work isn't complicated. It's just being a real friend. This week I realized that my purpose as a missionary, and probably in general, is to love people enough to help them act. And that's what Sister Wasley did. :)

Speaking of good friends and my birthday, I also celebrated my 35th birthday this week. 😁 Facebook thought I was turning 35 instead of 20, so my dear friends made me a cake with 35 candles. So funny!

I love y'all a lot! Email me at liberty.johnson@missionary.org. 

LOVE, 

Sister Liberty Johnson

 

1. Biking with Sister Newitt



2. My 35th birthday party

3. The legendary Wasleys




4. Chick-fil-a!


5. Running club!


6. Birthday party (including before and after pics)

 







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