Sister Johnson goes to Arkansas!

  Joseph Smith said that the last time he left Nauvoo. I feel that in my soul. I am in love with this part of the world and the wonderful people here. I was absolutely spoiled this week. On Christmas day I was fed 3 different Christmas feasts plus cinnamon rolls. I almost exploded but felt very pampered. 😊 Let me tell you some of the big highlights of the week.  CAROLING I've taken up violin caroling and it is a blast. We go to people's houses and I play Christmas songs on the violin, and it's so fun. We also went with the Eller family a few times and they'd sing while I played. I want to be their family when I grow up! We had a lot of sweet experiences with that. My favorite was on Christmas Eve. We went to this lady's house that I'd only talked to through messenger. She invited us in and introduced us to her fiance. I played and then we all talked forever about music and Christmas and their family and faith. They said we could come over after the holiday...

  MERRY CHRISTMAS (almost)! ❄❄❄ What a beautiful week. The highlight by far was our lesson with Cindy. Aww, I LOVE her! It's kinda crazy we've only known each other for a month-- I'm sure we'll be friends for life. Sister Beasley was visiting for the day, and we taught Cindy the plan of salvation. We asked her what she thinks her purpose in life is, and she said it is to know God and help others know God. Wow. It's amazing how simple the God's plan is-- all we need to do is bring Christ into our life through faith, repentance, baptism, the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end, and we can do exactly that. I know God loves Cindy so much and wants her to live with Him forever. She wants that too. I asked if she wants to be baptized, and she said YES!!! WOOHOO!!! I am so excited for her.  I love celebrating Christ's birth this Christmas season. He is who makes second chances and knowing God and this whole plan possible.  Merry Christmas!! Have so much fun c...

IT SNOWED!!!! In Arkansas! Crazy, I know. I feel like I'm back in Wells. It was coming down all day yesterday, and everyone at church was so excited. It hasn't snowed this much here for  years .  This week was amazing. I learned a lot about Jesus Christ and my relationship with Him and about how much He loves me and you and each of the people I'm working with. Guys, I love Him so much. Let me tell you about some of the experiences I had with Him this week.  The highlight of the week was decorating Christmas cookies with Bailey. Y'all, the light of Christ was  shining  through her. I'm working with 3 little boys who are so good but need a lot of love. When she heard about their situation, she invited them and another family with little boys (the Wilkins) over. We decorated Christmas cookies, and then all the boys played outside and watched a Christmas movie. The boys were all so happy. It melted my heart. The Wilkins want to start meeting with us and have the...

  Hello, hello! Guys, life is good. Arkansas is beautiful. People are kind. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ, and honestly, it's all that matters. My ward is legit incredible.  I have 4 stories for you.  First story, we have been trying to meet with this part-member family for a long time, but they were busy and scared of covid, so it wasn't working out. Yesterday, we finally had a video call with them. They are so committed to Jesus Christ and His church! They're practically members, but not. They have church in their home with the sacrament every week, and dear Rocio is preparing to go to the temple. AND, they have a friend who's preparing to go on a mission who is going to practice teaching them the missionary lessons. So, pretty much everyone's stealing our job, but I'm excited for them.  Second story, we've been calling this cute old lady named Gertrude for a few weeks, and we were able to go over and bring cookies to her and her husband last w...