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I LOVE ARKANSAS!

 


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 week. Gertrude is struggling with the death of her son, and we talked about the hope we have through Jesus Christ. It felt really good, and they said we could come back this week. 

Third story, we met with Cindy again and had such a beautiful discussion on Christ's gospel: faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. We do a lot of things as missionaries and just as people, but what really matters is our relationship with Christ. Everything we do should point us to Him. That's why I love His gospel because that's exactly what it does. Cindy has such real intent. She doesn't know if she wants to get baptized or even what her next step is, but her motivation in meeting with us is to follow what she feels God is telling her and to get closer to Christ. It's incredible to see. 

Fourth story, I met Kaylee this week! She has the cutest 2 year old son and incredible dreadlocks, and we just connected on a spiritual level. She asked for help with her fence, but it turns out she's also trying to improve her relationship with God. So we're going to help her with that too. I cannot wait to get to know her more. 

I love y'all so much! Thanks for being a light. Email me at liberty.johnson@missionary.org. 

LOVE YOU, 

Sister Liberty Johnson 




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