Dearest people,
Got my new one! Sister Shepherd from San Jose, Cali. She's extremely
sweet and very teachable. She's so very different from Sister Vaughn!
As these two conversations illustrate:
Two Weeks Ago
*Sister Vaughn shows me 2 spider bites on her legs about as big as the
palm of my hand*
Me: Oh my goodness! (Runs and grabs medical book) Do you feel okay?
Feverish or achy?
Sister Vaughn: Oh my GOSH yes! I'm FINE!
Me: At least can you show the mission nurse??
Today
*Sister Shepherd discovers a tiny red mark on her leg*
Her: What is this?!?
Me: Mm looks like a chigger bite.
Her: What about THIS?!
Me: Nah, that's just a regular mosquito bite.
Her: Am I going to die?!
Me: You're fine. Promise.
Hahaha. Top it off, our hot water heater decided to break her first
morning here. So we've been taking ice cold showers India style for
the past week. It's great😂
Our zone has issued a challenge for all of us to work on being
positive. So I've been studying the doctrine of positivity lately. We
often talk about how being 'positive' or 'optimistic' is seeing
everything through a bright happy lens instead of the lens of reality.
Positivity is knowing that bright happiness IS reality. That God is
our Father, the people around us are our brothers and sisters, that we
are children of God, and the world is a place for us to learn how to
become like Father. The more we repent truly and deeply, the more
we'll be able to see the world, others, God, and ourselves in the real
way. The real, happy way.
We have a lot of investigators who are on date to be baptized! We just
need to help them progress and come to church.
Something really amazing that happened this week is Brother Elliott
contacted me via Facebook. I got permission from my leaders and was
able to call him. He's on his way back to Shepherdsville and back to
church. He's been through a lot in the past few months, but he said
reading the Book of Mormon has saved his life and he's going to endure
to the end. I can't explain how incredibly happy that made me!
Love you all!
Sister Johns
Sent from my iPad
Got my new one! Sister Shepherd from San Jose, Cali. She's extremely
sweet and very teachable. She's so very different from Sister Vaughn!
As these two conversations illustrate:
Two Weeks Ago
*Sister Vaughn shows me 2 spider bites on her legs about as big as the
palm of my hand*
Me: Oh my goodness! (Runs and grabs medical book) Do you feel okay?
Feverish or achy?
Sister Vaughn: Oh my GOSH yes! I'm FINE!
Me: At least can you show the mission nurse??
Today
*Sister Shepherd discovers a tiny red mark on her leg*
Her: What is this?!?
Me: Mm looks like a chigger bite.
Her: What about THIS?!
Me: Nah, that's just a regular mosquito bite.
Her: Am I going to die?!
Me: You're fine. Promise.
Hahaha. Top it off, our hot water heater decided to break her first
morning here. So we've been taking ice cold showers India style for
the past week. It's great😂
Our zone has issued a challenge for all of us to work on being
positive. So I've been studying the doctrine of positivity lately. We
often talk about how being 'positive' or 'optimistic' is seeing
everything through a bright happy lens instead of the lens of reality.
Positivity is knowing that bright happiness IS reality. That God is
our Father, the people around us are our brothers and sisters, that we
are children of God, and the world is a place for us to learn how to
become like Father. The more we repent truly and deeply, the more
we'll be able to see the world, others, God, and ourselves in the real
way. The real, happy way.
We have a lot of investigators who are on date to be baptized! We just
need to help them progress and come to church.
Something really amazing that happened this week is Brother Elliott
contacted me via Facebook. I got permission from my leaders and was
able to call him. He's on his way back to Shepherdsville and back to
church. He's been through a lot in the past few months, but he said
reading the Book of Mormon has saved his life and he's going to endure
to the end. I can't explain how incredibly happy that made me!
Love you all!
Sister Johns
Sent from my iPad
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