Winchester 1/9/17

We contact people at Walmart when it's 17 degrees outside

Crepes

MLC

MLC Shenanigans

Trying to distract three stir crazy children with iPad while I tried to teach their mom. #Teamwork

Pizza with the district after Zone Meeting in Lexington

My my, this week has been somethin' else!

First of all, I have to say something about Kentuckians and winter weather. Someone spits on the road and all scraping and salting vehicles are dispatched! School is cancelled! Everyone goes to Walmart and buys all the bread, milk, and eggs! Hahaha it's a wee bit ridiculous I'd say. Jokes aside, it really has been super duper cold this week. Takes me back to the Iowa days when we'd walk to school and feel our tears freeze to our faces (only slightly exaggerating). Hand warmers and fleece lined leggings are wonderful things.

We had another MLC this week. We talked about a transfer fast that the mission is doing. Everyone is really seeking inspiration from God to know what they need to give up that is stopping them from having the spirit as their constant companion. So far it's been really amazing to see my desires change.

Our investigator from Nigeria is now being taught by the YSA elders in Lexington. We are focusing on helping members come up with their own missionary plan for the year.

Transfers this week! Sis Iz and I are staying together! It's crazy to think this is her last transfer. Our zone got pretty switched around so that's fun.

Something that gets drilled into our brains as missionaries is OUR PURPOSE. (Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored Gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end). We recite it every meeting, but there are many many missionaries who don't seem to GET it. They're disobedient, they're not happy, they are distracted. OR they're the other extreme which I think is almost as bad--they're robotic, obsessed with nitty-gritty obedience, judgmental and boring! The best thing is this: if you truly can internalize your purpose you can at once be yourself and be a powerful missionary. Here's the catch: you only truly internalize your purpose of helping others access the Atonement when you access the Atonement yourself and become converted. 

Love,

Sister Johns