GLEN WAVERLEY - Week 17 - February 19, 2017

We have had such a busy week! I am so grateful because I have learned so much this week!

On Tuesday we were privileged to have the head of the missionary department and the head of the church advertisement and their crew come to visit our mission. It was very cool to meet them and learn from them! They talked to us and told us that right now the church is spending more money on the Australia Melbourne Mission than any other mission in the world. This is such an important time for this mission (because of the Book of Mormon musical is here in Melbourne) and it is so cool to think that I was called to be here and serve here at this specific time. So special! It defiantly gave us a push to do better and to work harder!

This week we were able to do service for the Wilsons (the couple that feeds us every Sunday night). We went over there on Friday and helped her in her yard, shovelling compost and weeding.  Super fun to be able to help her and show our appreciation for feeding us every week!

We got a parking ticket this week. We were parked in a free 2 hour parking, but totally forgot about it and so our car was parked there for 2 hours and 20 minutes. When we got to our car the police had already ticketed our car and it was a fine of 78$!!! dang. I love Australia...

On Saturday we were able to help one of our less actives paint her house. Her name is Ivy and she is hilarious. We thought that maybe we would help her paint a wall or 2, but she had us paint her ENTIRE house! she lives in a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom huge house! We painted for 5 hours and we didn't even finish! Haha so we will help her finish later this week.

I FOUND CREPES THIS WEEK. for those of you who don't know.. crepes are my FAVORITE! So I was PUMPED when I found a place that sells crepes! Of course I got one and it was soo good (not as good as John and Naomi's crepes) but I was happy. 

We tried Kangaroo this week! We got Kangaroo burgers and they were actually pretty good. Didn't taste too different from a regular burger so it was yummy.

So I have a friend (Victoria Mikkelson) who is serving in Oakland California in the Temple Visitors Center! We got a text yesterday from the church about a referral in our area! IT WAS FROM SISTER MIKKELSON! She gave us the referral and sent me a little message with it! It was honestly such a small tender mercy to hear from her! So crazy cool and man I love the Lord's work and I am so grateful I get to be apart of it!

The ward and our investigators here are awesome! We are soo blessed and we have a feed EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK!! and actually 2 on Thursday! So excited. They are soo great and really take care of us (so don't worry mom - we definitely aren't hungry!)

Thank you for the prayers and love. I love you all and would not be here without all of you!

Have a good week!

xoxo,

Sister Johnson

张姐妹

Doing the Dab with an investigator at the Melbourne Temple - That's okay, right?

The train station in Melbourne.  All the advertising the church
is doing with the Book of Mormon Play in town.

"Here's your rake Sister Johnson, come join us."

"My companions hard at work and I'm taking pictures."
But it is important to document these things.

Parking Ticket - forgot to move the car.  Oops

Painting a whole house

Wow that's one BIG crepe - her favorite thing in the world

Kangaroo Patty

A member has chickens living in her house as pets.
Alyssa is deathly afraid of chickens, she wanted to show us
she is doing all kinds of new things on her mission.

Her companion actually held the chickens - "No way, Mom

I wasn't going to hold the chicken even if my life depended on it."