Well first off, Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there! I look up to all of you and am forever grateful for your love and support. and HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO MY MOM!! I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you (well quite literally...) but thanks for being my best friend.
This week was quite a long and a little discouraging week. A couple of our investigators dropped us this week which is always so hard. It is hard to not get discouraged when our keen investigators have to drop us and no longer want to talk to us. but it is ok. I am confident that they will come back, just when the timing is right.
Finals are coming up at the universities here, so the rest of our investigators have been pretty busy. It has been a bummer that we haven't been able to meet with them but they are all still doing really good :) ... I hope... haha
Sister Fong and I have set some goals for this transfer and have decided to really work hard and give our all. Even though we haven't been able to see many of the results right away, we have seen miracles this week!
One miracle was that while we were GQ (side note from Nikky - I asked her what GQ was and it is Golden Question, it used to be referred to as tracking. They ask the Golden Question - would you like to hear more about Jesus Christ and his plan for you?) - this week, we got 46 new numbers! Most of them can't meet until after finals in June, but it was amazing that we were able to find so many prepared people who are willing to meet and learn more.
Skyping home and talking to my family today was a miracle and one of the highlights of the week! I miss you all so much!!
I love being a missionary. I know there is no where else I would rather be right now in my life. I have never felt such happiness in my life, even on weeks that are not so good. I love being in Australia and love (well sort of love) speaking Chinese.
I miss you & love you all.
Have a good week!
xoxo,
张姐妹
Sister Johnson
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Loved seeing you talking in chinese Alyssa...i'm so glad it was posted on Facebook. Love the GQ - what a great way, and simple question to cut to the chase of the matter, and see if people are ready to hear about their Savior. And i've never been on a mission (besides a stake mission - and that was hard enough! :), but i do know from talking to family members that you hear all the time about how great a mission was. But those that have been on missions, understand that the "great" mission also means it has some very very very hard times in it. The mission can be great over-all, and we all learn from the hard times in our lives...but a mission would not be a mission, if it wasn't really really hard sometimes. You will always be successful though Alyssa, because you have the right attitude. Way to be determined to work harder all the time! Love you!
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