Man this week has been so long. It’s been over a week since the
last p-day and wow it’s been long. but it has been so good and so many
miracles.
This week we got our goal
of 5 new investigators and it was truly a miracle. Right now all of our
investigators are doing their finals so NO ONE wants to meet which is
super frustrating. BUT by some miracle we were able to find 5 new people to
start teaching this week :):) also bonus is now we get tim-tams from our zone leaders because earlier in the week
they said if we got our goal of 5 new investigators this week.. they would get
us tim-tams. SO WIN WIN.
We had interviews with President
Vidmar this week and he is such an awesome man. He always knows exactly
what to say to help and encourage me. I love talking to him and learning from
him! He is inspirational and it is
amazing how close he is to the Lord. He is the best example!
Saturday was really special! We did a zone fast from Friday night
to Saturday night and holy cow I don't think I have seen such instant blessings
come from fasting as I have this week. Our zone was fasting to have more
success, find more people to teach and for the investigators we have right now.
IT WAS AWESOME. Sister Fong and I were
really focused on fasting to find new people to teach and to help our area.
On Saturday night it was pretty cold so we were planning on staying in our flat
and doing calls and studies, but we both felt that we needed to GQ. We went out
and were walking around and I was pretty discouraged. It seemed that no one
wanted to talk to us and I was so cold and just wanted to go home. I
said a prayer and told Heavenly Father that "I am cold but that
I am going to try my best to GQ" and then asked Him to "bless me
that I might help someone tonight". Well that simple prayer was
answered not once, but TWICE in the 2 hours we were GQing.
#1: I was walking around and I ran into our
investigator Victor who I GQ'd into
a couple weeks ago, but he has been so busy we have only been able to meet
with him once. We talked and holy cow he is amazing. I talked to him on
the street for a while about school and what he has been up to but ended
talking more about Jesus Christ. It was a great conversation as I
testified of our Savior and His love for all of us. Right before he left he said to me, "I am honored to
have seen you. I feel so much better and you really helped me
tonight."
#2: I started talking to this guy on the street, Kevin. We were talking about
school and random things, and then he really opened up to me about his work and
his life. Through his tears, he told me about how much he is
struggling, feeling so alone and with his work and said, "do
you think religion can help me?" with tears in my eyes I was able
to testify about how this gospel can help & bless his
life and teach him about prayer. It was so amazing. After this incredible
street lesson, I didn't think it could get any better, but as he was leaving he said to me, "Thank you so much for
talking to me. You really helped me so much tonight." I can't even
begin to express how grateful I was to Heavenly Father for answering my prayer
not once but twice with almost the exact same wording as my initial prayer. I know that Heavenly Father truly does hear
every single one of our prayers.
During our fast, Sister Fong and I really tried to focus on
praying as a companionship more often. We decided we were going to pray every 15 minutes as a companionship,
so that ended up being over 50 prayers. It was honestly insane how close we
were to the Spirit and how much our companionship was strengthened.
On Sunday after church it was REALLY cold (like no joke I wanted to cry it was so cold, but I knew if
I cried my tears would freeze to my face!!) but Sister Fong and I were
determined to go out and GQ. We wanted to try and find new people and were
praying for a miracle that somehow we would be able to find 2 new
investigators. WELL PRAYER IS REAL and we were both able to teach a street
lesson and set up times to meet again! I shared a short message on the street
with William, and then yesterday we
met with him again and he is SO PREPARED. He has great questions and has a real
desire which is great! I am so excited to continue meeting with him and
teaching him. He is awesome :)
This week has been amazing. I have seen so many answers to my
prayers and have been able to feel more than once God's love for me and for the
people I am teaching. Heavenly Father is so aware of all of us and what we
need. I am so beyond grateful for this gospel in my life and for the
opportunity to be a missionary.
I love you all.
Have a good week!!
xoxo,
张姐妹
Sister Johnson
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| Favorite Cereal ever. |
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| Sisters' Breakfast |
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| Selfie for the Week - "Look Mom what I can do with my eyelashes" |
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| Out GQing in the Fall weather |
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| My (Alyssa's) Chinese name is zhang. Sister Fong's is fang. So we always call our companionship the zhang fang. So when we saw this license plate we about died. It is meant for us! :) |
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| Holy Moly, some big leaves in Australia |
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