g'day mates. wow. what a week!
As far as transfers go, I am staying in Moorabbin and I am staying with Sister Zhang!! Honestly such a tender mercy that we get to stay here and get to continue working together. I love Sister Zhang so much, we get along really well and work great together. Also this past week things have started to look up and I feel like something GOOD is coming so I would have been bummed to leave it all behind.
SO last week I told you about Wing, the girl I contacted a couple weeks ago that we started teaching and then referred to the Waverley Sisters? Well we got a call from the Waverley Sisters this past week and they said that she is soo keen and has met with them a couples times now and she accepted a baptismal date for the September 30th! how crazy cool is that!! super excited for them and especially for Wing but also a little bummed because it is always SO HARD giving up and referring super keen people. but no worries.. we will find people to teach here in Moorabbin! I just know it!!
Also MIRACLE from this week is our investigator Harry!! He is soo awesome and he met with missionaries a little over 2 years ago, but wasn't ready before. We recently picked him back up and started teaching him again. Well he is awesome and he is soo prepared now. We invited him to be baptized and in the most sincere way he said "I really want to! Do you think I am ready?" and honestly it was soo special to be able to testify that he is so ready and this is what Heavenly Father wants him to do! He accepted a date for September 30th (so everyone please pray for him and Wing!!) The Spirit was soo strong and we all left that lesson with not only tears in our eyes but with FULL hearts. missionary work is the best. BUT Harry has a hard time going to the city for church, so we talked to him about Waverley ward which is closer and he might be able to go there instead. So we might have to refer him to the Waverley Elders which is breaking my heart a little, but I know that this is what is best for Harry so that makes everything alright. :)
This past week I had a really cool experience but I don't think that anyone except Sister Sheri Peterson back home will really understand. but I will share it anyways! :) so one day I was doing my personal study and was feeling a bit overwhelmed and discouraged about the fact that all our investos are busy right now and we haven't been seeing as much success as we would like. SO I said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father to not only help us, but to also send angels to help us. I specifically asked that my 2 sister angels as well as those angels from my home ward back in Utah (that I was super close with) to come and be with me. well I finished my prayer and as I was reading in the bible and read John 14:18. I have read that scripture soo many times on my mission but as I was reading it this time, our living room light flickered (and our lights have never flickered before Sister Peterson!!) and I was immediately overwhelmed with love and comfort. I could feel people around me and it was a familiar feeling!! It really strengthened my testimony that the other side is soo close and Heavenly Father really does love us. He wants to help in any way He can, and all we have to do is ASK. I know that I have so much help on my mission, especially from those on the other side!
Like I said before, I am really excited for this upcoming transfer. For some reason I have such good feelings about this next transfer and I am so excited to get out and work hard. I feel the flame of missionary work soo strong and it has gotten my soo pumped. I can't wait to see what miracles we have this transfer and what we can do here in Moorabbin.
thank you all for the love and support!
have a good week mates.
xoxo
张姐妹
Sister Johnson
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| In Alyssa's words: "behind the scenes picture. a look into the life of a missionary. This was me doing phone calls - I was talking to our investo Victor who I love so that is why I look so happy haha ;);) Also, yes mom I know there is stuff all over the ground.. we were going through some church magazines for comp study tonight" |
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| What do you do while waiting for District Meeting to start - You building a tower out of Hymn Books of course |
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| Sisters in the South District |
The South Squad District.
Selfie for the week.
Loved your post Alyssa. Absolutely the angels are close to us, and especially our 'guardian angels', which we are told are our family members on the other side! Our prayers are with you daily. Hey, that selfie looks so much like your sisters, it's CRAZY!!!
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