GLEN WAVERLEY - Week 65 - January 24, 2018

I have been really sick this week so that is a bummer. 😷 but all goods. the nasty cough/cold has been going around.. and it got me good. I guess my immune system is garbage because I got the brunt of it. With a sore throat, cough, cold and ear infections it turned into quite a long week. 

The whole time I was sick, Sister Chen just kept saying "wow you are soo quiet. This is the first time that you have ever been quiet.." haha so yeah I guess it was a little weird for all of us that I was sick.

As I got sick, my voice was completely gone and I wasn't able to speak louder than a whisper. In all of our lessons I was forced to sit there and watch as my companion taught and testified. We usually teach in a public place with people talking all around us, so it was very hard if I wanted to say anything. I would add my testimony or a thought, but our investigators were never able to hear what I wanted to say. Sister Chen would just end up having to speak for me... which was a first. haha

On Sunday, the elders in our ward gave me a blessing and it has been helping heaps. I am starting to feel a ton better and I know that it is because I finally went to God for help. :) The power of God is real and I am so grateful for the priesthood!

BUT we do have some happy news from this week!!! Our investigator Mio passed her baptismal interview and will be getting baptized this upcoming Sunday!! :):)):) She is the sweetest and I am so excited for her. Teaching her has been soo amazing and so I want to share just a few things about her and from teaching her:

--We always meet her at the Chapel (we usually meet with investos at the college campus because it is more convenient for them) but she told us that she wants to meet at the church instead. She said that she likes the good feelings she has when she comes to the Chapel. 

--We taught her the Word of Wisdom and at first she had a few concerns about it and was worried because she drinks tea everyday and she occasionally will drink alcohol. After teaching her and explaining more about it, she was willing to commit to live it for the week and see how it goes. When we met with her again to review how it went, she said that she was able to follow it with no problems (jaw drop..). We asked her more about it and she said that after our lesson about the Word of Wisdom, she went home and prayed to ask Heavenly Father for help. She felt that it was true and wanted to follow it, but knew it would be hard for her so she asked God for help. (insert my tears..) She then went on to say that the whole week she didn't have a desire to drink it at all and felt really good and happy all week (insert me almost falling off my seat..) So she said that God answered her prayer and helped her not want to drink tea or alcohol. (I am dead..)

--She gave us all the tea bags that were in her flat because she couldn't drink them but they were expensive so she couldn't throw them away. (so we threw them away for her haha)

--She came to church again this week (she is awesome and comes to church every week!!) but this week she had been up really late on Saturday studying so she only had 2 hours of sleep. After Sacrament meeting we could tell she was extremely tired and I asked if she was going to go home.. but she said she wanted to stay for all 3 hours of church!!!

So yes pretty much these are only a few things, but she is incredible! She is soo prepared and I am so excited for her to take this next step. She is amazing and I have learned soo much as we have met with her and taught her. Truthfully, she has actually been teaching me all this time. hah

So yeah that was pretty much my week.

I am SO ready to have my voice and energy back so we can get back out and smash the work again.

being sick is no fun - except I did have some bomb as personal studies this past week.. so I guess that is a plus? haha 

but I am just happy to be here and to be able to be a missionary. 

I love this gospel and I love the opportunity to share it with others. 

I hope you have a good week.

love and miss you 

xoxo

张姐妹

Sister Johnson

 "Our investigators are so nice and gave us heaps of these 

weird Chinese herb medicine drinks. They were nasty.. 

and I don't think it really helped"

Roommates:  Sister Outar and Sister Marlowe

It's been really hot the past few weeks:  113 Fahrenheit