MELBOURNE - Week 72 - March 13, 2018

hello family. 

wow this week has been such a miracle!!

We had MLC this week. Pretty much just a massive meeting with all the zone leaders, the STLs, the assistants and President and Sister Vidmar. The STL's all go to the mission home the day before and spend the night at the mission home. I love all the sisters and it was so fun to talk to and play games with the Vidmars. It was also a great meeting and I learned heaps. They made us get up (again) and share our testimony. It was really cool and the Spirit was so strong. 

We met with our investigator Zee this week. She is AMAZING. We invited her to be baptized on the 31st of this month, and she said yes!! (everyone please pray for her!!!) We met with her twice this week and she came to church on Sunday. We also went over to her flat to have a BBQ with one of our members this week and her flat is sooo nice. We had a BBQ on the 19th floor and the view was incredible!! She is the sweetest and I love her soo much. She is such a miracle!!

One of the lessons we taught her this week was the word of wisdom. When we started the lesson all 3 of us felt really nervous because she had heaps of questions. BUT we started sharing the lesson and the Spirit completely took over. It was the BEST word of wisdom lesson I have ever taught. I have never experienced the gift of tongues like I did in that lesson. It was the most incredible experience! 

We also had 2 exchanges this week! The first one, I went to Doncaster and was with Sister Zhang again! It was really fun to be back with her for a day and see how much we have both have learned and grown. It is weird that I served with her 6 months ago.. feels like it was just yesterday. I love her soo much.

Then the second exchange, Sister Cahoon and I were in the City with Sister Ihaka. All 3 of us are going home at the same time, so it was fun to be all together. We were all able to talk about our missions and how fun, sad, awesome, hard, incredible and crazy the past 18 months has been for us. 

For some reason, every single exchange we have done this transfer have been absolutely crazy. There is ALWAYS something that comes up, or happens that is bizarre and makes the exchange just go south. But we have learned to just laugh about it and take it as it comes. haha so much fun. good thing I am in the craziness with my 2 best mates. ;)

Sister Vidmar also took all the departing sisters out to dinner last night. She is going back to the states to be there for her daughter's birth next week. She won't be here when we leave, so she wanted to take us all out to dinner to say goodbye and give us some advice. It was soo fun to be with the sisters and with Sister Vidmar.. but HOLY COW we ate sooo much. 

Well, this week has been awesome and I am so happy. I love my mission and everything I am able to do. 

I am so grateful for the opportunity to share the gospel and share what I know to be true. Before my mission, my testimony was what I believed to be true. Now, my testimony are things I know to be true. I know that God is our loving Heavenly Father. I know that He lives and He loves us. I know this because I have felt it not once, but multiple times on my mission. I have felt His love for me, and for people I have been teaching, for my companions, and for strangers on the street. I know that because He loves us, He sent His Son to help us. I know Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten Son of God. He lives and He knows exactly how to help us. I know He lives because I have felt Him with me on my mission. 

I am forever grateful for everything I have learned on my mission, especially this past week. 

I am also grateful to be apart of such a special and important work. 

I love you all.

Thank you for the prayers and the support. You guys are the best.

cheers,

xoxo

张姐妹

Sister Johnson

Queen Victoria Market

Shopping at the Market

A lunch with Branch members

Elder Tsui - member missionary

Bracelets from investigator - Eddie

View from Zee's apartment - 19th floor

Just a bit windy

Cool Melbourne Signs

Dinner with Sister Vidmar and all the sisters

going home.

"Look Mom, normal food this week."  (Finally)

More Selfies

Triple Threat

Holding President Vidmar's medals from the 1984 Olympics