December 1st, 2014

Good Morning Everyone!!

This week was fabulous!!! We stuffed our faces at Thanksgiving, took around tons of cookies and heart attacked a lot of people to show our appreciation, went to the zoo last Monday, and all sorts of other things that I can't remember because it was such a full week!!

Highlight of the Week

We have been teaching a woman named Beth that Sister King first found a few months before I got here. They taught her off and on but things got crazy and they could never get her to come to church or read the Book of Mormon. We have gone back a few times but could never have a lesson until this last Wednesday night. We read a chapter from the Book of Mormon with her and asked her some questions which got her to really open up and she even started crying. She really wants to change her life and create a relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ she just doesn't know how to do it.

Then all of a sudden we started telling her about the gospel library app that you can get on your phone and she was so excited about it and had us download it and teach her how to use it!! She also invited herself to church! So Saturday afternoon we went back just to check and make sure she was still good to come to church and she said that she was really looking forward to it! And she had been listening to the Book of Mormon on her phone and was really enjoying it! She came to church yesterday and stayed for all 3 hours which we forgot to inform her about. She loved it and was absolutely beaming by the end! We are planning on meeting with her twice this week and can hopefully get her to come to our ward Christmas party this Saturday!

It was such a miracle and we are both really excited about her! I love her so much and can't wait to see what happens!!! :)

Love you all and have a wonderful week!!! :)

November 24th, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

This past week has been great! The highlight was that we sang and spoke in church yesterday!!! We invited tons and tons of people to come and only one person showed up and she isn't super interested. We were kind of bummed but we did our song and talks and it all went well. Then afterwards someone came up to us and thanked us for inviting him. I didn't recognize him but he introduced himself and we realized he was someone that we didn't really know but was a friend of someone we invited so we invited him as well! It was crazy because he was the least likely to have come out of anyone and he showed up! 

He absolutely loved it and is actually friends with some members and was able to sit with them for sacrament. We got his information and are going to go by sometime this week to teach him and get to know him a little bit better! He was super nice and friendly and very interested in learning more so we are excited about that! It was definitely a miracle and we were grateful for it! Other than that, not too much has been happening lately but we are still working hard and doing our best and Heavenly Father is definitely providing!! :)
Sorry such a short email today!!! I love you all and am grateful to have you in my life!! 

Have a wonderful week!! :)

Love,
   Sister Britni Johnson :)

November 17th, 2014

Happy Winter Everyone!!!! :)

Quote of the Week "Discipleship is the pursuit of holiness and happiness. It is the path to our best and happiest self."  

I have found this to be true 100%! I have never been happier or better than on my  mission and I am so grateful for the joy and happiness I have been able to discover in myself and the many blessings I receive each and every day!!!

Highlight of the Week The highlight of the week was all the opportunities that are opening up on the Ohio Wesleyan University campus here in Delaware. We are really good friends with the head chaplain there and he invited us to a religious forum/event thing last week. One of the students was doing a project so essentially there were about 30 or 40 people and we were all split up into groups of about 5 or 6. We got together and discussed different questions such as how did you develop your faith or religious traditions, are there any misconceptions about your religion, where did you morality derive from and so on. The discussions were incredible and it was so good for us because we were able to clear up a lot of misconceptions and help people to see we are still normal people.

We also talked to a few people that are strong in their faith in Christ but don't really know what else they believe and we got some phone numbers so we are hoping to meet with them this week. This event was so incredible and it made us even more excited for an event coming up this Thursday called Speed Faithing. So it is basically like speed dating but with religions and we are really excited because we think it will be a perfect opportunity to get our name out there and share more about our beliefs!!! It's gonna be great and I will report about that next week! :)

Miracle of the Week
We got a call from the other day from a member in Kentucky and she told us about her friends Stephanie and Jason who just moved into our ward boundaries. They aren't members but they have learned a little bit in the past and are willing to have us come over! We are going over tonight to help them paint and stuff and then hopefully we can set up for us to go by and teach them soon! They also have 3 kids and the member said it is basically only a matter of time before they join the church because they are absolutely incredible people!!

Scripture of the Week
So our mission has a monthly newsletter and it is tradition for the missionaries who are leaving that month to put their testimony in it. So I submitted mine today and I wanted to share it with you all! :)

"Behold, how many (hundreds) of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love, and this because of the power of his word which is in us, therefore have we not great reason to rejoice?" Alma 26:13 
There is nothing that has brought me greater joy in life than serving my Father in Heaven and bringing my brothers and sisters unto Him. I have truly found myself among these wonderful people here in the Ohio. Words can't begin to express my gratitude and wonder at the changes I have seen in myself and the countless spiritual experiences I have had. I know my Heavenly Father and my Savior so much more personally than ever before and I feel them with me always! 

"Now have we not great reason to rejoice? Yea, I say unto you, there never were men (and women) that had so great reason to rejoice as we, since the world began." Alma 26:35

 In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Have a wonderful week and remember to rejoice in all things!!! :)

Love, Sister Britni Johnson :)