October 27th, 2014

Hello everyone!!

This last week was super duper good!!!! We taught Jason the Plan of Salvation and put him on date to get baptized on November 15th!!! His 9 year old son (Landon)  also really wants to get baptized and has been reading the kids version of the Book of Mormon and loves what he is learning! We are hoping to get permission from Landon's mom to start teaching him and then hopefully Jason can get the priesthood soon and baptize him! That would be like the coolest thing ever!!

Other exciting news! I found out that someone I taught in Madison Lake almost the entire time I was there is finally quitting smoking and is scheduled to get baptized on November 22nd, 2014! All kinds of exciting things happening here!

Lastly, another set of sisters in our zone met a girl named Aligia at Wal-mart last week. They found out they lived in our area so they set up for us to go by and teach them which didn't work out. But they invited them to church this Sunday so that morning we went by to take them muffins for breakfast and have them follow us to church. We ended up being 20 minutes late to church and missing the sacrament but it was awesome because not only did Aligia and her boyfriend come, but her boyfriend's parents decided they wanted to come as well so we had a whole slew of people at church with us! 

They really liked it and want to come back next Sunday! It was super awesome and we ended up getting the sacrament after church so that was good too. It was super cool thought because so many members of the ward came up to introduce themselves to Aligia and her family and I really think it made a difference because they felt really welcome and loved by so many complete strangers!!

Things are still going great here and I am actually really enjoying being on a bike every other week! It gives me the opportunity to get some exercise, fresh air, and enjoy the beautiful fall colors and fall weather!! Life is sooooo good!!!!!

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

Love, Sister Britni Johnson :)

Carving pumpkins!!

The leaves are so beautiful!!!

October 20, 2014

Hello everyone!!

There is so much to write this week that I don't really know where to begin. Last week I had like the best week ever!!

Monday - We had interviews with our mission president!

Tuesday - I got to go back to Xenia on an exchange and I saw a lot of people I taught and knew really well!

Wednesday - We had our first lesson with Jason. I think I talked a little about Jason last time. He is a really good friend of a family in our ward, the Gullions. He has been reading the Book of Mormon for the last 2 months and just finished Helaman a few days ago. He has come to church for the last 5 Sundays in a row and we finally started teaching him. We had our first lesson on Wednesday and it went so well!!! I am super excited about teaching him. Then Wednesday night we got permission from our mission president to go with a member of our ward to get her patriarchal blessing for support and stuff. It was super awesome and I am so glad I was able to be a part of it!!

Thursday - We went to the temple!!!!! It was so beautiful and uplifting and I have definitely been needing it for quite awhile now!! I love the temple so much! Thursday night we taught Jason again and extended baptism and he accepted!!

Friday - nothing huge happened on Friday

Satruday - The elders in our ward had a baptism and Jason came!! We did a chapel tour right before and invited him to pray about baptism.

Sunday - Jason and his 3 boys came to church. It was the primary program and his 9 and 5 year old were able to participate which was awesome!!!

Today - I got a random package in the mail. It was from the Morris family in Arizona. Basically, this woman (Lori) has a son serving in our mission and she emailed our mission president's wife and said she would like to get to know some of the other missionaries serving here in our mission. So the mission president's wife, Sister Daines, gave her my name and address and she sent me a package full of candy and super cute Halloween stuff!!! It made my whole day and topped off an incredible week!!!

Heavenly Father has been spoiling me so much lately but I am so incredibly grateful for every bit of it!! I know he is aware of each of us and is watching over us!! He has all kinds of blessings ready to shower down on each of us, our duty is to have faith and trust in Him and allow Him to lead, guide and bless us in every aspect of our lives!! I am so grateful to be here on my mission and for all the things I am learning day after day!! The church is true and we are so incredibly blessed to be a part of it!!!


I love you all and hope you have a fabulous week full of happiness and love!!!

Love always, Sister Britni Johnson :)

The temple last week

 Air Force Museum

A random halloween package, I will explain more in my weekly email.

I love fall!

Air force museum

October 13th, 2014

Hello!!!

So I have like no time this week so super quick updates!!

I popped a tire on our car on Wednesday. On Saturday I had a major pain in my butt that we decided must have been a pinched nerve but it prevented me from even being able to walk. So we had to stay in and I had to get crutches so I didn't have to keep hopping around our apartment. Sunday morning I was still on crutches for church but after church we came home and took a 4 hour nap and when I woke up I was totally fine again and everything was great! Super random but funny at the same time! :)

Miracle for the Week 

We have a family in our ward that has been working with a friend and he has been coming to church for the last 5 weeks. They came up to us yesterday and asked us to come over to dinner with them on Wednesday to start teaching him!! He is super duper awesome and we are so excited to start teaching him!! It's gonna be great and I will definitely update you next week!!!

Lastly, we get to go to the temple on Thursday and I am so excited I can hardly contain myself!!!

Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!!!

Love always, Sister Johnson 

Me washing my hair cuz I obviously couldn't shower!

Me on my little crutches!!!

Having fun in the rain

Our little missionary pumpkin friend! :)

October 6th, 2014

Hello everyone!!!!

Happy conference weekend!!!!! It was so good and I know I was basically in heaven all weekend because it was just so good!

Not too much happened this last week except the fact that it has gotten cold quickly and winter is certainly coming quickly!

Miracles of the Week

1. We were teaching the Plan of Salvation to a family where the father is a little less active and their 10 year old daughter decided to invite her friend Nora over for the lesson as well. We ended up teaching it specifically to her and she absolutely loved it! She was asking all kinds of questions and was really excited about learning. 

Becca (the member friend) brought her to church last Sunday and gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon and has been reading it with her. It was incredible to see how in tune with the Spirit she is and how much sense it all made to her at 10 years old. She is absolutely amazing and I love her! It was a very fun experience for all of us. 

2. We went on a mini exchange with the Xenia sisters on Friday which means it only lasted a few hours. Sister Rose stayed in our area with Sister Hansen and it was awesome because they met a super cool guy who was taught a little bit by missionaries before but it never really went anywhere. He is really interested now and is actually a neighbor of a member and really looks up to and respects them. It was very exciting for Sister Rose because it's the first person she has found to teach without me with her so it was a little bit of personal success for her that really helped her to grow in confidence and excitement!! 

This week was wonderful and topped off so well with conference!


Oh also, on Tuesday we got to see a special screening of the Meet the Mormons movie and it is sooooo good!! I cried and loved every second of it! I am so excited to see all the amazing things that will come out of it! 

Well I love you all and hope you have a happy and safe week!!! :)

Love always, Sister Britni Johnson :)

September 29th, 2014

Happy end of September everyone!!!

This week was really good aside from the fact that I was sick all week. But after resting off and on and taking it a little slower, I am finally back up to par and ready to attack this coming week!! :) Things were a little interesting on bikes at first but I have been so blessed to be able to conquer my weakness and it is now turning into a strength! We are getting really good exercise and there are so many more opportunities to talk to people and do random acts of service on a bike than in a car.

Quotes of the Week
"Don't tell God how big your storm is...tell the storm how big your god is." 

"We sacrifice what we love and we love what we sacrifice for."

These 2 quotes have been really applicable to me lately, no matter what happens, we can't let anything get us down! I am learning to see trials as an opportunity to grow and to show my love for the Lord and what I am willing to sacrifice to become more like Him and a true disciple of Him!!

Miracles of the Week
We were running a little late on Tuesday for dinner and needed to bike home but we went to visit a less active member and her mom was outside trimming the bushes. Her mom is a nonmember and she is also a little older so it takes a lot out of her to trim the bushes. I jumped off my bike and immediately started helping her and she taught me how to trim them properly and let me do it for her. Afterwards she was so grateful and really wanted to pay us but I told her we can't accept money and the joy of being able to serve and help her was payment enough. She was so grateful and I am excited because it was a super good opportunity to build trust with her and help her see that we care and want to help!

The second miracle is that Nicole came to church again! We went over on Sunday to help her paint and take care of some things around the house and that cleared up her Sunday morning so that she was able to come to church again and she loved it!! Her kids were super excited to go to primary and nursery again and she enjoyed Sunday school and relief society!!

There are so many blessings everywhere I look and I am so completely overcome with love and appreciation towards my Heavenly Father! He is truly amazing and is helping and guiding us every step of the way in His work! I am excited to tackle this week and see what miracles are just waiting to happen!! Thanks again for all the love and support! I am truly blessed with the most amazing people in my life! :)


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

Love, Sister Britni Johnson :)

Me on my bike! I know I look great!! :)

They put a little red thing on my nose and thought it was the funniest thing that I looked like a clown! :)