September 22nd, 2014

Hello everyone!!!

Not too much happened since last Wednesday. On Friday I spent the day with another sister who had pneumonia while our companions went out and taught a bunch of lessons. That was fun until I ended up getting sick so it has been a little rough these past few days. But that's ok, we are still doing our best and having fun at the same time!! :)

Miracle #1
Nicole is a woman we have been teaching pretty much the whole time I have been here and she came to church yesterday!! We went over to her house on Saturday and helped her clean out her pool and everything. Then we did a ton of winterizing stuff and it was super fun. We invited her to church and she ended up coming and stayed for the whole 3 hours which is huge for her!!! She absolutely loved it and her 2 boys loved it as well! She is going to come with us to the general women's meeting this Saturday and hopefully church again on Sunday!!!

Miracle #2
So yesterday after dinner I got a huge migraine and I was feeling super sick and tired. But we had a lesson we needed to go teach with this girl named Kylie. We go to teach her and she lets us in and we had a super stellar lesson with her!! She really wants to find the right church for her but gave up after awhile because she couldn't find it and then life got in the way. She is super nice and was so grateful for us teaching her and giving her a Book of Mormon. We answered a lot of questions and the whole time my head didn't hurt at all which was such a blessing!!! We are teaching her again next Sunday and I am so excited because she is definitely ready and sincerely interested!! :)

There were also 2 members in our ward who each brought nonmember friends to church yesterday that both really enjoyed it as well! Overall it was a totally awesome Sunday and I was so excited about the little blessings and tender mercies of the Lord we have been able to see lately! :)

Things are still great! It's getting a little cold and I have been breaking out my winter stuff but I don't mind at all! :) I'm still loving life and having a blast!! Hope you all have another fantabulous week!! 

Love always,
Sister Britni Johnson

September 17th, 2014

Hello everyone!

 So this weeks letter is going to be kind of short because they ran out laptops at he library here so I am using and iPad which is super annoying to type on especially when you are used to a regular keyboard.

Anyways, things have been super good this week! A little cold but still great!  

Miracle #1We were finally able to meet with a lady named Karen Backo who is the friend of a member that we have been trying to meet with for like 2 months. We had an incredible lesson with her. We were able to answer a lot of questions and concerns that she had and the spirit was absolutely amazing!! We taught her all about the Book of Mormon and gave her one to read and study. And she invited herself to church because she loved everything we taught so much. She is a super awesome lady that has been searching for something her whole life and just have never found it. I am so excited to help her realize that's this gospel is what she has been searching for this whole time! I asks super excited to teach her!!

Miracle #2:
We finally had someone come to church for he first time since sister rose has been here. So Erick, the guy we were teaching for awhile but lost contact with for about 2 months, randomly showed up to church the other day! He was like 30 minutes late so we didn't see home come in but he was only late because he had to walk to church! He also came after working like all night! I am, so glad he came because everything was so perfect for him and the circumstances he is in. It was a pretty great week and we are just having so much fun!! 

Oh and I almost forgot, we got transfer calls today and sister rose and I are both staying here in Fairborne! I am excited because we have a lot of potential popping up here lately and I and definitely grateful for all the blessings we have been able to see! 

Anyways, that's pretty much it for this week! I will write more next week for sure and send some pics! I have no clue how to send pics on this iPad thing so we will just wait for next week! Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!!! 

Love always,

Sister Britni Johnson 

September 8th, 2014

Good afternoon everyone!!

Scripture of the Week

 Alma 32:27-28

 It's so exciting to see that as I have given the Book of Mormon and other scriptures a place in my heart, they have swelled into a burning testimony and now I truly do hunger and thirst after the scriptures and anything Heavenly Father has for me to learn! It is incredibly delicious to me and all I want to do is study gospel things all day everyday!! It's the best!!

So this week was a bit of a struggle. We locked our keys and our phone in our car on Tuesday and had to have a member call AAA roadside assistance to come help us. Then yesterday, we locked our keys in our trunk and the lever inside the car doesn't work to unlock it. So we had to call the senior missionary couple in charge of the vehicles had to drive an hour and a half from Columbus here to Fairborn to bring the spare and unlock it for us. And lastly, we heard that starting next week, we are going to be sharing cars across the mission. So for example, the elders in our area don't currently have a car so for 1 week they would get the car and we would be stuck on bikes and then the next week we would swap and we would get the car and they would be on bikes. This will definitely be interesting considering the fact that I am terrible at riding a bike especially in a skirt but I am kind of excited because it will make like really interesting and I am sure I will have tons of funny stories to tell everyone regarding our adventures!!! So we had some serious bad luck but we also had some great experiences!! The work is finally starting to pick back up again and it is a great blessing!!

Miracle of the Week

So we went to a Chinese buffet on Friday and we were with the elders in our area and we were all eating and enjoying our food when the girl that was kind of waiting on us complimented me on my dress. She was super sweet and I really wanted to give her a card. Everyone told me to go for it so I go over to her and it was perfect because she had just sat down to have lunch and so I went up and sat across from her. I started asking her questions like if she believes in God and stuff like that. She told me she has only been in the US fro a little over a month and everyone in her village somewhere in Asia all believe in Buddha but she wants to find faith in God.

We had a wonderful conversation and I felt the spirit so strong which was funny considering we were sitting in a buffet. I got her phone number and tried to set up a time to meet with her but it was hard because she is really busy and didn't understand everything I was saying. We settled on us texting her this week to set up a time to meet up with her and she is really excited to meet with us again!! She was super duper sweet and I am so grateful Heavenly Father blessed me with the opportunity to talk to her and that I took the opportunity! It was something so simple and small and yet so profound for me and really helped me to know that I was in the right place and the right time and listened to the Spirit!! 

Other miracle:
We met the daughter of a less active member on our way to the member's house. She was super nice and social and started telling us about how the elders were supposed to go by and teach her the other day but she was sleeping and missed it. Then she started saying how she felt a little awkward with them coming by and trying to teach and she would be a lot more comfortable if it were girls. So we got her information and then called the elders immediately. I apologized but they were very graceful and said we could totally teach her!! they think we will fit better with her anyways and they are willing to do whatever it takes to help her feel comfortable and learn about these things! It was really nice of them and I am super excited to start teaching her because she has a lot of potential and she is hilarious!! I love her already!!!!

Things are great and I am still lovin life and livin it up here in good ol' Fairborn!! I love you all and hope you have a fabulous week!!! :)

Love always, 
Sister Johnson :)