June 17, 2019 La Carlota

HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL THE FATHERS OUT THERE AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM!!! woo!! go celebrate the johnson parents they're awesome. 

what a crazy week its been. we had MLC this week and exchanges and 2 days of sick companions. but we got to get out and work super hard a couple days this week! ! We got 9 lessons in on Thursday and 10 people showed up at church!! So many blessings for not much time to go work. but i love it here!!

its also TRANSFER DAY!! so my cute companion, sister singleton transferred to hinigaran!!! and so did sister nanlabi!! But just to the other area in La Carlota hahah so we're still in the same house. But my new companion is Sister Regacho! She goes home in October and is from the Manilla area in the philippines. I am already excited to go work hard with her!! 

the highlights of this week- 
-Sister Remy was baptized on Saturday!! She was 40 minutes late so we were a little worried hahaha but she got up and bore her testimony and it was so so awesome. makes all the hard, hot days worth it. 
-sat in bed for 4 hours with my companion who couldn't move cause she had to soak her feet in onion to heal her fever haahaha but its gone now so maybe it works!! 
-found out the workers at our favorite restaurant know our names and each of our orders by heart. they asked to take pics with us last time we went hahah. we probably go there too much

but i love being here. we are teaching this one family who are SO awesome. the mom and the kids all go to church every week but their dad hasn't been able to because he watches over his dad who is 86 years old and completely bed ridden. He gets seizures and needs someone to be watching over him 24/7. They didn't think their whole family would ever be able to go to church together because someone always has to be left to watch their grandpa! But we promised them blessings that God would watch over him while they were at church, and on sunday they ALL came!! It was the happiest thing ever. Such a good example to me too. God knows all the hard things in our lives, and everything becomes possible the second He gets involved. 

I love you all and have a good week!! 
Sister Johnson


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