Week 11: Two Broken Bikes and Filipino Food

Hi everyone!! I hope you had a great week! This was another great week in the OEM!! I can't believe this week is already the last week of my first transfer!  Six months ago I got my mission call and now here I am. Time really flies!

Sister Massey and I have been on bikes most of the time now that we split our ward in half with the other Sisters! It's been really fun until one day we were coming up a hill and from behind me I hear, "Sister Johnson! Sister Johnson! My bike is broken!" Turns out when she was changing gears to go up the hill the gear shifter broke and got stuck on the highest gear. Not super ideal for our very hilly area. Our Zone Leaders had an extra bike that they let us borrow. They put it together out of the bike box and then sent us on our way! We were out on a bike ride and lo and behold within about three minutes the chain had fallen off and the left pedal fell off. So I am a little concerned with the Elders' ability to put together a bike.

I think I mentioned this before but my companion was actually in the Philippines for three months before being reassigned to Oregon. We have been looking for someone for her to speak Tagalog with and we found out that there is a Filipino lady in our ward! We got to go to her house and eat some Filipino food which was SO GOOD and I got to hear Sister Massey speak Tagalog. So so cool!!

We had a lesson with Lori again this week and she loves the Book of Mormon!! She has so many cool insights and we love talking and reading with her. In other news the basketball video is finished so keep an eye out on Facebook these next few days....

I hope you all have a wonderful week!! 

Com muito amor,
Sister Johnson

Don't know what order these are in but I think you will be able to figure it out:))

1. The sisters I live with
2. Me and Sister Massey at 6:30 in the morning proving to our Zone we were up on time



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