Week 36: 8 MONTHS?!?

Olá meus queridos!!

This week I hit EIGHT WHOLE MONTHS as a missionary. I feel like it was just yesterday that I showed up here in Oregon! This week also marked one year since I received my mission call to the Brazil Campinas Mission! Little did I know when I got my call that I would be serving in Oregon in the middle of a pandemic, but here we are and all I can say is it's a good thing God is in control! He knew how amazing Oregon would be for me so he made it possible for me to come here and hopefully also go to Brazil for a little bit too! 

This week I got to meet with Jake and his wife who speak Portuguese and that was pretty awesome! They want to teach us how to make Brazilian food and help me improve my Portuguese! So that's going to be awesome. We also got to have dinner with our new friend Nicole! She is from the Marshall islands and is wanting to deepen her relationship with God. When she found out Sister Moore was leaving, she gave us both little purse things made from palm leaves. She is so sweet, we are excited to teach her! We also got to meet up with Daniel for the first time in about a month! He's been so busy with school and ROTC, but he's still wanting to progress towards baptism! 

As mentioned earlier, my companion Sister Moore is finishing up her mission tomorrow, so I will be staying here in Corvallis another six weeks and my new companion is Sister Bennett! I haven't met her before, but I'm excited for this next transfer with her!

Just in closing I wanted to leave you all with a quote I found this week! Elder Jeffery R. Holland, one of the Apostles of the church, said "surely the thing God enjoys most about being God is the thrill of being merciful, especially to those who don’t expect it and often feel they don’t deserve it." What a powerful statement!

I hope you all have the best week! Happy Valentine's Day:)

Com todo de meu amor,
Sister Johnson!!

1. Making valentines with Ellie
2. Daniel!
3. Our fav Zone Leaders/ward share Elders
4. Gifts from Nicole
5. The district!

                                                  




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