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reflecting upon the investigators(and people in general) Elder Nelson and I have been teaching I have seen a common thread of Unity. They are literally all hippies.
This week a less-active member named Jasmine moved into our area, and contacted us, since she really does want to get back to church. We met her at the church, and She is definitely a hippie, it shows in the hair. Somehow, Jasmine has achieved the perfect "half Dreadlocks". It's pretty impressive. Jasmine expressed to us her desire to learn about God and Jesus Christ more, It is such a blessing to be able to help others come to know our Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ for themselves.
We had 2 service opportunities this week, One of them being with a man named Michael, the other with one of our investigators, Judy.
At Michael's, He has been rushing to get his yard landscaped before the winter. Michael is a Yoga Instructor, Artist (of all sorts), and lives with his mother. He has also travelled the world 7 times, and has some pretty awesome stories. Michael is a very chillax guy, and I love talking with him. As we helped him last Friday he shared with us His Gospel Experience, and many of the sad reasons of why he no longer follows a religion, but chooses to worship in his own. Way. It is Truly amazing to see that his Faith Continued to burn strong through manipulative pastors, Death, and many other sad experiences. He Centered his Faith in Jesus Christ, just like it says in Helaman 5:12, and Satan had no power to drag him down.
Judy wanted us to help her load firewood at her property in bellisle (yes that is one syllable by the way, I would love to hear recordings of you attempting to say it😋) we showed up, and Judy was no where to be seen, we heard the sounds of people making their way through the wood towards us, and so we shouted for her, assuming she must have parked at another location. Soon after Two people whom i had never seen walked out, The girl had some sweet dreadlocks, and her boyfriend had some luscious locks as well. Just some hippies wandering out of the woods! It was a good thing they looked like nice hippies, because one was carrying an axe, and the other a large saw (we found out later that this was Judy's granddaughter and her boyfriend, they are building a log cabin in the middle of the woods) they slowly made their way across the field to a ghetto 80's van completely lined with orange carpet. Yes, this van is their home.
Last but not least is Lisa, she isn't a practicing hippie, simply a philosophical hippie. Her entire ideology seems to pivot on self love, which is admirable. Lisa is a former Psychiatric Nurse, so as we have taught her she will take a moment to look into our eyes, ask us a few simple questions, and suddenly she knows everything about my childhood. Kind of cool, Kind Of scary.
These are the main hippies we have been working with, but ever since Elder Nelson Came here, they seem to be coming out of the woods left and right. I love speaking with people of this mindset though, they are very receptive to the gospel!
This week I have been blessed to see the spirit working in my life. It has been in the small happenings, and the larger ones. One thing that occured, some may label "coincidence", but I testify to you that there is no such thing as a coincidence!
We have lost contact with a couple we had been teaching, Tom and Meaghan. I love Tom and Meaghan, and sadly it has been so long that Elder Nelson hasn't met them yet. Anyways, we were stopping by their house, and Since we had lost contact we were unsure if they were mad at us and didn't want us to contact them anymore, or if it had simply been a crazy 6 weeks. I was fearful that they might sick their dog on us, which in most cases would not scare me, but their dog is quite frightening. We said a prayer in the car, that we might be safe in our contact with them. Lo and behold just as we say amen, we see that Tom is grabbing something out of his Car! This was a miracle, something small, but we were able to speak with Tom Briefly, asking for his number so we could call him before coming over next time. He was extremely chill about it, and Though in the written word this may not sound as miraculous, this experience was a simple testimony to me that God is in all of the dealings of our lives.
I love you guys!
Elder Johnson
Ps: the pic in the car is Elder Nelson and I meditating in the car
- Second pic is me with elder Sulzen, and our Doterra products, he uses the same toothpaste as me, but he didn't have it at that time.
-Third pic, the bellisle countryside
reflecting upon the investigators(and people in general) Elder Nelson and I have been teaching I have seen a common thread of Unity. They are literally all hippies.
This week a less-active member named Jasmine moved into our area, and contacted us, since she really does want to get back to church. We met her at the church, and She is definitely a hippie, it shows in the hair. Somehow, Jasmine has achieved the perfect "half Dreadlocks". It's pretty impressive. Jasmine expressed to us her desire to learn about God and Jesus Christ more, It is such a blessing to be able to help others come to know our Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ for themselves.
We had 2 service opportunities this week, One of them being with a man named Michael, the other with one of our investigators, Judy.
At Michael's, He has been rushing to get his yard landscaped before the winter. Michael is a Yoga Instructor, Artist (of all sorts), and lives with his mother. He has also travelled the world 7 times, and has some pretty awesome stories. Michael is a very chillax guy, and I love talking with him. As we helped him last Friday he shared with us His Gospel Experience, and many of the sad reasons of why he no longer follows a religion, but chooses to worship in his own. Way. It is Truly amazing to see that his Faith Continued to burn strong through manipulative pastors, Death, and many other sad experiences. He Centered his Faith in Jesus Christ, just like it says in Helaman 5:12, and Satan had no power to drag him down.
Judy wanted us to help her load firewood at her property in bellisle (yes that is one syllable by the way, I would love to hear recordings of you attempting to say it😋) we showed up, and Judy was no where to be seen, we heard the sounds of people making their way through the wood towards us, and so we shouted for her, assuming she must have parked at another location. Soon after Two people whom i had never seen walked out, The girl had some sweet dreadlocks, and her boyfriend had some luscious locks as well. Just some hippies wandering out of the woods! It was a good thing they looked like nice hippies, because one was carrying an axe, and the other a large saw (we found out later that this was Judy's granddaughter and her boyfriend, they are building a log cabin in the middle of the woods) they slowly made their way across the field to a ghetto 80's van completely lined with orange carpet. Yes, this van is their home.
Last but not least is Lisa, she isn't a practicing hippie, simply a philosophical hippie. Her entire ideology seems to pivot on self love, which is admirable. Lisa is a former Psychiatric Nurse, so as we have taught her she will take a moment to look into our eyes, ask us a few simple questions, and suddenly she knows everything about my childhood. Kind of cool, Kind Of scary.
These are the main hippies we have been working with, but ever since Elder Nelson Came here, they seem to be coming out of the woods left and right. I love speaking with people of this mindset though, they are very receptive to the gospel!
This week I have been blessed to see the spirit working in my life. It has been in the small happenings, and the larger ones. One thing that occured, some may label "coincidence", but I testify to you that there is no such thing as a coincidence!
We have lost contact with a couple we had been teaching, Tom and Meaghan. I love Tom and Meaghan, and sadly it has been so long that Elder Nelson hasn't met them yet. Anyways, we were stopping by their house, and Since we had lost contact we were unsure if they were mad at us and didn't want us to contact them anymore, or if it had simply been a crazy 6 weeks. I was fearful that they might sick their dog on us, which in most cases would not scare me, but their dog is quite frightening. We said a prayer in the car, that we might be safe in our contact with them. Lo and behold just as we say amen, we see that Tom is grabbing something out of his Car! This was a miracle, something small, but we were able to speak with Tom Briefly, asking for his number so we could call him before coming over next time. He was extremely chill about it, and Though in the written word this may not sound as miraculous, this experience was a simple testimony to me that God is in all of the dealings of our lives.
I love you guys!
Elder Johnson
Ps: the pic in the car is Elder Nelson and I meditating in the car
- Second pic is me with elder Sulzen, and our Doterra products, he uses the same toothpaste as me, but he didn't have it at that time.
-Third pic, the bellisle countryside
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