The Power of Prayer

Dear family,

what a great week! So...

Monday. It was raining so so so so so so so so much... So we tried to do fun things but ended up staying in the house. And also it messed up transfers so no one could leave or come. So luckily i got to stay with Sister coelho for one more day! And our area was flooded again so we had to try to find the secret ways around it haha. all the people were like *you cant go that way... * But we were protected. so we taught some good lessons and we were soaked from head to toe.

Tuesday. Sister zimbelman got to praia! So we were in an awkward triple with her and my old comp and sister zimbelmans old comp. but it was great. We got a lot of lessons taught and the adjustment began with sister zimbelman being my new companion again. We have both changed a LOT. We teach differently so we are learning the styles of each other and putting it together to work. haha i feel like i am so mean in lessons compared to sister zimbelman. she is just so sweet. 

Wednesday. We had mission leadership council even though half the leaders couldnt make it because of the flight problems! But it was amazing!!!!!!!!! Our mission presidents wife talked about prayer and obedience. And how to really pray we need to be obedient so that we can feel and follow the spirit and ask for gods will for us! This month is the month of prayer and we have made some awesome plans to make prayer more effective... Wow. Prayer is awesome and i will say more on this later. Then president talked about following up shows our love. so true! It was a good council and then we made some great plans for the zone with our one zone leader because his companion is stranded in sao nicalou... haha poor elder. But the plans were great and we are excited! Oh and the training me and my EX companion gave was pretty good. president said thank you! great sign! And also me and my EX comp have this awesome planeamento semenal coisa... and we presented it in council... now the whole mission is using it! yay! 

Thursday. We were supposed to have zone meeting.. but then it got changed to friday. (and on friday it got changed to saturday hahaha) But we got to teach a lot of lessons and...well i think something exciting happened but i cant remember. all i know is every night last week we got woken up at 4h30 in the morning to receive some sisters and help them as they waited for the next flight to the next island. haha

Friday. still no zone meeting... more time to prepare... and we got Sister Yeater! again! She had a dentist appointment so we had to go to that with her... it was good. i think. She was in a lot of pain so we dropped her off at the babysitters house... (a couple who works in the office) so that we could work the whole day. And the work that day was needed. it went well... 

Saturday. FINALLY zone meeting! And we gave our training... yay! so happy when it was over. haha i think it went well. We talked a lot about prayer. So what i have learned about prayer this week is awesome.

Sunday. Well......we had 7 investigators in church. BUT our two baptisms for this next week just decided not to show up... like what???? So we are upset about that and we will teach about repentance this week. just go to church people.. its a commandment. sleeping in is not a commandment

And now for the more spiritual part of my week. so prayer. Our mission president sent a quote of a talk about prayer by elder bednar in the 2008 general conference if i remember correctly. not sure if it is april or october. But Elder bednar talks about how our prayers in the morning and at night are like the Lord and how he created the earth. he said he created everything spiritually first... and then physically. So as we say our prayers in the morning we are doing a spiritual lay out of the day.. and as we say them at night we see what came true. I have started to do a prayer journal for the last 2 months or so and i have seen that as we write things down we can see the power of prayer and what the lord is doing in our lives. After council i started a new way of doing the prayer journal. I write down what i ask.. what are the blessing and the revelation recieved during prayer. and as i write down what is asked i can see at the end of the day if it really happened and be more accountable for my actions. The things i ask for always happen! Or if they dont i can see where in the day i needed to be better, repent and promise to be better the next day! Prayer is super powerful and i know as we follow the spirit in our prayers we will be asking for the WILL of the LORD. That means it WILL come true. it WILL happen. 

I love prayer and i know the lord answers and listens to our prayers as we are striving to be obedient. I love this gospel and i love you all. I can see this next month will be a lot of learning for me. Learning how to love and have charity for those around me.

OH and the thugs (delinquents)... THEY didnt come to church!!!! UGH. we saw them last night drinking wine and sprite... they didnt realize that wine was bad... we need to teach that one more time haha

Sister Johnson