Johns, Sage

wowwww long time no talk.... haha jk. but the past few days have been good! suuuuper busy and honestly extra overwhelming with all the new sisters in the zone & also figuring out our new area boundaries... hoping things start to mellow out in the next couple weeks! some random things: - we ran a 5k for suicide awareness! some of the other missionaries ran it with us & becky & homie cheered us on from the truck:) - we skinned & gutted 2 lambs AHHH... most redneck thing I've ever done hahah it was awesome though! - we had another lesson with christina on friday, taught the full plan of salvation, and put her back on date for baptism for october 14th!!! PLEASE PRAY FOR HER! - our sweet friends nikko & mattie came to church yesterday! they loved it & want to come back.. we have super high hopes for them & pray they continue to progress:) my spiritual thought for the dayyyy... read ether 2 & 3. thats all! the spirit will teach you what you need to know:) ...

it's been so long since i've written an email i feel like... so much has happened in the past week & a half. all you missionary pals that only write emails once a transfer... how do you do it?! haha i feel like i'm missing so much. BUT HERE GOES! we got transfer news on tuesday! me & sis beames are staying together which means I will be her final companion of her mission cause she goes home in 6 weeks AH! president langeveld nuked the mission again this transfer:,) but something so exciting... there's going to be a new sister companionship sharing our ward & area with us!! literally the biggest answer to prayers because we are so overwhelmed right now haha. it'll be interesting to see how all the logistics shake out! some highlights: - ate lamb head last week and cow head this week... Homie Wallace is really educating me:,) - we had mission tour!! elder dunn from the seventy came (listen to his talk called "one percent better") & him and hi...

HAHA ahhhh feels like last pday was yesterday:,) me & sis beames have both agreed that this is just a fever dream transfer... not even real. its just movin so fast! some random things from the week: - went on another exchange w sis bradshaw & learned a new board game called wingspan! the next morning an elder called us & asked us to give him detailed instructions on how to put his contacts in... one of the funniest phone calls of my life:,) - had a FIRE study of 1 nephi 17... highly recommend everyone checks it out - stopped by and old guy named luis's house cause he sent in a referral... when we were done talking w him we closed with a prayer & during it i peeked lol & HE WAS VIDEOING US! sooo creepy we walked away sooo fast - knocked some cruuuusty lookin trailer parks, made me very grateful to have the protection & guidance of the spirit - had a lesson with ivan at an old bridge that lights up at night & has a bunch of graffiti on it... sooo sick lemm...

okay i bet my emails have been boring the past few weeks so ill try & spice this one up with some highlights. - i had an exchange w/ sis caldwell from ysa!!! holy shes amazing, such a powerful testimony. shes only 1/2 through her 2nd transfer but she seems like shes been out longer than me:,) - we did a sleepover w them, i slept on the floor, their apartment was FREEZING, and i woke up with a mega sore throat & cold, which i am still battling currently - even though i am ill, we worked haaaard this week.. we found 5 new people to teach!! & taught 3 lessons with members participating!! all while trying to balance meetings & exchanges!! i know for a faaaact the lord was giving me strength cause i couldnt have done it without him. - I DROVE A TRACTOR!!!! ive been sooo obedient this transfer but man when that opportunity presented itself i could not pass it up:,) our whole district was out on the wallaces ranch all day saturday, helping him build a pig pen out of recycled t...