Johns, Sage

super great week... feelin grateful! -we were up in abilene for pday so we went fishing & played a ton of sports which I've been missing. felt like lubbock days!  -i stayed in abilene until wednesday morning on an exchange with sister cassidy and WOW it was awesome. we saw a couple cool miracles together, one of which was putting their friend theresa on date for baptism! she is one of the most inspiring women ive ever met; shes made a complete 180 in her life, started meeting with the missionaries & decided on her own to quite smoking weed because she said "its interfering with my ability to understand what yall teach & what i read in the Book of Mormon." sooo basically i gotta figure out how to get to abilene for her baptism on nov 25th cause shes one of the most prepared people ive ever met! - we had dinner with a member who was on the dunk team & was also cosmo during his time at byu... he told us his most random gig as cosmo was some 30 yr old ladys ba...

ive just accepted that weekly emails in this area are just gonna be tough HAHA so sorry if youre not a fan of the highlight reel... thats all youre gonna get:,) also... I hit 14 months as a missionary yesterday SHEESH times flyin - did a hot sauce challenge & won $100.... buuuut i passed out & threw up afterwards:,) worth it though. - did exchanges again! hermana breinholt came to my area.. we taught a lesson, did some chalk pros, & tried a new ice cream shop... so fun! - we had a lesson with a new friend named cynthia... she had sent in an online request, we werent able to get ahold of her by phone & then a couple days later we happened to talk to her at a goodwill! definitely no coincidences in Gods work:,) hopefully we'll be able to keep meeing with her - we did our weekly planning at a park:) - CHRISTINA GOT BAPTIZED! man its been a rollercoaster with her but we are so happy. she is too & recognizes the newfound peace & comfort already! - we carved pumpk...

just a couple things in this email... - christina is supposed to get baptized THIS SATURDAY! please pray for her! - got a private tour of the public affairs office on goodfellow air force base from our good friend harris & his wife. it was really cool to see how the ins and outs worked buuuut i dont know if ill personally join the military... we'll see! - had exchanges with sister caldwell from the ysa! we taught 2 lessons & did some contacting on angelo state campus. we actually ended up making friends with the baptist student ministery people which was really cool. we were able to answer a lot of their questions! - we had zone conference which was awesome! it was super finding focused which was really cool! pres & sis langeveld are so inspired. sis beames also gave her departing testimony and it was sooo special! - we saw a butterfly migration when we stopped at a park for studies... biggest tender mercy that day:) plot twist... send me a spiritual thought haha. i nee...

hahaaaa I'm losin steam on these weekly emails:,) but this for you mom & grandma... yall better feel special some awesome things from this week: - we had some good lessons with friends, normal members and recent converts! it feels good to bear testimony & connect with people spiritually... super rewarding - we had exchanges! me & sis bellows vibed... she's brand new in the field so she's got the greenie fire for the work & wants to just be the best she can. it's SO pure! - christina is still all good for baptism as of right now! please keep praying for her... it's coming up! - conference was incredible! we went to 3 different members homes.. so cool to see everyones different traditions.  I LEARNED SO MANY COOL THINGS IN CONFERENCE! Gary E Stevensons talk about the Spirit was absolutely a direct answer to my questions. I'd love to hear how yalls questions were answered by our prophet and apostles!  my sweet friend Elder Jenkins started a challeng...