Hello!!!! How is everyone doing?! I loved your emails! You are always so good at writing... IT makes such a big difference! I love knowing that I have the support and love of such an amazing family. And it sounds like miracles are happening back home! And I had the same feeling watching the fireside last night. Wasn't that incredible?! Missionary work is changing and the Lord is hastening his work! I took a lot of notes... Mostly because we don't have a ward mission leader right now... haha!
But the ward is great! I LOVE Bellevue! I always forget to mention one of the most magical parts of Tennessee... the lightning bugs! Oh my gosh! It is just like Princess and the Frog! Except even better in the sense that it is real! We are part-time bike, part-time car. I probably will be needing to buy a bike soon... who knows. I have been getting away with borrowing them from everyone so I might be able to keep that up ;) But this week we were on bikes. It is SO green here and wherever it is green the lightning bugs are there like crazy! It is like twinkling, magical Christmas lights on the green grass... Oh I love it! It is getting really hot here though... I have been drinking water like crazy trying to stay hydrated and not get sick. We have done well so far. I am really tan now too haha! I need to take more pictures... Sorry Mom...
This week we experienced a miracle. I was a bit stressed about biking full-time in the heat, but it turned out to be really fun. We sweat like crazy though :) Missionaries drenched in sweat trying to knock doors! I wouldn't turn that away ;) Anyways, we had to have an emergency exchange on Thursday (I had only spent two full work days in the new area). I was needed with a Spanish-speaking sister for a couple of days due to illness and the like. So, I spent two days in the Spanish area (my Spanish is really sad... I sat there and smiled a lot) while my companion biked the new area and tried to find investigators. And find they did! They found M! M has been searching for the truth and accepted the Book of Mormon. The next day we went back and taught him most of the first lesson. We had to overcome some objections and concerns- but the Spirit was brought into the lesson and it changed everything. That evening he attended a baptism. We were able to give him a tour through the church afterwards. The Spirit was incredibly powerful.... I have not had a lesson that powerful in a long time! It was amazing! His understanding was opened because of the Spirit and he soaked up everything we taught like a sponge. We are going to commit him to baptism tonight :) This is the Lord's work! I am so grateful to be a part of it and to experience the joy of inviting others to come unto Christ.
I am really excited to continue working in this area. I am praying that nothing will change at transfers... this is the last week of the transfer... but you just never know.
Oh! So we moved into the Elders old apartment. It was... Disgusting. To say the least. We spent three and half hours cleaning it on Tuesday after we moved in on Monday. Yuck! I think my favorite part is the cockroach slayer... They have a rubber spatula on the wall that has been used to murder those fantastic creatures. Even better, we had a cockroach running across the floor yesterday. Yay! I am getting used to them though. A lot of the trailers out here have cockroaches in them. You just grin and bear it. I ate shrimp and fish too! Turns out they aren't as bad as they used to be ;) Look how much I have grown in 7 months! Haha!
Hey! I love you all so much! Have a wonderful week and keep being the best ever! The gospel is true!
Love you always!
Sister Alicia Johnson
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