Hey! How is everyone doing this week?! Hopefully all is well. This last week has been pretty slow for us here. Every missionary in the area has gotten super sick, except me thank goodness. I'm just waiting to finally get it next week though lol idk we'll see. So ya last week there were two sisters that came to PA with me from the MTC. I can't remember if I told you about them or not but ya they were supposed to go to Taiwan but hadn't gotten their visas yet, so they got reassigned to our mission here in PA and ended up serving in State College with me and Sister Jones. But ya one of them got super sick from the MTC and brought it here, and it's super contagious so pretty much everyone has gotten it. We're not really sure what it is. It's like a mix between a cold and the flu. Everyone has had really bad coughs, sore throats, and congestion and they've also had body aches, nausea, and exhaustion (a lot worse than normally missionary tiredness). So ya we're not sure what it is but it's been around for the past week and we're still waiting for it to get better. I've had little symptoms but nothing compared to everyone else. Sister Jones had to stay in one day because she was throwing up. Hopefully not mono? lol idk we'll see.
Through all that, though, we've been trying to make the best of what we've got. We have an investigator on date for baptism. His name is Yuchen. He is from China and is a student here at Penn State. I have never seen so many Asian people in one area before Lol! About half the people we teach and that are in our branch are Asian. It's hard cause there's usually a slight language barrier, but I love it and we're learning lots from teaching them! So ya Yuchen hopefully will be baptized May 2nd. We told him to pray about that date and see what he thinks! Pray from him!
It's weird to be back in a college town. I love it though and this area feels like home. I think it was a good place to start out the mission. This week on Wednesday will be my one month mark. That's crazy! Time on the mission is so weird. It feels like I've been out here for years, but at the same time I feel like my family just dropped me off at the MTC yesterday. I'm not really sure how that works. Maybe that's how Heavenly Father sees time? Wow I can't even imagine that haha
This week we have zone conference so that'll be exciting. They're training us on the new Easter video that's coming out. It'll be out on Friday and I can't wait for everyone to see it. It's called Because He Lives, and it's so cool. It's about all that Jesus Christ did for us and how we can do everything because of Him. Man can't wait for that!
So ya mission life has been pretty good. Nothing crazy besides us getting sick has happened. Oh ya! There is a Penn State wrestler in our branch who went to Nationals on Saturday. He got 1st place!!!! He's the first RM to have ever won nationals so that's super exciting! Everyone was really happy for him and it was cool to see the branch cheering him on.
Hopefully things are going well with everyone! Send me letters and emails. I love to hear what life has been life for you since I've been gone.
Love you all!!!!
Sister Kayla Johnson
Through all that, though, we've been trying to make the best of what we've got. We have an investigator on date for baptism. His name is Yuchen. He is from China and is a student here at Penn State. I have never seen so many Asian people in one area before Lol! About half the people we teach and that are in our branch are Asian. It's hard cause there's usually a slight language barrier, but I love it and we're learning lots from teaching them! So ya Yuchen hopefully will be baptized May 2nd. We told him to pray about that date and see what he thinks! Pray from him!
It's weird to be back in a college town. I love it though and this area feels like home. I think it was a good place to start out the mission. This week on Wednesday will be my one month mark. That's crazy! Time on the mission is so weird. It feels like I've been out here for years, but at the same time I feel like my family just dropped me off at the MTC yesterday. I'm not really sure how that works. Maybe that's how Heavenly Father sees time? Wow I can't even imagine that haha
This week we have zone conference so that'll be exciting. They're training us on the new Easter video that's coming out. It'll be out on Friday and I can't wait for everyone to see it. It's called Because He Lives, and it's so cool. It's about all that Jesus Christ did for us and how we can do everything because of Him. Man can't wait for that!
So ya mission life has been pretty good. Nothing crazy besides us getting sick has happened. Oh ya! There is a Penn State wrestler in our branch who went to Nationals on Saturday. He got 1st place!!!! He's the first RM to have ever won nationals so that's super exciting! Everyone was really happy for him and it was cool to see the branch cheering him on.
Hopefully things are going well with everyone! Send me letters and emails. I love to hear what life has been life for you since I've been gone.
Love you all!!!!
Sister Kayla Johnson
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