September has officially began which means so has my last
month as a fulltime missionary. People have told me that it is my session of
lasts now but me and Soeur Nielson continue to do a lot of things for the first
time. So instead of feeling like an old missionary who has done everything, I
feel like a bleu who is learning soo much all of the time!
On Monday we wanted to buy some new plastic baggies for like
sandwiches and were sooo proud when we found a cool color of blue. But when we
got home we were pretty disappointed.... THEY
ARE TO MAKE ICE CUBES!!! So we still can’t take any sandwiches on the go or
give any cute bags of cookies to people but we can make a lot of ice! It wasn’t
our most intelligent moment but it was our first time buying ice cubes bags and
hopefully our last!
Exchanges are crazy and hectic and this was my final one! I
am relieved and sad at the same time! I was back in Nancy with Soeur Berge. We
are fb friends so feel free to stalk her! We had a lot of fun and it was a nice
final exchange! Remember my FIRST exchange
when I got left in a Paris metro my first week as a missionary? Yeah I have
come a LOOOONG way since then!
On Wednesday I hit my 17th month mark as a missionary and we
celebrated it by doing our daily 6am run. The whole photo a day thing sure
makes it a bit easier to know what I have done with my life! I have learned
sooo much in the past 17 months and know that I have soo much more to learn in
these next 3 weeks!
PARIS, PARIS, PARIS!
I love that place and it really has a special place in my heart! Waking up at
445 for our train wasn’t the best part but seeing a lot of my friends made it
worth it! I gave my dying testimony and may have destroyed the Spirit that was
there by telling lame jokes but oh well! It was crazy because I was just in
front of like 50 people, mostly all young missionaries, and supposed to give
some advice or share what I have learned on my mission but all I could think
about was that this is all I want to do! Share what I love with others and stay
the happiest! We of course made a trip to HEMA
and I bought way too many stickers and pens and cute things that I won’t be
using but oh well! Also a lot of people here think that we are nuns. Probably
because our name says soeur but I ALWAYS
tell everyone that we are not them... well coming back to Paris we saw a
companionship of nuns and so of course I asked for a photo! They knew exactly
who were were and they said they would pray for us. Too nice!
Friday the Paris and the Lyon mission combined its efforts
in a day of finding. We prayed every 30 minutes and we saw a lot of cool
things! Soeur Nielsen and I learned a lot of following inspiration and also in
trusting each other’s inspiration! We got some cool peoples numbers and were
able to teach a lot! We had to take a break in finding to make journals for the
seminary students but that was not a problem because I found a lot of cool
photos in the liahona including one of someone in my old ward! SMALL WORLD!
Saturday we spent the evening learning about family history
and finding pretty flowers with the Benoit girls. Also a lot of good contacting
going on. I am probably going to have to start wearing sunscreen because you
all know how much the sun loves to turn me red...
Sunday we surprised Slauco with his own missionary badge! He
was soooo cute and kept saying that he didn’t think it was possible and he was
just sooo happy! We explained that he isn’t a full time missionary but that his
plaque is a reminder! He will make a good missionary in the future!
MY BIRTHDAY IS ON
FRIDAY!!!! I will be 22 and am sooo excited! I have already received a
couple of gifts and am excited to celebrate it with people that I love here!
I love and miss you all! My kind mom has reminded me that I
only have 24 days left but not sure how right that is because I am still having
too much fun here!
Thank you so much for your love and your support!!
Love
Soeur Emily Johns
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