Attending Miss Idaho USA 2018 Pageant

Hello my sisters and brothers in Christ!

I pray you and yours are doing well. I am doing awesome, to God be the glory. I attended the Miss Idaho USA 2018 pageant earlier today at Boise State University. The teens and miss contestants did a phenomenal job - they were truly confidently beautiful on that stage. Congratulations to the newly crowned teen and miss queens. Tea Draganovic, you're going to Miss USA!

Pretty in Pink

Miss Idaho USA 2018 Tea Draganovic

Miss Montana USA 2018 Dani Walker

Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.

Isaiah 43:4

God bless you.

Jesus loves you.

Restored woman living for God's Glory,

Ruby B. Johnson.

Have you given your heart to God? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior? If you die today, will you make it to Heaven? If no or you are unsure, do not waste any more time and receive salvation now.

Summer 2017 - Trip to Nigeria

Hello my sisters and brothers in Christ!

I pray you and yours are doing well. I have been blessed, thanks to my awesome Father in Heaven. Last month, I was in Nigeria for a couple weeks for my dad's 50th birthday as well as spend time with family, eat good food, and rest. I was wonderful mini family reunion and also getting to see a couple folks I went to primary school with in Nigeria. Here are some photo highlights of my trip.

50 Faithful Years
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DADDY!

Papa Bear

Post-run photo with little sissies

Hanging out in the streets of Lagos
Okada Man Photobomb

Princess Leia buns type of day

Cousin Love

Shopping Like a Proper Lagosian at Balogun Market

Wedding with Primary School Bestfriend

Reverend Toyin Kehinde

Reverend Mrs. Shade Toyin-Kehinde

My favorite girl

Restored Woman Living for God's Glory

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 

1 Corinthians 13:13

God bless you.

Jesus loves you.

Restored woman living for God's Glory,

Ruby B. Johnson.

Have you given your heart to God? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior? If you die today, will you make it to Heaven? If no or you are unsure, do not waste any more time and receive salvation now.

My 1-Year ElkoVersary

Hello my sisters and brothers in Christ!

I pray you and yours are doing well. I am doing awesome, to God be the glory. A year ago on this day, I got in a plane from Maryland and moved to a small town in northeast Nevada called Elko, after accepting a job position. With God's grace, I have had an amazing year in my career and growing as a mining engineer and God has blessed me with amazing people in this town and beyond - through friendships, work, church, and community. During this year, I started gardening, became a wildland firefighter and resource advisor, ran my first relay, went ice fishing, serving as a leader in my church's kids and teens ministries as well as worship ministry, volunteered and attended Elko's Cowboy Poetry Gathering as well as the Annual Mine Expo, attended the Ruby Mountain Balloon festival, basque festival, and Elko County Fair. I have learned that there's more to Nevada than Las Vegas, and of course hike my namesake mountain range - Ruby Mountains - and so much more! Elko has been so good to me and I am happy to call it home.

My coworker, supervisor, and mentor

Attending Horizon Hospice's 11th Annual "Community Souper Bowl" in April. This annual fundraiser features endless servings of donated soups served, along with artist-created bowls. I believe I had about 15 different types of soups and they were delicious! Horizon Hospice is a non-profit, all-volunteer hospice providing a team of specially trained volunteers on call 24-hours a day. Horizon Hospice can provide pain medications, equipment and supplies, instructions in caregiving to help loved ones care for the patient, respite services, comfort care therapies such as music, art and essential oils, and bereavement support for surviving family members. The organization also operates Horizon Center, offering peer grief support groups for children, teens and adults. Hearing the story of folks that have been blessed with their services as well as the work the people of the Hospice does. It makes me so proud to be part of the community in this little ol' town of Elko which I call home.

Being prayed over by my coverings at the church God has planted me in in Elko. I am blessed to be part of Living Stones. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. Ephesians‬ ‭4:11-16‬

Sometime in May I got to speak to some Cub Scouts at the Spring Creek Fire Station for their den meeting. Each week, the group has someone present on a certain career and the boys do a project on the career or speciality, part of their Webelos handbook. My co-worker, who's a firefighter, asked me to come and talk about what an engineer does as well as what exactly is a mining engineer. Being that Elko is a mining town, these kids know what mining is and have family members and/or neighbors working in the mines. My goal was to take them into the life of a mining engineer as well as the stages of mining and it's relevance in everyday life. The boys (and their dads/grandpa) had so many great questions and were really engaged throughout the presentation, which made it all the way enjoyable for me! It was pretty cool to have one of the sisters of a Cub Scout join us, little Miss Bella, and she was so into it too like the boys! I'm all about getting them when they're young, so hopefully I may have convinced a 9/10-year-old to become a mining engineer when he grows up as well as show Bella that girls can be engineers too and get to play with explosives!

LS Kids - Purple Room

July 4th at the Spring Creek Parade

Hiking Talbott Trail at the Ruby Mountains

Picking out weeds in my garden

Elko County Fair

Community Group - LS Teens High School Girls

Nevada Mining Association 2017 Convention in South Lake Tahoe

For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. 

2 Corinthians 1:20-22

God bless you.

Jesus loves you.

Restored woman living for God's Glory,

Ruby B. Johnson.

Have you given your heart to God? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior? If you die today, will you make it to Heaven? If no or you are unsure, do not waste any more time and receive salvation now.

Ruby Mountain Relay 2017

Hello my sisters and brothers in Christ!

I pray you and yours are doing well. I am doing well, thanks be to God. On August 4-5, I participated in the Ruby Mountain Relay. I had such a good time running with my team - Run, Forest, Run. Best team I could've ever asked for, especially this being my first Relay ever! Being that our team split into 2 vans, leap-frogging each other, and I had to be in a van with 5 other people for 30 hours straight, a lot of bonding was done. Everyone was so encouraging to each other and I had a blast! Not many folks get to take part in a relay that they share a name with and it gets to be my first, and it's even better when you're surrounded by an amazing folks! Team RFR, thanks for the laughs, giving me water during half way points while I ran my 3 legs, and cheering for me when I took on some crazy uphill! My team was jealous that I could fall asleep so easily in the van and on the grasses during our rest times - but someone had to sleep for us. Haha. I had a great time, and I do see more relays in my future.

If there was an award such as "first to fall asleep in weird places" given at the end of the Ruby Mountain Relay, I'd have easily won it for my team that weekend. Running miles in these Nevada uphills with 7000+ feet elevations wore me out that after every van exchange, I was ready to pass out and prepare for my next leg every 10 hours. All this running had me exhausted that sleeping on comfortable and uncomfortable grasses, as well as the van felt like my bed! A lek mi yay.

Running my first leg. Didn't enjoy this one at all due to the ridiculous uphills I battled in Spring Creek, but thank God it was my shortest leg to run with 3.1 miles.

My 2nd leg was my favorite leg and I totally sprinted because I ran it around 12:30am, so it was nice and cold with approximately 60 degrees and I didn't have to deal with the heat I did from my first leg. The only thing I had to be cautious about where the snakes on the Ruby Valley Road but my team only saw one snake during these 2nd set of legs. The only thing I had to be cautious about were the snakes on the Ruby Valley Road but my team only saw one snake during these 2nd set of legs. It was a dark run but fortunately we had a full moon and when needed, I turned on my safety lights and head lamp to watch out for the snakes or road conditions. The area where I did my exchange after my 4.8-mile run had cookies, hot chocolate, brownies, and so many yummy treats. Definitely treated myself to at least 3 cookies since I was done with my leg - my teammates that were up next were a little jealous of us that were done but had theirs after they completed their legs.

Although my 3rd leg was my longest leg with 5.4 miles, it wasn't so bad - well except the ridiculous steep uphill I had to run for a quarter mile to the end of my leg. However, I conquered the heat by using a neck cooler, my teammates feeding me water after every other mile, as well as one of the other teams kindly soaking me with water. The support of teammates and other teams was remarkable - sportsmanship was evident in this relay.

So thankful for my teammates always showing up with the van every other mile with cold water for me to hydrate while I ran my legs. We were always equipped to give each other water and/or mist each other during the runs, especially the 2 hot legs on Friday and Saturday.

When you conquered your first relay, even better when you share a name with it - Ruby Mountain Relay 2017 was intense but so amazing! And let's acknowledge how beautiful the Ruby Mountains in the background are! The heat was intense and the terrains were challenging but having gorgeous views of the Rubies as I ran the past couple days made it so much better!

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.

1 Corinthians 9:23

God bless you.

Jesus loves you.

Restored woman living for God's Glory,

Ruby B. Johnson.

Have you given your heart to God? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior? If you die today, will you make it to Heaven? If no or you are unsure, do not waste any more time and receive salvation now.

Summer 2017 - Vacation In Jamaica

Hello my sisters and brothers in Christ!

I pray you and yours are doing well. I have been out and about, hence the reason I have been doing a poor job at posting blogs frequently. I am thankful for God's favor and love in these past couple months. In July, I went on a vacation with my mom to Jamaica, my first time going to that beautiful island. We went to Montego Bay, and had a great time - making new friends, enjoying the Jamaican food, culture, and dancing to their music, as well as spending a lot of time in the water and doing some water activities. As I've always said in previous posts about my vacations, I'm a lady that loves to ball on a budget - I found and bought a great deal on Groupon for an all-inclusive resort for this Jamaican trip, which included the flight and lodging. So don't think you have to break bank to have a good time, folks. Below are some photo highlights of my vacation.

Sunsets in Montego Bay, Jamaica

With all the water activities I did on this trip, I'm thinking of adding "sailed and kayaked the Caribbean" to my resume. I had a blast on the small catamaran, kayaking, and paddle board.

So on my first night in Jamaica, there was a show put on for guests staying at the resort. The entertainers invited 5 people to come on stage and do a Bob Marley impersonation, yours truly won the contest and I got a shirt as my prize. During my impersonation I was going for the "whip your hair" effect and put my hair down under the Rasta cap they gave me while wearing a Marley robe, however the African dancer in me started doing other things which made the host say "I didn't know Bob Marley did dutty wine!" Since that night, everyone at the resort called me "Miss Bob Marley" or "little Bob Marley" throughout the week. I was totally fine with that!

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 

1 John 4:16

God bless you.

Jesus loves you.

Restored woman living for God's Glory,

Ruby B. Johnson.

Have you given your heart to God? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior? If you die today, will you make it to Heaven? If no or you are unsure, do not waste any more time and receive salvation now.