Oh and I am an awful son and a brother!
Kelsey, Dad, Happy Birthday! I literally can't remember anything about
home anymore. Sorry if my typing is horrible because I have to use a Japanese keyboard that is a little bit weird. So forgive me in advance.
This week I was able to participate in a blessing
that was pretty cool. I didn't understand exactly what the problems were
and why she needed the blessing but I know that during the blessing I
felt the spirit. It's an amazing feeling.
So we might have an investigator or two... maybe...
We're not sure yet but we have been visiting a lady and we gave her a Book
of Mormon and asked her to pray about it and she said she would. So I
have high hopes and faith. She is a very nice lady, the last time we
visited her she gave us a owl that she had sewn. It's really cute and she
told us she gave it to us because she likes to make people happy. And
well it worked, so we gave her a Book of Mormon and told her that this
book makes us happy and it can make her happy too. We had a pretty
interesting conversation with her. Her father had passed away when she
was only 7 years old but she said that she feels as though her father
has been guiding her throughout her life. We shared the love that
Heavenly Father has for us with her and told her that just as she feels
her father guide her so does Heavenly Father. So I will report to you
next week on how that goes!
The other person we contacted a while back and didn't
think too much of the contact, but she had heard of the church. When she
was in Junior high school her friend was baptized but that was the
extent of what she knew about the church. This was all during the first
contact. We decided to make a second contact and when we
were planning for her we just weren't getting anything. So my companion
let me have the opportunity of acting on my faith and knocking on the
door and leading the discussion. I said a prayer in my heart that all
would go well. Well certainly Heavenly Father is mindful of his
servants. I started to talk to her and found out that she teaches
English at a High school! So as I was struggling with Japanese she kindly
smiled and said, ``I can Speak English``. Wow what a relief that was.
So I was able to really tell her how I feel about the Gospel. As I was
talking to her I found out that she had attended a Christian High school
and college. It`s the first person I have met on the street or in a
house that actually has some belief in God. So I continued talking to
her and her thoughts about religion. She said it is hard because her
family is buddhist but she believes in God. But then she added she
thinks religion is just about love. So I talked to her about the Love of
Jesus Christ and the power of His Atonement. She was very nice, so I
gave her a Book of Mormon and asked her if she would read the
introduction page and pray to God to know whether or not it is true. We
set up an Appointment with her and I will let you know how that goes
next week.
Anyways, Recently we have had a lot of zone and
district meetings so I have been traveling a little bit around in Japan.
This past week I traveled to Aomori. Its a beautiful City right next to
the ocean so I got to see the ocean which was cool. Oh and also in
Aomori they have the biggest spiders I ever seen in my entire life they
are super cool! They are Neon yellow and about the size of my palm. They
make huge Spider webs and not like the little stringy spider webs we
see in Utah but like Spider man Spider webs but they have a brown web, not white. It's pretty cool. You should try to look it up.
So I cant believe Utah already has Snow That is
insane! I am actually still in short sleeve shirts right now, believe it
or not. It's not that cold here yet it just rains a lot.
I'm going to send some pictures. So I will end this emaill now.
But love you everyone make this week a fantastic one!
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