Recently in Japan it
has been very cold! We have had so much wind and rain! It actually hasn't felt
that humid in the winter here so I haven't had to do too much adjusting.
This last week we have been focusing on Eikaiwa so we have been handing a
ton of flyers out! Our district in one day handed out 2000 flyers to
try to get people to come to Eikaiwa, and we got 3 new students! Which
is actually a miracle. The crazy part is one of the girls who
came to Eikaiwa name is Zion..... interesting huh? Our hope as a
district is to get a substantial amount of people to come to Eikaiwa
during the winter and find people to teach the gospel through Eikaiwa.
Our district leader said that's how he has found all the people he has baptized so we have high hopes for it.
This
last week we had the Primary program and because there are only 3 kids
in the branch the missionaries got to participate! It was fun to be back
on the stage with the kids. I got to bare my testimony, but I totally
forgot all my Japanese. It was so embarrassing! But, it's all good because I
got to redeem myself later on teaching Sunday school and Priesthood.
So just to update you on something fun, I am
currently learning how to play the Piano from Pattysan so that we can
play a duet together at the Christmas Party. I will try to get it on
film when we play I think you will enjoy it.
And yes I do use Sign language very often. Sometimes
for fun, my companion and I will do companion study in sign language
(shuwa). We really want to get our sign language strong because we
believe that if we could get good enough we could ask for referrals
from a lot of the church members and its a great way to gain the trust
of the church members.
Last time I wasn't able to give you a lot of detail
that happened when we visited the church member who is deaf, so this
time I will try to go in more depth.
So me and
my old district leader were on a split and his Shuwa is pretty decent so
we felt that we should go visit a deaf member that day. We were just
planning on it being a way to build a better relationship with the
church members. But when we visited her she looked at us and began to
cry and said, ``I'm sorry I missed Church last week! I didn't feel like I
wanted to go, I'm sorry``. We were stunned! I wasn't sure at first why she
was crying so we asked her if she was okay and that we weren't there just
to tell her to come to church. She explained to us that she has had a
headache for the past 9 years and that every time she reads the book of
Mormon that pain worsens and she feels like a bad person and her heart
aches. She looked at us and asked us to please help her. She said that
there are just so many Commandments and she doesn't know how to keep them
all. I looked at her and I felt so much love for her. We explained why
Jesus Christ's Atonement was given to us, because God knows we can't be
perfect in this life, and that when we go to church and partake of the
sacrament we can be forgiven and feel peace in our lives. I then shared a
scripture in DC which I will probably have to write next time because I
don't have a whole lot of time. But she said she is grateful for
missionaries and our help and we saw her at Church the next Sunday.
Anyways, I'm still praying to find that one person
who will listen to the Gospel and feel of the Love of our Savior and
Heavenly Father.
Shinkou ga motte imasu!
I have Faith!
Elder Nebeker
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