Miracles that Bite

So this week I really don't have time to email but I WILL do my best to try and tell you what happened. This week was full of crazy things. The internet has been down in Aizu all day so I just barely got to use it.

 

This week we were in a lesson with a member at the church and we had been talking for about 25 minutes when our investigator walked in unexpectedly and asked if we could talk. She sat down and we started talking when she stopped us and said "I have a lot of things in life that I wish I could get rid of " I want to get rid of them. I want a remission of sins." We were way shocked, she said that she comes to church because she feels that her life needed it, that she was guided here to become a better person. So we talked to her about Christ and how He can help her and talked about baptism with her again. She wants to recieve baptism but is worried about her family relationships and thinks that her family and her husband's family won't be accepting of her decision to become a member. She thinks that our commandments make a lot of sense. She took the Word of Wisdom and applied it to her child.  She said If I don't want my child drinking beer, smoking, and doing bad things in order to protect her, I understand why God desires the same things for us. It was way good. So we want to strengthen her faith in Christ so she can make the decision.

 

But this week we had to cancel something that we had planned with her and her husband. So she was kind of mad but there was nothing we could do about it. She is a little upset and it will take some time before she will cool down. So that was kind of bummer because she was so close to making the decision but now it is going to be some more time I think.

 

SO that was a Miracle that bites.

 

We also this week had a friend Tom come to Church who is the Japanese Painter man. I asked him if he would listen to our message. He said yes, but then when we went to his place to go and teach him we came to find out that he was baptized into our church when he was 19 but he was never taught anything about the church. SO we thought we had a new investigator but no, just a man who had no idea that he had taken on covenants with God. But we are teaching him and He loves the Gospel he says he feels the spirit strongly when we talk to him. He is a great man.

 

That was another Miracle that Bites.

 

But I loved this week so much! We talked to a lot of people and handed out quite a few Books of Mormon. The people are slowly starting to open up to our message.

 

Sorry really short email but that is basically what happend this week.

 

It was a lot of fun and hard work.

 

Love you all.

 

Elder Nebeker