Hello family! it has been such a fast week and I feel like I just
barely talked to you on Christmas! can't believe it's almost been 6 months
since then! Me and my companion, (Elder Bailey) are trying to work
something out so that we can skype and it will probably be on Monday. We have to go to Koriyama this Sunday so it will be on Mothers Day in America! Works out just perfect!
We will probably do it at a members house, the Saito`s, so you might get contact from them (maybe). But I'm thinking that our 9:00 am
should work fine it just depends on when Elder Baileys parents call
too. So I gave them your email so that you can stay in contact with
them. They will probably email you I imagine.
So this week was a very cool week,
This week we haven't been able to use the church, because they are
making an addition which includes an elavator so the old and wise folks
can get to the sacrament room. So we found a park instead and have been
teaching there at the park. I really enjoyed it and will be sad not
to teach there as much. There were frogs in the pond though that were
really loud which I won't miss. We mostly taught Tatsuya there because we
are preparing him to receive the priesthood. He understands the Gospel
really well and was definitely prepared by God to hear the message. He
and my companion are teaching me how to play a little bit of guitar so
that will be fun if I ever get good at it.
During one of our lessons with Tatsuya we were teaching about
eternal marriage. He is a person who doesn't have too many questions,
but during this lesson he looks at us and asks, "I understand that this
is important but how do I find my future wife?" We were stuck... Didn't
know how to answer that one. So I told him I have four older sisters and
if there is one thing I learned is that by being a gentleman and trying
to become like Christ will probably help you find your wife.
Unfortunately I couldn't promise him he would find his wife.....
This week we also got to meet with my favorite man Tom. We
talked about the atonement with him and he had a a cool question about
whether Jesus Christ had suffered for our sins collectively or
individually. It was really fun to talk to him about that then he
told us that he wants us to meet with his wife and friends and talk
about our message. (SCORE!) SO we set a next appointment with him to
meet them on Saturday.
So on Saturday, we showed up at Toms art studio and walked upstairs
to his room. His wife was there and unfortunately we couldn't meet with
his friends. So we got to teach him and his wife, which I think was
probably better. My companion brought his guitar to play some
songs and we could sing along so we played hotel of california and Tom
sang his heart out not knowing a single lyric except for "sweet Hotel of
California" It was awesome. I laughed pretty good, and his wife took
videos. Then after that and eating a small meal with them, we asked if it
would be alright to share a message. They said yes, and so we told
them that we always like to start out with a prayer. We prayed, and
right after the prayer we looked up and his wife was in tears. She really
enjoyed the fact that we pray. So we talked about our message and taught
her the plan of salvation and parts of the restoration and she had so
many sincere questions. I felt so much joy being with them that day and
being able to talk to them about our message. The funny part is when we
are talking about how God loves Yoko san( Toms wife) and she is crying
and Tom stands up and lights a cigar and says, " I just think it is a
good opportunity for my wife to learn about Christ." I thought it was
pretty funny. But she was so awesome. She cried again during the closing
prayer with us. She and Tom said that they would come to church the
next day.
So they came to church and I was way happy but sacrament meeting
was a little bit hard for Yoko san to understand because she doesnt come
from a Christian background or know essentially anything. But they
stayed after for Gospel Doctrine class which was awesome because the
topic just happened to land on prayer that day. As we were talking
about prayer and why it is important she cried and the teacher stopped and
asked, "Are you okay?" She said yes, and in a soft voice asked
"Can you really change and be a better person through prayer?" We all
went around the room and confirmed to her that she can and we all got
to bear testimony on prayer to her. It was so awesome.
She lives in Shirakawa though which is 70Km away and currently no
missionaries are there. We only get to see her 2 times a month at
most because of her job. She had the same heart surgery as mom did too. She was born with
similar things as mom, so I felt like there was a little connection
there.
Oh there was so much to say this week I just don't have too much
time on the computer today, but there was a lot of fun things that we
did at service and other things.
I love you all and I will talk to you next week!
Love,
Elder Nebeker
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