We
were able to start teaching a family of 4. It was a referral
from the branch President here in Ichinoseki. They are really cool but I
think they will have to have a serious change of heart and feeling
the spirit to change. They are very active in their current religion but
are open to understanding more about Christianity. We are able to meet
with them every Thursday.
Another investigator M- is doing good. We are working with him on
praying. He will read the book of Mormon but that is about it. So we
have planned to teach him a lesson on faith today and use the story of
when Alma explains to the Zoramites what faith is and compares it to a
seed. We are also going to share with him a talk that was given by
President Uchtdorf called " Gods Harvest." It is a very good talk - very
short and to the point.
The lady that walked
into the church the other day that we passed to the mowers is doing very
well. During the second lesson with her she asked the Mowers how she
can pray and if her sins can really be forgiven. So that was really
cool. We are letting the Mowers teach her as of right now. But will join
and help in the teaching process when needed.
The lady you saw in the
picture is a Less Active that we have been trying to reactivate. She
took us to a place called chumonjin or something like that. It is the
World Heritage. It was a really old Golden temple that had been
preserved for a very long time. Unfortunately, you cannot take pictures
of it. But it was way cool. It was a lot of Gold and a family was
buried underneath it and they have their clothing and everything
still. So that was really neat to go see and do. And yes I went and hit
the gong. I couldn't pass the opportunity up :)
This
week we met a less active family who have been less active for
about 10 years now. We met with the wife and she was really nice to
us, and I started talking to her and about her family. She told me she
had a younger son and I heard someone playing the piano inside her house
and I asked if that was her son playing and she said yes. I don't
know why, but I asked her if we could meet him and say hello. She said I will
go and see if he will come down. So she came back down with him and he
was way excited to talk to us. He had never talked to an American before
so we had a good conversation. He just barely started High school and is
having a hard time deciding how to fit in. After we left him with
our Missionary business card. We got a text from his dad at like 11 pm
that night saying that we probably shouldn't visit his home because his
neighbor and father in law who live with them hate religion and get mad when missionaries come. So I was a little sad to get that
message but then he called me the next morning and was super nice and
was so happy that my companion and I came and visited. He told us that
he is a returned missionary and that he wants to help us out and meet
with us but his wife doesn't really want to go back to church and with
his father inlaw hating religion, it is hard for them. He told us that
he talked with his son and he hasn't seen his son that
happy in a while, and he really wants us to teach him the gospel but it
would have to be done in secret..... It was a really cool phone call
but I am stuck because I don't want to cause any trouble in that family.
But I think we are going to meet with the father to talk more about
teaching his son... (His son is not a member)
So that is kind of what is going on to here in Ichinoseki!
This
week we were able to watch some of General Conference which was good I
still have not seen it all because of timing issues but I have really
enjoyed some of the talks I feel like they have been putting a huge
focus and emphasis on families and focusing on things that matter most.
Well I love you all and hope you have a fantastic week!
Elder Nebeker
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