Hello again everybody! Hopefully these
aren't just going into your
spam box because I've got some good
stories this week. I'll start with
my investigators.
We've got two we're really focusing on.
One is absolutely amazing, and
the other is stubborn as a mule. I'll
start with good news first. We
met Andy a few days ago and Elder
Masterson and Elder Abercrombie were
on splits on the day we were supposed to
teach him. However, I finally
got to meet him this week. He's sixteen,
and wants to know about the
truth. Well we got it for you buddy. We
went through the restoration
and told him how he can know truth. I
think he really likes the
concept of prayer, because when we told
him he could learn the truth
of all things through prayer, his next
answer was "how do I pray?"
He's super awesome and really smart.
Easily one of the nicest people
I've taught so far.
Our next investigator is Tomoki, and
he's quite the adventure. He's a
referral from one of the families in the
ward, and this means we get
told what to do a lot, which I don't
particularly like. Tomoki said he
thinks our message is nice, and if it's
true he'll believe, but won't
take any necessary steps to learning if
it's true. He believes in the
Shinto belief about God, which means he
believes in several hundred
gods. We told him that the only way to
find out this message is true
is to ask, but he's a stubborn guy, and
won't bother to do it. We may
end up just dropping him this week once
we finish teaching him
doctrine, because it would be useless to
teach commandments if he has
no intention of following them.
Other than that, our life is normal. We
had interviews this week with
the Naganos. Oh and the sisters
investigator was baptized. We have
effectively increased our baptism
statistic in Urayasu by 400% in the
past 2-3 months. We set the standard for
this mission as well so far.
By the looks of things, we'll be getting
another few baptisms next
month as well.
Now here's the interest part of this
email. I fixed my nose a few days
ago. It's always been a little crooked
because an injury from
wrestling, but I got it knocked back
straight during basketball. I
failed to catch a pass (with my hands)
from across the court, and just
took it to the nose. It bled for a few
hours and hurt like the dickens
for the next two days but the doctor
said it was broken, or I just
re-aligned it. Anyways, thank you for
the free plastic surgery! I had
to send in pictures to the doctor, hence
the name of the email.
Well that's it for all of you. Thank you
for tuning in!
Picture 1- Tsukushi, Elder Wilkes,
Shohei, and I after Eikaiwa
Picture 2- Kei Nara's baptism
Picture 3- an old friend showed up to
church. I met McKay a few years
ago at SMYC and he apparently lives here
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