Hey it's that time of the week again 皆さん!
Let me fill you in on everything.
So this week was kind of slow until the
weekend but I'll tell you what
happened. We taught and contacted. We've
been trying to extend more
baptismal commitments recently, and it's
actually really helped us
gauge where our investigators are and
what they need help with. We met
with out investigator Nao on Wednesday.
We talked a bit about he Book
of Mormon and why it's important to
receive answers. We extended the
invitation and he didn't say no. He said
he needs to know if this
church is true or not before he says
yes. So now we're trying to help
him on the path to do that.
Another pretty amazing thing happened.
We extended another baptismal
commitment this week. We've been
teaching a father and his children
for the past like 3 weeks. The father is
interested in us and wants to
feel the spirit more, because through
its influence, he quit alcohol
and smoking, and wants to strengthen his
family and wants his kids to
have the spirit. We teach his two oldest
English after Eikaiwa and
teach him after we teach his children.
This last Saturday, we were
teaching the Gospel of Christ with an
emphasis on baptism and the gift
of the Holy Ghost. After testifying
strongly, and knowing he felt the
spirit, we extended the invitation to be
baptized. Before we even
finished our sentence he said yes. The
Lord has been preparing him and
I'm super excited because this is my
first time getting a yes to
baptism. We now have two investigators
lined up to be baptized (which
is amazing in Japan). We've been working
so hard lately and the Lord
came through as always.
To make things better, we had a baptism
in the ward yesterday! The
sisters investigator Namatame was
baptized! It was awesome because
Elder Yoshino and I worked with the
sisters to make sure everything
was as needed to be. But, things get
better. Koda (the father of the
family I was talking about) came to the
baptism. We were so blessed in
the final days of this week. Missionary
work is hard but just seeing
one person make those necessary changes
and steps to eternal life
makes it worth it. I'll attach a picture
of us at the baptism! Thanks
for tuning in this week!
モア長老
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