I want to tell a little story to start this letter off
about the importance of not having fear in your heart. Fear is one the of the devil's most powerful
tools he can use against anyone in this world.
On Monday I was feeling good with the language. I was feeling I could communicate well with
my 求道者
（investigators)
with just about anything gospel related. With the exception that I had to look
up a word every now and then. So I was
feeling pretty good about myself. Then
my 先生（teacher) started to speak in straight Japanese about his
classes he was taking and he wanted a life again because school had started for
him. He was talking so fast and about
something I had completely no idea about.
I was just thinking if this is how NIhonjin (日本人, Japanese People) talk then I'm in for a rough ride. After that I was feeling like "How in the
world am i going to do this"? I was
trying to study Japanese as hard as I could and I felt as if I couldn't learn
anything if my life depended on it. Then
a sister in my district said, "Why don't you try to study something you want
to that isn't Japanese related for just a short while then continue with
Japanese".
I opened up to D&C 67: 1-3 the chapter heading read the Lord hears the
prayers of his elders. I then just
started to pray that my fears and inadequacies would be lifted and I could
continue to learn the Japanese without these feelings. I continued to read on and in verses 1-4 it says"
1 Behold and hearken, O ye elders of my church, who have
assembled yourselves together, whose prayers I have heard, and whose hearts I
know, and whose desires have come up before me.
3 Ye endeavored to believe that ye should receive the
blessing which was offered unto you; but behold, verily I say unto you there
were fears in your hearts, and verily this is the reason that ye did not
receive.
4 And now I, the Lord, give unto you a testimony of the
truth of these commandments which are lying before you.
After I read that I felt like I could get up and run
around because I was so happy. But I
didn't because of my foot. The rest of
the day was a good one, I no longer had the "dark cloud" over my head.
I just want to tell you that the Lord does hear your
prayers and he will answer them after trials of faith. Also nothing is impossible with God if you
have faith!
12 For if there be no faith among the children of men God
can do no miracle among them; wherefore, he showed not himself until after
their faith.
Then it goes on latter to say
13 Behold, it was the faith of Alma and Amulek that
caused the prison to tumble to the earth.
16 Yea, and even all they who wrought miracles wrought
them by faith, even those who were before Christ and also those who were after.
Really just long story, but continue in faith. The Lord
has a plan for all of us. When we left
His presence in heaven, He showed us the path and said I'll see you at the end
of the road but He didn't leave us alone. He gave us the Holy Ghost to guide us
down the path and we need to have faith thru our trials that we will be guided
and make it to the end of the path.
CONTINUE IN FAITH, all will be well with the world. Also, Thank you both, the Dahl's and Halverson's
for all the food!
さようなら ー ハルバソン 長老
- goes back to the doctor on September 30th and is hoping to be able to put weight on his foot.
"the
foot feels great, I don't feel much pain at all. I'm so incredibly anxious
for the 30th when I can get it off and walk around maybe. The 5th metatarsal at the top is broken."
- had been attending choir practice, but stopped because there was no room for his legs, boot and scooter. "Yea
choir is hard to go to because of the foot and also the uncomfortable seats and
no leg room. Every
so often I do go choir."
- took the picture at the temple. "I
did take that photo, probably the best photo I've taken in my whole life!" haha
- Syd's hair color. "What why??????"
- cleaning out his room. "It depends on what stuff it is haha. Can't throw
it all way until I say so!"
