Hello every one how are you all doing?? This week has been another day in the
life! Miyako is just like Utah in the
fact that it is really humid and hot one minute then absolutely pouring buckets
of rain the next.
I want to start by talking about Kimura San. So we found him a while back and haven't been
able to meet with him since then. BUT we
saw with him twice this last week! First
he has questions about the Book of Mormon.
We tell him the story of the BOM by using the pictures in the front
cover and shared with him the last two paragraphs of the introductions.
Basically explaining its purpose. Second
time he sits us down and we start talking and he starts to say that he doesn't
need the book. We keep testifying of the
importance and why it's essential.
Nothing seems like it is working!
Come to find out he wants like a guideline to the book like a flow chart
type paper! Like if you get in trouble
or you need to repent, do this. We
give him what is in the PMG that outlines those questions but still he doesn't
budge. After a while my comp speaks up
and says "Well, have you read it?"
He says "No I haven't!"
Then goes my comp says "Well if you haven't read it, why do you
think you don't need it?" He pauses
it over and I have the thought that we need to give him a tour of the
church. We walk from McDonald's over to
the church which is really close and my favorite member is there. He show him
around our small but humble meeting house.
Iwama 兄弟
helps us out in teaching starting with the great apostasy to the
restoration! It was a great hour spent
and a great testimony builder.
If you don't know for yourself, read the scriptures and
ask God. It's that simple! Just try!
Yesterday a past missionary serving in Miyako came back
to visit. When he was serving here, he
taught this investigator who after receiving the lessons, quitting the lessons
and finally came back and was baptized.
She is now a fantastic member. An angel actually! But this missionary that found her is named
Elder Nepia. And the members name is
Junko Shimai. When Elder Nepia was here,
he found Junko at the beginning of his mission and she was baptized at the end
of his mission! He gave her a copy
(triple combination actually) with a note with his testimony written inside of
it. She spoke at church yesterday and
read the Elder's testimony! During her
talk he started crying and when he talked she started to cry. It was amazing to see the bond that they have
for each other! She is so very grateful
for him and his sacrifice to serve the Lord and while he did serve he brought
only one person to baptism and how grateful she is that Elder Nepia brought her
the gospel. That bond and friendship
will last an eternity. From the outside,
seeing this, it made me want to have this experience but also made me realize
of how much Heavenly Father loves all of us.
He places people in our path to help us.
I testify that this is the true gospel and it brings happiness!
Well that was the week!
And again is week we got wrapped into another assignment by an eikaiwa
student. When we were asking how
everyone's week was he took his opportunity and ran with it. Talked for 30 minutes of our hour long
eikaiwa class. "Again I thank you
for this opportunity to talk about my week.
Today I want to talk about blah blah blah" .... 30 minutes later!
Always a strange experiences in the eikaiwa class and I love it.
Elder Halverson
ハルバソン長老~日本仙台伝道部
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