How Wonderful to Teach the Word of God

September 16, 2013

Wow. The time just keeps getting faster and faster! I can hardly believe it! 

Well. This week was pretty awesome. Lots of exciting stuff happening. 

Let`s start off with the wonderful M**** San. Wow! He really is so golden!! 

Last Monday we taught him and we felt like we just needed to focus on Joseph Smith`s experience and connect it to prayer. We weren`t really focusing on the restoration itself. Just that we can pray and receive answers. 

We watched the restoration movie with him and afterwards asked him if he had any questions. He said, `In the movie he was looking for the true church. But then God came and told him there wasn`t a true church. So...` Then he gave us a dubious look with the kind of, `who are you?` attitude. Not in a rude way. IT was a very legitimate question. He is way smart. Not a lot of investigators pick up on that while watching the movie. 

Long story short...We invited him to be baptized and he said yes! I am so happy! He really feels so solid! 

We also taught him on Saturday and Sunday and we are meeting with him tonight. He really just has such a desire to learn. And whenever we teach a concept we will explain it to him, and then he will explain it back to us and teach himself if there was something he didn`t understand very well. I`ve never taught someone like him. It`s definitely a challenge trying to keep up with all of his questions, but I like it! 

On Thursday we met the cutest old lady! She is 89! She is this little 4 foot something grandma who is actually a Christian. A rarity for Japan. She told us that she recently moved and hasn`t been able to go to church because she lived too far away but she said that she has been wanting to go to church. She says she knows she is going to die soon and she wants to go to heaven. So she really wants to go to church. Well the best part about all of this is that she just moved 1 block away from the church! She can come to church! 

On my mission I`ve really come to believe in a theory I like to call `Spiritual Hot Spots`. Almost all of my investigators I`ve ever had live close to either; the church, my apartment, or the members. Thinking back I actually think it is every single one. The Lord is preparing people to receive us. And I think that a huge part of that is actually by leading them to where they can occasionally interact with a member, or a place where we are going to be able to find them. 

Side note. But something interesting to think about. 

A lot of our other investigators have been setting up appointments with us and either not showing up or cancelling right before. So...that`s still been frustrating. But I am excited for this coming week. 

Well. I love you all so much! Best of luck this week! 

Love,
Dobson Shimai 

My Mom sent Brownie Mix with my Dad.  We made it up, so excited to have Brownies.  But then we realized, "Hey, we don't have an oven".  But no worries.  We just poured it over ice cream and MMMMmmmm

Brownie Mix...But No Oven

But we have ice cream!!!

MMmmmmmmm