October
28, 2013
HELLO!!
This week was a
relatively good week.
We got to meet with
A**** Chan (the cute college student we met last week) a few times this
week.
She is just so
sweet!!
We really are so
blessed as missionaries!! We get to hear these people`s first prayers to their
Heavenly Father. It really is such a neat experience.
When we were teaching
her prayer, at the end of the lesson we all kneeled down and prayed. As she
prayed the Spirit definitely filled the room.
Afterwards we all sat
their quietly for a minute. She then said, `I feel so good. I know that God is
there. I know that God loves me.`
Japanese people really
don`t say that a lot. It was so cool hearing it come from this beautiful 19
year old`s mouth. He really is there. And He really does love her. And all of
us.
She came to church and
we got to teach her a little bit afterwards. She said that she loved church and
wants to keep meeting with us! We love A**** Chan!!!
We also got to meet
with Y**** Kyodai. We decided to introduce him to Heavenly Father, Jesus
Christ, and the Holy Ghost. We drew up a diagram on the whiteboard and just
started talking about Heavenly Father. We intended on getting through all 3
personages, but after taking an hour just on Heavenly Father we decided to end
it there.
This poor man is
really so lonely. He just needs to be loved, but he has a hard time believing
that God can love him.
I just want to help
him understand, so badly! But If he isn`t willing to open his heart,
there isn`t much us or
the Spirit can do.
We`ll just keep
praying that he will open his heart.
We did meet this
really great guy! We found him in the area book and called him and asked if he
would like to meet the missionaries again. He agreed and we set up an
appointment.
He is a 22 year old
college student and when I first saw him I was so surprised how much light he
had. Definitely more light than
any other investigator I`ve had, and even a lot of the members here.
We sat down and
started talking with him and he just talked about how interested he is in
church. He said he was even baptized Christian a couple years ago when he went
on a study abroad. His biggest question right now is which church is right, or
if they are all ok as long as you believe in Christ.
We told him we would
teach him that next time. He also said that his mom would be interested in
meeting the missionaries as well.
We got so
excited!!!
Unfortunately he
doesn`t live in our area. He lives in the one next to ours. When we told him
there was a church closer to his house he said that he would prefer to go to
that one because he would be able to go more.
Although of course I
would love to teach him, I know that the Elders next door will take good care
of him. And it`s not a competition of who has the most investigators. We are
all on the same team helping our brothers and sisters come unto Christ.
The rest of our
investigators either got sick or had work so they couldn`t meet with us. That
was a downer.
This week is Halloween!
Yay! Any fun plans?
We actually have
interviews. All the sisters in my apartment are thinking about dressing up. I
won`t tell you what we are going to be. You`ll get to see next week. :)
Well I love you all so
much!!
Love,
Dobson Shimai
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