still way awesome! We had Zone P-Day last Monday and we went bowling.
After that we had 2 crazy miracles.
#1 - Jonivar had been gone for work for a month but had just come back
that day and we were able to meet him! He's doing really well and
wants to get baptized.
#2 - We got ahold of a referral from Sister Domino named Yi. She's a
Chinese lady who's super duper nice and ready to hear he gospel. We
even set a baptismal date with her that night!
We had Splits with the Zone Leaders and it was pretty cool. I
personally prefer my own area and don't think there's another in the
world that can top mine but theirs was ok. I learned a lot from them
and had a good time.
On Thursday we were going to Skype Yi again but Sanae-san wanted
to meet too. We asked her if she'd like to join us and talk to Yi and
she said yes. So our progressing investigator Sanae-san helped us
teach our new investigator Yi. It went really well and we taught her
some of the Restoration and how to pray. After we got done teaching
her Jonivar called and since Sanae-san was already there she helped
teach him too. We taught him why there are so many churches and how
we can know at this one is right. When I asked Jonivar if we could
pray about it together he thought it was a good idea. As soon as I
started to pray though, the connection cut out. The connection was
completely fine before then. I called again and it was fine so I
started to pray again. The connection cut again. This process
happened 5 times in a row exactly the same. It would be fine and then
as soon as I started praying it would cut out. Satan. He sure was
trying to stop me. I said a prayer that the connection would work and
the next time it did. Ha! Take that Satan! Jonivar felt he spirit
and knew what we had taught him was true.
One of our Less Active members has become active again because we
kept telling him we love him and invited him to church with us. He
participates in all of the lessons and really is changing. He even
came and watched General Conference with us! Most of the missionaries
had completely given up on him but if we withhold judgement and really
treat people the way God would, they often become what you expect of
them. I think he will be a great member and even be able to bring
others into the church.
Can I just say, THIS CONFERENCE WAS SO GOOD! I absolutely loved
it! If you haven't watched it, go home and watch it. If you don't
have time to watch all of it, watch it one talk at a time. I promise
it'll be worth it.
Our Branch President and his wife are amazing. This Sunday
Higashi Shimai brought food and made lunch for us. It was taco rice
so I was way happy. They also helped us teach Yi today. We took a 2
hour bus ride down to Kamogawa and visited Yi at her apartment. The
Higashis helped us teach her and they are perfect missionaries. They
made friends with her right away, found out her religious background
and built on similarities, found out what she wants most in life and
taught how the gospel helps us achieve our desires, taught her really
simply and made sure she understood by asking good questions, and even
brought a present! I was so surprised, they were absolutely
perfect!!! We gave Yi a Chinese BOM and she said she'll read it and
pray every night. She's such a perfect investigator!
On a less important note, we also went to the Kamogawa Sea Workd
since we were already there. We got there just in time to see all the
shows. There was a beluga whale show, a dolphin show, a sea lion
show, and even a killer whale show. Hey we're all awesome, especially
the killer whale show. I didn't actually see the killer whale show
very well but I know it was awesome by the way all the people in front
of me were "ooh"ing and "ahh"ing. It was really fun and made me want
to look into getting a job at Sea World where I can ride a whale. If
I could just do a ton of different jobs just for fun... well I guess
that's what Heaven is for, right? :)
It was a great week and I love it here. I love the people so
much. They're my BFFs. Best Friend Forevers? You know what I mean.
I don't know where I'm going after my mission but I know I want to
stay close. As for right now, I just want to stay here as long as I
can.
I love you all too!
Elder Rogers
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