Second
of all...That Temple Experience Sounds Amazing!!!! I don`t think it was
coincidence either. I also think it`s interesting that the Ultimate
driving desire wasn`t to be in the Celestial room with President Monson,
but to see an old friend. And look how God answered your prayers! I`m
completely blown away. That`s amazing...wow. I wish I could`ve been
there! But honestly, I`d rather be here ;) It`s an interesting thing to
think about. I see the family at home enjoying thanksgiving and such and
all these fun cool experiences and of course I`d love to be there, but
then I think about the opportunity I have to be out here as a servant of
Almight God, giving all people the chance to accept His love and the
hope he promises. There`s nothing better. Of course my body is always
exhausted and there are experiences that I could say are slightly less
than enjoyable, but I know in my heart and mind that this is what I want
to do for the rest of my life. I`m giving people the chance to accept
true happiness and life eternal. Whether or not I see baptisms is
another matter. The fact that I have the opportunity to share the gospel
is reward in and of itself. It doesn`t always feel that way, but it
truly is an opportunity for us. when I start having hard times it`s
usually because I forget that. Christ`s mission was the same. He came
for the chance that even one person might accept His Atonement. Just for
the Chance. There was no guarantee. He just wanted to make it available
so that if we ever decided to, we could have true happiness. I work for
the same reason. I`m here for the chance that someone decides to accept
Him. I have no guarantee of any reward dealing with baptisms and such
and my expectations don`t matter. The joy that I`m always trying to take
is the fact that I`m counted worthy to even speak the name of Jesus
Christ, let alone speak IN His name. That is reward enough. and of
course I want to see "success" and baptisms and more, but when I humble
myself I find out how blessed I really am to be a servant of all. I am
more blessed than anyone I know :)
Well, that was a nice tangent haha. I was talking
about how cool it was to go to the Temple and how the Lord answers your
prayers, and I had a really interesting experience yesterday with
answered prayers. I have gained a strong testimony that God answers
prayers if we pray with faith.
I prayed that I would be able to give a Book of Mormon out last
night, and It was answered! But not like I expected. God has a sense of
humor. We met a man in SGI (Sokagakai) who was very passionate about it
and was telling us we were wrong and he has better things for us so he
told to wait outside (it was freezing!) and he brought back a pear for
each of us and some SGI pamplets and told us to read them. After a lot
of interesting conversation we ended up giving him the Book of Mormon
and he gave us the pears and the SGI stuff...really interesting
experience..."you kids get no reward or results from this so join my
church and you will for sure see results!"...it was really interesting
haha. But my prayer was answered! So God always answers our prayers, but
not always how we expect. I have plenty more testimony builders too but
I have little time left.
Lastly I`ll tell you of the changes in my life as a
missionary. I just got transferred to...KITAMI! It is very different
from Hakodate...very different. It is one of the Most Northern areas in
Hokkaido so it is freezing...so cold! Every night my hands and feet go
numb while dendo-ing haha. But its a really nice place full of nice
people and the ward is small but wonderful I`ve heard. I met them
yesterday and they were very nice! They actually had me practice some
caroling stuff after church and the director told me she wanted me to
sing the Edelwiess (sound of music) song and White Christmas as a solo
because their soloist dropped...so I became the soloist and the english
teacher haha. The director said it was michibiki (guidance) from God
that I came here haha. I love Japan and the people :P haha.
Also I became Senpai (senior missionary)! and my companion is...a
Nihonjin (Japanese person) that just got out of bean training! So we`re
working hard as two young missionaries :) I have a picture I`ll post and
then I have to go because I`m taking so long! haha.
I love you so much and I`ll talk to you next week! Have a great week!!!!!!
Bye Bye!
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