Hello everyone. Well this week went by pretty fast. I realized I've
been on my mission over 6 months already. It feels like I'm still
really new here in Japan though, it probably has something to do with
how long I was in the MTC.
Well I trust that everyone has had a pretty good/normal week. It looks like Erika and Brian had a fun vacation!
This
week I had an interview with President Budge. We talked a little bit
about Faith and how much of a difference it makes in missionary work.
One thing he talked about is how everything has both a spiritual and
physical creation. The spiritual creation can be obeying the
commandments, staying worthy, making goals, and planning, while the
physical creation is actually getting out there and making it happen
with a diligent, concentrated effort. I admit sometimes I do the
spiritual creation part and then just go outside and go through the
motions with my head in the clouds waiting for things to happen instead
of making sure they happen myself. He said there's a difference between
going out hoping for things, and going out expecting things. The
expecting is where Faith really comes in and makes a difference.
We spent a good chunk of time this week doing the standard finding
stuff, but also met with Satou almost every day. We met him only a week
and a half ago but he really is the perfect example of a Golden
Investigator. After the first lesson we researched all of the
commandments on his own and started following them, and after church
last sunday he read the Gospel Principles book in 2 days. We're working
towards a June 9th
baptism and things should go smoothly at this point! He has his
baptismal interview tomorrow. This will be my first baptism here in
Japan, and Shohei should be getting baptized the week after!
The photos below:
A frozen egg we pulled from the freezer
A typical poster (think it is supposed to say "Fun and Recreation"
Our investigator, Satou
An artistic expression :)
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