August 24, 2014
Hello everybody, I hope you enjoyed the summer, look out,
here comes school!
It has been quite the week! we spent two days in Nagasaki
helping the missionaries there with their open house! It is quite the town. Let
me tell you, it is more hilly than San Francisco and we have to ride bikes. I
thought my thighs were big from Fukuoka, just after one day in Nagasaki I think
they doubled. Wish me luck next time I try to put on jeans! ;)
We saw a miracle yesterday, one of the less actives we have
been working with came to church for a second week in a row! This poor guy has
depression, asbergers (no idea how to spell this), and OCD. He will wash his
hands and brush his teeth for an hour every morning, so getting to church on
time is hard, but he came again! and we were so excited!!
I drank seaweed tea this week. It was gross.
We have been really assessing the people we work with this
week. Doing the drop-or-baptize lesson. If they are not progressing towards
baptism, there is no need to meet with them! Unfortunately, it has made our
teaching pool almost to nothing. People here just love that I am American, so
they agree to meet with us! BUT the couple of people we do have are strong, and
we are working to get them to make a baptismal date! Sometimes Kurume can be
hard. The members are convinced they are a "cursed ward" they haven't
seen a baptism in 3 years. (Hey, at least it isn't 5, right?) So we are working
closely with them to show them that miracles happen every single day! We meet
amazing people who have interest, we just need their help to fellowship!
Unfortunately, the lady who has a baptismal date called us
and wants to focus most of her time on her studies, but hopefully we can still
meet with her once a week and she can continue learning!
Well, not much happened. We just go housing and housing all
day. It is so hot that nobody walks the streets! Have a great week! I love you
all!!
xoxo
Messer Shimai
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