Good week in Kurume!! Start the email with the best news of
the week: a less active member we have been working with has come to to church
THREE weeks in a row! His name is Brother Inoue and in Sunday School he said
his biggest hope, desire, goal right now is to come to church EVERY WEEK! That
is the 5 reactivation I have seen on my mission. I would have never guessed that
as a missionary in JAPAN i would see more success with less actives than
investigators! But the work is good! I love seeing the gospel bless these
people lives for the second time! They have already felt God's love once, and
to have them feel it again is an amazing thing!
We had an interesting experience this week while housing. We
had a couple of minutes so we went housing near the church. We had housed two
apartment buildings and moved onto the third building. We rang the bell, no
answer, knocked "konnichiwa" no answer, but we did hear the door
lock, which is a typical things. You can hear people inside, but they just dont
answer. So we move on, we knock, there is an answer so I start by saying
"we are missionaries for the church of...." There are 2 policemen
running up the stairs looking at the door I am at...wait I don't want to be
talking to a girl who is about to get arrested, step back. Wait a second..why
is the policeman looking at me? Turns out the neighbor who like his door got
scared that there was a foreigner outside his door so he called the cops! The
police were way nice, totally understood what we were up to, I had to show them
my residency card, they took mine and Hirata Shimai's name, address, birthdays.
They told us to be careful, and just left. We turn. Oh shoot, the girl we just
contacted was just standing in the door watchign the whole thing. She says,
"are you ok?" ya, we are ok. "Are you sure?" ya we
are..soooo do you believe in Go? "No, actually my family is Buddhist..but
are you ok?" YES WE ARE OK. "Ok, well be careful! bye!" hahah
she will accept the gospel some day... I am sure.
Ate a bunch of raw fish this week. Thats never my favorite.
But you gotta do what you gotta do.
I love you, I am going to go try to find a kimono I like today!!
Love you all!
xoxo
Messer Shimai
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