みなさんこんばんは!
Nt going to lie.. this was a long week.. of course still a good one!
but hard at the same time hahah! gotta love the mission!
Last Monday we were able to spend some quality time with one of our
less actives! Sister Morita took us to funabashi for lunch and
shopping! she is doing so good! reading the Book of Mormon every
week! We have developed the greatest relationship with her! She paid
for everything because she said she was our japanese mom! hahah! how
cute!! just warmed my heart! she still is not ready to come back to
church but being able to see the change that has occurred in her is
amazing!!
Tuesday we had a okonomiyaki lunch making party with two of our
eikaiwa students! goodness gracious the old ladies are always
attracted to me! hahah!! spent the afternoon with them at the grocery
store and then making the food! its like a pancake type thing with
cabbage and nasty small fish flakes inside.. the ones i always send
home to people as a joke.. sadly its not a joke. People actually enjoy
those things. I didnt my best to choke it down hahaha! we actually got
to have a little lesson with two of our eikaiwa students at lunch!!!
They both have been former investigators and were very receptive to
our message on Christ and hope. I hope we can keep going from here!
after that we did some housing and just got turned down house after
house. Went to an apartment complex and a lady told us that we needed
to leave. There were no signs anywhere saying we couldnt be there.. so
we just werent feeling too good about ourselves for the day. Tried to
visit a less active in the area but she wasnt home. We really just
didnt know what we were supposed to be doing. We continued on but
didnt see any success. on the way home i wasnt too happy. I wanted to
keep going until we saw some kind of miracle! so we decided to stop at
a ladys house who we had met through a member. Even though we were
late for our dinner and other plans, we stopped and she had just
gotten home! she hadnt been home any other time! we were thrilled! and
she invited us in! we sang i know my redeemer lives for her and at the
end she says "hey me too! i know that God lives!" music to our ears!
we were so happy! her husband is against religion so she doesnt know
about coming to church but we have a great start! such great
potential! and the best way to end our day of hardships!
To be honest though, everyday this week has felt almost the same. It
seems like the harder we try to talk to everyone and be the bestest
missionary in the world, the harder it actually is hahah! The "no's"
continued.
Saturday we had a general authority visit our mission and had a 2
mission conference with the tokyo south mission! Elder cook came and
gave the greatest talk!!! He talked about how japan is special.
Sometimes i wonder why i was called to japan this non christian
believing country. Why not brazil or the phillipians where people love
and worship christ. Why did i need to come to japan? to these people?
Well i was called here for many reasons. Because even though many dont
know Jesus Christ, i still love them no matter what! i have made the
greatest friends here! and i just pray that they can see christ
through me! I work hard everyday for them! Im trying to be a better
missionary every day for them! These people who are so kind, and so
willing to serve others! I have been so fortunate to see many friends
come to know their savior! I am so grateful that God has placed me in
so many wonderful peoples paths. Its hard a lot of days but i wouldnt
want to be anywhere else!!
愛していますよ!!!
sister Christensen
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