Happy December - December 1, 2014

We went to see Okada shimai and Toma kun every day this week. Today,
Nakajima shimai brought love, her dog. Cute name, right? Toma kun
loved feeding the dog bread. 


So as a Tokyo mission, we do what we call Facebook waves every Monday
with hashtags and stuff. I would encourage you to make your own
hashtag based off mine and get it started going viral. Also, a really
simple way that you can share the gospel and help the missionaries is
by sharing or liking our stuff. It goes a long ways. 
Today I have been thinking a lot about what my mission is teaching me.
Here is one of them. 


Oh, a random thing. If you look in the General Conference address and
find, lord is it I, the talk from President Uchdorf, you will find a
picture of a Japanese man. His name is Imamura kyoudai and he is a
member of the Koga ward!! 
Since it was Pday we had some fun times with Nakajima shimai. I love
her soooooo incredibly much. I want to be like her when I grow up.
She always makes everyone feel so special and does a wonderful job of
hastening the Lords work.


November 25 
Love rainy days. They happen pretty much every week in Japan. You have
to know you are in Japan when it starts raining a little bit and then
two seconds later it is pouring. I love the rain. Like I've said
before, any weather is wonderful for me. 
We met with Hiroko finally!! She is this cute lady who has lived in
America. Has two children. On this visit, we only got to meet one of
them. We are going to do our family eikaiwa program with them. The
family eikaiwa program is half English class, half gospel discussion.
It is way fun. We give them 12 times to do it and then after that,
they either have to be done,or have more interest in the gospel than
they do in taking English lessons. However, today when we visited, we
pretty much just talked about the gospel. She shares a lot of the same
beliefs. I think in relation to how much doctrine we taught, it had
to have been about half of the missionary discussions! It was amazing.
A lot of people don't realize that Christians really hold their
ancestors as important. Such a great time to talk about family
history. Hiroko sans daughter's birthday is next Monday, so we are
going to do a birthday party with them and share a message with them
about the gospel. 
We went to visit Hoshida Akiko san today. She asked us all sorts of
questions that I have never really been asked on my mission, but that
were really good for me to hear. She asked why we would go from door
to door. She has things she believes in too, but she wouldn't just go
telling people about it. It's a great question. I guess the answer
lies in Elder Bednar's talk. 
"When we invite you to attend church with us or to learn with the
full-time missionaries, we are not trying to sell you a product. As
members of the Church, we do not receive prizes or bonus points in a
heavenly contest. We are not seeking simply to increase the numerical
size of the Church. And most importantly, we are not attempting to
coerce you to believe as we do. We are inviting you to hear the
restored truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ so you can study,
ponder, pray, and come to know for yourself if the things we are
sharing with you are true." 
I know of the role this message has played in my life and, as a
result, have a natural instinct to share it with other people. You
know how Elder Bednar also talked about that story where the little
boy got healed and so he wanted to share it with everyone. I have
noticed the exact same pattern with Nakajima shimai and, just like
Elder Bednar, it amazes me beyond anything else. She has literally
become a super star hero in my life. She always carries with her church
flyers, pamphlets, and book of Mormons around with her to give to
people that she has ever even met before. One day this week we were
with her and we ran into a lady that she had apparently seen twice
that day and that was a sign, so she literally ran to chase her down
to give her a flyer and tell her to try and come to church. It
bewilders me every single day. If every member was like her in our
church, everyone in the world would be a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. 
November 26 
Able to met with Ueda Shimai. She has been running through my mind
like crazy this past week. She lives alone, but I have learned two
things from her recently.
1. Do it and be happy. Dont do it, and be sad.
2. You can't do it alone.
No further explanation on that one. 
This is Hasegawa san. I've told you about her before. She is such a
hoot. 


We are working with her little by little. For being a
grandma, she sure is gone from her house a lot. Her mother, who is 97
is in the hospital and she has to take care of her a lot. She really
has a sincere desire to be a good person and I love that about her. 
Then there is Mari chan.


She is sooo adorable and she
doesn't even believe she is. She is super nice. She has lots of trials in
her life. She loves us visiting her and helping here feel good. We
went to eikaiwa and took fun pics. She loves taking pictures with me
for some reason ;) 
November 27 
Happy Thanksgiving. Today we had our district meeting in Oyama and
then we went to the Adachi family for thanksgiving dinner. They are
adorable. They made all the food for the missionaries in our zone. At
the start of the dinner, they said, okay it's thanksgiving and we are
thankful for missionaries. So cute, right?! I love members who love
us. Love sure does go a long ways.










We visited the Nakamura family. It was so cute, they came to the door
and then said just a minute. And then a few minutes later Ayumi chan
popped out of the door and we were so happy to see her. Oh, do I love
that girl. They welcomed us right in and we talked about the
importance of Christmas. I don't know if you have seen it yet, but if
you haven't, look up "he is the gift" in YouTube or lds.org. It is
this wonderful Christmas initiative that our church is doing this
Christmas. Wonderful way to tell your friends the true meaning of
Christmas. I love showing this video to as many people as I possibly
can. It never gets old. 
November 28 
Got to meet with Mari san. Nakajima shimai got new furniture from the
seki family and so she moved her old table out into her "garage" and
served us our there while we did a lesson. It was so cute because
after the lesson she was talking about how her little place has become
like a little restaurant. And she said she loves it. :) 
Today for language study, I talked with one of our recent converts
about how many kanji we can make using one type of stroke. I love
Japanese because there is so much meaning behind every single work. I
love Japanese! 

 
November 29
I'm pretty sure I didn't breathe today. Today was exchanges with Howe
Shimai. She is one of the most incredible persons I have ever met in
my whole life. I am so thankful for her influence in my life. She is a
pretty new missionary and so her Japanese is very simple, but I was
astounded by the power of her testimony when she bore it. I know that
The Lord works through us missionaries because we are the weak things
of the world. It was the day before the baptism, so getting that
prepared along with all our other appointments was just crazy. Here is
Saki chan.


November 30
Today I am so thankful to my loving Heavenly Father and Savior today.
I worked my tail of this week. Like literally, I had no breathing
time. It was sweet!
Okada shimai was able to be baptized. She said she
felt a fushigi feeling. Hope she knows that is the spirit. She seems
to really be sensitive to the spirit she just doesn't show a lot of
emotions ever.




I felt like there was so many things going on during
the baptismal service that it was hard to focus, but here are the
feelings I felt 
1. When Okada shimai got baptized, toma kun wanted to go in with him.
How important it will be for her to raise her son in this gospel so
that he too can be baptized when he is 8
2. I felt a special spirit when I got to sing with the young women I
like to look for rainbows to Okada shimai. What a wonderful thing it
is to have a new start.
3. I really felt Nakajima Shimai's love for Okada shimai when she did
her shokai. Nakajima shimai has been one of Okada Shimai's best
friends. It wis incredible to see the change in both of them. Thy are
just like family. When I think of them, I remember what it means to be
a true friend.
4. I felt the spirit when Kurosaki shimai read the scripture in 2
Nephi 31:19-20 that this isn't the end, just the very beginning.
5. I felt the spirit when I got to lead the music and look into the
faces of people that I love while singing I am a Child of God. 
Ueda Shimai called us this morning and said that she couldn't come to
church because one of her friends and fallen over the night before and
had to go to the hospital. She said she was sorry. I told her not to
tell me, but to tell god. Told her to say a prayer right now and ask
god what she should do. But I told her I would be waiting for her at
the church. She ended up coming. Every single one of the recent
converts came as well as four investigators. Oh, man. Let me tell you
the joy I felt. It can't be described. Every day is a special day,
it's the day we get ready for Sunday. I love it when investigators
come to church. After all, 100% of people who get baptized have been
to church, right?! :) 
We blew the soe out of the water this week. It was so the best. In my
opinion, that is a minimum. I don't settle for less. I know that The
Lord is at the head of this work. We don't do anything. It is all Him.
I, like Alma, rejoice in His glory. 
December 1 
Keep the commandments...it's all you have to do in life. I am amazed
that when people go down hill, almost every time it is because they
aren't keeping commandments. God has given us so much, and he only
asks us one thing. I think we can do it. 
Fun with Hiroko sans daughter, miku. I made yakisoba for 8 of us.
There was so much. I love coming. Wonderful lesson about the plan of
salvation. They loved it. 
December 2
Today was my last temple Pday.






Talk about bittersweet.
I love the temple so much. When we started, a man told us that this
would be one of the deepest learning experiences for us today. I
learned a lot about my life in the temple today. It was one of the
most spiritual experiences I have ever had. I learned that another
season of life will soon end. But if I stayed in that season
forever, I would never learn and grow to become the person that God
wants me to be.
 
Love you all!!
Sister Yamauchi
 

Happy December - December 1, 2014

We went to see Okada shimai and Toma kun every day this week. Today,
Nakajima shimai brought love, her dog. Cute name, right? Toma kun
loved feeding the dog bread. 


So as a Tokyo mission, we do what we call Facebook waves every Monday
with hashtags and stuff. I would encourage you to make your own
hashtag based off mine and get it started going viral. Also, a really
simple way that you can share the gospel and help the missionaries is
by sharing or liking our stuff. It goes a long ways. 
Today I have been thinking a lot about what my mission is teaching me.
Here is one of them. 


Oh, a random thing. If you look in the General Conference address and
find, lord is it I, the talk from President Uchdorf, you will find a
picture of a Japanese man. His name is Imamura kyoudai and he is a
member of the Koga ward!! 
Since it was Pday we had some fun times with Nakajima shimai. I love
her soooooo incredibly much. I want to be like her when I grow up.
She always makes everyone feel so special and does a wonderful job of
hastening the Lords work.


November 25 
Love rainy days. They happen pretty much every week in Japan. You have
to know you are in Japan when it starts raining a little bit and then
two seconds later it is pouring. I love the rain. Like I've said
before, any weather is wonderful for me. 
We met with Hiroko finally!! She is this cute lady who has lived in
America. Has two children. On this visit, we only got to meet one of
them. We are going to do our family eikaiwa program with them. The
family eikaiwa program is half English class, half gospel discussion.
It is way fun. We give them 12 times to do it and then after that,
they either have to be done,or have more interest in the gospel than
they do in taking English lessons. However, today when we visited, we
pretty much just talked about the gospel. She shares a lot of the same
beliefs. I think in relation to how much doctrine we taught, it had
to have been about half of the missionary discussions! It was amazing.
A lot of people don't realize that Christians really hold their
ancestors as important. Such a great time to talk about family
history. Hiroko sans daughter's birthday is next Monday, so we are
going to do a birthday party with them and share a message with them
about the gospel. 
We went to visit Hoshida Akiko san today. She asked us all sorts of
questions that I have never really been asked on my mission, but that
were really good for me to hear. She asked why we would go from door
to door. She has things she believes in too, but she wouldn't just go
telling people about it. It's a great question. I guess the answer
lies in Elder Bednar's talk. 
"When we invite you to attend church with us or to learn with the
full-time missionaries, we are not trying to sell you a product. As
members of the Church, we do not receive prizes or bonus points in a
heavenly contest. We are not seeking simply to increase the numerical
size of the Church. And most importantly, we are not attempting to
coerce you to believe as we do. We are inviting you to hear the
restored truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ so you can study,
ponder, pray, and come to know for yourself if the things we are
sharing with you are true." 
I know of the role this message has played in my life and, as a
result, have a natural instinct to share it with other people. You
know how Elder Bednar also talked about that story where the little
boy got healed and so he wanted to share it with everyone. I have
noticed the exact same pattern with Nakajima shimai and, just like
Elder Bednar, it amazes me beyond anything else. She has literally
become a super star hero in my life. She always carries with her church
flyers, pamphlets, and book of Mormons around with her to give to
people that she has ever even met before. One day this week we were
with her and we ran into a lady that she had apparently seen twice
that day and that was a sign, so she literally ran to chase her down
to give her a flyer and tell her to try and come to church. It
bewilders me every single day. If every member was like her in our
church, everyone in the world would be a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. 
November 26 
Able to met with Ueda Shimai. She has been running through my mind
like crazy this past week. She lives alone, but I have learned two
things from her recently.
1. Do it and be happy. Dont do it, and be sad.
2. You can't do it alone.
No further explanation on that one. 
This is Hasegawa san. I've told you about her before. She is such a
hoot. 


We are working with her little by little. For being a
grandma, she sure is gone from her house a lot. Her mother, who is 97
is in the hospital and she has to take care of her a lot. She really
has a sincere desire to be a good person and I love that about her. 
Then there is Mari chan.


She is sooo adorable and she
doesn't even believe she is. She is super nice. She has lots of trials in
her life. She loves us visiting her and helping here feel good. We
went to eikaiwa and took fun pics. She loves taking pictures with me
for some reason ;) 
November 27 
Happy Thanksgiving. Today we had our district meeting in Oyama and
then we went to the Adachi family for thanksgiving dinner. They are
adorable. They made all the food for the missionaries in our zone. At
the start of the dinner, they said, okay it's thanksgiving and we are
thankful for missionaries. So cute, right?! I love members who love
us. Love sure does go a long ways.










We visited the Nakamura family. It was so cute, they came to the door
and then said just a minute. And then a few minutes later Ayumi chan
popped out of the door and we were so happy to see her. Oh, do I love
that girl. They welcomed us right in and we talked about the
importance of Christmas. I don't know if you have seen it yet, but if
you haven't, look up "he is the gift" in YouTube or lds.org. It is
this wonderful Christmas initiative that our church is doing this
Christmas. Wonderful way to tell your friends the true meaning of
Christmas. I love showing this video to as many people as I possibly
can. It never gets old. 
November 28 
Got to meet with Mari san. Nakajima shimai got new furniture from the
seki family and so she moved her old table out into her "garage" and
served us our there while we did a lesson. It was so cute because
after the lesson she was talking about how her little place has become
like a little restaurant. And she said she loves it. :) 
Today for language study, I talked with one of our recent converts
about how many kanji we can make using one type of stroke. I love
Japanese because there is so much meaning behind every single work. I
love Japanese! 

 
November 29
I'm pretty sure I didn't breathe today. Today was exchanges with Howe
Shimai. She is one of the most incredible persons I have ever met in
my whole life. I am so thankful for her influence in my life. She is a
pretty new missionary and so her Japanese is very simple, but I was
astounded by the power of her testimony when she bore it. I know that
The Lord works through us missionaries because we are the weak things
of the world. It was the day before the baptism, so getting that
prepared along with all our other appointments was just crazy. Here is
Saki chan.


November 30
Today I am so thankful to my loving Heavenly Father and Savior today.
I worked my tail of this week. Like literally, I had no breathing
time. It was sweet!
Okada shimai was able to be baptized. She said she
felt a fushigi feeling. Hope she knows that is the spirit. She seems
to really be sensitive to the spirit she just doesn't show a lot of
emotions ever.




I felt like there was so many things going on during
the baptismal service that it was hard to focus, but here are the
feelings I felt 
1. When Okada shimai got baptized, toma kun wanted to go in with him.
How important it will be for her to raise her son in this gospel so
that he too can be baptized when he is 8
2. I felt a special spirit when I got to sing with the young women I
like to look for rainbows to Okada shimai. What a wonderful thing it
is to have a new start.
3. I really felt Nakajima Shimai's love for Okada shimai when she did
her shokai. Nakajima shimai has been one of Okada Shimai's best
friends. It wis incredible to see the change in both of them. Thy are
just like family. When I think of them, I remember what it means to be
a true friend.
4. I felt the spirit when Kurosaki shimai read the scripture in 2
Nephi 31:19-20 that this isn't the end, just the very beginning.
5. I felt the spirit when I got to lead the music and look into the
faces of people that I love while singing I am a Child of God. 
Ueda Shimai called us this morning and said that she couldn't come to
church because one of her friends and fallen over the night before and
had to go to the hospital. She said she was sorry. I told her not to
tell me, but to tell god. Told her to say a prayer right now and ask
god what she should do. But I told her I would be waiting for her at
the church. She ended up coming. Every single one of the recent
converts came as well as four investigators. Oh, man. Let me tell you
the joy I felt. It can't be described. Every day is a special day,
it's the day we get ready for Sunday. I love it when investigators
come to church. After all, 100% of people who get baptized have been
to church, right?! :) 
We blew the soe out of the water this week. It was so the best. In my
opinion, that is a minimum. I don't settle for less. I know that The
Lord is at the head of this work. We don't do anything. It is all Him.
I, like Alma, rejoice in His glory. 
December 1 
Keep the commandments...it's all you have to do in life. I am amazed
that when people go down hill, almost every time it is because they
aren't keeping commandments. God has given us so much, and he only
asks us one thing. I think we can do it. 
Fun with Hiroko sans daughter, miku. I made yakisoba for 8 of us.
There was so much. I love coming. Wonderful lesson about the plan of
salvation. They loved it. 
December 2
Today was my last temple Pday.






Talk about bittersweet.
I love the temple so much. When we started, a man told us that this
would be one of the deepest learning experiences for us today. I
learned a lot about my life in the temple today. It was one of the
most spiritual experiences I have ever had. I learned that another
season of life will soon end. But if I stayed in that season
forever, I would never learn and grow to become the person that God
wants me to be.
 
Love you all!!
Sister Yamauchi
 

I am thankful for... November 24, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Here in Japan, we don't celebrate
Thanksgiving obviously because it is just about Columbus coming to
America...or something like that. So I figured the way I would
celebrate thanksgiving the best with you this year is to tell you all
of the things I am thankful for from this week. Here goes...
I am thankful for...
Akiko san. She is the one we found who was walking her dog that speaks
English. We actually didn't end up getting her number right, and so we
couldn't call her. But we knew where her house was, and so we went to
visit her this past week. She said that she even thought about coming
to church this last week! It was incredible to find out that she has a
lot of our same beliefs. For her first lesson, we ended up teaching
her the word of wisdom and the law of chastity because she is takes
her body as being very important. I have to say that is the first time
I have ever taught that for a first lesson. She told us that she would
love to learn and talk with us and go to church, but she said she
probably won't get baptized and wanted to know if that was okay. I
told her, the reason that I came to Japan was not just to make friends.
I came to help people get closer to Christ. As we teach you, the
purpose will be to help you be baptized. She seemed okay with it. I am
so thankful that I feel so strongly about just telling people how it
is. There is no sense in beating around the bush with God's work. We
are going to meet with her tomorrow and I'm really excited. She is
super cute. I'll have to send you pictures next week.
Ko san. Picture 1.

She met the missionaries about a year ago and we
called her up to see if she would be willing to meet with us. She said
that was okay. She said she would bring her son as well. As it turned
out, Ko san just wanted to talk, but not about the gospel. However,
her son was very nice and interested in what we have to say. I know
that The Lord blessed us so much because even though she wasn't
interested, she was prompted by god to bring a family member that
would be. 
Hasegawa san. Picture 2 and 3. 

If you put Hasegawa san and Nakajima shimai together you've got yourself 

a wonderful video, all you need is popcorn. I love these two so much. 

Hasegawa sans mother is 97 and in the hospital right now, so she spends 

quite a bit of time taking care of her mother.

However, if she is home, we are able to visit with her.
We had two lunch appointments with her at Nakajima Shimai's house this
week. You know how sometimes when you plan a church activity and you
know you have to have food in order to get lots of people there. Well,
in missionary work, we do that a lot too. :) I asked her this week
that if if she knew the message we taught was true, would she be
baptized? She looked at me for a few seconds and then said, yeah I
will. Then she said, I just can't say "no" to Sister Yamauchi. In my
heart I was thinking, "oh, yeah!!" :) 
Hasegawa Mari san. She is Hasegawa sans daughter. She is one of my
best friends. So sweet, super stylish, and has a way smart head on her
shoulders. She came to eikaiwa with us this past week and had a blast.
She is like my long lost twin. We are both perfectionists and we both
know it. 
Ayabe family. Picture 4 and 5.

We went with Horie shimai this week. It
was a really good experience. They learned about the temple. Shoma kun
finished reading the children's Book of Mormon. Amazing!! Also, isn't
saki chan the cutest thing you have ever seen in your life?! 
Your prayers and the Lords allowing a huge miracle to happen this
week. I am also grateful for fasting. So we go this past Tuesday to
see Okada shimai with Nakajima shimai prepared to share with her the
lesson about tithing. We get there and I can just feel that something
was wrong. I asked if there was, and she said there was, but it was
private. But she said she couldn't be baptized. I felt like it was dei
ja vu with ueda shimai. So, in order to open up her heart, we allowed
for a little silence and questions just a little at a time. She ended
up saying that her husband and her aren't getting along too well,
money is a little hard, she doesn't know how she is going to live in
the future, her husband had been in the hospital for so long that his
employment was in jeopardy. We just talked it out and she felt better
by the end and we commited her again to baptism and told her she would
need to talk to her husband. So we set the date she could talk to her
husband. The plan was for on Friday, so we were all going to fast for
her that day. But then on exchanges on Thursday, me and Sister Chander
and Nakajima shimai go to her house and she said she met with her
husband today and told her her desires in her heart and the husband
didn't understand it too well and kind of thought she was crazy, but
was okay with it and said that when he gets out of the hospital, he
wants to hear what we teach!! I am so excited!! I am so thankful for
everyone's prayers in her behalf. You made a huge difference. I know
it. She came to stake conference with members. Mom, I remember when
you always had a baby bag for us at church. I made one for toma kun.
Picture 6 and 7.

Cute, right!? Had her interview Sunday night and she
is all good!! Pray for her to safely receive baptism and confirmation
this next week. I am so excited!!! 
Service opportunities. Fun times with the relief society and Okada san
this week. We made cute Christmas tree ornaments for the senior
citizens. Way fun. Picture 8


Friends who are so sweet. I have had so many people tell me this week
so many wonderfully nice things that have really helped me to feel
good. Lots of people telling me I am their best friend or that they
want to be more like me or that I am able to see right into peoples
souls for what they need. People know my love language :) 
Sister Howe. Picture 9.


This is Sister Miyaki's companion. I am so
grateful to live in the same apartment as her. She is such a
sweetheart. We can feel each other's love without saying anything at
all. 
Exchanges. I feel so fortunate to be able to go on so many exchanges
with the responsibilities that I have held during my mission. I learn
so much from every single sister. This week, I went on exchanges with
Sister Chandler. I love her so much. She is adorable and so good at
using the Book of Mormon in missionary work. 
Second chances. Picture 10 and 11.



 So me and Sister Chandler rode the
train to Kiryu for our zone conference, I sat next to this girl and
after we started talking for a while, she said that she things she
knows my friends. She pulled out a picture from a few months ago of
Sister Jack and Sister Edwards. Wow! 
People who have a brain still. Me and Sister Chandler also talked to a
girl who was amazingly smart. I think Japan school is the way to go
maybe. She was studying science in English. She asked us a few
questions about chromosomes or Mieosis or something like that, then I
would turn to Sister Chandler and she would help...yeah, I have no
idea. I forgot everything except how to do missionary work. ;) 
The train application on our phone and google maps. I can't tell you
how many screen shots I have taken of google maps and train schedules.
I feel like The Lord has really blessed me with the ability to get
places fast by giving me a talent with directions. If you give me a
map, I can go anywhere. So thankful for the scriptures too, which have
been huge guides for me. I have come to cherish the Book of Mormon
even more this week. I know that we can go to the scripture with any
questions and receive an answer from God. I have learned that it is
not always what we read that gives us the answer. I think if we really
want an answer and believe he will give us one, we can just read and
revelation will come, in text or out of text. 
Zone conferences. For zone conference, I was asked to translate, do a
training, sing a special musical number for our Christmas concert, and
give my final testimony to everyone (because it's my last zone
conference). I was crazy busy, and I love it. Translating is just so
much fun. I wish that all of our meetings were in Japanese, but they
are in English, so I always translate for the Japanese missionaries.
Picture 12.


Final Testimony. Here are some of the things I said in my final
testimony. The Lord makes the impossible, possible.  Miracles happen
every single day. Before your mission, if someone said it was a
miracle, it was a pretty big deal. Now when I say something is a
miracle, it's normal. When you are on Gods team, miracles happen every
step you take. You just have to take a step. I love obedience. It
unlocks all blessings. I have learned the meaning of Charity. True
charity is hard to find, but When you find it, there is nothing
better. The importance of parenting/skills of motherhood. Testimony of
the savior. It's all about an act of faith. You just have to keep
acting for good and things will work out. 
The much success The Lord has allowed me to be a part of. I went to
the Saturday session of Stake Conference with a member and a bunch of
recent converts. I sat in hue he back seat and got to see all of them
as they joyfully talked as we went on our way to Kiryu for stake
conference. My heart was so touched. As I saw the sunset that we saw
on our way, I thought about how the sun is a big ball of fire.
And...Koga is on fire!! Yeaaahhhhh!! Picture 13 and 14.


 
The gift of tongues. I got asked without warning at the stake
conference to translate from Japanese to English for all those who
were listening in English. It was quite the deal. I had on this big
headphone set. I know The Lord helped me so much. I love translating
and am so thankful the gift of languages. P.S. I am a little better at
translating from English to Japanese than I am for Japanese to
English. 
So we wanted to pass off Ken Son to Elder Killpack and Elder Higbee so
I set up an appointment for this past Sunday night. On the way there,
we ran into Tsukahara Hiroshi san, the deaf man. He ended up coming to
the church and me and Nakajima shimai taught him while the others
taught Ken Son. And...we had the best lesson yet with Tsukahara san.
He actually understood a lot. We even got a baptism date with him!! In
April. A ways away, but he will need a little time to absorb things I
think. Picture 15.


Everyone keeps telling me that I can't leave, so I guess I better be
obedient to them. I don't know when I will be home, but I'll see you
someday ;) 
Love ya all,
山内姉妹