Another busy week this week. The month of August was a difficult one. I'm really excited to start up a new month.

Interesting thing happened this week. Do you remember me writing home about a C san? He had a Baptismal date a while ago, but we had to drop him because he's a Baptist and doesn't "need" to go to the Mormon church. He was dropped back in March or April. This last week, he came back. He called me and asked if we could meet. He's kinda a awkward guy, so the conversation was very quick.

"Hello?"

"This is C. Can you meet at the Church?"

".....Oh. Hi.....right now?"

"Yes"

"....Yeah, I think so"

"Ok"

 

Then there was a click and it was over. Haha, he showed up and we were lucky to have a member there with short such notice. He came and sat down and started talking about how great the Baptist church is and that we should go see it. I asked him why he wanted to meet and he said that he had a question about the Bible. He opened it up and it was marked up like crazy. Then he told me that recently, he can't feel God when he reads the Bible. I asked him if he had been reading the Book of Mormon. He said that he hadn't because it's not the word of God. So, we gave him the challenge to read the Book of Mormon to see if it was the Word of God. Then we testified that it was and promised him that he would feel God if he read it.

 

Long story short, the Book of Mormon won. He's meeting us again. That was exciting.

 

Also, we took F san to church yesterday. However, he couldn't come to our ward so Elder Gordon and I did six hours of church Yesterday. It was LONG. I was way tired, but It was WAY good to have F at church. He's progressing again. 

 

We also had an activity teaching "District meeting" to all the young men in the ward. It was really great. We taught companionship unity. It was so fun. We did "Duffy san Mogi lessons" In other words, I took my little stuffed Duffy to the church and he was our investigator. It was fun and the young men got excited. I thought it was a blast.

 

Last night, we also had a dinner with a ward family. The Yoza family. Brother Yoza was the brother who fought in the war of Okinawa when he was 16 years old. Also, his daughter lives in Machida! He is the most interesting person. I could talk to him forever. He's REALLY intense too. He is SO Japanese. 

 

Dinner at the Yoza's

The Food

 

 

In all, it was a pretty good week.

 

Elder Miyanishi is ready for his steak.

At Han's Steakhouse

With Elder Kemp overlooking Naha

 

 

 

Love you all,

Elder Low

So, I'm sorry you didn't get emails yesterday. Obviously, it's transfer week this week. I still don't know the news. I'm pretty freaked out. I really hope I get to stay District Leader. I seriously love being District Leader. Isahaya District is the best. We have seen so many miracles.

 

This week, I challenged all the missionaries in the district to a 40 day fast. A fast from all distractions. For example: waking up late. Another one is negative thoughts about the language. Yeah, I had an awesome district meeting and everyone was super pumped. This morning during reports, an elder told me that his Japanese just jumped way up and they found 4 investigators in 1 day. The District is killing it.

 

My District

(Click on any photo to enlarge.)

 

 

However, I'm really heartbroken that this transfer is ending. We have had so many great miracles with this district. I really hope I get to stay District leader. I love it here.

Our District spending P-day together in Nagasaki

 

We played soccer with some guys from Nepal

 

 

 

We had a great lesson with S. He really wants baptism......however, he has a couple issues. Actually A LOT of chastity issues. Things he really doesn't want to give up. He lives with his girlfriend and says he doesn't want to get married for 2 more years. So, we're working on that.

 

Did I ever tell you about F shimai? Well, she's a less-active and I love seeing her. She is SO lonely. She doesn't have anyone to talk to. The last missionaries that met her were sister missionaries ten years ago. I really think she'll come back to church soon. She always calls us to tell us how grateful she is that we visit her.

 

Ahhhh! I just love Isahaya. I hope I stay. I guess that might mean that it is time for me to transfer. ;) I don't know.

 

 

I saw the birthday video.......It was great. Also, tell Clint that his teeth will look WAY better when I get home....It will be worth it.....kinda. I hated braces so bad, but I'm glad I had them. Especially after meeting some of the people in Japan who don't see Dentists. Also. PRACTICE THE PIANO! I don't get enough time to play it out here and I miss it tons. You have got to keep it under your belt or you will regret it.

 

Here's something I came up with back in Nago.

 

This week's food moment

 

 

 

Anyway, I love you all and hope you have a great week.

Elder Low

September 15, 2013 - An Awesome Week

I'm pretty pumped right now.....so, this week, I taught my first District meeting ever. I was FREAKING out. I made a lesson plan about Baptismal invites and then I got a call from the ZL's saying that the AP's were going to sit in on my DM......SO I kinda freaked out and decided to make a new lesson plan about miracles! I talked about how we have a low expectation for our zone and how we can triple our numbers in a week if we look for miracles. I talked about how we see miracles. The three things I mentioned was Faith, Love, and Enthusiasm. It turned out WAY well. I showed the little youth video from last year about the girl who goes grocery shopping and needs money to get to church and miraculously finds extra money. The spirit was super strong and I felt WAY good about it.

 

Then, this week, our District alone received 15 New investigators in a week. It was the highest number of New investigators in a week for the entire mission. I got a call from the recorder who asked me how it was done. I told him and there was an Article in the FM mini news that was sent to all the missionaries in the mission. I was sooo happy. We are expecting a lot more miracles in the future. This is just the beginning.

So, we had an excellent week. Also, R was telling me how he doesn't agree with all the church's teachings but that he wants to open his heart, because if it is closed, God can't get in there. Haha, I was so happy with him.

Anyway, I'm about to go to the Bomb museum for District P-DAY. We're celebrating our huge numbers.

Love you all. thank you for your prayers and Support

Elder Low