Week 23 Tottori: Fast Offerings

hello everyone!

this week was crazy! first i must confess i had not paid fast

offeRings on my mission thus far due to how complicated it is in japan

and we just have been failing to get the branch president to help us.

but last monday we paid them! on the way to the post office to send

them in it was raining so hard and mighty thunderings did ring

throughout all the land, but we finished paying our fast offerings and

when we stepped out of the building yEa, the rains did stop and the

thunderings did cease and the sun did break forth out of the clouds

and did shed forth her warmth upon all the earth. and the beauty

thereof was exceedingly great. it was like a message from heaven that

we definitely have been needing to pay our fast offerings. i will for

sure from here on out. however later that day I realized that I had

left my iPad at the post office, and when we went back it was gone.

and i was freaked out because i had a lot of important things on it

that i hadn't backEd up yet.

but the Next day we went to a mission conference and i saw miracles

along the way. first was i got my ipad back! someone had returned it

to the post office after attempting to open it a quite a few Times and

got it disabled for a while. but i got it back so it's all good! at

the mission conference it was so awesome! elder whiting from the area

70 taught tons of great things about receiving revelation through the

spirit, and progressing towarDs becoming a better missionary. my

favorite thing that I learned from the devotional was that, we should

be progressing and making changes to be better all the time, as soon

as we stop progressing and becoming more like christ, satan wins. also

he tAught if you want to see miracles first you have to get out of the

boat. these things have been reaffirmed in my mInd time and time

again. the truly amazing thing about this gospel is that it is

centered on christ and us progressing each day to become more and more

like christ. he is truly, as the scriptures say, the way. it is only

through him that we make it back to our father in heaven, so let us

make steps down that path everyday. i love my savior with all of my

heart. so many times on my mission already i have been lifted up and

given more strength than i know would ever be possible without him. in

the language, in the rejection, and in my own feelings of

discouragement. he has rescued me time and time again and i am nothing

but indebted to him. i will declare his word and abide in his love. i

am so greatful for this unbelieveable opportunity to labor with the

Lord in his vineyard. because i've seen how much he loves his

children, and i am amazed beyond belief that he would trust me with

the gathering of his precious sheep. i love my mission, and i love all

of You for your support and love. i hope that your week is すばらしい！and

that each day we can make a step towards christ no matter where we are

on that path.

頑張りましょう！

アルレッド長老

It snowed in Totorri!

Angels

My smile is super crooked because half my face was numb.