hey guys,
this week was incredibly rainy. it rained every day and then to finish off the week we had a super typhoon. it was epic. i have never seen so much water being dumped from the sky in my life. homes were being evacuated and safe houses were prepared all over town. it was super intense but we are all right. we actually confused a lot of people when we were knocking on their doors and inviting people to church and our english class. everyone was like, "just go home, don't you know there is a typhoon" we would just always say, "yeah, i know right, it is crazy" (as water is literally dumping on our heads) "... so, have you ever been to church before?..."
we were able to see some good things with our investigators too. we had a lesson with the family that we have been teaching and her christian friend and it went pretty good. we were really feeling the spirit really strong as we talked about how christ brings us so much hope in times of trouble. we asked them if they would follow christ and receive of his hope, and the mother said, "no, my family is buddhist i can't become christian." but then her friend came in and talked about how great christ is and encouraged her to keep praying and seeking for truth. it was awesome and then we offered them book of mormons (which they had previously declined) and this time they both accepted them and her christian friend was way excited about it telling us that she was definitely going to read it. we also finally got called by our investigator with a baptismal date shingo kun, after having not been able to contact him all week. he told us that now that his tests are over he will be able to start coming to church again and will start praying and reading the book of mormon. we are excited to meet with him this tuesday. then we also had a member bring a friend to church. we sat next to him and watched the ward primary program together. it was the most adorable, funny, and spiritually powerful thing i have ever seen as all the little kids testified and sang. the man was way touched and he wants to meet and learn more! i love primary programs and member missionary work! they are the absolute best!
well it was a great week and me and elder wieland survived the transfers this last week so we are together for another transfer here in sennan. it is the dream. i love all of you and hope that you have a great week!
elder allred
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Ward service project!
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One of the members drew me and Elder Wieland into Japanese comic book
characters.
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