Week 67 Sennan: 感謝

happy holidays everyone!

i am so grateful for this incredible thanksgiving week that I had this week. they don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in japan, but i am just so grateful for the blessing it is to be a missionary and to have the opportunity to sHare the restored truth of the gospel everyday. i am really thankful that even though finding new investigators has been hard lately, we have been seeing miracles everyday. i Am filled with gratitude for the excellent leaders in this mission and ward where i have the blessing to serve as we had zone conference this last week and also a stake musical conference. i am appreciative of the hoNor that it was to be able to participate in that musical fire side as the whistler in our ward's performance. and although my whistling part was brief, i would like to say thanks to all of the people who complimented my ability to whistle my part and hit those notes that were needful in order to harmonize to our ward’s beautiful song. i would also like to express my gratitude for our bishop who diligently drove us to and from that musical activity, who also fed us dinner and trusted us to meet with his non member father who doesn't really like the church missionaries. but i am incredibly grateful for the spirit of the lord who guided our interaction and helped us to teach and who softened the heart of his father and changed his outlooK on the church.

also the new light the world video came out which i am so grateful for. it has filled me with a sense of appreciation towards this holiday season as we have used the video to teach those we find each day. my heart is filled with gratitude towards god as he has softened the hearts of those we have shared the video with and allowed us to share the message of the birth of his beloved son. i am also verY thankful for the fact that the lord led the bishop again later in the week to meet us in a guitar shop as we talked to the college kid who we saw and decided to gO talk to. i am grateful then for the bishop testifying with us of the savior and the gospel. and then when that college student told us that he was interested in receiving lessons and set up an appointment to meet again thanks filled my soul that we were able to see the hand of the lord in leading and guiding each of us to meet there at that time in that spirit filled contact. christ lives, and i cannot describe the gratitude that i feel towards our heavenly father because he does live and guides me each day. i love you all and am so thankful for all of your love and support. i would very grateful if yoU could all go and have a great week this week.

gratefully,

elder allred

A blurry picture of me very thankful for this Japanese bean that i

received from the bishop at his family's house.