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I have no p-day again.. Yaaaaaay. We have music practice all day today. So I will start and end very quickly so I can send pictures. This week we met with one of our investigators (basically the only one we have) Jace san. He is Japanese, but likes to go by Jace and speak to us in English. So we talked to him and he said he really wants to learn more about God and wants to follow Christ. We invited him to be baptized and he said, "Only in Europe." Oh... Okay. We tried, but it just got really confusing so we are going to work a lot harder with him from now on. The biggest miracle we saw this week was with a new family that just moved in called the Henmi family. It is a single mom who is a return missionary, and 2 boys ages 16 and 13. They are so awesome. We went over 4 times this week to help them move into their tiny tiny apartment with tons of boxes and trash everywhere. They were very tired and needed a lot of help. At the end of the night we sat down and talked about her mission. She said it was amazing and she learned sooo much from it, but due to issues involving her ex husband, she became unable to go to church. She doesn't even know how to cook food. After her divorce she had a helper come over and cook and clean everyday, now she is on her own for the first time. She was really nervous about coming back to church but there were so many miracles that helped her. Yesterday 23 years ago she was baptized. She told us how she felt like she couldn't do all of the unpacking and cooking on her own and really needed help. We did our best to help her, but we couldn't be there all day. She realized that she will receive the help she needs through trusting Christ and going to church. Well it was amazing. She and her 2 kids came and stayed the whole three hours and 2 hours after church just talking with members. There were members there that she served with on her mission. She had so many connections and said that she will be coming every week from now on. It was an amazing feeling. One of my best friends in Germany right now sent me a letter and talked about the discouragements of missionaries. Missionary success is not measured by baptisms, but there is definitely a huge pressure on them. I haven't seen one yet and neither has she. What I learned yesterday is that our purpose is really to invite others to come unto Christ. Yesterday 3 members came back to Christ and that felt just like a baptism for me. It was a hard, but amazing week. I love you all so very much. Be excellent to each other!
Mecham Choro.
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