Japan Ebetsu 21 months -3 weeks- 103

Iida Shimai! This week I was able to go back to Moiwa for mission tour and Iida Shimai came to see me! I found her almost exactly a year ago and had the opportunity to teach her a few times. I haven't seen her since, but she got baptized and then came to see me! I was so happy! Add caption

This picture kills me. 

I also got to go visit the Tomita family!!! Last time I will see them. They are the best.

We look so good. 


Every Moment Matters

I have been thinking about what to write about for awhile but, I still have no idea. I am just going to type and hope it comes out right. 

Coming to the end of a mission is weird. There will be times when we are outside finding, teaching an investigator, over at a members house or just walking and it will hit me that I may not ever see this road, person or house again. It freaks me out and helps me work harder. A lot of people have been asking me lately if I am trunky. The answer is yes. I am trunky. I feel that if a missionary says they are not trunky they are lying.I am so excited to see my family and friends. YET I am not ready to go home. That is because I still have a week and a few days left. I am still able to focus 100% in the work, but there are other things I have to think about, things I have to prepare for. 

This week we had miracles where we were able to teach! On Wednesday President Ringwood of the Seventy and his wife (Elder Nelson one of the 12 apostles daughter!) came to speak to us. (Oh and apparently Elder Nelson is coming to Sapporo to speak 3 days after I come home. I am going to ask if I can fly home 3 days later. But my mom would kill me) Anyway he spoke to us about the importance of teaching. We talked A LOT about Moroni 10 and the exhortations that are written in it. The things he is exhorting us to do. He talked about how in order to teach we need the spirit, but in order to have the spirit we need to teach. It was interesting. Lately my companion and I haven't been teaching many investigators, so he suggested that we teach members, teach to other missionaries, teach to your companion. Just the opportunity to share your testimony will be enough to help you have the spirit. He talked about a lot of other things, like getting married, becoming truly converted, having regrets and like such as. But what stood our the most to me was how important the scriptures are. 

I think it every time we have a special guest come speak to us. They are so good at using their scriptures and they speak very powerfully. I committed to reading the scriptures harder and focusing a lot more when I read. It was a great meeting. 

I would love to talk about what we did this week, but really it is not that exciting. We met with 4 of our investigators. (yes that is right we made 4 investigators!!!!) But they are all very very weak, to the point where they really have no interest in the message, but like us so they are listening. It is a lot harder to teach when it is that way. But we are so grateful for the opportunity we had to teach. Other than that we got ready for our concert next week, visited some members and tried to meet with less active members, but they all rejected us. 

The things we have been doing lately aren't exactly the most exciting, but every moment has had a huge impact on me. Everything somebody says, every smile, dirty look somebody gives me, all of it. I love it all. Every moment is important. I am doing my best to take it all in these last few weeks and share as much as I can about the truths I know. 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true. I love you all. Be excellent to each other.

-Mecham Choro.