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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dearest Family,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We are so blessed! We have every reason in the world to be happy. God</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">has blessed us so much, and I know He will continue to bless us and to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">guide our individual lives. My heart is so full. I love being a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">missionary.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">As I think about the blessings in my life, I see the faces of many</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people. You are all so special to me, and I love you so much. This</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">will never change. God has blessed me with a special love for the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people here in Japan. My heart has grown, and I love them all so much.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I couldn't imagine my life without any of them.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This week has been amazing! I have felt the Lord working close with us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">as we have strived to figure out what He would have us do in</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Senzokuike. We've seen amazing miracles and met amazing people. I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">could spend forever telling you about the amazing things that happen</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">every week. However, the thought that continues to flood through my</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">mind is that God is constantly preparing us for the next step in our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lives. I've definitely felt the reality of this as we have met people</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">this week and taught them. God teaches us through other people</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sometimes, and in my case, more than not. I'm so grateful for the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Lord's tender mercies in my life, and especially for this past week as</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I have felt his hand and direction in my life. I know He is constantly</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">guiding us. Everything happens for a reason.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Starting tomorrow, I will be traveling to Koiwa and to Matsudo with</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Camille Clark to visit people who I have loved and taught over</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the past 19 months. I will also be staying at the Honbu, working</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">closely with President and Sister Nagano. I'm looking forward to being</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">so close to them and hearing their testimonies again. They are amazing</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people and I love them so much.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I know this church is true. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">God. I know Joseph Smith was a prophet. I know Thomas S. Monson is our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">living prophet today. I know our Heavenly Father is mindful of us. He</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">loves us with a perfect love. Everything He has ever done has been for</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">our benefit. His Plan is perfect and Jesus Christ is the center of It</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">all. I know it is only through Jesus Christ that we are able to return</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to live with God again. Jesus Christ is our perfect example. He is our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">strength. He is our Older Brother and He loves us with a perfect love.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">He understands us. He forgives us. I know He loves all of you and will</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">continue to reach out to you in the way you need to be reached. His</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">grace is sufficient for all of us. I know He will continue to help as</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">we strive to overcome our weaknesses and, one day, become like him.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This is why we live, and this is why we strive everyday to come closer</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to Him.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard</span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-71042298834393649142016-07-26T10:09:00.000-07:002016-07-26T10:09:00.764-07:00Week 66 Japan Tokyo Mission<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<pre style="text-align: left; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Dear family,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Thanks for all the letters! Sister Moffat and I have had a great week</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">too! I enjoyed hearing about the family reunion and all of the fun</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">activities you did around Magrath days. So fun!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">As you probably guessed already, this week was temple p-day which is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">why I am writing you today instead of yesterday. :) The temple was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">especially beautiful today. I originally entered with some mixed</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">feelings in my heart, but those feelings soon changed. We are always</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">able to feel such peace inside the temple. The presence of the Lord</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and of Angels was felt so strong today and that was a tender mercy for</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">me.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I think God sent a few extra Angels to the temple today so that He</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">could help me feel extra loved and appreciated. Our Heavenly Father</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">knows us so well and I am grateful for the multitude of His tender</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">mercies in my life. He is so loving and always knows how to show us He</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">truly is there and watching out for us in our lives.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">The Koiwa sisters came to Senzokuike this past week for a part day</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">exchanges this past week and it was really fun! I was with Sister</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sargent for the day and we saw a lots of really cool miracles! I will</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">just share one of them.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">As we were walking back to the train station from a part member</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">families home, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a young girl who</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">looked like she might have had tears in her eyes in the distances. As</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">we got closer, We noticed that she had a big cut on her leg and that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">she was bleeding pretty bad. She was all by herself and must have</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">tripped on something. Just as we were approaching her, sister</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sargent's phone started ringing and she had to take the call. I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">approached the young girl and ask her if she was okay? It was easy to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">see that she was wearing a brave face, but after I asked she broke</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">into a hurting cry. I told her it would be okay as sister Sargent</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">passed me a first aid kit. She was the cutest little thing ever! She</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">told me that she was six years old and that she lived close by. After</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">patching her up nice and tight, we decided we would walk her home to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">make sure she was okay. Approaching her house, we saw her mother and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">began to tell her about what had happened. Of course, this interacting</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">led to a miracle! She said we were welcome to come back and share our</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">message with her and her little family when we came back to the area</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">again. This experiences was definitely a good reminder to me that God</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">really does place opportunities in our path to help others. As we take</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">these opportunities and show love to God's children, He is able to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">make miracles happen! :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We've had lots of interaction with President Nagano this past week! He</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">decided to come to our District meeting this past Tuesday and that was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">a big surprise to us all! We were more than happy to have him there.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">He is so wise and is always so helpful when it comes to missionary</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">work. Both He and sister Nagano are incredible missionaries! Later in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the week, we had interviews with the Nagano's and that was of course</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">wonderful too. I think I will always feel a special familiarity and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">closeness with both of them. They are such examples to me and I love</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">them so much. I have my final interview this week on Thursday with a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">president Nagano, and so I am looking forward to visiting with him</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">again.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">This week we have gone really hard! I'm am so exhausted and tired, but</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">am still able to somehow do everything I want to do. God's enabling</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">power is a real thing.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">On Sunday, we had four people at church, and it was an amazing</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">experience for all of them! We are working with really prepared people</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">right now and I'm sure the future holds amazing things for our</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Senzokuike area. It has changed drastically as God has been so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">merciful and has been preparing so many people to receive the Gospel.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We are so lucky to be here!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I received a phone call from the 1st counselor in the Senzokuike</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">ward's Bishopric at 9:10 on Saturday night and found out that He</span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">wanted me to speak for 10 minutes the following morning in Japanese.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Well, if there is anyone who knows a missionaries schedule at night,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">they will know that there is not a ton of time to write a 10 minutes</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">talk. Let alone in Japanese! I felt a little bit overwhelmed, but of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">course accepted the challenge to speak anyway. We have 9:00am church</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">in the morning, and so I used the tiny bit of time that I had in the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">morning to prepare to speak. I felt so unorganized and so unprepared.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I prayed so hard that I would be able to say everything that the ward</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">needed to hear and that the things I did prepare would go well. After</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the sacrament was finished, I proceeded to the front of the chapel</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">with a few notes and a set of Japanese scriptures. I was so nervous,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">but as I opened my mouth, sure enough, it was filled and I was able to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">speak for the ten minutes I was given to speak. God really does put</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the words we should say in our mouths as we try and do our best. I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">felt at peace the whole time, despite not having prepared very much. I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">can't remember half of the things I said, but I remember feeling</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">guided and I never once felt like I didn't have the words to speak.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">The words were there, the whole way through. :) Just another tender</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">mercy. God really does know us and love us personally.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">So, remember the random piece of paper with the name and address that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">we found a couple weeks ago? H..... has become one of our most</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">promising investigators and we are so excited about her! We had an</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">amazing lesson with her this past week and the spirit was so strong as</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">we testified about the restoration. As we were inviting her to be</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">baptized, she cut in and said, "If the Book of Mormon is true, of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">course I will join your church!" It was a really neat experience. She</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">is a woman with so much faith and is now reading and praying about the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Book of Mormon. She is so excited about it all that she also brought</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">her husband with her to church on Sunday. During the Sunday school</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">class, they really loved the lesson and shared amazing insights and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">experiences from their lives. I can't believe how prepared they are,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and they just fell into our hands! So amazing!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Yesterday, Sister Moffat and I met Marjorie and Kaori chan for lunch</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">in Gotanda area at a fancy buffet called the Prince Hotel. It was fun</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to see them both! We had a nice lunch together and I was able to say</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">goodbye to both of them as they will be heading to the Philippines on</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the 1st. I will send pictures! :) I will also send you the rest of the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">ones I took with Megumi and Minami Chan last week.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Not sure if I have mentioned this before or not, but since I have come</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to this area, we have put a huge focus on greeting everyone and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">smiling SUPER BIG!! Near our house, there is a long road, (where I got</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">hit by the motorcycle) (we call it smile street) that we walk on it every</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">single day. It is a one way street and we have so many people on that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">street who we say 'hello' to and 'goodnight' to. We've made many many</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">friends by just being happy, helpful and genki. There is a man who</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">owns a karage shop where he specializes in deep fried chicken with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">other fancy meals. We see him everyday and are able to say hello as we</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">are walking by. He looks out the window 24/7 to make sure he never</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">misses us as we are coming by. There is another woman who owns a clay</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">shop and we have met many of her students and always say hello to her!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">There is an old folks home near the end of the street where we have</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">been invited in to shake hands and entertain old people over and over</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">again. We always wave as we are walking past the window and all the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">little old people wave with the biggest smiles on their faces. There</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">is a woman who owns a cute little clothes store who always greets us</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">as we come by. Not to mention, the cake shop man, the hoikuen (nursery</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">school) kids, the fish shop people, the Italian store people and all</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the people who go to and from the station on their way to work and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">returning back home. There are 8-7 people who work at the 7-11 near</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">our house who we know by name and are really good friends with. We use</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the wifi at the 7-11 daily and so we greet them daily as well. These</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">are just a few of the many people who we see on a daily bases who God</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">has given us to love and take care of. I share this because I have</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">realized that missionary work is so much more than what we members of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the church think it is. It doesn't matter where we are, we have the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">opportunity to bless other people's lives. We can serve and help those</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">around us and in so doing show the light of Christ. In the scriptures,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">it says "by their fruits ye shall know them." As members of the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">church, we are and should be always sharing the gospel. We are message</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and as we strive to make our interactions with everyone around us</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">meaningful, I know we will be given eyes to see those who are prepared</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to hear and learn more. I encourage you all to look at your daily</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">lives and evaluate how you interact with other people, whether it be</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">at work, school, wherever! I know God will bless you as you do so. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Lately, I've been thinking a lot about how the Lord prepares each</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">phase of our lives long before we even know they are coming. As I look</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">back through my life, I see a pattern in so many different areas of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">how I was being prepared to help someone here on my mission, or even</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">just know some bit of information that is now useful in some respect</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to missionary work. I don't know if I am explaining this very well,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">but I just want to testify of God's perfect knowledge of us as his</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">children. He has been preparing us since before the world began for</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the things we face everyday of our lives now. He is aware of the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">things we are learning and experiencing at this time and is preparing</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">it to be useful in the future in his perfect plan of happiness!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Everything happens for a reason, and God will continue to teach us</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">line upon line and precept upon precept. I know He loves us so much</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and is watching out for each one of you. He is our a ultimate source</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of peace and comfort. He is the best teacher. I've learned that I need</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to be more humble and apply the correction I receive from Him daily.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We have so much to learn and do as human beings before we can become</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">like him, but He sees us for everything we can and have the potential</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to become. He is so gracious and so merciful to us. I love Him so much</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and am so grateful to be His missionary. This gospel is true. Jesus</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Christ is our Savior. I know there is only true happiness in living</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">according to His perfect Gospel.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I love you all and hope you have a fantastic week!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Love always,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Hubbard</span></pre>
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camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-74989370302145658882016-07-19T15:54:00.003-07:002016-07-19T15:54:50.424-07:00Week 65 Japan Tokyo Mission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIesp2lTTaLNhKs2DJGvfKrJvt6qI4FzRSxbYoDhrhzXv90eLavKEqI7rsA1Lx-MQnBE7vdWKBj7vWpa0tAMKfNQyQsLrROl0IU7N1ebByPa8K7IZ3WzB7TkTQirDntjbyC-9s38KN7KXf/s1600/image189ij.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIesp2lTTaLNhKs2DJGvfKrJvt6qI4FzRSxbYoDhrhzXv90eLavKEqI7rsA1Lx-MQnBE7vdWKBj7vWpa0tAMKfNQyQsLrROl0IU7N1ebByPa8K7IZ3WzB7TkTQirDntjbyC-9s38KN7KXf/s640/image189ij.JPG" width="480" /></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear family,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We've had some really amazing experiences this past week, but I will</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">probably only be able to share one of them. The one I will share</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">relates directly to the power God gives us to "be in the world but not</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of the world" and the protection He continually gives us as</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">missionaries. I believe this power comes from living and keeping our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">covenants as we show the Lord we truly are on His side. This power</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">comes from consistent righteous living. Now, more than ever, there is</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">a need to be more righteous.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This past week, sister Moffat and I ventured out to a Matsuri in the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">middle of Yoyogi park. (A matsuri is like a big party/festival/ street</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">fair thing)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This Matsuri was specifically for foreigners living in Tokyo and so we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">saw it would be a good opportunity to find more investigators and meet</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">some more foreigners who would be willing to learn about our message.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We walked into that Matsuri with two other sisters from the 1st ward</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">having set massive goals that we wanted to reach together. As we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">arrived at the eki, we could hear noisy drums and music coming from</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">within the park. There were well over a couple thousand people at this</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">event and most all of them were gaijin! It seemed that there may have</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">been a few sketchy things inside the crowd, but we still felt good</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">about going and talking to everyone that we possibly could. After</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">praying, we split off from each other to divide and conquer the crowd!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We gave many book of Mormons way, and were able to meet tons of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people who had members in their families. It became a great success!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">The Tokyo 1st sisters were able to reach a less active member and find</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">a few new investigators which was so awesome! Sister Moffat and I also</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">saw a ton of success. After about an hour of running around in the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">crowd, we began to feel sick. Our surroundings were filled with all of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the awful things in this world. There was partying everywhere and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">despite the great success we had had, began to feel like maybe it was</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">time to leave the Matsuri. Walking through the crowd, trying not to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">look at everything, a man who was very drunk circled around us with a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">few of his friends. We managed to escape them with the help of the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Lord. I don't think I need to say much more, but I will testify that</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Gods protection and guardian angels are real and so close to us.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Despite the horrible atmosphere around sister Moffat and I, we felt</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">empowered. At any moment during that time, I felt the power within</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">myself to command every single person in that crowd to not touch us or</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">else the power of God would shake them. It was both a scary, yet very</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">empowering experience! Luckily, nothing happened and we were able to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">walk out of the place safely.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">The world is growing continually worse and worse, and now more than</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">ever, there is a need for righteousness. This experience reminded me</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of a few scriptures.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the</span></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">mountains, or the waves of the sea." (Jacob 4:6)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"I command you that ye touch me not, for I am filled with the power of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">God, even unto the consuming of my flesh; and whoso shall lay his</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">hands upon me shall wither even as a dried reed; and he shall be as</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">naught before the power of God, for God shall smite him." - (1st Nephi</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">17:48)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"And they stood forth and attempted to lay their hands on him; but he</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">withstood them, and said unto them: Touch me not, for God shall smite</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">you if ye lay your hands upon me, for I have not delivered the message</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">which the Lord sent me to deliver." (Mosiah 13:2-3)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Although, we didn't need to command anyone to do anything, I believe</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">God gave us that same power as described in the above scriptures. Gods</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">power is so real and I can once again testify that God really does</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">protect His missionaries. As long as we are obedient and do what we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">are supposed to be doing, this protection will always be available to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">us. I love you all so much and just want to encourage you all to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">continue to do the right things. Avoid all forms of evil, and I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">promise the Holy Ghost will let you know when something isn't right.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">God loves all of you and I know He is guiding your lives. I hope you</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">all have a wonderful week! :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard xoxo</span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-22918613339655121572016-07-12T11:45:00.001-07:002016-07-12T11:45:51.394-07:00Week 64 Japan Tokyo Mission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QX_7-tYYRpeVXt5ASX0ALW4LLYFina4g-Vsu-BR8y8AEkJThGsao80vGNiEgGp6uM0x68wX0K6HZPh_Gw8Uz1jEi6akQuDUSso5yQ_F21opCji7Fdjt6iYqiTKbds4RAMUa5zlQ_FTj3/s1600/image1bv56.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QX_7-tYYRpeVXt5ASX0ALW4LLYFina4g-Vsu-BR8y8AEkJThGsao80vGNiEgGp6uM0x68wX0K6HZPh_Gw8Uz1jEi6akQuDUSso5yQ_F21opCji7Fdjt6iYqiTKbds4RAMUa5zlQ_FTj3/s640/image1bv56.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">The day we went dendouing in the rain with Marina Chan in Oimachi. So fun! :) she is the best.</pre>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Well, the hot humid summer has struck its course here in Tokyo! Bring</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">on the heat waves! This week, I am grateful for an air conditioned</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">apartment and for my croc shoes which don't get too hot or wet with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">all the humidity everywhere. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We've had some real breakthroughs this past week in Senzokuike!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">On Tuesday evening, we took our investigator Ellie to the Boss </span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">couple's</span></span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">house in our ward for dinner and a lesson. It was wonderful! Sister</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Boss bore a really powerful testimony about the plan of salvation and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Ellie had a really great experience. She is diligently reading the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Book of Mormon and praying about it. She has shown a lot of faith and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">as a result, God is blessing her so much! We are really excited about</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">her. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I would like to tell you about two of the families in our Senzokuike</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">ward who we have been focusing on. The first is the K.... Family.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">K.... Shimai is the only member of her family, but she has two</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">daughters who are high school and college age girls. K... Shimai</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">started coming back to church close to two months ago and we have been</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">working with her very closely. Since the beginning of the transfer,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Moffat and I have made it a goal to always ask her how her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">daughters are doing and express our desire to meet them. Well, this</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">week, K.... Shimai told her oldest daughter Y... about us! After</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">showing Yuri Chan a picture she took of us at church, She asked if it</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">would be okay if we could call her and set up a time to meet. Complete</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">miracle!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We called K... Shimai's daughter Y... and she was super excited to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">meet up with us! We met her this afternoon and invited her to come to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">church with her mom! She said she would like to come. Such a big</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">miracle!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We are also working really close with the Kawamura family in the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Senzokuike ward.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">At seminary on Wednesday mornings, we always make a special effort to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">be good friends with Marina Chan (Kawamura's daughter who is a YW).</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">This past Wednesday, she told us that she wanted to invite her best</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">friend to Eikaiwa class and asked us to please share the gospel with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">her. We made a plan together and her friend turned out to be a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">complete kinjin! Marina Chan's friend will now be coming to church</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">next Sunday and she wants to take the lessons. Way awesome! We went</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">over to the Kawamura's house for dinner this past week and were able</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to help her prepare a Book of Mormon for her friend by marking</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">scriptures and writing our testimonies in it together. Marina Chan is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">15 years old, but all she ever talks about is missionary work! It is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">amazing! She expressed that she wanted to come and do missionary work</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">with us sometime. We definitely took her up on that offer! On Saturday</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">afternoon, we ate lunch together (while studying preach my gospel) and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">then dendoued together for 3 hours in the rain. Now, it wasn't just</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">raining, but it was pouring! We bravely went out into the rain with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">our umbrellas and rain jackets and began talking with people. She</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">loved it! We gave five Book of Mormons away and talked to around 70</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">people together. It was a great success! She stopped people and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">introduced us as missionaries to many of the people and bore really</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">powerful testimonies to everyone about how the gospel has changed her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and her family's life. After everything, she told us that she wants to</span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">be a missionary someday, share the gospel with all her friends, and go</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to BYU. :) We are really excited about her! We love the Kawamura</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">family. They are preparing to go to the temple to be sealed soon,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">which is so amazing. They are a perfect example of how the gospel can</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and does bless families. They are so great!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We met with another investigator this past week named M.... San. She is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">a college student and was found just before I got to the area. We</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">haven't been able to meet her consistently because she is so busy with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">work and school, but we should be able to meet her more consistently</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">starting in August. We set a Baptismal date with her for August 20th.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">She told us that she would like to try living like a member of the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">church and experience the same things that the members do. We think</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">she really enjoyed coming to church a few weeks ago and it has</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">inspired her to want to learn more and be baptized! :) God is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">preparing His people!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Okay, another way WAY cool miracle!!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">As I was cleaning through a bunch of papers in our apartment this past</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">week, I found a piece of paper with a name (Hana Nishizawa) and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">address on it. We decided it looked like referral material and so we</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">decided to go and visit the 'mystery person' during the break between</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the two wards church meetings this past Sunday.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">After finding the apartment and praying, we proceeded to 'ping pong'</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">her door. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it definitely wasn't</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">what we found!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">A woman in a colorful dress with a high ponytail came skipping to the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">door to greet us. She is from Kentucky, but is living in Japan as an</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">actress. She spoke perfect English. Just as we were about to introduce</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">ourselves, she said, "Wow! You actually came! Come in! COME IN! Thank</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">you for coming! ... I have to admit, after hearing all of that, I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">began to wonder if she was just a less active who hadn't been to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">church in over a few years or something...</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">She sat us down with banana pancakes and this special 'lemon detox</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">water' she had made herself! (It looked like water with sliced lemons</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and cucumber in it-probably something I should keep drinking in the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">future, haha). It turns out Hana had met the missionaries last year at</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">some point on the street and had told them they should come over</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sometime! She must have handed them the piece of paper I found in the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">apartment and they must have just forgotten about it or something?</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Anyway, and we were able to teach her part of the restoration and said</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">she wanted to come to church sometime with us! It was a way awesome!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Also, she lives like 10 minutes away from the church! 奇跡!! Her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">husband, is half Australian and half Japanese, and is a really famous</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">singer here in Japan. It was such a neat experience to meet her. We</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">are excited for the opportunity to know her and work with her now.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I'm so grateful for this gospel! I know it is true. I know God lives</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and that He is directing our lives. Everything happens for a reason</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and is all connected in God's grand plan. Nothing is random and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">everything that ever happens in this life can be drawn back to the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sure knowledge that there is a God, that He loves us, and that we are</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">made to be so much more than everything we ever experience on this</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">earth. Jesus Christ really is our Savior and our advocate with the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Father. I know He prays for us and is our Older Brother. Keep trusting</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">in his glorious plan!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I hope you all have a wonderful week!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Love always,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Hubbard</span></pre>
<br />camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-72183349592130269692016-07-04T12:10:00.000-07:002016-07-04T12:10:23.849-07:00Week 63 Japan Tokyo Mission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLaIYpIKZhVXsYQ77UNzuD_x7uEy12TKh1MMQnP_gGtAnGL9AJAa5x7lIWZ-PRThqcKXFzk9m87N6KeCua3GohQjYRvkrk5scmk57_tLvYIKuXpKiNuAnrSUXZ93dh9nlVwYlGS23rbLS/s1600/image1mjgc.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLaIYpIKZhVXsYQ77UNzuD_x7uEy12TKh1MMQnP_gGtAnGL9AJAa5x7lIWZ-PRThqcKXFzk9m87N6KeCua3GohQjYRvkrk5scmk57_tLvYIKuXpKiNuAnrSUXZ93dh9nlVwYlGS23rbLS/s640/image1mjgc.JPG" width="480" /></a><br />
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<pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">People painting the scenery.</pre>
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<pre style="text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">"I saw a pillar of Light, exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun."
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<pre style="text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Dear family</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">On Monday, we went with Ellie to the BYU Hawaii concert. BYU Hawaii</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">comes with their orchestra and or choir group to Japan every year. I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">remember watching it last year too. It was amazing to me how strong</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the Spirit was there. I was able to see many friends and people from</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">previous areas who I haven't seen for a long time. It was definitely a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">tender mercy for me to be there. The Concert was amazing. Our top</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">investigator, Ellie, really felt the Spirit and was able to meet a lot</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of really good people. I think going to the concert really opened her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">eyes to how many missionaries and people there are involved in the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">church as most of the South mission also brought there investigators</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and there were over 300 missionaries there. It was a great experience</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">for her! It was also a great experience for me. Near the end, the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">choir did a special rendition of "How great thou Art." It was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">beautiful. Music is so powerful and tears streamed down my face as</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">their beautiful voices filled the theatre. It was so powerful and the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Spirit really testified to me, once again, that this church really is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">true and that God is really in the details of everything on earth and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">in His plan. On a funnier side of things, Ellie, our investigator,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">noticed I had tears in my eyes and we once again had to explain the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">'happy tear', and 'sad tear' hanashi to her. She said that she had a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">warm feeling in her heart and was able to recognize that the feelings</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">she was experiencing as the Spirit. She's been even more excited to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">learn since the concert. We taught her more of the plan of salvation</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">this past week and she continues to eat of the book of mormon and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">everything that is in it. She has the deepest questions and we love</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">her so much!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">She also came to church this past week and we will begin teaching her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">in members homes starting this next week. So excited for Ellie! God</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">has blessed her and prepared her heart so much. She is a dear friend</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to us.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">On Tuesday, we met with a recent convert named Takada Shimai. She</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">contacted us last Sunday and told us that she felt like she needed to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">do something to help us as missionaries and asked us what it might be?</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We weren't sure at the time and so we decided to meet and talk about</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">it. As we talked with her, she confided in us that she had a handful</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of friends that she wanted to introduce the gospel to. Way cool! She</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">is one of the best missionary members ever! As we spoke with her, she</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">told us countless stories of people she had met in the last couple of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">weeks. She is so bold in living the gospel and consistently finds</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">people to share the gospel with every single day. We gave her a whole</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">bunch of our streeting materials because she naturally starts up</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">gospel conversations with everyone and directs them to learn more. I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">decided I want to be that kind of member missionary. We were so amazed</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">by her courage to share the gospel with others. Way to go members!!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We met amazing people on the street this past week!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">As we were coming home from a less active members house on Tuesday</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">night, we approached a woman who had her back turned to us. As she</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">turned to reply to our greeting, every single part of me felt that we</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">needed to tell her about Jesus Christ. It was a neat experience. Sure</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">enough, as we opened our mouths and taught about Jesus Christ and the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Book of Mormon, she exclaimed, "Jesus Christ really lived?!"</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">She then expressed that she had just come from the doctors office</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">where she had received some treatment for her back. This woman was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">probably in her 40s, and so she must have had some sort of accident as</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">she was struggling to walk.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Before saying goodbye to her, she said,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">「私は一人だたが誰も挨拶していなかった。お二人は私に話してくれましたこと、本当に幸せになりました。私は泣きそうぐらい、嬉しいです」She</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">began to weep, and promised that she would come to church on Sunday.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">It was an amazing miracle. Later, Sister Moffat and I really felt the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Spirit confirm to us that we had been instruments in Gods hands in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">reaching out to her. There is no greater joy than in knowing that you</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">have been God's hands in helping someone else. This gospel is amazing!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Last week, we met a Woman named Santi from Napal. We exchanged</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">numbers, but because she was running late, we weren't able to set an</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">appointment with her. We called her this past week to try and make an</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">appointment. As she answered the phone, to my great surprise, the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">first thing that came out of my mouth was, "Santi, we have a present</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">for you!"</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">...Before talking with her, we had planned to invite her to church. We</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">hadn't talked about anything related to what came out of my mouth. It</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">was very interesting. I was surprised by what I had said to her!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">As my brain processed what had just happened, I realized we hadn't</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">given her a Book of Mormon! I then remembered that we did have a Book</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of Mormon in the Hindi language. Perfect!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Her reply to my unexpected outburst was, "How did you know it was my</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">birthday soon?" It turns out that her birthday was just a week later</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and that she had no family or friends to celebrate it with because</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">she had just moved to Japan. Crazy cool!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We were able to set an appointment with her and she is excited to meet</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">with us. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">God really does put the words we need to say in our mouths. God knows</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">how we can touch other people's hearts. God knows His children and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">loves them all so much. He knows the very details our our lives-</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Including our birthdays. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I had the opportunity to travel to Koiwa once again for exchanges with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the Sister Training Leaders. As always, it was a an amazing experience</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to see all of he people there. I am always amazed by the growth of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">their testimonies and for their constant love for the Lord. It makes</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">me want to continue to do better and to live as obedient as I can</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">every single day.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">This past week in my study, I was promoted to begin studying the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">gospel in a little bit of a different way. My thoughts have really</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">been directed to prayer lately and how I can have more meaningful and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">revelatory prayers with Heavenly Father. As a result, I have decided</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to start keeping a journal of revelation. I will carry it with me</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">everywhere I go and carefully record every impression and thought I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">receive from the Spirit as I go throughout my day. It's been a really</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">neat experience! It's definitely helped me see the work in a new light</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and also see how the Lord is directing me, "line upon line, and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">precept upon precept." Sometimes it is difficult for us to feel like</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">our prayers aren't being answered, especially when we are looking for</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">a big specific answer. But, sometimes, we are too impatient while</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">waiting for that revelation. We need to trust that God will reveal to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">us the big picture in small amounts. We need to understand that God is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the Master of all Knowledge, but he teaches us at our own level and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">understanding, slowly, until we can understand everything in a great</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">whole. As I have kept this journal, I have been able to understand the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">greater picture and more of what Heavenly Father is trying to teach me</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and tell me personally. I think I will continue to follow this way of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">study throughout my whole life. It's taught me that the little pieces</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of revelation we receive is preparatory to understanding greater</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">things. Thus, it is always important to ask the Lord "Is there more?"</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">after we receive a small piece. It's outstanding how the Lord is able</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to teach us. He really is the Great Mentor.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">"It is given unto many to know the mysteries of God; nevertheless they</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">are laid under a strict command that they shall not impart only</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">according to the portion of his word which he doth grant unto the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">children of men, according to the heed and diligence which they give</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">unto him.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">...he that will harden his heart, the same receiveth the lesser</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">portion of the word; and he that will not harden his heart, to him is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">given the greater portion of the word, until it is given unto him to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">know the mysteries of God until he know them in full."</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">(Alma 12:9-10)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">"For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">round." (1Nephi 10:19)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">On our way home from Koiwa, we met a woman from Mongolia! She couldn't</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">speak any English, and she could only speak basic Japanese, but we</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">were able to have a really great conversation with her! We were</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">waiting for our train when we saw her and decided to speak with her.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">As we introduced ourselves and explained a little bit about the Book</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of Mormon and she took complete interest! We gave her a pass along</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">card saying she could receive one for free and meet with other</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">missionaries in Mongolia. She thanked us and proceeded to get on her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">train. We then realized that we were in the wrong part of the station</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and that we needed to get onto the other side of the line, but God</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">knew everything that would happen, and let us go to the wrong platform</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">so that we could meet this woman from Mongolia. It was a neat</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">experience.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Well, that's all I have time for. I'm grateful for the opportunity I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">have to be the Lords servant as a missionary. I've found more joy in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">this work than in anything I have ever done before. It's become my</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">lifelong pursuit, and I am so grateful for the shared duty we have as</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">missionaries, members, and people to assist in God's great work. I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">know this church is true. Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. He</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">is the light and truth of this world. Let's share that light with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">everyone!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Have a wonderful week!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Love always,</span>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Yeah, time for new shoes! I have 3 other pairs with the same size hole, haha.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I had a really neat opportunity to clean inside the Tokyo Temple this</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">morning for 3 hours. The temple is closed for cleaning the next two</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">weeks and we were lucky enough to get to help with the process.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">President Nagano emailed and asked us if we would be willing to help</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">out. Of course we were overjoyed to help! It was an excellent way for</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sister Moffat and I to spend our p-day. :)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">The peace inside the temple is always so amazing to me. I think it is</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">especially wonderful with the way things are here in Tokyo. Outside of</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the temple, everything is so loud, flashy, and worldly, but inside the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">temple it is the exact opposite. It is easy to feel close to God when</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">we are going to the temple. Such a blessing to live close by here in</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Senzokuike.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This past Wednesday, we had a really neat experience. We had planned</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the night before to travel to a certain part of our area and visit</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">members and find in their areas, but we both felt uneasy about it. We</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">prayed and thought about what we should do instead all during our</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">study, but we didn't come up with anything. Finally, during lunch</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">time, as I was thinking about everything, my mind was taken back to</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">the past Sunday. I remembered there was a mother who had mentioned</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that she as moving. I had also recognized her as a busy mother with</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">kids who seemed stressed with life in general.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">After talking about it all with sister Moffat, we realized we had</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">received our answer and proceeded to travel to this family's home. We</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">could hear before we entered the home that busy things were going on</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">inside. My thoughts and prayers were already going out to this mother</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">who had been working so hard to get everyone packed up, and also take</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">care of her little kids. We offered to help pack up the house, but</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">ended up just leaving a message as the there said it would be taken</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">care of later.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We shared a few thoughts and scriptures with her and before leaving</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">left a special blessing on their family to be able to feel peace about</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">everything although things were hectic. The feeling in their home</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">changed completely as we left them with a short message. We could tell</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the mother of the house was so grateful for the message we had shared.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This experience helped me realize once again how moorland it is to</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">follow the Spirit and obey the promptings we are given.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Our Investigator E.... surprised us this past week with a message over</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Facebook saying that she needed an English Book of Mormon! Our last</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lesson with her, we really dove into the Book of Mormon when talking</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">about the plan of salvation with her and now she is reading the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">scriptures everyday! She wanted an English one so that she could read</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and study in both English, Japanese, and Chinese! Crazy right? She is</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">way awesome! E.... also came to church this past week and had a really</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">great experience.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">In the second ward, we were getting a new bishop. During the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">announcing process of the new bishop and during the testimonies of the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">previous Bishopric, E.... turning to me and asked, "How did the Stake</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">president choose a new bishop?" We told her that he prayed to God and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">received an answer. She seemed a little confused by what we had said,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and then we told her that she could ask the stake president if she</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">would like to. E...., deep in thought, said, "I want to receive an</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">answer like that!"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">As she continued to watch the meeting, her facial expression changed</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">from and "in thought" expression to a very concerned face. As the old</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">bishop's wife gave a testimony, she began to cry. The Old bishop then</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">spoke, and he also began to cry. The next 3 speakers all cried as they</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">bore powerful testimonies. Ellie, concerned, asked us "What happened</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">in here? Why is everyone so sad now?" We had a good conversation about</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"happy tears" and "sad tears" with her and that seemed to help her</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">understand.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">She is such an amazing person! She comes from the hardest background</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">ever and just had an amazing sincere desire to know if God is there.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">She prays everyday and loves the Book of Mormon, and although she is</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">still having a bit of a hard time recognizing the Spirit, we know she</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">will be able to feel it soon enough. She recognizes the goodness and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the gospel. She loves Jesus Christ,even though we only taught her last</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">week about Him. She has learned it all before and she is slowly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">remembering it all through the Spirit. The gospel really does have a</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">familiar ring to people. She is so great. :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Speaking of familiar rings, we were able to strike a chord with our</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">investigator Mi...! She has been investigating the church for a while</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">now, but is still having a hard time wanting to progress and keep</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">commitments because of how busy she is with school.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We decided to take a different approach to the way we had been</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">teaching her and so we sang for her!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We sang the famous song I learned in Sado called, "I'll find you there</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">my friend."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We taught her the plan of Salvation with words and singing, and also</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">explained why we came to Japan here on missions. It was really</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">powerful and we could tell she felt the Spirit. She agreed to meet</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">with us consistently and to come to church again. So awesome! She then</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">exclaimed that she wanted us to teach her about baptism again. We were</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of course, more than willing, to teach more about that. :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We had dinner with a recent convert family this past week who is</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">preparing to be sealed in the temple together. The other will be going</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">through the temple really soon and we have been teaching her and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">helping her to prepare. They are a beautiful family and every time I</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">am with them, I feel like I am able to see the true blessings of this</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">gospel. The family really is a beautiful thing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I'm so grateful for the opportunity I have to be a missionary. I love</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">this gospel and am so grateful to be able to see how it blesses others</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">in such a magnificent way. I know Christ lives and that this is His</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">restored gospel. I know God sees us as we can become and with that</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">knows exactly what we need to experience in order to reach exaltation.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">He loves us so much. He walks with us through our trials and sends</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">angels to help us and bear us up. I know that these things are true.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I hope you all have a wonderful week!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We had transfer calls this morning and it looks like this next</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">transfer will be one to remember! Sister Moffat and I will both be</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">staying in Senzokuike, and I couldn't be be happier. We have some</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">amazing goals for this next transfer and we are excited to see what</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the Lord has up His sleeve for Senzokuike in the next 6 weeks. Super</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">exciting!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">It was neat for me to read about all of those experiences people had</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">at the temple from our ward back home. Family History is amazing and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">powerful. The work is hastening on this side of the veil as well as on</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the other side of the veil. Super neat.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I forgot to mention last week that we had our temple p-day! I wasn't</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">able to write about everything that happened because there wasn't a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">whole lot of time last week for emails, but I think I will share a</span>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Last Tuesday, we caught the morning session in the temple and it was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of course amazing and wonderful. It was Sister Moffat's first time in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the Tokyo temple, and I could really tell she felt the Spirit and was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">able to have a good experience. We are so blessed to be able to go</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">once every transfer, but guess what?! This past transfer we got to go</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">twice!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Last Tuesday evening, we had the opportunity to go and do baptisms</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">with three of the recent converts from Koiwa! It was an amazing</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">experience for me to be there and to see three of my best friends,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">enter the temple, and be baptized for the dead.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">My mind was naturally carried back to when they were first baptized in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Koiwa last year, but seeing their spiritual growth and strong</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">testimonies was so special for me. There really is no greater joy than</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">in seeing those you love, live and enjoy the blessings of the gospel.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">It was a glorious reunion for us. It was also a wonderful reunion for</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">me and sister Moffat as we were able to meet the temple president and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">his amazing wife- both our father's mission president and his wife! It</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">was a really neat experience.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">It made me think about how wonderful it will be to be reunited with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">everyone after this life in heaven, and to rejoice together in the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">gospel. What an amazing day that will be!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Also, after Eikaiwa a couple of weeks ago, Elder and Sister Aoyagi</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">came to see us. Aoyagi Choro was also sister Moffat's dad's mission</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">president, and so it was neat for us to make that connection. They</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">gave us a ride home in their car and left us with a whole bunch of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">food. They are so kind.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We have seen so many miracles this past week! We've met tons of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">prepared people and have had many opportunities to teach the gospel.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Yesterday, as we were coming home from church, we were stopped by a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">young man who told us he would like to come to church. We were able to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">direct him to the church building and hook him up with the Elders. It</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">was a neat miracle!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We were on the train a few days ago, on the way home from an</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">appointment. Before entering the train, I started a conversation with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">a woman who was waiting next to me. We had to get off at the next</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">stop, otherwise we would have been late for our curfew. I was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">initially worried that we may not be able to get this woman's number,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">but as we pulled up to the Nagahara train station, she got off with us</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">in order to get our number so that she could come to church and meet</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">with us. Way cool miracle! We are excited to meet Shiho San again. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We taught the Shields family again this past week. Two of their kids</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">are going to be going to the FSY (like EFY but in Japan) and so we</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">went to their house to help them prep for it all! We love teaching</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">them and they are so prepared! We are excited to keep meeting with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">them and helping them come closer to Christ.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sometimes as missionaries, we meet the coolest people ever! We get</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">their number, set an appointment with them, meet them, and then have</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the hardest time getting a hold of them again! Any returned missionary</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">will understand how frustrating that can be sometimes, but this story</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">is a possible one. :) During weekly planning this past week, Sister</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Moffat and I were going through our area book. We had already dropped</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">a few of these people who weren't answering our phone calls, and came</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to woman named Sheryl. We met her about four weeks ago and were so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sure she was kin! Anyway, we had reached the conclusion to drop her,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">but that we we try one more time to call her. We did so, and after</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">receiving her answering machine, sister Moffat proceeded to drop her.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Just as she had her finger over the "drop" button (using area book on</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">iPads) guess who called us for the first time in 4 weeks?!! Yes!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sheryl had been really busy with work and wasn't taking phone calls</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">from anyone, but she told us that she wanted to continue meeting and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">apologized for not getting back to us. Miracle? I WOULD SAY SO!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We were able to continue teaching our Chinese friend, Ellie, this past</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">week! She is so wonderful! In one of our lessons with her, the Spirit</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">was so strong and she really felt it. We were able to set a baptismal</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">date with her this past week and so we are super excited for that! :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We love Ellie.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">This letter is kind of all over the place (my apologies), but I am</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">going to jump back to yesterday at church! We had a really special</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">conference broadcasted to all of Japan from Salt Lake yesterday. It</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">was a meeting specifically prepared for the saints here. Elder Bednar,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Burton, Elder Whiting, and Elder Maynes all spoke to us and it</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">was a really neat experience. There are really big things happening in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Japan and it makes me so excited to go out and talk to people</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">everyday. God is really hastening his work.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We had a walk in at church yesterday. A woman from the Philippines</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">named, Monique, came to watch he conference. We didn't notice her at</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">first, but with a little bit of help from the elders, we eventually</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">ended up sitting with her and translating for her because she didn't</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">speak Japanese. She is way awesome! She said she has tried to meet with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">us and learn more about the church. She is the sweetest person ever</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and we are so excited to teach her too. We are so blessed to be</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">serving here.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I love this gospel. I love to share it. Being a missionary is such a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">small sacrifice and I am so lucky to be here. Everyday is the best day</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">ever and despite things being difficult sometimes, I know the God</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">lives and that makes all the difference. He is always watching out for</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">us and fighting our biggest battles for us. I know this gospel is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">true. I hope you all have a wonderful week!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Love always,</span>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear Family,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">A big shout out to all of the wonderful Fathers who I know, especially</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">my Dad! I hope Father's Day is wonderful!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I don't have a whole lot of time today, but I will share some of the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">highlights of this week.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">On Friday night, we found out that there would be a baptism in our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">ward for one of the little eight year olds the following Saturday</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">evening. Sister Moffat and I felt like we should try really hard to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">get someone to come and watch the baptism. We spent all of Saturday</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">trying to get one of our investigators to come to this baptism at</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">5:00pm. We had worked hard all day, contacting all of our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">investigators and inviting them, but 4:00 came around and we still</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">didn't have anyone. We decided to pray once again, and hope for the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">best. The next 8 or 9 people who we talked to weren't able to come to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the baptism, but between the trains and the different transformation</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">means we used to contact these people, we found ourselves in a busy</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">little place called Jiyugaoka.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Now, to give you all a little image of what Jiyugaoka looks like, just</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">picture a huge outdoor shopping mall with millions of people inside of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it. There are so many people! We began talking with people there for</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the next ten minutes and still hadn't found anyone to come to the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">baptism with us. As we were walking along, I suddenly remembered that</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">we had found a PI a few weeks previous and that we knew where she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lived. It just so happened to be about 5 minute away from where we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">were and so we decided to go and ask out friend Ellie to come with us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to the baptism.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We had housed into her probably 4 weeks previously, but she didn't</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">express a ton of interest and she never answered our messages or</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">texts, so we hadn't gone back to see her since. As we approached the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">apartment building where we had seen her previously, I felt a great</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">peace. We walked up to the third floor and talked about how we were</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">going to asked her to come to this baptism with us. She had only met</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">us once before, but we prayed and felt good about it and so we rang</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the doorbell.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">She came to the door and asked who it was (this is quite a common</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">thing. We usually don't see the person we are talking to and just hear</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">their voice. It's kind of funny) I looked at sister Moffat trying not</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to laugh and said "It's the sister missionaries!" :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Ellie answered the door and looked so confused as to why we had come</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">back to her house. We asked her how she was and she offered to go get</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">coffee with us for 10 minutes... We hadn't brought up the baptism</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">thing yet with her, but she wanted to spend time with us and so we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">agreed! As she went back into the house to change, I told sister</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Moffat that we had to tell her we wanted her to come to the baptism</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">before exiting the apartment building, otherwise we would be trapped</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">in Starbucks coffee!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">E---- opened the door, all ready to go, and Sister Moffat burst out</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and said, "Would you like to come with us to a baptism!?"</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Haha,It was probably the the most awkward thing ever, but guess what?!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">She came! She rode the train with for half and hour to get to Ookayama</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">station, and then walked with us the 15 minute walk to the church to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">see the baptism, just before 5:00pm. Crazy cool!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">It was an amazing experience. We asked her if she would want to be</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">baptized after explaining everything, and she said she would love to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">after learning everything we had to teach her. It was crazy CRAZY</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">cool. She had expressed next to no interest when we met her four weeks</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">ago, but she had completely changed after being touched by the Spirit.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We set up expectations to meet with her twice a week.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We taught her for the first time last night. She expressed the concern</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that she had a hard time believing that God really knew her</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">personally. She went on to say how there are million and millions of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people in the world, so how could God know her personally?</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We testified boldly and promised her that she could know through</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">prayer if God really did know her or not. She replied, "Really?!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Please, teach me how to pray!"</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Her prayer was the most beautiful thing. She prayed in Chinese and it</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">brought tears to me eyes. Although I couldn't understand what she as</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">saying the whole time, I felt the sincerity in her voice and her</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">longing to know and to feel if God really was there. As she finished,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">we could tell that she had felt something. She smiled and thanked us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">for coming over. She loves the Book of Mormon and is so Kin! She is</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">amazing. I haven't met someone with her desire to learn for a long</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">time. She is so close to God and know she knows how to break the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">barrier and talk with him. She is amazing.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I'm pretty much out of time, but from this experience I've learn once</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">again that God really does answer our prayers and know the desires of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">our hearts. He answered our prayer as missionaries to find someone to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">take to the baptism, and we found someone! Not only that, but He</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">blessed us to be able to meet with E---- twice a week and had been</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">preparing her all along to hear the message of the restored gospel. He</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">answered Ellie's prayer and helped her feel that He really was there</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">watching over her and guiding her. It was so neat. I know God loves us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and that we are His children.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">One of my favorite things as a missionary is to watch people pray for</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the first time. It warms my heart to know and feel how much the Lord</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">really does love them and is so happy they have finally found Him.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We have the chance as members and children of God to find Him everyday</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of our lives. There is real power in prayer and I know that as we ask</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">in faith, we will always receive the answers that we are searching</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">for. I love you all so much!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Have a wonderful week! :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard xoxo</span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-39193765183633309112016-05-30T08:06:00.004-07:002016-05-30T08:06:49.059-07:00Week 59 Japan Tokyo Mission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklhG8i2cPAw1jAEenR8xwkZtk44TdeyB_a7llSrInHqt4H7rKTjYW-4fHMQMzL8YBZQzw2QQr1JcW_3IS2NlG1G1O8mJaHt_xIIIgtTK6ko0aCx5UY2JDYB8f8QCFpb3_OhkoqQ76Tzo5/s1600/image1vbgy.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklhG8i2cPAw1jAEenR8xwkZtk44TdeyB_a7llSrInHqt4H7rKTjYW-4fHMQMzL8YBZQzw2QQr1JcW_3IS2NlG1G1O8mJaHt_xIIIgtTK6ko0aCx5UY2JDYB8f8QCFpb3_OhkoqQ76Tzo5/s640/image1vbgy.JPG" width="480" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">It's been another beautiful week in Sensokuike! Lots of miracles and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">neat experiences to share with everyone. Thanks for your emails. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">So, this last week we were walking down the busy streets of Tokyo and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">we met a college student who was carrying a long bag over her</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">shoulders. It looked like she was carrying a big stick or something</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">inside of her bag. We proceeded to stop her and ask her what she was</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">doing. She told us that she was on her way to her Naginata class (Long</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">sword, Halberd thing). Pretty sweet! We tried to share the gospel with</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">her but she said she was running late. So, we decided to get a little</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">bit creative and ask if we could come and watch her practice. Her eyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">grew bigger as she realized that two crazy gaigin missionaries wanted</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">to come and watch her practice sword fighting in front of everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">What do you think she said?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">YES! We followed her to the auditorium and she introduced us to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">everyone else who was there practicing. It was a really neat dendou</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">experience! It was also a way cool experience to see these girls</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">fighting with long swords. They wore Samarai looking outfits and used</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">a kind of long Banboo swords for practice. It was pretty violent</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">looking! The armor they use is so thick that they hit each other</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">pretty hard and so it was really cool to watch. There was a woman</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">there who was instructing who was the champion last year in Tokyo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Pretty awesome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Anyway, as we were watching, one of the instructors called out to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">sister Moffat and I...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">We ended up training with the girls and practicing how to use these</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">swords! It was super fun! Everyone was asking us why we could speak</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Japanese and why we were Christian missionaries. It was a great</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">opportunity to get in with the community and to share the gospel with</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">a lot of people. We had to leave early, but we were invited back to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">practice with them again next week! Also, we have an investigator who</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">loves Naginata and so we hope we can go with her next week and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">introduce more people to the gospel. God really does open all the</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">doors that need to be opened. It's neat to see the work roll on in</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">different kinds of ways. Super neat experience!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">We had a zone conference this past week in Koiwa! I had the</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">opportunity to bare my testimony as one of the branded 'returning</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">missionaries,' which is not quite the right term as I STILL HAVE 2</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">MONTHS TO BE HERE. Haha, anyway, It was a neat experience for me to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">bare my testimony in the Koiwa church again. It brought back memories</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">of the first week when I entered that chapel and was asked to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">introduce myself and bare my testimony in Japanese for the first time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Somehow, I felt confident knowing that I was back in that chapel</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">expected once again to bare my testimony.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Before bearing my testimony, I share a scripture in Mosiah 2:21. It's</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">been a scripture I have been thinking about a lot lately and so I</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">would like to share it with you guys too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">"I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own will,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">and even supporting you from one moment to another--I say, if ye</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">unprofitable servants."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I love King Benjamin's words. The future verses, he exhorts us to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">remember our 'own nothingness.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">This really is the Lord's work. We are less than the dust of the</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">earth, because even the dust of the earth obeys our Heavenly Father.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">We are so imperfect, yet he loves us. We are His greatest treasure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Isn't that amazing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">It was definitely one of those times when you feel like a small spec,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">compared to the amazing things God does everyday. It definitely puts</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">everything into perspective and helps me reevaluate the reasons behind</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">why I do things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">There is great power in doing things solely because you love the Lord</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">and want to serve Him. Sometimes it is harder than others, but when we</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">are humbled, the Lord's enabling power will always help us. We can</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">then become the Lord's hands and have our will becomes aligned with</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">His. I now that this is true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">We also had the opportunity to have exchanges with the sister training</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">leaders in Koiwa after the conference! I will send pictures. :) We</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">were able to do some fun things and catch up with some of the people</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">We met this past week with a new investigator named Sheryl who we</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">found 2 or so weeks ago. Sheryl is from the Philippines and speaks</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">English! One of her best friends was converted to Mormonism and so she</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">took a lot of interest in our message when we shared it with her on</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">the street a while back. Anyway, our plan was to meet her at the</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">station and then travel to the church, but because she had to get back</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">to work early, time did not permit that happening. We ended up just</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">talking in a restaurant, which was thankfully silent with pretty</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">classical music, to help us find the Spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">We sat down together and began teaching her the first lesson. Sister</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Moffat saved me a few times as it had been a while since I had taught</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">it all in English, haha. It was a really good lesson and spirit was so</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">strong. Our friend Sheryl asked some amazing questions and we were</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">able to answer them through the Spirit. As the lesson's end neared, we</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">shared Moroni 10:3-5 with her and the most amazing thing happened! The</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">mood deepened, as she read the words:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">"Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">things, and ponder it in your hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">She began to sob. We listened intently. She finally looked up,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">apologizing, and said, "I know that this is true," explaining that she</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">had been to hundreds of bible classes and read the bible many times,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">but had never read anything that filled her heart with so much love</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">and peace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Sheryl is so pure. She is such a beautiful example of someone who has</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">been prepared by the Lord, to know and recognize the truth when it</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">comes to her. This was a really powerful experience for Sister Moffat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">and I. It reminded me once again that there really are people who are</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">searching for this gospel and that they are all around us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">It's a neat experience to be a missionary and to find these kinds of</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">people and just to feel that God loves them so much and has led them</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">to finding everything they are looking for. It never ceases to amaze</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">me how the Lord is able to prepare people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I know this church is true. The Book of Mormon has a real power that</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">flows into our lives as we diligently read it. I know God lives and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">loves us. We are His precious children and He is constantly directing</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">and guiding our lives. Everything happens for a reason and the little</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">details of our lives are part of a great eternal plan for us, both</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">individually, and as families.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I hope you all have a wonderful week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear Family,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Moffat and I have had a wonderful week together! We've learned</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lots, seen lots, and been able to see lots of neat miracles. God is</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">really pouring out His Spirit upon the people in our area and upon our</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">investigators.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We had a wonderful Zone meeting this past week! As a mission, we have</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">been trying to raise our vision and goals so that we can show forth</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">more faith by believing in an expecting miracles. We spoke a lot about</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">consecration and what is really means to be a consecrated missionary.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">As I thought about everything, I came across a quote that I really</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">liked by Parly P. Pratt. In the quote, Parly submits completely to the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">will of the Lord and desires to do whatever is required of him. I</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">thought it was amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"I have desired, after travelling for twenty-five or twenty-six years,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">mostly abroad, to stay at home and minister among the people of God,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and take care of my family; but God’s will be done, and not mine. If</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it is the will of God that I should spend my days in proclaiming this</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Gospel and bearing testimony of these things, I shall think myself</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">highly privileged and honored. And when the Spirit of God is upon me,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I think it matters but very little what I suffer, what I</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sacrificed–whether I secure the honor or dishonor of men, or where I</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">die, if it so be that I can keep the faith, fight the good fight, and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">finish my course with joy. I have all eternity before me, in which to</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">enjoy myself."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Being on a mission for 1 and a half years is such a small sacrifice.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">It really is, but I am so grateful for the opportunity to be here on a</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">mission. I love serving the Lord and pray that I can be a better</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">consecrated missionary.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">At the Zone meeting, we had an assignment to write down three things</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that keep us from being a consecrated missionary. All of us</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">showed up to the meeting with these pieces of paper and together,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">prayed, promising the Lord that we would try and be better. We burnt</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the pieces of paper after all praying together for the Lord's Spirit</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to sanctify us and help us to be better. The spirit was so strong and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I was grateful for the things I learned and for the promises we were</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">able to make to the Lord to be better and more faithful missionaries.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I think there are specific sanctifying moments in our lives when we</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">come to a point where we now we need to change something. These really</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">are defining moments and I think that as we humble ourselves before</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the Lord and ask Him to strengthen us, that He will help us overcome</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">our weaknesses.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me;</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">will I make weak things become strong unto them." (Ether 12:27)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This past Wednesday, We were walking down the street near the church</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and we saw a couple holding hands and walking our direction. I had an</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">impression to talk to them, even though I knew it would be so awkward</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to break everything up and intrude on their 'alone time', haha. Well,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it definitely was awkward, but they were really interested!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We were able to invite them into the church for a tour and even talk</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to them about baptism at the baptismal font! It was a really neat</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">experience! They expressed great desires to come to church and to</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">learn the missionary lessons. So cool! Sometimes it is hard to know</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">who will accept the message of the Gospel, but God really knows. It's</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">neat to see His hand in the work. There are so many people all over</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the place being prepared, and it is our job to find them and help them</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">feel the Spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We received a call on Saturday night from a ward member whose husband</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and child had become sick. She informed us that she probably wouldn't</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">be able to come to church and asked us if we would teach the relief</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">society lesson the next day in church.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I ask myself where we would have time to prepare a relief society</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lesson, but agreed to help trusting that things would work out okay.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">The lesson turned out to be one of the most spiritual experiences! All</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of the sisters in our ward helped us so much and my companion bore the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">most beautiful testimony that brought everyone to tears. It was so</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">special. Such a simple example, but still so powerful. God really does</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">make up the difference as we give our best. He is able to make our</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">weaknesses become strengths. I am so grateful for how gracious the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Lord really is. He wants to bless us and help us.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Being on a mission has really helped me to see everyday in a different</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">perspective. Every single experience we have here as individuals is</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">preparing us for the future. God sees us as we can become and although</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it is sometimes difficult to trust that everything is being done the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">way it should be, He really does know best. Everything we experience</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">is so precious. God knows how to exalt us and help us to learn and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">grow.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I know this church is true. I know God is working in each of our lives</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">everyday. He loves us, and will never give us a trial or tests that we</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">cannot overcome with His help.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I'm grateful for this knowledge.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I hope you all have a wonderful week!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard</span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-54058834120330795702016-05-16T08:16:00.002-07:002016-05-16T08:16:51.526-07:00Week 57 Japan Tokyo Mission <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbrJs3oPu6hrudM9bas0ihNFGETLOcm0DsPk7Mi2P1XYIpz1AzOfhPNYfWfJH58ruZW_xWrVTcfIQUNG0ujwVj7wwaNsO7_wcUVKtb-cJ0UTNMS9-zqwKf8pDudMskfnh84cVoIJ_jS1M/s1600/image1hyui.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbrJs3oPu6hrudM9bas0ihNFGETLOcm0DsPk7Mi2P1XYIpz1AzOfhPNYfWfJH58ruZW_xWrVTcfIQUNG0ujwVj7wwaNsO7_wcUVKtb-cJ0UTNMS9-zqwKf8pDudMskfnh84cVoIJ_jS1M/s640/image1hyui.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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Sister Hubbard's new companion Sister Moffat</div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear Family,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">It's been a crazy week full of changes and excitement!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Firstly, I will tell you about the sweetest new companion ever! Sister</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Moffat is from Salt Lake City Utah. She has 9 siblings and is the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">second born, oldest girl. She is really sweet and has amazing faith. I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">had a really interesting experience this past week at the trainers</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">meeting with her that I would like to share.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">As I walked into the room filled with all the new missionaries, I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">quietly sat down behind them all and listened to the meeting. I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">naturally began to wonder who I might be training. I began looking at</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">all of the new sisters who had just come to Japan. 6 Japanese sisters,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">2 American sisters, 1 from Brazil, and 1 from Australia all sitting</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">with their backs turned to me listening to the meeting. Walking into</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that meeting, I was certain that I might be training one of the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Japanese sisters who couldn't speak English. But, as I looked, I felt</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">strongly that I wouldn't be training a Japanese sister after all. I felt</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">a strong connection to a pretty, tall, blonde sister who was sitting</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">directly in front of me. I hadn't met her yet, but somehow I knew she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">would be my new companion. President Nagano invited us to join the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">group meeting and sit beside the new sisters. I sat directly beside</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sister Moffat. I felt a special connection with her immediately. It</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">was neat to feel that connection and then become her companion.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">President Nagano began calling the trainers up one by one to introduce</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">their areas and then he would announce announce who their trainee was.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Because the president started from the top of the mission</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">geologically, I knew I would probably be one of the last Sisters to go</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">up and introduce, because Sensokuike is at the bottom south end.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anyway, all being said, sister McCarty (other trainer) and I went up</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to the front, both introduced our areas, and I found out I would be</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">companions with Sister Moffat. The spirit was so strong, and I know</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">she is the person I need to be with these last couple transfers. We</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">found out later that both of our Dad's served missions in Sendai at</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the same time and had the same mission president. Pretty cool! We are</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">curious to know if they served together. What do you think, Dad?</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We found 3 new investigators last week and we were able to meet with</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">two of them this week! We will be meeting with the other one next</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">week. So many miracles!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">They all have cool stories about how we met, but I would like to share</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">a quick one about how we found Yuzu San. We were walking down a busy</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">street full of hundreds of people. We had been talking to people all</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">day and it seemed like maybe we were in the wrong spot because no one</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">was listening to us. We prayed that we would be able to find a new</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">investigator to help and teach and then continued to talk with</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">everyone. We probably talked too close to a hundred people before we</span></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">met Yuzu San. As we called out to her and introduced ourselves and our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">message she said, "Wait a second, your Mormon missionaries! I know</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">you!" It turns out her friend was also a member of the church and that</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">she had been invited to Christmas parties and other activities growing</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">up. SHE EVEN HAD A BOOK OF MORMON! It was a WAY cool miracle for us to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">find her. She took immediate interest and we set up an appointment to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">meet with her. Our appointment went really well, and we will be</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">meeting with her again tomorrow. So excited!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We also met a Latina woman named Christina. We learned really fast</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that she couldn't speak very much English, and that her Japanese was</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">very limited. But, this wasn't a problem! She was prepared, and if</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people are prepared then nothing will stop them from meeting with us.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Between our broken Spanish and simplified Japanese, we were able to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">set a return appointment with her. She told us that she had just moved</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to Japan with her family and that she was looking for somewhere to go</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to church. Now, I don't really speak Spanish, but as we were talking</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">with her I had the most amazing experience! I remembered a few phrases</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that I had learned once upon a time and these Spanish words began to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">fill my mind. I introduced us as missionaries from the church of Jesus</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Christ of Latter-day Saints and said that we had a church close by.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">She got all excited and we were able to give her a Book of Mormon.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">SUPER SUPER COOL! It made me think of that scripture in John where it</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">says that the Spirit will bring all things to our remembrance. God</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">really does use everything we have to offer in furthering His work of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Salvation. Thanks goes out to Lynette Schipper, everyone else who</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">taught me a few words in Spanish, and of course to God for helping me</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">remember something I vaguely remember remembering, haha... It a was</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">neat. Sister Simpson remembered quite a bit from before her mission as</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">well, and so it was neat to hear her speak a language I hadn't heard</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">before.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We found a new investigator named Ellie yesterday, and we will be</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">meeting her this next week. Sister Moffat was able to give her first</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Book of Mormon away and has been so excited to keep on talking with</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">everyone! Miracles really do happen when we open our mouths to the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people around us. It's just like that scripture in the doctrine and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">covenants that says, "mine elect hear my voice and harden not their</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">hearts."</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Lately, I've been giving a lot of thought to how the Lord prepares</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">others to receive the gospel. It makes me realize more and more that</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">everything is connected and that there is an individual plan for each</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">one of us. Even when people reject the gospel, it is nice to know that</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">God will lead them to the missionaries or the church again someday.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">God knows how to exalt His children. He really does know what we need</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to experience in order to learn and grow. In our own individual lives,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it's nice to have hindsight when think about these things because it</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">gives us hope for the future when we aren't sure what to do. Sometimes</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">we just need to take that first step in faith and believe that the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Lord will provide the rest of the staircase. Definitely easier said</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">than done, but it is a lesson I have been learning over and over again</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">on my mission. We just need to trust sometimes.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We had our investigator Miho Yagi San come to church yesterday and she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">loved it! All of the members were so good and we had the primary</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">children sing a child's prayer for her. The Spirit was so strong and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">we know she must have felt it. After church, we asked her if there was</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">anything she wanted to particularly learn about next time. She thought</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">for a second, and then told us she remembered seeing a picture of two</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people in water...</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Getting all excited, I brought up the picture of John the Baptist</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">baptizing Christ and she exclaimed it was the picture! She said she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">wanted to learn more about baptism. WAY COOL! Sister Moffat made the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">comment that we would love to help her learn more about that, haha. So</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">awesome! We will see where everything goes with that.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Okay, one last experience. We have a part member family in our ward</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">who are so wonderful! We went over to their house last night and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">taught the Restoration. It was Sister Moffat's first time teaching the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">restoration in the mission field, but she did so amazing! Through it</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">all, she was just so shining and radiant. As we neared the end of the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lesson, she said the first vision and the Spirit was so strong.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">other--This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!"</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><img src="https://webmail2.telus.net/service/home/~/?auth=co&loc=en_GB&id=80522&part=3" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Everyone was in tears, including the son, who wanted nothing to do</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">with the church and was being forced by his mother to sit and listen</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to us. It was like time had stopped.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Everyone was silent. We proceeded to bear our testimonies about the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">truth of the restored gospel and promised blessings upon their</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">household as they would pray and study together the scriptures</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">together as a family.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I know Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. He really did see Heavenly</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Father and Jesus Christ in the Sacred Grove. God hears and answers our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">prayers and is mindful of us. He knows us. I knows He loves and wants</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to bless all of you. I hope you know how much He really does love us,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">because it makes a world of difference when we are able to understand</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that love, even in the smallest part. Pray to feel it and to know it</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">because I promise it is always there.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I hope you all have a wonderful week! :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard</span><br />
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Koiwa </div>
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Janae is 4th on bottom row left sitting beside President Nagano</div>
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Koiwa baptism</div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Happy Mother's Day Mom! I enjoyed skyping with all of you this</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">morning. You all look so good. I'm so grateful to have a family like</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">you. Last Christmas, when we skyped last time, I remember thinking</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that I would only have one more chance to skype you before coming</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">home. Time has gone way too fast!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We didn't have much time to email today because we had a ton of things</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">we needed to do. On top of packing, cleaning, shopping, and all that</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">stuff, 3 of our investigators called us and wanted to meet, so a lot</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of our p-day has been teaching! Definitely a good problem to have</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">though! :)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We saw a ton of miracles this week and I will probably share some of</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">them next week with everyone. Sorry I don't have a lot of time today,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">but I'm glad we were able to skype! :)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I love you all so much. I know this church is true. God is still</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">hastening His work and I know He will continue to bless us as we</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">choose the right and do our best to serve Him.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I will be praying for the fires that are happening over there! I know</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">God will keep you all safe. Have a wonderful week!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Second Nephi 22:2</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard</span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-42525146783053340182016-05-04T15:09:00.002-07:002016-05-04T15:09:47.641-07:00Week 54<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear family,</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">I can't express how excited I was to read all of your letters this</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">week! I loved hearing about everything and all the miracles you have</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">been seeing in our little town. A huge shout out to my best friend</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Camille who just returned home from her Mission in Toronto! I know she</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">must have done a wonderful job on her talk, and I am so happy to hear</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">that you were able to go to the airport and get her. She is just</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">shining. :) I can't believe it has already been a year and a half for</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">her. Another shout out to Jaelynn Jones because I know she is happier</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">than anyone to finally have Camille home! So many blessings. It was</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">neat to hear about the family history stories and stuff too. Thanks</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">for sharing mom. :) I think the work that is being done on the other</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">side is so much more than we realize. There are so many missionaries</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">there!</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Our emergency action plans are pretty direct and we have to do drills</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">and emergency practice calls every transfer in the case there is a big</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">earthquake again here in Tokyo. There is a huge telephone game that</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">happens every transfer as we practice in case of emergencies. It's</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">pretty awesome! Each apartment also has a ton of emergency supplies</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">and every missionary always has to carry enough money to travel to the</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Honbu in the event that we have to gather there. Nothing too special,</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">but we are safe and will continue to be safe because the Lord really</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">does protect us missionaries. I can't tell you how many times I have</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">felt that protection. He really is with us. It amazes me how concerned</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">the people are here about others when earthquakes happen here in</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Japan. Everyone is always praying for those who are effected by the</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">earthquakes. It's a neat experience to see people who don't always</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">claim to believe in God, suddenly experiment and pray hoping God</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">really is there in their time of need. Super cool.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">I can't begin to describe the amazing miracles we have witnessed this</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">past week! I'm just so grateful to be here in Japan. God is really</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">pouring out His spirit upon the people here. He loves them so much and</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">has blessed me with such a deep love for them. Our Mission is a</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">changed mission and there are amazing things happening all over the</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">place. Amazing things have happened here since conference.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Simpson and I had 3 very similar experiences this past week as</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">we were walking in downtown Tokyo. Generally speaking, our area is</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">pretty big, but because we serve in a gaijin ward as well as a</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Japanese ward, our boundaries go throughout most of Tokyo if we are</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">looking for foreigners. This past week, in downtown Tokyo, we set out</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">to go find people who speak English. We came to this complex called,</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">"Sakura house," and had the weirdest feeling that we needed to stop</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">there and wait. It was a crazy feeling. It shot all the way through me</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">and Sister Simpson as we both halted to a stop. It was a very real,</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">almost tangible feeling that we needed to wait for something, but we</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">both had no idea what it was. After about 5 minutes of this, stopping</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">everyone who came our way, we decided to pray to know what we should</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">do. After praying, we still felt impressed to wait at this spot. It</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">was the craziest thing! Anyway, as we waited, we saw a blonde woman</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">walking towards us from down the street. As we turned to look at her,</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">we both felt a feeling of peace and a strong desire to talk with her.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">As she came closer, I remember smiling at her and to our great</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">surprise, she ended up speaking with us first. The first thing that</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">came out of her mouth was, "I feel like I have met you before... Do</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">you live here in Sakura house?"</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">After explaining what we were doing in the area, the tone of her voice</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">changed and she began to be a little bit emotional. We could tell by</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">the expression on her face that she was still trying to figure out who</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">we were and why we were so familiar to her. She had to run because she</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">was going to be late, but we quickly handed her a pamphlet and she ran</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">away yelling "thanks" down the sidewalk. It was such an amazing</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">experience! Of course, we were a little bit disappointed in the fact</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">that we couldn't get her number or anything, but we truly believe that</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">the Lord led us to her and that she needed our help at that time. God</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">is with us as we go to work everyday. On this day, I felt Him so</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">close. Missionary work is amazing.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">To be short, there were two other people in Tokyo who we met who asked</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">us if we had met before. We felt a strange familiarity with them as</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">well and it brought me to tears to think that I really am in the right</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">place and that no matter what I do, the Lord is with me. He is</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">directing this work.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">A few scriptures from D&C 29:</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">2 Who will gather his people even as a hen gathereth her chickens</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">under her wings, even as many as will hearken to my voice and humble</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">themselves before me, and call upon me in mighty prayer.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">4 Verily, I say unto you that ye are chosen out of the world to</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">declare my gospel with the sound of rejoicing, as with the voice of a</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">trump.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">5 Lift up your hearts and be glad, for I am in your midst, and am your</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">advocate with the Father; and it is his good will to give you the</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">kingdom.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">6 And, as it is written--Whatsoever ye shall ask in faith, being</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">united in prayer according to my command, ye shall receive.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Our investigator, J-----, has quite the story! She is originally from</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Bolivia, but is here in Japan because she is in charge of the Bolivian</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">embassy. She is so busy! Well, everyone here in Tokyo is busy, but she</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">is especially busy! Sometimes she works close to 17 hour days, and yet</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">she still reads the Book of Mormon and meets with us when she can.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">It's amazing to me. J------ watched conference with us last week and</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">she loved it! Long story short, she felt the Spirit strong as the</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">apostles and prophets were speaking and felt that our church was true.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">She had been struggling with an answer for a little while, but all of</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">her questions were answered at general conference. This past weekend,</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">she told us that she wanted to be baptized with tears in her eyes</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">saying that she knew by the power of the Holy Ghost that what the</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">prophets said was true. She is planning to be baptized on the 14th of</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">May. We are so excited for her! :) God was so gracious to answer her</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">prayers. He loves her so much.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">D&C 29:7 And ye are called to bring to pass the gathering of mine</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">elect; for mine elect hear my voice and harden not their hearts;</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">On our way home from church yesterday, we met a 20 year old girl named</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Miki K------ on the street! She was carrying a long kendo stick and was</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">on her way home when we stopped and talked with her. She asked us what</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">we do as missionaries and we told her that we study with people so</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">that they can find truth for themselves, explaining that many people</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">are confused by how many different religions there are. We explained</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">that through prayer she could know for herself what is right and true.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">She said she would love to meet with us. Such a wonderful miracle!! We</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">are excited for her! :)</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">She actually called us today to confirm the appointment she made with</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">us yesterday and told us she was excited to learn more about our</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">church. Just another tender mercy of the Lord. We as missionaries as</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">so imperfect, yet the Lord is able to use us to further His work. I</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">think this is the real miracle. God is really pouring out His</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">blessings upon our mission. There are so many miracles happening</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">everywhere. I'm so grateful to be a missionary here in Tokyo.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">We were riding our bikes to a less active members house this past week</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">and were waiting at a stoplight when we saw a woman who looked like</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">she was from the Philippines. There were cars between us and although</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">she was on the other side of the road, I felt impressed to call out to</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">her. I yelled across the busy road and she turned and with a big smile</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">on her face told us that she would wait by the convenience store so</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">that we could talk with her. A few minutes later, we finally made it</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">over to her and she asked us what we wanted. We told her we were</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">missionaries and that we would like to share a special message with</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">her. We walked into the convenience store and began to teach her on a</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">little eating table situated in the store. Her name was Teresa (as in</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Mother Teresa because she was the nicest and coolest person ever!</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Hehe... She actually was named after mother Teresa though. ;) )</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">She told us right away that she wanted to continue to meet with us and</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">she gave us her phone number asking us to call her again so that we</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">could meet. Such a huge miracle!</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">In my scripture study lately, I had been reading in Ether. This</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">morning, what stood out to me is how many times it says the prophets</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">were sent into the land, but the people rejected them. God gave the</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Jaredites so many chances to receive the gospel, but they rejected the</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">prophets each time, refused to repent, and eventually were destroyed.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">I think we are living in a similar world today. If there is anything</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">we can learn from the Book of Mormon, it is the importance of</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">listening to the prophets. We see this in many many instances in the</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Book of Mormon. Those who obey the prophets are always safe. They know</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">the signs, what to watch out for, and how to overcome the evils around</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">them. In this past conference, we received revelation and impressions</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">from our leaders. Let's make sure we are following their direction and</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">the impressions we received from the Spirit. I know what they said is</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">true.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">D&C 29:10 For the hour is nigh, and that which was spoken by mine</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">apostles must be fulfilled; for as they spoke so shall it come to</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">pass;</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">God is so merciful and He loves you all so much. We are so blessed to</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">live in this time preparatory to the second coming of Christ. I love</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">this gospel. I know it is true. Let's share the gospel while the world</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">still stands. It is the most important work one can ever do. I know</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. He lives and is with us in</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">this work.</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">I hope you all have a wonderful week!</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard</span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-88650300082696728522016-05-02T11:25:00.001-07:002016-05-04T15:09:59.370-07:00Week 55 Motorcycle Miracles!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGOW29q39Uc6sq9Y0eXVVXj_yw28t3DQ7n7nb1WF1edTYRZizQuKs1_0G1gXE6pfwLOXXj_hPXyfDpbvLeVtwyiz6_LmRWOa3iMjf8umQjF4YsID9rMCgdmr-_9evjXsLibDznT6gecse/s1600/image1fish.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGOW29q39Uc6sq9Y0eXVVXj_yw28t3DQ7n7nb1WF1edTYRZizQuKs1_0G1gXE6pfwLOXXj_hPXyfDpbvLeVtwyiz6_LmRWOa3iMjf8umQjF4YsID9rMCgdmr-_9evjXsLibDznT6gecse/s640/image1fish.JPG" width="480" /></a><br />
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It all started on Friday. Those rough things that every missionary experiences at some point or another, that begs the question: "why me? Why now? GRRRRR!!" Although that last bit isn't a question....it's in there. We were going to a lunch appointment we had with this less active sister in the ward (she's a little old Columbian lady who married a Japanese man, and she speaks a unique mixture of Spanish, English, and Japanese in order to communicate with us missionaries, and just about everyone. She is HILARIOUS! And adorable, but she has the WORST yappy little dogs), but apparently she had forgotten about the appointment, because she wasn't home. We knocked on the door, and as usual, we could hear the dogs inside viciously straining at the door to try and rip us to shreds. The man who takes care of her dogs opened the door just long enough to yell that she wasn't home, and slam the door. But it was long enough. One of the dogs came dashing out, took a flying leap, and bit poor Sister Hubbard on the thigh! She instinctively kicked, and since she is a very skilled soccer player (she's going to go pro, and will be playing in college until then), that kick sent the dog very effectively back through the door before he slammed it. And it was that fast! She was bleeding, and we could count all the tooth marks, and the whole area around the bite was all bruised. We were both really frustrated, to say the least. It was painful, and troublesome, and downright dangerous! Luckily the dogs are vaccinated, and we were able to clean it very well at our apartment, but it was wasted time, and oh so agitating! Little did we know that the Lord was out to teach us something.</div>
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Then Sunday came along. Everything was peachy, Sister Hubbard was healing nicely, the mission president's wife and the bishop were in the process of discussing the incident with the dog owner, and everything was pretty much back to normal for us. We were biking to church down our little street, Sister Hubbard in front, me in back, when we started through an intersection, where we obviously had right-of-way. But from the right came a speeding motorcyclist, who showed not the slightest regard for stop signs, and blazed right on through, right into Sister Hubbard! I saw the whole thing. It will stick with me forever. Everything slowed down to me. She got t-boned, her bike was torn out from under her, and she went flying up in the air, doing flips and somersaults over the biker's head, before landing in a heap several feet away. I jumped off my bike and ran over, adrenaline pumping so hard, I was shaking. But miracle of miracles, she was alive! And not only alive, but OK! I couldn't believe it! I was checking for blood, and gore, but all there was was some bad road rash on her left arm, and some ugly bruises. She stood up, perfectly calm, and proceeded to calm me and the motorcyclist down! As is custom here in Japan when any traffic accident occurs, the police and the ambulance came, and whisked us (if you can call a slow crawl whisking) off to the hospital where they insisted on giving her x-rays. But everything was perfectly sound! We were so blessed! </div>
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As I sat in the waiting room, going over in my mind that image of her flying through the air, I realized again and again just how amazing it was that she hadn't broken her neck, or hit her head, and died! Or at least broken a few bones! I was so grateful. The Lord truly looks out for His missionaries! And everyone for that matter! Now, the take-away: who cares about a little dog bite? Who cares about any of those little frustrations? The Lord is in charge, and has a special blend of miracles, wonders, and trials in store for each of us before He whisks us right off of this rock back to Him. And it could happen any time! But not until He is ready. Not us, Him. So why worry about those tiny little frustrations, or even big frustrations, when there is so much good to be seen and done? When there are so many small and simple miracles every single day! And the more we look for them, the bigger they will become in our lives, until they completely outweigh the bad. And once that happens, we will be able to recognize the Lord's hand, and accept His timing in all things. </div>
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<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">As far as the accident with the motorcycle is concerned, I really am</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">okay. It was a pretty crazy experience! It happened so fast. I woke up</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">this morning pretty sore and am all bandaged up on one side of my</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">body, but I have no head injuries and managed to get away with just</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">some massive bruises and scrapes. God really did protect me. The</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">ex-rays at the hospital showed no signs of broken bones, so that's</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">awesome too!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I remember Dad telling us about that time he rolled that vehicle and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">how he knew right then and there that he was meant to be alive longer</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">because if not, he is sure he would have died. I think this was one of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">those experiences for me. Scary, yet I was able to maintain complete</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">peace of mind and as you can tell from the pictures, i was actually</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">laughing in the ambulance. My companion was pretty worried and was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">shaking with shock and a little bit teary eyed, but she is okay too!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">:) God is protecting us and will continue to protect us. I am in His</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">care.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Don't worry about anything! Sister Nagano has been calling me everyday</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to make sure I am okay and I have good conversations with the Mission</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Doctor every once in awhile, haha.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I don't want you to worry! Everything's good. God will continue to</span>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Thanks for your letters this past week! It sounds like everyone is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">doing super well. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I've had a very interesting week! In fact, I'm not sure if I have</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">experienced anything like this my whole mission up until this point.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">This last week has been a learning and growing experience as well as a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">huge blessing. I am left thinking and feeling that the Lord really is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">close by and that He is in charge of all things. I know God protects</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">His missionaries no matter where they are. He is never far away, and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">He is very aware of our individual circumstances and thoughts.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Yesterday, as sister Simpson and I were riding our bikes to church, a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">motorcycle came out of nowhere and hit me off of my bicycle. We had</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the right of way and so we were traveling super fast and not worrying</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">about any other traffic. The man on the motorcycle had ran a red light</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">which resulted in our huge crash. He hit the side of my bicycle in a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">T-bone, flinging me up into the air and overtop on his motorcycle.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Simpson said I did a flip in the air and that it looked like I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">was going to land on my head, but I landed close to 4-5 feet away from</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">my bike on my side. When I landed, I surprisingly felt an enormous</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sense of peace. I felt no pain. Somehow I knew that everything was in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">God's control and that everything was okay. Sister Simpson came</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">running over to me, shaking, crying, and asking me if I was okay. My</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">first thought was that I was perfectly fine, but then I realized that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I didn't have any pain. I thought maybe I had been paralyzed because I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">didn't feel anything, but I proceeded to get up on my hands and knees</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and then stand up on my feet. I was perfectly fine. I still wondered,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">amazed, if everything really was okay. I checked myself once more and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sure enough, I had come out of this accident with only a few scrapes</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and bruises. The man on the motorcycle also proceeded to come and make</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sure I was okay. He was very apologetic and I could see in his eyes</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">that he was really worried about me. Sister Simpson turned to me and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">said, "I thought you were dead." She got mad at me for chuckling at</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">her comment because I really felt fine! I was filled with so much</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">peace. She told me to sit down and wait for the ambulance. I sat down.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">It brought tears to my eyes to think about what had just happened to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">me. I had an impression come to me. I know it was directly from the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Spirit. The words in doctrine and covenants section 84:88 came to my</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">mind.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">"And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">bear you up."</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">The ambulance ended up coming, and I was able to go to the hospital</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and make sure everything was okay. Sure enough, it was! I was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">protected by God and by His angels.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">At the hospital, I wondered the whole time why we were there. I shared</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the gospel with everyone I came in contact with, thinking it may be</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">someone inside the hospital or something. I still have no idea, but I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">feel at peace with everything that happened. I'm a little bit sore</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">today, but everything is great. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">The morning of the accident we actually had two investigators promise</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">that they would come to church. We weren't able to greet them there,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">but we later found out that they had joined in a special prayer with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the ward during the fast and testimony meeting at church that day.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Someone had told a member of the stake presidency that I had gone to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the hospital and the ward decided that they would pray for me. After</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">being at the hospital for a couple hours, I was finally released. We</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">walked into the church building, hoping to catch the last 20 minutes</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of the third hour. As I walked into the relief society, my emotions</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">overcame me. I was greeted by the ward members who proceeded to make</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sure I was okay. Everyone was so concerned and although I was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">perfectly fine the whole time, I was so touched by their love and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">concern for me. It is something I will never forget. Our two</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">investigators ended up having an amazing spiritual experience at</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">church that day, and whether that is the reason I was hit by a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">motorcycle or not, I guess it doesn't really matter, but I'm grateful</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">for the Lord's tender mercies and for His all knowing wisdom and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">knowledge. Everything happens for a reason. These people have done so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">much for me. I love them so much. They have changed my heart and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">helped me see the kind of person I want to become. I am so grateful to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">be with them here in Japan.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I know God lives. I know He protects His missionaries. Everything</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">happens for a reason and there are no mistakes in God's eternal plan</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of happiness. Every moment is a treasure. I'm grateful for the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">opportunity I have to be a missionary, and to be able to have Christ's</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">name on my lips everyday. I know He knows each one of you and that He</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">loves you. He will continue to provide for and bless us as we put our</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">trust in Him.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I hope you all have a good week!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Love always,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Hubbard xoxo</span></pre>
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camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-37557646359944710342016-05-02T11:10:00.002-07:002016-05-02T11:10:30.398-07:00Week 53<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear Family,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I think it's safe to say that every week gets busier as a missionary!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I don't even know where to start...</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Today was temple p-day and it was wonderful to be in the temple again.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Simpson and I live close to half an hour from the temple and so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it was nice to just travel a short distance to get there. It was</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">really great!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We found a woman Named T..... San this past Wednesday. She was walking</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">out of her house when we felt strongly that we should turn around and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">talk with her. As we did, she expressed that her father had just</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">passed away and that she would like to hear our message. We were able</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to set a return appointment with her right away and she thanked us for</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">speaking with her. Such a neat miracle!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">My Koiwa adventures NEVER end! :D We travelled to Koiwa this past week</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">for exchanges and I was able to connect with a lot of the people who I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">used to work with there. It was the best day ever! I was able to see</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Megumi Chan, Minami Chan, Channa, Marjorie and her kids, Arai Shimai,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Ishi San, and a couple other members from the Koiwa ward. Definitely a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">tender mercy for me. Right now, Sister Junot and Sister Coughanour are</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">serving in Koiwa and they both came to Japan at the same time as me</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and so I know them both really well. It was good to see them too. :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We visited a few of the people I mentioned unexpectedly. I will never</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">forget the looks on these peoples faces as they opened the door and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">saw me for the first time in 9 months. Ah, I love them so much! I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">cried way too much and was way too happy to be there, but it was so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">wonderful. Koiwa will always have a special place in my heart and it</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">is such a tender mercy for me to be close by again.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">#ilovekoiwatearsofjoy #channaevenmademecurry #ilovethesepeoplesomuch</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">A huge highlight from exchanges was our joined lesson with Minami and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Megumi Chan. As I mentioned before, Megumi Chan's twin, Miki, is</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">preparing for baptism right now and so I had the opportunity to help</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to her. As we taught, tears filled my</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">eyes as I watched Megumi and Minami Chan teach and testify out of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">their own experiences. They are the most amazing missionaries ever! I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">am so amazed at how far they have come in their conversion to the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Lord. It truly was the sweetest experience. They are both leaders in</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the stake YSA group and go to the temple all the time and send me</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">pictures of themselves outside of the temple. It makes me so happy to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">see their joy and progression in the gospel. They love it so much and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">are now sharing it with their families and friends. So amazing. They</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">are such good examples to me.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">The morning after exchanges, I felt like maybe I should try to visit a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">woman Sister Trent and I would always see who just lived down the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">street form the apartment. We had an extra 10 or so minutes and so we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">went over to see Ishi San. After she opened the door and realized who</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it was, she expressed that she had just been looking at the picture we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">took together before I left Koiwa and wondered if I would ever be</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">coming back. Then we knocked on her door! So crazy! God knows all</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">things. :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We also had interviews this past week with President and Sister</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Nagano. As always, I learned so much from both of them. They are some</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of the most spiritually in-tune people I have ever met. They always</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">know what to say and what we need to hear as missionaries. I love them</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">both so much.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We met an investigator for a church tour this last Saturday who we met</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the week before on the street. We gave Kaiho San a church tour and she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">loved it! She said she wanted to learn about our church and come and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">check it out sometime. Way cool! God is really blessing our area.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">The craziest moment of the week was probably this past Sunday. We were</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">about half way through the third block of the Senzokuike ward when</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Bishop Nozaki came and got us. He told us there was someone on the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">phone who would like to speak with us. I answered the phone and to my</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">great surprise, I was speaking to a woman who wanted to come to church</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that day and learn about our beliefs. 奇跡! That afternoon, a mother and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">her 15 year old daughter came to the second ward. They loved church</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and said they would like to meet with us on a regular basis. Amazing!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This whole time, I wondered how they had known about the church... I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">asked them and what the mother said will always stick with me. She</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">expressed that she had met the missionaries on the train close to 3</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">years ago. They gave her a chirashi and invited her to come to church.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">She kept saying over and over again how she felt something inside</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">telling her to go to the church. The missionaries invitation to come</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to church had stayed with her and she never forgot that. So cool!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anyway, her 15 year old daughter received an English chirashi</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">recently, and it remind the mother once again of her impression to go</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to the church. So, they went online and found the closest place and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">came to church! This woman never forgot the missionary's invitation to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">come to church and she eventually came! Such a huge miracle. God</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">really takes our smallest efforts and makes them bigger. It is by</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">small means that God makes these huge miracles happen.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Speaking of these big miracles coming from small things, I will tell</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">you about a little 10 year old girl we met this last week named H.....</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Chan. Sister Simpson and I were returning home for dinner and were</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">just about to turn into our apartment when We saw two woman walking</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">towards us. We felt like maybe we should try and talk to them before</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">heading into the house and so we did. As we were talking with them, we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">noticed a little girl on her bicycle who was slowly riding passed us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and these two woman. We recognized her as a little girl we had also</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">seen the previous day who smiled at us in her way to school. Anyway,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the two women expressed no interest and were on their way and we were</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">left with this little 10 year old girl just staring at us. So cute!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">She had stopped her bike, and must have heard a little bit of our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">conversation with the two other woman because she smiled, and asked us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"iesusama ga suki?" Do you like Jesus Christ? We told her that we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">loved Jesus Christ and she "watashimo suki! -I love Him too." She was</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the cutest, purest little soul. Anyway, long story short, she asked us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">if we could come and teach her and her little friends at their school.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We told her we would have to talk to her parents first because she was</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">still pretty small, but that if we could, we would come and teach her.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">She pipped up with a big smile and road away on her bike saying that</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">she would ask her parents.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">At the time, sister Simpson and I didn't think much of it as we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">figured there would be no way her parents would let her hangout with</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">two foreigners who were twice her age and part of a religion, haha. WE</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">WERE WRONG! On Sunday afternoon, we found her waiting outside of our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">apartment. She told us that she had talked with her parents and that</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it was okay for us to teach her. I couldn't help but laugh, haha. She</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">obviously sensed our unbelief because she pulled out her phone and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">said, "Here, you can talk to my mom!" I took the phone and proceeded</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to listen. Her mom answered, and she told Sister Simpson and I that we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">should go to the school and teach H..... chan and her friends.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">...We were speechless.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We ended up following H..... chan to this school where the children</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">all learn about the different religions of the world. We talked with</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">one of the head teachers who was a Japanese man, and he told us that</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">he had studied our religion before and that he wanted to learn more.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">He insisted that we come to the school and teach our doctrine to his</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">school class a couple times a week. Isn't that amazing?! The whole</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">time I felt at such peace. God had led this little 10 year old girl to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">us, and she had just led us to a school full of people who would</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">listen. We of course told the school master that we would need to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">speak with our mission president before coming to teach at the school</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and such, but we were so starstruck! He gave us his phone number and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">asked if president Nagano could call him. Of course, we were happy to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">oblige. Crazy crazy cool miracle!!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">D&C 108:5-6</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"Behold, this is the promise of the Father unto you if you continue faithful.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">And it shall be fulfilled upon you in that day that you shall have</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">right to preach my gospel wheresoever I shall send you..."</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">D&C 84:62</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"Therefore, go ye into all the world; and unto whatsoever place ye</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">cannot go ye shall send, that the testimony may go from you into all</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the world unto every creature."</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sometimes I wonder why God lets us missionaries help with His work. I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">know God is perfectly able to do His own work, but I am so grateful</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">for the opportunity I have to see Him work wonders in the lives of the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people here. I am so blessed to be a missionary. I love this Gospel. I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">know God keeps His promises to us, and those promises include the many</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">many promises and covenants written in the scriptures. This is the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">work of Salvation and God knows exactly what we all need to experience</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">in order to be exalted. He knows us each perfectly.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I hope you all have a great week!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard</span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-32819988686051907742016-04-11T21:01:00.000-07:002016-04-11T21:01:46.561-07:00Week 52 Tokyo Japan Mission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-N6LKJ6tpp3fssrwmdtyJbyPCu6hYYn-VyRWSpROm3SKDxlhnKAraMdOj7yW8XNdnSIstvPO-yZU4dR45U0_dEU1S0VD5X5S7BmEJyOTrW8nKm2fFev7w0B1Xa2Nkp4CzILgINcECpBe/s1600/image3ghyui.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-N6LKJ6tpp3fssrwmdtyJbyPCu6hYYn-VyRWSpROm3SKDxlhnKAraMdOj7yW8XNdnSIstvPO-yZU4dR45U0_dEU1S0VD5X5S7BmEJyOTrW8nKm2fFev7w0B1Xa2Nkp4CzILgINcECpBe/s640/image3ghyui.JPG" width="480" /></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear Family,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Wow! Conference was amazing! I felt like every talk was so inspired.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We really do have living prophets today who lead and direct the work</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of the Lord. I'm having a difficult time choosing a favorite talk but</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">they were all wonderful and I definitely received a lot of answers to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">questions I had been thinking about. I love general conference.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Yes, we watch it late here so the Japanese translation is all set up.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We usually watch it in English as missionaries, but we listened to a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">couple of the sessions in Japanese too, so I will probably have to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">review those ones in my study. I'm excited! :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">President Monson is amazing. I don't know why, but as I listened to his</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">talk, I felt so strongly that he really is God's mouthpiece and is</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">called by God to be the Prophet of the world. His presence is so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">bright and enveloping. He is such an amazing man.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Thanks for telling me all about your adventures in West Edmonton Mall. So fun!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anyway, it's been a pretty busy day today! Sister Simpson and I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">travelled to the Honbu in Higashi Nagasaki for a zone P-day. It was a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lot of fun! We played dodgeball with the Nagano's and had a BBQ</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">afterwards. Later today, we met one of our dear friends, Wakana</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Shimai, at a famous park in Shinjuku and were able to spend some time</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">with her. My wonderful companion took a million pictures and we had a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lot of fun together. The Sakura is so beautiful. Cherry blossom season</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">is such a special time here in Japan. Everyone is always outside,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">taking pictures, and enjoying the beautiful blossoms. I love it, and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it provides a wonderful opportunity to teach the gospel as people turn</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to nature and enjoy its brilliance. So breathtaking.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Our area, Senzokuike is on the rise! We are finding new investigators</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and slowly, but surely, making progress. The Lord has been blessing us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">with so many prepared people everyday. The Lord's hand is definitely</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">in every phase of the work. The kanji meaning for, Senzokuike is</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"washing the feet in the pond." There is a really pretty lake/ pond</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">close to where we live and the lake is called, "Senzokuike." It's a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">pretty neat little place I am living in. I feel so blessed to be here.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">The biggest miracle Sister Simpson and I saw this week was probably</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">this past Monday night. A little bit of a backstory to explain what</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">happened...</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">The transfer before I got here, there was a sister named sister</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Borchert who was hit by a car and taken to hospital. Her injuries were</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">minor, and she turned out to be okay, but the whole time, the sisters</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">wondered why it had all happened. Here's where our story comes in...</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We were on our way home from a less actives house when a woman name</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Natalie called out to us a few moments after getting off the train.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Being new to the area, I didn't recognize her, but she recognized</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Simpson and began to ask about a certain "Britney Borchert" and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">if she was doing okay. It turns out she was the nurse at the hospital</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">who had helped with Sister Borchert's accident. At the time, the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sisters weren't able to explain their purpose as missionaries due to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">everything that was happening, but we were able to tell her at the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">train station. After doing so, she told us she had met with the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">missionaries before-close to 20 years ago in the Philippines. During</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that time, she said she was taking the discussions with one of her</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">best friends and her best friend was actually baptized! She explained</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that she was also thinking about baptism, but then moved to Japan and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">was never able to meet with the missionaries again. SO COOL!! 金人</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Alert!! We visited her later this week at the hospital and gave her a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">nice card expressing our thanks. She is so awesome! This miracle</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">really helped me see the hand of the Lord in the work. Everything</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">really does happen for a reason, and although sometimes we can't see</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">why all the time, God knows all things. He has been preparing Natalie</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">for a long time. I know He is directing this work.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Our investigator Himena continues to progress. She watched conference</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">this past week and felt the Spirit really strong. The Lord is really</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">blessing her.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Well, sorry this is a little bit short! It's been a wonderful week</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">here. I hope everyone else's week has been amazing too. This church is</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">true. God loves you each individually, and will continue to work</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">wonders in your lives as you rely on Him through your difficulties.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Everything happens for a reason, and God knows all things. He can make</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">us so much more of us than we could ever make of ourselves. All we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">have to do is trust in His timing and in His great and eternal plan</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">for us.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister </span><br />
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<br />camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-88233802476079203702016-04-04T19:50:00.001-07:002016-04-04T19:50:52.748-07:00Week 51 Japan Tokyo Mission ~ New Transfer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDT28gXnwRbDpWzdinUvh6GnElMy8RvBDal681oEUFwZER2hM8GPdmngccsYINOj5KIWaO4EAFZKgG3QGn31hIHG3yGoZg59mWftwa_U92gCZsnByyUxIuX1N_evtcIrmTpS1_4NW8YP6g/s1600/image1hjui.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDT28gXnwRbDpWzdinUvh6GnElMy8RvBDal681oEUFwZER2hM8GPdmngccsYINOj5KIWaO4EAFZKgG3QGn31hIHG3yGoZg59mWftwa_U92gCZsnByyUxIuX1N_evtcIrmTpS1_4NW8YP6g/s640/image1hjui.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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New companion Sister Simpson</div>
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The Church we meet in.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear Family,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">It sounds like General Conference was way good! I'm excited to watch</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it this next week. :) I'm assuming they didn't say anything about</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Missionaries being able to extend to 2 years or anything,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">otherwise you would have told me about it, haha. 残念です。Being a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">missionary is the best!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">It's been a week full of new changes and challenges, but I know I am</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">in the right place. To answer a few questions, I am in two wards here</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">in Tokyo. One is Japanese speaking (Senzokuike ward) and the other is</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">English (Tokyo 2nd Ward). They are both amazing wards! I had the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">opportunity to attend church for 6 hours yesterday and was able to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">meet many of the members from both of the wards. I didn't think it</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">would be a hard change jumping right back into an English ward, but it</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">was difficult for me to process everything. I think I have become a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">nihongin, haha. I struggled to bare my testimony in English, stumbling</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">through different words people usually don't use, and it made me</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">realize that maybe I am meant to serve in an English ward so that I am</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">not completely lost when I go home, haha.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">As far as tracting and things go, when we are working with Gaijin</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">(foreigners) the mission boundaries are our boundaries because there</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">are only two English wards in the mission and they are both in Tokyo.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">It's pretty neat. We talk to all people now, he try and teach all</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">different kinds of people. Yes, I'm pretty sure this will be my last</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">area, but you never know. My last companion had 7 areas. I guess we'll</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">see!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I'll tell you a little bit about my new companion. Her name is Sister</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Simpson and she is from Oregon. She is a young missionary, and is</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">still trying to get the hang of Japanese, but is really excited about</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the work. She comes from a family of 9 and has an older brother</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">serving in the Kobe Japan mission. She always teases me about my</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Canadian accent, (I didn't know that was a thing) and always laughs</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and pokes fun, haha. She's great. We talked to a lot of people this</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">week! Our teaching pool right now is a little bit 少ない and so we have</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">been doing a lot of finding and looking for new investigators. Finding</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people to teach is one of my favorite things to do as a missionary.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">It's really neat to have the Spirit prompting you what to say to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people. Today, on our way to the post office, I felt particularly</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">drawn to this one woman who was sitting on her bike looking at her</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">phone. There were probably around 20 other people in the 10 square</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">feet within our vicinity, but I felt like we should speak wit her. We</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">began asking her about God and asked her if she had any religious</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">beliefs. She said her Father made a living off of being a Shinto</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">priest, but that she had a lot of interest in Christianity. She told</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">us she would like to come to church and learn more about the gospel</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and Jesus Christ. It was a huge miracle!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">On the way here from Matsudo, I met a Kinjin on the train! Her name</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">was Atsuka and she was 22 years old. I was beside her for most of the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">ride to Ebisu, and so was able to teach her and set up really good</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">expectations. She was so excited to receive a Book of Mormon and told</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">me that she had read the whole bible before. So cool! She said she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">wanted to take the missionary lessons and learn more about Jesus</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Christ. I didn't have a phone on me, but she gave me her number and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">asked me to call her. Hopefully we can meet her soon! She is so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">awesome. God really is preparing His people and His elect. We are so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lucky as missionaries to be able to see His hand in the work everyday.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We found another person this week named Momoko Chan. She expressed</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">immediate interest and asked us where the church building was. It</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">turns out she lives just a few blocks from the church and so that was</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">really neat! We also met her father and he expressed interest in</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">coming to church too. They said they couldn't come this week, but they</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">said they could come next week! :) So many miracles!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">So, one of the things which come from being in an English ward means</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that when we are out on the street and we see someone from a different</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">country, we approach them in English. I have to get myself all psyched</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">up to talk in English. It's funny, because it used to be the same way</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">with Japanese. I've had such a hard time approaching people in English</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lately. It sounds weird, but it is so hard for me sometimes, haha. We</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">met two blonde girls from Russia who were in downtown Tokyo this last</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">week and they were both over six feet tall and looked so intimidating.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I'm quickly beginning to notice that whenever I have a hesitation to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">talk to someone that my thoughts are coming from the Adversary and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that I had better follow through with what I originally intended to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">do. This was my thought with these two girls. I opened my mouth and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">tried to say something smart..."We're missionaries from the Church of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints." ... They they turned to me and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sister Simpson, looked us up and down and swished their hair back as</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">they continued to walk down the road without a word. I was a little</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">bit surprised by their responses to us, and so I approached them again</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and asked them if they believed in God? Still, no response. By this</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">time, I was laughing inside myself thinking about how much nicer</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Japanese people are and how ridiculous it was that I had been called</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to serve in an English ward, haha. Sister Simpson asked these two what</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">they were doing in Japan, and they turned to her and said, "we're</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">models" and they kept walking down the street. It was an interesting</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">experience. It looks like I will have lots of practice with talking to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">people in English from here on out. I'm excited for the challenge, and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it certainly is a challenge! Bring it on! :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I'm excited!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We have a woman from Bolivia who we are working with named Jimena. She</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">came to church yesterday and had a great time! She bonds well with the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">members and always kisses us on our cheeks when saying hello and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">goodbye. So cute! We love her. She has great desires and we are so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">excited about her progression in the gospel.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Well, I'm sorry this is a little bit short, but it's been a great week</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">all in all. This church is true. I know Jesus Christ lives and loves</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">us. I'm so excited to watch conference next week! I encourage you all</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to make a plan to apply the things you have felt impressed to change</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and do better in your lives after watching conference. We are so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">blessed to be able to hear from the prophets and apostles every six</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">months. I know they speak the words of Christ. I love you all so much!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Have a great week.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard</span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-27232967456052547492016-04-03T17:50:00.000-07:002016-04-03T17:50:14.740-07:00Week 50 Japan tokyo Mission<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dearest Family!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Happy Easter everyone! Easter isn't really celebrated here in Japan,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">but it is a beautiful spring. The Sakura is coming out finally (I'll</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">send a picture) and everyone is so full of life. When I was little, I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">always used to wonder what the relationship was between Christ's</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Atonement/Resurrection and bunnies, chicks, and eggs. Interesting</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">thought, isn't it? Baby bunnies are born in the springtime. So are</span></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">baby chicks. Life resets itself and everything becomes new. The spring</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">season is a physical witness of change and new beginnings. Jesus</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Christ's atonement and resurrection also give us new life and new</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">beginnings. I think it is amazing that the Lord was resurrected in the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Springtime. There really is a pattern in all things. :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">As always, thanks for the letters and love! It's been a way busy day</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and I am having a hard time keeping my eyes open... This being said,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">if there are some grammar problems in this email, I apologize, haha.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We had transfer calls this morning! As expected, I will be</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">transferring! The new area really caught me by surprise, but I am way</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">excited and I think it will be a good change. Life is about to get a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lot busier and faster! I have been called to serve in the Tokyo Second</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Ward area- Also known as Senzokuike Area. There are two wards- a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Japanese ward, and the other an English ward. There are many gaijin</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">around Tokyo and so there are a couple English wards. It looks like I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">am lucky enough to be able to serve in one of them! I am grateful to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">say there is also a Japanese ward though because my English dendou</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">skills are a little bit rusty. I'm a little bit nervous about</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">preaching the gospel in English again. The other day, we met 3-4</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">couples who were from America and Sister Bettridge and I tried to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">dendou them. It was so difficult! We kept saying things that sounded</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">weird and we felt so awkward the whole time! I kept trying to think</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">about what I would say in Japanese so that we could have a good</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">conversation about the gospel, but it was so difficult! I'm hoping</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">with the actual "call" to serve in the 2nd ward that I will be given</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">my English tongue back, haha. I think it will be a fun adventure! My</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">new companion is a transfer 3 missionary who just finished her</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">training! Her name is Sister Simpson and I have never met her, but I'm</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sure she is amazing and that we will get along well.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">It's hard to believe I will be leaving Matsudo! I love this area so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">much. I love all my areas! Saying goodbye to the people I meet and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">work with is always the hardest thing for me. We've been running</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">around today, saying a lot of goodbyes. I have been so blessed to work</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">in this area and with the people here! We have 4 people preparing for</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">baptism right now, and so I hope to be able to attend their baptisms</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">as they come. So exciting! :) God has really blessed this area in</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">allowing us to find His elect and to teach them. We've really</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">experienced the power of the Atonement as we have tried to sanctify</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">ourselves and be worthy of the Lord's blessings. I've learned there is</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">great power in daily repentance. As we sanctify ourselves and work to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">overcome our weaknesses, the Lord is able to use us as the vessels of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">His spirit to bring the gospel unto His children. Daily repentance</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">removes the obstacle of pride in our lives because we are constantly</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">turning to the Lord for Forgiveness and help. Daily repentance allows</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">us to see we are incapable of doing anything by ourselves because we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">realize we need the Lord to show us the way. Daily repentance helps us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">understand the Atonement of Jesus Christ better and gives us the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">opportunity to feel the enabling power working within us. I love this</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">gospel!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I'll share some cool miracles from this past week:</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We were coming home from a member's house and I noticed there was a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">woman who had just returned home and was walking up to the second</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">floor of an apartment building. She had a young child in her arms who</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">was screaming uncontrollably and I sensed she may be in need of some</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">help. I was a little bit hesitant to speak with her as her baby was</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">very loud and I knew it would be difficult for her to hear me, but we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">walked up to the second floor and caught her last minute anyways. As I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">called out to this woman, the baby turned around *red cheeks and teary</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">eyes* and began looking at us. She was silent. I looked at her and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">smiled, while introducing ourselves as Christian missionaries. This</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">woman, took immediate interest and accepted a return appointment</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">immediately. The baby was silent, and smiled at us the whole time</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">while we were taking with her mother. Such an amazing experience! We</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">are excited to see her again. :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">It's times like these when all I can say is I know there is a God in</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Heaven and that He loves His children. It's so neat how things happen</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sometimes in the work. We were on a train this past week and we met a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">woman who was from Vietnam. Her Japanese language speaking abilities</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">were very limited, and she only spoke a few words of English, but she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">told us that she wanted to come to our church. She eagerly asked us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">for the church's address and we agreed to meet at 9:30 so that we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">could walk to church together the following Sunday. We then got off</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the train and went to our appointment with a member's friend. Later</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">after our appointment, we received a phone call from a member named</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Ishijima Shimai who happened to be cleaning the church that day. She</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">asked us on the phone if we knew a Vietnamese woman? We told her we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">did, and she went on to say the woman was at the church and that we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">should come quickly. When we finally arrived at the church, we found a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">different Vietnamese woman named Nga San! She had wandered into the</span></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">church by herself and told Ishijima Shimai that she wanted to learn</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">about everything... So cool!! We taught her the first lesson in</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Vietnamese (with the help of google translate and the Book of Mormon)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and she said she wanted to learn more! My whole mission, up until last</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">week, I've probably only ever met a handful of people from Vietnam,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">but I'm happy to say God's given us 2 potential investigators and two</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">new investigators who are Vietnamese this week. We keep finding them</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">everywhere! Definitely not by chance. God's work is a work of wonders!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Saving the best for last! One of the recent converts in my first area</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">named M..... Chan attended a baptism with her twin sister this past</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">week in the Philippines! When M..... Chan's sister saw the baptism,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">she felt the Spirit and told M.... Chan she wanted to be baptized</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">too. Isn't that amazing? She is now taking the lessons from the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sisters in Koiwa and working towards a baptismal date. So many</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">blessings! I am so blessed to be a missionary here in Japan at this</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">time. The church is true and Jesus Christ is our Savior. He loves us.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I testify that He lives. He rose from the dead and brought new life to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the world. He died so that we could all live again. I love my Savior.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">He is the Prince of peace and the ultimate source of joy and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">happiness. I hope you have all found the Savior this easter and felt</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of His great love. His love is perfect.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I love you all so much! Have a great week!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard</span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-9544842778384774202016-03-21T08:36:00.000-07:002016-03-21T19:29:50.513-07:00Week 49 Japan Tokyo Mission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiasy4pTTDHOQJFVehxYnPZ9RF0N_jF8kiLm0FZYHLcm7WY1_4CsjCnRl5szr_BfxIvas-1wtzqkJeRjiml0naxVFZPEEKoKHoeaiuMisUs2Im0JtEPUGzgWSW8aL8k0dXAiCPNxWyKMEnM/s1600/image1ghj.JPG" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRm1e4tVkXhEEKJJzaTy-MMtegK960c240GfoJgRmyc3zePs2zizvRVgm9kg6g8lYqWhjZwZGnLPNv1KBeSIlkDyeESW2XnZZjsb-WPtvECynoPdJ-cTrMKhNUZWmFsmxMPlKS7dW7lOo/s1600/image2ghj.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRm1e4tVkXhEEKJJzaTy-MMtegK960c240GfoJgRmyc3zePs2zizvRVgm9kg6g8lYqWhjZwZGnLPNv1KBeSIlkDyeESW2XnZZjsb-WPtvECynoPdJ-cTrMKhNUZWmFsmxMPlKS7dW7lOo/s640/image2ghj.JPG" width="480" /></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear family,</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">We were super busy this week with everything! My time is super short</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">today as it has been a busy p-day, but I hope I can share some of the</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">cool things that have happened this week.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">To start, we received of phone call from Sister Nagano this past week,</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">(mission pres wife) and she asked us if we would take a day trip over</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">to Koiwa area to do a mini exchange with the sister training leaders</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">in the Tokyo East Zone. When I heard Sister Nagano say Koiwa, the most</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">incredible excitement filled me as I realized I would be going back to</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">my first area for a few hours!! So awesome! Sister Junot and Sister</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Coughenour from my MTC district are serving in Koiwa right and so it</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">was really nice to see them as well as some of the people I used to</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">work with there. I was only able to see one of my recent converts, but</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">it was still a wonderful experience to be dendouing in my first area</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">again. I'm not sure what it is about that place, but it is definitely</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">special inside my heart. So exciting! I love it!</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Today Sister Bettridge and I travelled back into Tokyo to a place</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">called Shibuya. I sent a bunch of pictures, so those should be fun to</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">look at. About 5 years before Sister Bettridge came on a mission, she</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">had a Japanese exchange student come and stay with her family. We met</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">her today in Shibuya and were able to talk with her and share the</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">gospel with her. It was neat for me to see sister Bettridge so excited</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">to meet her again. We went to the busiest street/intersection in the</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">world! It was neat. Enjoy the pictures! :)</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Okay, a little bit of investigator talk:</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">So a while back, I talked about a woman named C----- San. She's</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">great! We had an appointment to meet her at the Matsudo church this</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">past week, but she said that she wouldn't be able to come due to</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">getting off work late. She suggested we could meet her close to a park</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">right next to her work and so we went to this park on Friday to wait</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">for her. Sister Bettridge and I have met people in many places other</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">than the church, and we figured it would be difficult to teach her a</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">lesson if we were walking around a park but still felt like we should</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">go. We went, and as we were walking through the park with her, she</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">suggested we sit down on a bench. We did so, and before we knew it,</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">she had pulled out the restoration pamphlet from her bag and told us</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">she had a few questions for us. So neat!! She is such an amazing</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">person. Her heart is so pure and we love her so much! We are meeting</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">her again tomorrow and so we are excited for her.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I mentioned last week that we had found a family to teach! This past</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">week, we went and taught J-----, the mother of six, three times! She</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">loves the gospel and although she is very busy in the next little</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">while, we hope she will be able to continue to meet with us.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Our friend Yo San had us over for dinner this past week and we had a</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">great time with her. I should have took a picture, but we ate jelly</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">fish!! Haha, definitely an adventure! During the lesson, She told us</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">she has so many questions for us and said we needed to meet every week</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">so we can help her find answers. She's also great! Yo San is from</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">China and she has an amazing story I wish I had time to share, but</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">long story short, she has an outstanding desire to know about Jesus</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Christ and the things He taught. We taught her about the Spirit, and</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">she said she had felt him touch her life before. Meeting with Yo San</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">has made me realize how much the Lord knows us. He knows exactly what</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">needs to happen in our lives in order for us to learn and grow. This</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">knowledge gives me great hope for all the people who say no to us</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">everyday. God is working His wonders in their lives too, and is</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">providing opportunities for them to receive the Gospel. Someday</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">everyone will know about this gospel! It's amazing to think about.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">We have exchanges again this next week, and then transfer calls next</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Monday as well. I guess we will see what happens with everything! I'd</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">love to stay in Matsudo longer, but I'm okay with doing something else</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">too if that is what the Lord wants. This is His work. I know this</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">church is true. Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. I know He</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">loves us and is mindful of us. He lives. As I have gone through this</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">past week, I feel like I have learned a lot about how God must feel</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">about us. As sister Bettridge and I have said goodbye to people who</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">tell us they no longer want to meet with us, I feel like I have felt</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">just a small portion of the sadness God must feel when we withdraw</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">ourselves from Him. It's definitely sad to say goodbye to people who</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">have entered into our hearts. It's difficult sometimes to see how much</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">people need the gospel and then to see them reject it, resulting in a</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">loss of blessings they so desperately need. As I have entrusted these</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">people back into the Lord's care and hands, My heart strings ring and</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">it is sometimes really difficult. However, I've found that as I pray</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">for the Lord's peace and strength that I am able to do all things</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">through Him. My mind is calmed, and I feel the most incredible peace.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I believe God weeps with us and for us. He loves us so much. He knows</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">the thoughts and the intents of our hearts. He blesses us individually</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">and knows what will make us happy and what we need to experience in</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">order to grow. I love this Gospel so much.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Well, that's all I have time for this week! Sorry this is kind of</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">short and バラバラ (all over the place)。I love you all so much! Have a</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">wonderful week. :)</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-90884132605916922982016-03-15T09:10:00.001-07:002016-03-15T09:10:29.271-07:00Week 48 Japan Tokyo Mission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaw43E73xRBSWbKLkOx2AoDuvX1EONMuxbjFdgxzjy8CmU2lk_vniYC2JvHL7QlnNl3tPerwLgUpXb2PiW70y4jnDm_vsNyUUlc6EQ942Pn5k_zGg04MEIxZcm7zNXRYpQ7HdhR92Jqea/s1600/image1yuil.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaw43E73xRBSWbKLkOx2AoDuvX1EONMuxbjFdgxzjy8CmU2lk_vniYC2JvHL7QlnNl3tPerwLgUpXb2PiW70y4jnDm_vsNyUUlc6EQ942Pn5k_zGg04MEIxZcm7zNXRYpQ7HdhR92Jqea/s640/image1yuil.JPG" width="480" /></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I received your package this past week! Thank you so much for sending</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">me everything I needed. Also, I am so grateful for all of your</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">beautiful letters to me! They warmed my heart so much and really</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">helped me feel both your love and the Lord's. Some of the things you</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">wrote answered my prayers and it is just another testimony to me that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the Lord does know us and is watching over us :) thank you so much.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Today has been a way busy day! We traveled to the Tokyo Temple this</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">morning and caught the 11am session with the rest of our zone. The</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Temple was especially amazing today. I had the opportunity to listen</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to the session in Japanese because all of the English translation</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">technology was being used. I had never listened to a whole session in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Japanese before and so it was a very neat experience for me. To my</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">surprise, I understood almost every word and really took a new</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">perspective on everything. The Spirit and peace within the temple is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">always so special. I love the Tokyo Temple.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">After the Temple, Sister Bettridge and I decided we should go and see</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">some of the fun sights in Tokyo for our p-day. After thinking about</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">all the things we could go and do, we decided we would try and go see</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the Emperors palace! We took some cool pictures and I will send them</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">later. :) After that, we went to go see Skytree tower and that was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">also really fun! I have been there a few times, but Sister Bettridge</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">never has and so I thought she should probably experience that before</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">she goes home next transfer. It was a lot of fun! We always meet the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">coolest people while we are traveling on the trains and walking on the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">streets. There really are prepared people everywhere. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">To answer a few questions, we do a lot of both walking and biking in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">our Matsudo Area!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We eat so much curry! Sister Bettridge is really good at making it so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">that is especially nice. We also love to go and get Indo curry</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sometimes! It's one of my favorite foods here.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Haha, good old day light savings! I'm not sure that is a thing here in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Japan... If it is I have missed it and no one told me because I have</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">been here in Japan for a year now! So crazy! Sister Bettridge and I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">haven't experienced real daylight savings changes, but recently we</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">have started waking up an hour earlier so that we can finish our</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">studies and be out the door and hour earlier than usual. It's been a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">neat experiment. We are always so so tired in the morning, but it's so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">worth it! We always come home in the evening so tired we can barely</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">stand up. We know for sure we have given our all to the Lord and that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">is the best feeling. Nightly planning is sometimes a struggle, but God</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">is really blessings us both physically and spiritually and we have</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">given Him another hour of availability.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I can't believe how fast this transfer has gone! Honestly, time only</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">gets faster on missions... Probably in life too actually, haha.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Anyway, let me share some miracles from this past week! We called a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">woman named Yo San (Chinese) who we met about 3 months ago on our way</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to Tokyo. When we met her on the train before, and we only had 2-3</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">minutes to speak with her but we were able to exchange numbers and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">teach her a little bit about God. It wasn't an out of the ordinary</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">experience, and we tried to call her a little while after, but she</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">never answered. Anyway, When we called her this past week she was so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">excited! She asked us if she could come to church, and so she came to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">church this past week! That was a huge miracle. We think she liked</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">church and so hopefully she will be coming back next week. :) We Love</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">her.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Okay, my favorite of all from this past week!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Bettridge and I had a really raining day yesterday! But, we saw</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the most amazing miracle as we went out to brave the rain with with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">our boots and rain gear. We were housing an apartment and had just</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">started the second floor of the apartment when we heard a whole bunch</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of little voices yelling and shouting just a few doors down from us. I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">turned to Sister Bettridge excited, and asked her how many kids she</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">thought were in the house..</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">#probablyafamilywhoneedsthegospel... :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We prayed quickly, asking Heavenly Father to help us connect with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">whoever was behind the door and then quickly rang the doorbell. A</span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">little head popped out the front door as the shouting became louder</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">now that the door was open. He was the cutest little 5 year old ever!!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We asked him if his mom was home and he then proceeded to shout her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">name down the hallway as 3 other little boys spilled out of the door</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">tackling each other to get to us. They were all so cute! The mother</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">finally appeared. She was from the Philippines and as soon as we saw</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">her, we felt a strong connection to her. We began to explain who we</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">were and our purpose as missionaries, but the little boys were so loud</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">it was difficult to explain everything to her. She said she spoke more</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Japanese than English, but her Japanese was very limited. It was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">difficult to teach her for this reason as well. It was difficult for</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">us to hear her and explain things because of the situation, but her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">eyes were zeroed in on us and she didn't once turn to look at the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">little boys who were tugging and pulling on her. She just lovingly put</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">her hands on their heads and guided them around the genkan while</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">listening to us. She wasn't bothered by the noise at all and she just</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">stood there content listening to us tell her about the restoration. I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">believe the Spirit helped her hear our words because I could barely</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">hear myself speaking. At one point, the little boys were so loud that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I reached into my bag to see if I have anything to distract them. It</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">wasn't that they were being bad, but they were just so loud with their</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">playing. So cute!! I pulled out the picture book of all of you and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">explained to the little boys that I had two little brothers their age</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and that I had pictures! One of the little boys took the book and the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">rest of them crowded around him and began pointing at all of your</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">faces. The room became quieter as we bore our testimonies and ended</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">our short message. Janice, (the mother) told us that she wanted to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">meet with us and hear more about our church. With tears in her eyes,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">she told us she had been looking her whole life to find Jesus Christ's</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">true teachings. We also learned that the four little boys were not her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">only children, but that she had 6 little boys and the oldest one was 9</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">years old. Pretty crazy! They are a beautiful little family. It sounds</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">like the father is interested in learning about Christianity too, so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">that is also a huge miracle. I just can't tell you all how much I love</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">this little big family! We are seeing them again tomorrow afternoon,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">so we are way excited for that. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Well, I wish I had more time to tell you all about the other amazing</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">things that happen every week. There is a really special joy that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">comes from being on the Lord's errand. President Monson always talks</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">about how receiving Impressions from the spirit and following them is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the sweetest thing in life. I believe that, and President Monson's</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">life sure reflects his desire to always do the Lord's will. Miracles</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">really can happen as we follow the promptings of the Spirit and try</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">our best to live our lives in accordance with God's will. I love this</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">gospel. I love the small tender mercies the Lord is able to give me</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and the people I serve. I'm grateful for the many blessing which God</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">has blessed you all with as well. Thank you for your letters! I love</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">you all so much. This church is true.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Love always,</span>
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<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Dear Family,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">It's so great to hear from everyone and about everyone! We are so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">blessed. It's neat to see that the miracles I see here in Japan are</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">not the only ones that are occurring. God is blessing you all so much!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I am so happy to see the Lord's goodness in your lives and in the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">lives of our friends and extended family. God is so gracious. Thanks</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">you for sharing about everything that has been happening. I hope the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">little boys win the cub car race coming up! ;) 頑張って下さい!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Bettridge and I had two really big meetings this week to attend</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and so we were worried we may not be able to accomplish some of our</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">plans for the week, but we've learned that God is able to magnify our</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">efforts and multiply it by thousands! We have seen amazing</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">breakthroughs in our Tokyo Japan Mission this last week! As a mission,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">we've really united in our efforts to find the elect whom God has</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">prepared and we have been talking with everyone. As a result, our</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">mission has talked to over 10,000 people this past week! Our mission</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">has 180ish missionaries in it and we have over doubled the amount of</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">people we have previously talked to. It's amazing! Together, we have</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">found more new investigators than ever before. God is really preparing</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the minds and hearts of the people here in Japan. It's so neat to see</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">everyday as we go out and try and find people.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Bettridge and I have been praying specifically to find someone</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">who is really prepared to receive the gospel. Everyday, we speak with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">everyone who will hear us and try to find our kinjin. We had a really</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">neat experience this past week at the train station! We were talking</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to a woman just before getting on a train and she said she had no</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">interest and shut us down pretty hard. Our week had been full of many</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">rejections, but that wasn't keeping us from opening our mouths! On the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">train ride home, we talked with many people who did the same thing. As</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">we were walking out of the Eki, we stopped to speak to a young mother</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">who was near the Eki's fountain with a bunch of her children. As we</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">were walking over to her, we heard a voice behind us. We turned around</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and to our great surprise, we saw a very tall, dark, African man</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">standing behind us. His soft voice was reassuring and quiet even</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">though he was tall and a little bit scary. He must have seen the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">shocked look on our faces because he apologized for being so sudden.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">He then went on to explain that he had heard our Japanese conversation</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">on the train with the woman who had turned us down and that he wanted</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to come to our church. He kindly asked us if it would be okay if he</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">could have one of our chirashi's so that he could find the church</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">building and come to church on Sunday. We were amazed as we began to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">talk with him. He shook our hands and thanked us as we gave him the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">church address. As he turned to walk away, we asked him for his name.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">He said his name was "Amen." ...He was the literal end of, and answer</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to our prayers. So cool! Hopefully he will be meeting with the elders</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">soon.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">MLC was really great this week! It's always great. The spirit was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">really strong as we talked about some of the things that were</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">happening in the mission. It is really neat to be able to receive</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">revelation together as a big group of missionaries and to figure out</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">ways to change things in the mission. It's really taught me and helped</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">me understand just how involved the Lord is in our work. It's always</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">an amazing experience.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Bettridge and I also had exchanges this week with the Kamagaya</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sisters- Sister Clark and Sister Moore. I love the opportunity to work</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">so closely with the Sisters in my zone. They are all so amazing! I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">learn so much from them every time we have exchanges. :) They have</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">such strong faith and testimonies. It's neat to see how the Lord is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">able to use each one of our strengths and even our weaknesses to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">further His work. He really doesn't need us at all, and is able to do</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">His own work, but I am grateful for the opportunity to try my best to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">serve Him everyday.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sorry, this is going to be a bit of a shorter letter, but I love you</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">all so much! I hope you have a good week. :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Things are happening all over the world and it is so exciting! God is</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">still hastening His work and we are so lucky to live in this time</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">preparatory to the second coming of Christ. I know Jesus Christ lives.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I know He is always close to us. He understands and knows us</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">perfectly.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Love always,</span>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We had stake conference this past week and it was so amazing! They had</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">everyone speak on the new area plan and how to apply it. After the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">conference, a woman from our ward walked up to us and told us she had</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">a referral for us. So cool!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Japan is really pushing this new area plan. Simply put, it is an</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">action plan for missionary work and the fulfillment of the many</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">prophecies of Japan that have been given throughout the last hundred</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">years or so. So so neat!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">There was a leader who asked all the members to go home, make a list</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">of people who they know who aren't members and pray about who to share</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the gospel with. So neat! So straight forward!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">The Stake president spoke directly to the youth and said, "tomorrow at</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">school, pray to know who to invite to church, and do it!" It was so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">cool. There was also a lot said to the youth about sharing the gospel</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">with their friends and being strong examples. It was really neat.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">After the conference, Sister Bettridge and I decided we wanted to go</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and find around the bishop's house later that afternoon. The bishop</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">has quite a young family, the oldest being 13 and the youngest being</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">3. The 13 year old is a boy named k.... kun. Anyway, we stopped by</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">their house and told them that we felt impressed to find close by. We</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">asked the Bishop's wife (bishop was still at meetings) if we read a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">quick scripture and pray with their family. We shared 2 Nephi 27:23.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">It says:</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">not among the children of men save it be according to their faith.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We had the 10 year old read the scripture and then we went on our way</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">thanking them for their prayers and faith. We went out determined to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">find someone who was prepared and we did! **MIRACLE ALERT!!**The first</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sight of people we saw was a group of young woman around 13-15 years</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">old. We called out to them and began talking with them and teaching</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">them about God. One of the girls recognized us and said, "oh! You are</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">missionaries in K.... Ishida kun's church, aren't you!" We, surprised,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">said yes! She went on to say that she knew 4 of the youth in our ward</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and that she wanted to come to church sometime. Her two friends who</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">were with her told us that they wanted to come too. Sister Bettridge</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and I were starstruck! We gave them all information about where the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">church was and asked them to ask the youth who they all knew if they</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">had any questions. After we had said goodbye, we rushed back to Bishop</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Ishida's house and told the family what had happened. We told Kaeri</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Kun that we had met 3 of his school friends and that they wanted to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">come to church. I.... Shimai had tears in her eyes and thanked us for</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">coming and telling us. It was a way cool experience! It confirmed</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">perfectly, the area plan for the youth to reach out and share the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">gospel with their friends. So amazing!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">So, I'm pretty sure I have mentioned I..... Shimai a few times in my</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">previous letters, but this week she introduced us to 2 more of her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">friends! We were able to share the gospel with them and it was an</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">amazing experience! Right now, we are still teaching one of her best</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">friends, U....san and she just continues to amaze us! Wow!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Bettridge and I had a lunch appointment with one of the older</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">couples in our ward named the Nak....i's. They gave us very strict</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">instructions for how to get to their house so that we wouldn't be</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">late. I guess many previous missionaries had always been late, and it</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">seemed that they were a little bit disappointed in that. Anyway,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sister Bettridge and I left a half hour earlier than needed just so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">that we could get there on time. The plan was to meet the couple at a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">nearby park and then walk together with them to their apartment. Long</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">story short, we ended up waiting in a park for over 20 minutes and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">they didn't show up. We had already spoken with everyone inside the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">park vicinity and so me, *the bright one* :P suggested we begin to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">house the nearby houses while we waited for them. We had already tried</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to call them, but they weren't answering. We housed for probably 10</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">more minutes, and they still hadn't showed up. We called one more time</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and they answered! It turns out that we were in the wrong park and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">they seemed to be super disappointed that we, the missionaries, had</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">failed them once again. Walking with them back to house was one of the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">hardest things on my mission. They had such hope in us and we had</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">failed them because there were over 10 parks in their area no we found</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">the wrong one. Now, naturally, Japanese people are very forgiving, and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">although they did show us a lot of kindness, we could still tell that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">they were both frustrated and disappointed in us because we had been</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">late just like all the other missionaries. We apologized over 15</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">times, (it is the culture to be really sorry here). During this time,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">my mind was constantly wondering how we could smooth things over with</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">them. I felt so bad that we had gone to the wrong park. After eating</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">with them, they asked us to share a message with them. My first</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">impression was to share a short message and then get out of there, but</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I felt impressed that we needed to share the 1st lesson with them.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Bettridge looked at me like I was crazy and later told me that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">she wanted to share a short message too, but we are so glad we taught</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">that first lesson.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We had them pretend to be themselves but not as members of the church.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We taught about God, dispensations and Prophets, Jesus Christ, and the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">restoration through Joseph Smith. They both seemed to be a little bit</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">skeptical as we were teaching, but as we said the first vision, they</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">both changed. They Spirit filled the room and we asked them both to be</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">baptized. The brother said we reminded him of the first time her had</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">ever met with the missionaries. They both said that we were the most</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">outstanding missionaries whom they had ever met. They said that we had</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">just taught them the best 1st lesson that they had ever heard. It was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">all smiles and laughter after that! This experience really taught me</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">about the power that the spirit has to help us love others. When the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Spirit touched our hearts, we feel genuine and sincere love for</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">people. Super super neat. They said that they wanted to introduce</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">their friends to us and it was an amazing experience. Super cool.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We've talked to so many people this past week! We talk with everyone</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and have seen some great miracles! We haven't found as many new</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">investigators as we would like, but yesterday we found a woman who</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">said she was interested in learning and meeting with us. We taught her</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">parts of the restoration on the street, and she asked for our number</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and if she could come to church sometime. So cool! We set up another</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">appointment with her right there on the street. Her name is Yamada</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">San. We are pretty excited about her! She is was kin!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Well, I'm out of time, but this church is true. Jesus Christ is our</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Savior. Heavenly Father loves us. We are His children. I hope you all</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">have a wonderful week.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Love always,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Hubbard</span></pre>
camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-25962765608658791012016-02-25T15:25:00.000-08:002016-02-25T15:25:12.423-08:00Week 45 Japan Tokyo Mission<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear family,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Another awesome week for me! I'm convinced that being a missionary is</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the greatest thing in the world! It's really tough sometimes, but I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">love it. Today, I am overly tired for some reason, so hopefully this</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">email will all make sense, ha ha. Thanks for your letters and emails!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I received a special letter this week from a Mrs Lys Hubbard, and it</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">totally made my day! Thank you Lys.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This past week I taught Sister Bettridge how to make Sock Monkey's in</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">preparation for our activity with the young woman. She is way good at</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">it! She's made three this past week and I was really grateful for</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">her help at the young women's activity this past Friday. The girls all</span></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">brought their different socks and we taught them and helped them make</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sock monkeys! They all loved it so much!! In fact, yesterday at church</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">a few of them brought theirs to the church to show me because they</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">were so excited about them! These young women are so creative and it</span></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">was so fun for me to teach them. One girl went home and made a sock</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">bear right after the activity. She came to church and told me that she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">was going to be a missionary like me and that she was going to make</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and sell sock monkeys to save money. My heart melted! I just love them</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">all so much. I wish I got pictures of them with the monkeys, but</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">unfortunately I only got a few of the monkeys they made. I will have</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to talk to the young woman's leaders and get the pictures they took of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">us at the activity from them so that I can send them next week or</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">something. Anyway, this activity was definitely a highlight from this</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">past week! :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Also, we have a woman in the ward who comes to church every week, but</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">isn't a member. When I first came to Matsudo, I remember asking the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">ward about the situation. Her daughter was baptized about 2 years</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">previously and I.... San and her son have not yet been baptized. They</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">do, however, come to support Y.... Chan almost every week. We've</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">heard from the members that she has been dendou-ed countless times and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that she has expressed no interest. She's heard the lessons before,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">but it has been a long time. When I first came to Matsudo, I remember</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">hearing from the ward that we shouldn't dendou her. So, we have just</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">made an effort to be nice to her as a result and have become good</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">friends. Long story short, this past week she told us that she wants</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to hear the lessons again! :) Such a big miracle! We will be meeting</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">her this next week and teaching her. God has really been working with</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">her heart I think. So awesome.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Funny story! We ran into one of our potential investigators last week</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">in the Eki (train station) and she said that she wanted to meet and so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">we made an appointment to see her. We had made plans to meet her in</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the same place at 10:00 am where we had met her previously and to then</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">go and get breakfast together. Well, we waited until 10:10 and she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">still hadn't showed up, and so we gave her a call. She is kind of an</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">older forgetful woman so we thought maybe she had forgotten about our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">appointment. She answered and told us to wait where we were and that</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">she was coming! On the phone, she sounded like she was in a big hurry.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Now, side story (I had never heard of this until coming to Japan, so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">if it doesn't make sense just try to use your imagination, ha ha)...</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Many women in Japan place these little pieces of plastic-(kinda like</span></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">tape) inside their eyelids to make an eyelid crease. Naturally,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Japanese people do not have eyelid creases and so many woman before</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">putting their makeup on use these materials to help their eyes look</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">"big and bright" so to speak. Anyway, she finally came and met us and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">she was wearing this big fluffy coat with these way stylish</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sunglasses! She looked like she was about to go to a fashion show.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This however, isn't an uncommon sight as everyone in Tokyo kinda</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">dresses way out there and is really stylish. We went into this fancy</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">little bakery and bought breakfast. As we were talking with her, we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">noticed that she still hadn't taken off her sunglasses. It wasn't</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">bright in the restaurant and so we were a little bit confused.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sometimes it's difficult to really know what people are saying if you</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">can't see their eyes, you know? Anyway, we taught and it went really</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">well! At the end of the lesson, she stood up from her chair and her</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sunglasses fell down a little bit. We saw her eyelids and there was</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">eyelid crease tape all over them! We figured she must have been in a</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">rush and so she just threw some sunglasses on, ha ha. It was funny to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">see. You'd probably have to be there to see how funny it was.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sometimes we see people put their makeup on, on the train and they use</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">this big metal poker thing to put this tape on their eyelid to make a</span></span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">crease. It looks painful!! People from Canada and America naturally</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">have creases and so they use it to look like they are from a different</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">country. Isn't that funny? Ha ha. I thought it was. I personally like</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">their eyes just the way they are. So cute! I want Asian eyes and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and Asian features! :) </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Bettridge and I have talked to so many people this past week.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We've taken a new approach in the way that we talk to people and have</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">seen a lot of little miracles this week as a result. We fear no man!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We talk with everyone! We've made up our minds to speak and talk with</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">everyone and when we take a rejection we turn to the next person and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">keep dendouing. It's great! I love it. :) We are going to find the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">prepared people who are ready to receive us.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Lastly, today I had a few visitors from Koiwa! I wish we took</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">pictures!! Marjorie and her daughter, Kaori Chan, and Channa (from</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Cambodia) came and visited sister Bettridge and I! It was so good to</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">see them. Marjorie is getting her patriarchal blessing soon, and she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">is so excited! She is so full of light. It was amazing to see her</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">again. I never got to see her baptism because I transferred, but she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">is so strong and has such a beautiful testimony. Channa is doing so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">well and Marjorie has been fellowshipping her and they do everything</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">together. The two of them are such good supports for each other. Ah!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">It was just so good to see them again.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">As for the package, I think I am good! :)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Black tights will be perfect!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">No news about the extension, but we have zone conference on the 1st so</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I hope to find out then.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I love you all so much. This church is true. God lives and loves us.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">He knows us perfectly. I love being a missionary! There is no greater</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">joy than this. I am so blessed to be here in Japan.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard</span>camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-18841785250652594692016-02-15T17:23:00.001-08:002016-02-15T17:23:35.564-08:00Week 44 Japan Tokyo Mission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKfDbVCmJY_a5HC-VCGn4Uittb2w549CH0swmVU6T_L-HzCXLQMzzgXd6jaIQuY4d-iumqh4N4FIKvsFbTAk-JQ4IC9NjoQMojaFqT_HpkeE1Wk3lrRRlD3m_LObeuZJ0mljo8Q1lCuSG/s1600/image1hjk.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKfDbVCmJY_a5HC-VCGn4Uittb2w549CH0swmVU6T_L-HzCXLQMzzgXd6jaIQuY4d-iumqh4N4FIKvsFbTAk-JQ4IC9NjoQMojaFqT_HpkeE1Wk3lrRRlD3m_LObeuZJ0mljo8Q1lCuSG/s640/image1hjk.JPG" width="480" /></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear family,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We will start this letter with a crazy miracle!! So, when sister</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Morley and I were together, about a month ago, we housed into this</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">woman who seemed to have a lot of interest in our message. Her name</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">was M...... We gave her a Book of Mormon and unfortunately were never</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">able to get a hold of her after that despite visiting and calling her</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lots. Anyway, this week, sister Bettridge and I were close to her</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">apartment and so we thought we should maybe try again to see her. We</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">rang her doorbell and spoke with her through the air com. She</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">recognized who we were right away and dropped the phone to come to the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">door and speak with us. After opening the door, the first thing she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">said was that she was sorry she hadn't read our book all the way</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">through yet, but that she had read half of it! She had read half of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the Book of Mormon! Isn't that crazy? It had only been like a month!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">She then went on to tell us about how she thought it was crazy how the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Nephites and the Lamanites were still fighting even after years and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">years from the time they left Jerusalem. After she had said all of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">this, she again apologized for not being able to read the whole book.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I looked at Sister Bettridge and she at me. We were so amazed by this</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">woman! Wow!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anyway, she said she wanted to take the lessons and to come to church</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">so we will see what happens with our new friend M..... San in the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">future. :) God really is preparing His people.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">This morning we had transfer calls, and as I predicted, sister</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Bettridge and I will be staying together in Matsudo for at least</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">another transfer? Yay! We are receiving three new sisters into our</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">zone this week and so we will have the opportunity to learn from lots</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of new people. So exciting! We were pretty busy today figuring out</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">transfer plans for everyone and such, but I'm really glad we are</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">finished now. Sometimes I feel like P-days are the busiest day of the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">week! Haha. It's funny how that works.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Our Zone meeting this last week was really powerful. I feel like we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">all learned a lot from the things that were said. Sister Bettridge</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">bore a really amazing testimony on the power of exact obedience, and I</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">feel like we were able to really help our zone want to be more</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">obedient. It certainly motivated me to be more obedient in the small</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">things. The way we honor and keep the Lord's commandments has a direct</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">relation to how much love we have for the Lord. We had a really great</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">discussion together about this and the Spirit was really strong. While</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">preparing for the training, I was studying in Alma about the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anti-Nephi-Lehi's and their firm conversion to the teaching of Alma</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and his brethren. These people's conversion was so firm that they</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">would rather suffer death in the most torturous ways then to sin</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">against God. It says in the scriptures that they "burried their</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">weapons of rebellion" and covenanted with the Lord to never take up</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">arms against their brethren again. We know that they kept that promise</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">as their enemies came upon them soon after and slaughtered them</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">without any resistance. These were people who were true in all things</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and in all places. They did not care about anything but pleasing their</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">God. Everything they did was to glorify God. They yielded their hearts</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to God and refused to do anything that wasn't in accordance with His</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">will. (Alma 23, 7 , 24:16-19) ></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">7 For they became a righteous people; they did lay down the weapons of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">their rebellion, that they did not fight against God any more, neither</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">against any of their brethren.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">16 And now, my brethren, if our brethren seek to destroy us, behold,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">we will hide away our swords, yea, even we will bury them deep in the</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">earth, that they may be kept bright, as a testimony that we have never</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">used them, at the last day; and if our brethren destroy us, behold, we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">shall go to our God and shall be saved.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">17 And now it came to pass that when the king had made an end of these</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">sayings, and all the people were assembled together, they took their</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">swords, and all the weapons which were used for the shedding of man�fs</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">blood, and they did bury them up deep in the earth.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">18 And this they did, it being in their view a testimony to God, and</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">also to men, that they never would use weapons again for the shedding</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">of man�fs blood; and this they did, vouching and covenanting with God,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">that rather than shed the blood of their brethren they would give up</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">their own lives; and rather than take away from a brother they would</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">give unto him; and rather than spend their days in idleness they would</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">labor abundantly with their hands.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">19 And thus we see that, when these Lamanites were brought to believe</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and to know the truth, they were firm, and would suffer even unto</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">death rather than commit sin; and thus we see that they buried their</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">weapons of peace, or they buried the weapons of war, for peace.<</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We read some of these similar verses with the Zone and it was really</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">awesome. It made me think about what some of my own weapons of</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">rebellion might be and what I might do to bury them so that I can give</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">more of myself to the Lord. I've been thinking a lot about that</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">lately.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sorry, that was kind of long, haha.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Another miracle from this week!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We have an amazing member named I..... Shimai in our ward and she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">took off to visit her friend this week. This member had spoken with us</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">at church the previous week and asked us if we would help her friend</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">teach her English class. We agreed to help and went with her this past</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Tuesday. The members friends name is U..... San. After we had taught</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">her class, we asked her if she had interest in learning about what we</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">taught as missionaries and she said she did! The member burst into</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">tears and then proceeded to share an amazing testimony about how she</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">had previously prayed to know who she could introduce the missionaries</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">to. After praying, her friends face filled her mind and the following</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sunday she talked with us. She told her friend that she knew that God</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">loved her and that He wanted her to know that. It was truly a tender</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">moment. I was amazed by this members courage and strength in following</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">through with the revelation she had received. We have another</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">appointment with her tomorrow and we are really excited to teach her</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">again. :) the Members here in Matsudo never cease to amaze me. They</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">are so wonderful.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">We ate dinner with a family called the Takei's last night. They have 3</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">beautiful children and we were able to teach them the restoration.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Interacting with the kids in this family and in the Matsudo ward has</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">been an amazing experience for me. They are all so strong. They know</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">the doctrine of Christ, and they all have such strong desires to be</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">missionaries. Their parents have taught them well, and Japan will have</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">an amazing wave of missionaries serving all over In the next 10ish</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">years. It is so amazing to me! They will be the Lord's army of Helaman</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">and they will be powerful emissaries of Jesus Christ. Elder Eyring's</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">prophecy is coming to pass everyday I am here. The members are on</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">fire! I am so blessed to be here with all of them. I learn so much</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">from them every single day. I love being a missionary.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Well, I'm out of time. This church is true. Jesus Christ lives. He</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">loves us and is close to us every single day of our lives. He has been</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">through everything that we will ever experience. He knows you</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">personally. I testify of His love for each one of you.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">I hope you have a wonderful week!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Love always,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sister Hubbard xoxo</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3333px;" />camilla hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778314824376255084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600420395731465671.post-45555053568088786422016-02-08T10:49:00.000-08:002016-02-08T10:49:27.315-08:00Week 43 Japan Tokyo mission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-ZeP8G0-2856RvCyLQPce6aQs5XzVb36L-z_wgFWjgfnXo6DQ34FwqOXXIpDt3uhypjXX5UF4Sa4SBm-JxWaz9LJpWF6QiA8VLVyP63ss-R_vHpbMhbsVhTm7KQASlwyk7MMzPfliHkI/s1600/image2yui.JPG" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmv43VCxdEEoJBmBHw4ZiU8yS4aBODEak3jNA7YvvviAA-z-bKoIAQQ_ebtEFFW_ghFLgghD3HNBn8d_NLKAoKKzQzXWFIW5APZNhyOhJ96v0L26TiIXZUeBHPK4Iya2DXcFhyphenhyphendwx6keP/s1600/image1yui.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmv43VCxdEEoJBmBHw4ZiU8yS4aBODEak3jNA7YvvviAA-z-bKoIAQQ_ebtEFFW_ghFLgghD3HNBn8d_NLKAoKKzQzXWFIW5APZNhyOhJ96v0L26TiIXZUeBHPK4Iya2DXcFhyphenhyphendwx6keP/s640/image1yui.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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mission leadership council</div>
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<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">I don't think I've ever sent a photo of these before. Pretty sweet hey? Haha they are everywhere! </pre>
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<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc97l_OVGA7_WMXNhojI6ZIETvkM-hia8p18GG0rPcYYoIgWgWIOEOMsAPTQe7NDSH77NKZll5Wm5R4C77jT_fhWgYPmI1dra8zXJE0Y-eA7oK2-j-gX-COfvGVwRFynAF29HaJ6O8nMBx/s1600/image1oiu.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc97l_OVGA7_WMXNhojI6ZIETvkM-hia8p18GG0rPcYYoIgWgWIOEOMsAPTQe7NDSH77NKZll5Wm5R4C77jT_fhWgYPmI1dra8zXJE0Y-eA7oK2-j-gX-COfvGVwRFynAF29HaJ6O8nMBx/s640/image1oiu.JPG" width="640" /></a></pre>
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<pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Exchanges with Sister Clark and sister Sargent (this is our apartment)</pre>
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<pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDgHS1qzxw7yHzLmdBiRIzW7_ypChyDSVxihu3I02qz4eRF5IsaU4NhJqDLuiC_7d0fKEHbT_zripZoIpbw3AUk8x9X0UHt3NGEtZXFhH3mQ3eeccKgXujY61U2BiTIDF7hSkIc0FrbeR/s1600/image3oiu.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDgHS1qzxw7yHzLmdBiRIzW7_ypChyDSVxihu3I02qz4eRF5IsaU4NhJqDLuiC_7d0fKEHbT_zripZoIpbw3AUk8x9X0UHt3NGEtZXFhH3mQ3eeccKgXujY61U2BiTIDF7hSkIc0FrbeR/s640/image3oiu.JPG" width="480" /></a></pre>
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<pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><pre style="text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Woman we met on the train who was way interested! She gave us her number and told us she would read and pray about the Book of Mormon!</pre>
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<pre style="text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04vacDBhegjf-X95uV1sV66MNKtBJiz91TU0BFq1hJ9xnkgIAW_oaQE68yUX-9siO1YXdl622v0-FqP5nI59k9eQzjOaPJk4rsbg2Lq3PUwEOUvJuuxVl8qkvtbZkJdwVoY6sL9q9exf_/s1600/image1jkl.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04vacDBhegjf-X95uV1sV66MNKtBJiz91TU0BFq1hJ9xnkgIAW_oaQE68yUX-9siO1YXdl622v0-FqP5nI59k9eQzjOaPJk4rsbg2Lq3PUwEOUvJuuxVl8qkvtbZkJdwVoY6sL9q9exf_/s640/image1jkl.JPG" width="640" /></a></pre>
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<pre style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; white-space: normal;">New investigator- she is a way genki 70ish year old woman</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: start; white-space: normal;">who loves learning! Hopefully she can come to church soon.</span></pre>
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<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Sister Oshima and I on exchanges. The little girl on my right is a girl we found last week who loves the gospel. Her name is K.... Chan. The girl on my left is Y... Chan. She is thinking about serving a mission and so she often helps us. </pre>
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<pre style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Dear family</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I've had a really busy week! I next Monday we have transfer calls, and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">so I guess we'll see what happens! If someone is leaving, it will</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">probably be me, but I think I might be safe. I love serving here in</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Matsudo! Recently, there has been a huge hype in the ward about the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">new plan for the Asia north area. The plan involves a lot more member</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">involvement and so we have been super super busy this past week as a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">lot of members have been calling us and having us over. It's amazing!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Everyone is thinking about how they can share the gospel with their</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">friends and even the young people are thoroughly involved. It is so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">neat! I'm so blessed to be here to witness it all.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Yesterday for church, sister Bettridge and I went on splits so that we</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">could attend relief society and young woman's. I went to young </span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">women's</span></span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and had an amazing experience there. In our ward, we have pretty close</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">to 15-16 young woman. Since yesterday was fast Sunday, they did a</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">testimony meeting in Young woman's. It was a really neat experience</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">for me to listen to all of these young women share their testimonies.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">A few of them even spoke about how they had had different experiences</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">at school where they had introduced the gospel to their friends. They</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">are so amazing! When I first came to the ward, we had a really hard</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">time connecting with the young woman, but now we are all really good</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">friends and in the short while I have been here, I have seen some</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">testimonies grow and seen some of the young woman change to be more</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">excited for church. Anyway, after they had all born their testimonies,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I glanced at the clock and it seemed that we had about 10 minutes left</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">before the end of church. There was a long pause. I felt the need to</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">bare my testimony in front of these girls, and so I turned to the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">leader Sitting next to me and asked if I could bear my testimony.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">After doing so, I walked up to their little pulpit and just looked at</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">all of the young woman for a second. They were so beautiful and so</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">full of light. I now understand why people who speak to youth use that</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">phrase over and over again. Hearing it as a young woman I never did</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">understood it, but I do now. I thanked them for all of their</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">testimonies and told them that I really felt the spirit. They smiled</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and continued to look at me. I told them that they would all be</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">wonderful missionaries someday and that the Lord loved them and knew</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">them each personally and individually. It was a tender moment for me.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Last night we were eating dinner at the Nakanishi family's home, and</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">there was an earthquake! It was one of the bigger ones that I have</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">experienced here in Japan. I think they rated it a 3-4 on the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">earthquake scale level which is pretty neat. When they get above five</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">is when they start to get dangerous. It was kinda fun! The little kids</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">were pretty scared though.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">We also had Mission Leadership Council this past week, and President</span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Niiyama (dad's mission president?) came and spoke to us about how we</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">could work with the members in Japan bette. It was a great training.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">As usual, the Spirit filled the room as President and Sister Nagano</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">spoke to us as well. It was all a really great experience and we are</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">excited to share everything that we learn with the missionaries this</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">week in Zone meeting. Sister Bettridge and I are giving a training on</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">exact obedience and how it relates to feeling joy as a missionary. It</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">should be fun! :)</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Bettridge told me that I have been speaking Japanese in my</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">sleep lately.... My dream has come true finally!!!!! I've always had</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">companions that speak in their sleep, but I never have up until now.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Haha, this was definitely a highlight of the week.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Recently, there was a broadcast for all of the missionaries around the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">world from the apostles and leaders of the church down at Salt Lake. I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">saw Cianna Lybbert on the broadcast in the audience, and so that was</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">really cool! :) haha.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Anyway, the emphasis was on teaching repentance and baptizing</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">converts. In the broadcast, there was something that really hit home</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">for me. There was a statement made about how we as missionaries should</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">always have Christ's name on our lips, as well as His name over our</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">hearts. For some reason that image has really stuck with me this past</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">week as we have gone out and talked with people. We have seen many</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">many miracles as we have tried to speak the name of Christ more often.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">It's been really amazing. I always want to make sure that I am</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">speaking His name as a missionary-to everyone I meet. I hope that I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">can do it for the rest of my life. I've really been pondering the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">scripture In Matthew 10: 32-33 lately. It says:</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">also before my Father which is in heaven.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">my Father which is in heaven.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">I want to make sure that I am always worthy and ready to have the</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Savior's name on my lips, testifying of Him with firm conviction. I</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">love Him so much. I feel happier as a missionary as I speak His name</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">and tell people of Him. This gospel is true. I testify of God's love</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">for each of you. He knows you perfectly.</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Have a wonderful week!</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Love always,</span>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: normal;">Sister Hubbard xoxo</span></pre>
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