Final week of my first transfer in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan!
The weather is getting pretty hot, it is only barely Spring, and we are
sleeping with the sliding doors open with the air con on and everything (sounds
like a stupid idea, but its worth it, trust me).
We had to drop our main progressing investigator this week
because he stopped progressing which means we had to drop our baptisimal date
for him, but in goes his progress record in to the area book, for missionaries
to find him again sometime later, and I know that since he was enjoying
learning and growing closer to God now that he will again when he overcomes the
problems he is facing now which stopped him from progressing, or when he
remembers how great the Lord's help was, that initial time he aimed for a life
in Christ.
We met up with a former investigator who we set a baptisimal
date for, and she wants to learn and change which is wonderful, I hope as we
continue to teach and testify to her that the Spirit bears witness to her that
these things are true and the truthfulness of Christ's Gospel has been restored
on the earth in these latter-days.
This week we had a record of 3 people at our weekly English
class! We have a lot of fun and this week we had an exercise called 'speak like
a ___' so Elder Rogers stood up and taught everyone how to speak like an
American by saying 'I hate ___' and 'I love ___.' Then I got up and taught
everyone how to speak like an Australian by teaching them 'G'day Mate' and
'Cheers Cobba.' Then for the final one we taught them how to speak like a New
Zealander, by getting them to say 'churr ayee boo ayouuwaae!' (I had some NZ
friends who used to incorporate weird noises into their sentences which somehow
gained meeting, so we were just making fun of them really). And the Japanese
people loved it. Hopefully some day when they meet a New Zealander they have an
opportunity to use that one.
We also met a lady who spoke in tongues (scary), and I also
told someone in Japanese that Jesus killed their sins.
Fun in Ishigaki! As always I appreciate hearing from all of
you, take care.
Love Elder Wheeler
Love Elder Wheeler
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