Well hello everyone I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break and
New Years because here in Hakodate we saw tons of miracles... Wow I
sound so lame but really, lots of big things happened, but probably
the biggest is that my companion went home he had an irregular heart
beat and he is getting it check out by the doctor now but he should be
back in like less than six weeks so everyone please pray for Elder
Mccreary and his family. And because of that big thing that happened
we became a threesome companionship and we saw a lot of miracles these
past couple of weeks. One of our investigators named Ryu he is pretty
cool he was a little bit sick this past week but we were still able to
meet with him a couple of times and he was in bed one day reading the
gospel library because he was bored and he was reading the preach my
gospel, by the way he is 18 and been investigating the church for
about a year so he knows quite a bit, but anyways he was reading it
and he was like hey what should I read in this book, and we told him
chapter 4 and 6 and then if you got time 3 but since coming to
Hakodate again it is crazy to see the huge change in him from my first
time to right now, one thing he said last week was he wishes that he
had started studying the gospel when he was younger so that he could
know more now.
Among our other progressing investigators hikaru, kusumoto, and JJ, we
were able to meet and taught them all there respected lessons but
really other than that it was pretty normal taught about Jesus, and
his atonement a lot this week!! Those are the focused people and then
we have other people we visited but aren't really focusing.
Some fun stuff we did, we woke up and 4:00 in the morning to hike the
Hakodate Mountain in the snow to see sunrise, we also had to walk the
10 kilometers to get to the mountain. Then we went to round 1 I don't
know if you all remember it but it is basically a huge sports place
and it is super fun!!
Was rereading talks from conference and when I read Elder Hales then
end of it was super good when he says
Ask yourself: ?gWhat areas of my life do I want to strengthen so that
I can strengthen others? Where do I want to be a year from now? two
years from now? What choices do I need to make to get there??h Right
now I am on a mission and everyday that I get to serve the lord I get
to become the closer to the person he needs me to be, and I also get
to help everyone strengthen their lives as I come closer to the lord
as well, it also reminds me of how far I need to work in order to
become the person I want to be by the end of my mission and also in 2
years from now, I loved that we had New Years and the opportunity to
make goals for the year. I love goals and know that through goals that
we are able to progress and achieve and reach our potential!
Had an all day Book of Mormon reading day but during that I found my
ponderize scripture: 2 nephi 3:24
24 And there shall rise up one mighty among them, who shall do much
good, both in word and in deed, being an instrument in the hands of
God, with exceeding faith, to work mighty wonders, and do that thing
which is great in the sight of God, unto the bringing to pass much
restoration unto the house of Israel, and unto the seed of thy
brethren.
It talks about Joseph smith but I think we should all be striving to
be the one that is described in this verse, I can't really say it
better than the scriptures but, we should all be the missionary tool
for God in all times and in all places because "after all that has
been said and done the most important duty is that you preach the
gospel"
Every have a wonderful week I love you all!!
