Hey everyone! Or I guess maybe just Mom. Thanks for the email this week. I really appreciated it. That Picture in Okayama was pretty funny. Those three days were pretty fun. It felt like how the missions in Japan used to be about 20 or 30 years ago. Now there is usually just 2 missionaries per ward but there used to be 20 in some wards! Pretty crazy. That is pretty cool how everyone is going on the Middle fork this week. Lately all the missions in the world have been focusing on teaching more effectively. We are doing this by focusing on 8 principles found in the Preach My Gospel. I think these are way applicable in life to so I'll share them with you.
1. The Doctrine of Christ
2. The Holy Ghost`s Role In Conversion
3. Revelation through Prayer
4. Revelation through The Book of Mormon
5. Revelation through Church Attendance
6. Teach People, Not lessons
7. We invite, they commit, and we follow up.
8. How to Begin Teaching
Focusing on these things have made missionary work more real to me. I thought that you might like a little inside scoop on what the missionaries are learning now. By the way, what do the missionaries in our ward do? Have you had them over recently or helped with missionary work? Have they asked you to do anything? All right Ill tell you about the Ise family now. Yesterday I had a good long talk with the Father Riuji. He is way sincere but thinks he isn't worthy to receive baptism. He really wants to help his family but doesn't exactly know how. Somehow him and his wife Eri think that they need to be perfect before getting baptized. This is why it is so important for members to study the Preach My Gospel. In PMG it states clearly the requirements for baptism and it doesn't say that we have to be perfect or have a perfect relationship with our spouse. These two things are needed for receiving exaltation but fall in the category of enduring to the end. I am sorry if I sound frustrated but if every member read and applied the PMG in there lives and interactions with nonmembers miracles would happen that I can even describe. The Ise family is doing well and progressing in the gospel and I really want to help and improve the way I teach for them and the other people of Japan. I haven't received a letter from Kody yet but time will tell. I have one quick story that I will tell. Me and Kudo visited a lot of less active members this week. One of them was named Sister Takino. She is 69 and still works full time at a coffee shop. 8 A.M to 7 P.M everyday. She lives alone because her kids move out and her husband died about 30 years ago. When she answered the door she was kinda hesitant and I could tell she didn't want to talk. I get this response a lot so it almost doesn't faze me. I started talking to her and she opened up and by the end of our conversation we were good friends. When I first saw her I literally thought that she was around 40 years old. It was amazing. I am always way surprised. I know this story wasn't really exciting or anything but I have learned time and time again on my mission that some people need time to open up. People are naturally apprehensive about a lot of things especially the gospel. This doesn't mean that we don't Share it! I wish I would've known this before my mission. We never know what people have gone through until we ask, or if they are interested in learning about true happiness, the Doctrine of Jesus Christ until we ask. I love The Gospel of Christ because it is so simple and clear. I know that many people are waiting to hear the familiar ring of the gospel and I know that the spirit will guide me to them. Thanks again for everything. I love you guys and Have a great week!
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