Happy Valentine's
Day to the people I love!
I was shocked
yesterday at church when after Sacrament Meeting they announced that the Young Women
would be handing out a treat to all of the men in the ward. I had to remind myself that Valentine's Day in
Japan is different than it is in America.
In Japan, women give gifts to the men on Valentine's Day, and there is a
second holiday called White Day on March 14th where the men return those gifts with
something white. It's kind of interesting.
This last week
was fun. We met with one of our investigators,
Imanari Yuka san, at her home and ate lunch!
We had a great lesson about the Spirit, and she is really eating up the Gospel
Library app right now. She listens to the
conference talks or other chapters of scripture, and she loves it! She has been really busy, but recently has been
putting forth more effort to meet with us.
Her daughter Berina has ballet practice every Sunday, so Yuka can't come
to church, but apparently she was trying to look up a church closer to where her
daughter's practice is so that she could go while she waited. She is so close to baptism. We're planning on teaching her the Law of Chastity
tonight, so we'll see how that goes...
We met with an
investigator named Ismat on Saturday. We
made little crafts, and then we talked with her about church. Nishimiya Eri Shimai showed up to practice the
piano and joined our lesson (yay, miracle douseki!). Ismat said that she didn't have time to take the
lessons from us, but she didn't mind reading material we gave her. We asked if she had a Book of Mormon, and she
said no. We were so surprised! We gave it to her and she said, "Oh, my mom
has this book!" She said that she would
try reading it, and she seemed really excited about it. I believe that she could have a lot of potential
in the future.
We had zone meeting
on Friday, and it went very smoothly. I gave
a training about exact obedience... It was kind of intense, but I felt the Spirit. It was a good zone meeting, and I feel inspired
to work harder to use my time more effectively.
Today we had
transfer calls! I will be staying in Koshigaya,
and I will be working with Sister Wadsworth!
She was my douki in the MTC, but is now my Kouhai since I came to Japan early. I'm really excited to work with her, and I know
that we will see a lot of miracles. I am
so grateful for my mission, for what I have learned, and for how I have changed. I know that this experience is being fine tuned
to exactly what I need. I'm so grateful for
my loving Heavenly Father and for His help in times of need. I know that He is there, watching over me!
I love you all!
Love, Crandall
Shimai
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