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Gaijin Dodgeball

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Dear Friends and Family!! This week went by fast! Didn't have a lot of time to house or anything this week so we didn't get anywhere near our goals. A lot of stuff came up and we were just super busy. We managed to contact 104 people Saturday though! New record! So funny story. So we were housing this neighborhood and in it the day before we got a return appointment with this lady who had two kids who were twins about the age of 9. So there we were, housing and we saw the twins and they were with a bunch of other kids playing some sort of dodge ball game at the park. So Elder Johnson was like, "Let's see if these kids are down to clown." So we went over to them and asked to play and of course you can't say no to gaijin! Super good opportunity to build a relationship with potential investigators. So we were playing having a good time, then I get the ball and throw it at Elder Johnson. So he tries to dodge it, but doesn't realize one of the twin girl

Great Faith = Great Miracles

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Dear Friends and Family, This week has been full of miracles!!! So we had this awesome zone conference in Hiroshima where we learned how to use our time more wisely and that our goals are weak and we need to think big! It was cool seeing some people from the MTC again! So anyways President Egan talked about these sisters that contacted 500 people in a week and found 9 new investigators. Normally we contact about 180 people on a good week. So 500 is a lot. So Elder Johnson and I, since Hofu is not as big as Fukuoka, (where these sisters where at) set our goal at 400 contacts a week and 14 new investigators. Zone conference was  on Thursday  and by  Sunday  night we had found 9 new investigators!! The Lord has blessed our hard work and led us by the spirit. Not only that is we set our goal with full faith that we could achieve it, then we put in the WORK to see these miracles come to pass. I am learning to listen more closely to where the spirit is telling us to go and we have seen s

Second Transfer

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Dear Friends and Family, So sorry if last week wasn't super detailed, Elder Johnson was rushing us cause he wanted to play rugby haha! It was way fun though, I'm starting to really like it and I kinda want to play for like fun later in life... I finally get the strategy now and so it's not just me trying to run past everyone as fast as I can haha! We played for like 3 hours.  This week has been awesome!! We finally have a new investigator! Literally the last day of the transfer and we get a solid new investigator. His name is Hirano Isamu and he's this genki older guy that is so nice! We contacted him earlier this week and set up a return appointment for  sunday , and when we came he was way down to talk. He let us in and gave us oranges and he taught him about who God and Jesus Christ were. It was crazy cause some how we both understood what he was saying the whole time! Thanks Spririt!! It was funny too cause he told us he could understand us better than he cou