Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! What a wonderful time of the year! It's still warm up here in Okinawa! I'm grateful for that!

So pday ended up being today cause we had zone conference Monday and today is Thanksgiving. We are going to eat with some military American members in Okinawa so we are having a proper American Thanksgiving Feast!! I couldn't be more excited.

This last week was crazy, doing exchanges with Ishigaki Elders and Zone Conference and Interviews with President. I learned a lot and it's crazy the changes going on in the mission. We are now going to stop streeting and housing, and find new and more natural ways to share the Gospel. Also really focusing on visiting members and less actives. It's going to be hard to adjust, but, we'll see how it goes! 

Zone conference was fun, I got to Translate for the Japanese missionaries and I almost died haha it was so tiring. I definitely felt the Gift of Tongues! That doesn't mean my translation was near perfect haha! 

This last week though we met this kid on the street and set up a time to play basketball and teach him. He was way down and we had a way good lesson. He's moving though so we can't meet anymore, but it was way fun! We've been visiting less actives too and it's crazy meeting all these people who got baptized 30 years ago and want nothing to do with the church. It's also funny finding an address of a less active and the entire apartment where they were completely gone. 

Finding new solid investigators has been a bit slow but we have faith! Ishigaki is doing good. I was a little sad we didn't get to do exchanges In Ishigaki, but that's OK. 

Sorry for not a ton of details this week! All I can focus on is the delicious turkey I'm gonna eat soon! Haha 

Love
Elder Lim 




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