Elder Antonio Lim

Hello! Another busy week! So we had interviews with President this week and that went pretty good. We had a meal with this less active lady and she was super nice. She's always not gone to church but she always has the missionaries over for dinner. We decided to maybe use family history as a gateway to the gospel and she ended up having a ton of interest! Way cool miracle. We've just been trying to figure out how better to work with members nowadays. Missionary work is really centered around the members I realized. We can't do this work without them. I haven't really housed or Streeted at all this transfer and it's been an interesting experience. My main goal for this ward is to really make it a family. The only way to do that is to teach members to minister. I've realized how important ministering is. This new direction from the Prophets is truly inspired. The problem is that most people don't know how or why we minister. So as missionaries we'

Hey! Not a ton of time this week! So we had a zone pday today so we don't have time! But we all went to Miyajima, a famous tourist sport in Hiroshima, and hiked the mountain! It was awesome cause they had oysters and I love oysters! We also had some less actives and eikaiwa students come which was way fun! Tons of miracles this week! I had two exchanges with new missionaries and they brought about so many miracles! So one night we tried visiting a less active in this danchi, and she wasn't home. We started heading down the stairs and I felt like we should knock on this door as we were passing by it down the stairs. But I was like, eh it's okay and kept going. But then Elder Megargel (one of the new missionaries) was like wait hold on let's knock on this door. THE SAME DOOR that I felt prompted to knock on but didn't. so we knocked and met this way nice 20 year old kid who was friends with a member already! he also wanted to learn English

Hello! This week was one of the busier ones! I haven't had time to train my new missionary! Haha So Tuesday we had MLC in Fukuoka which was pretty fun. I got to ride a Shinkansen for the first time! That was fun. Anyways I Learned a lot about how we can be more effective in the work. Then Zone conference the next day and preparing for that was way crazy. We're focusing a lot on focusing on our goals and planning effectively. Really got us pumped up. Then we had exchanges with the Hatsukaichi Elders on Friday. They are doing some new and revolutionary stuff in the ward and they really got me thinking about my area and how I need to plan more for it if I want it to succeed. So me and Elder Takaku made a sideshow for the members to teach them more about their role as missionaries and how we need their help. We only showed the bishop so far. He thinks it's good, but we'll see if they want us to actually present it to the ward next Sunday. Today was one of the Sist

Hello! This week was crazy busy and it only gets busier! Haha so Wednesday I went to Fukuoka to go pick up my new missionary! His name is Elder Kimura from Hawaii! He's already a stud missionary with a lot of fire. I can't wait to see a ton of miracles with him! I haven't had a lot of time to work with him though cause Elder Takaku and I have had to do a lot of preparing for zone conference and stuff.  It was actually way sad seeing Elder Arpellida finish his mission. He was super sad to leave and it won't be the same without him! This last week was just so busy with him leaving and getting ready to go and this week doing a lot of planning so not too much happened. However we were able to have a meal with a less active member that went super well. She hasn't come to church in a few years, but she loves the missionaries and makes way good food haha. We were able to have a way spiritual discussion afterwards and she actually has a testimony! I think if

Hey! So we got Transfer calls and I'm training again! Third times a charm haha hopefully this one goes well and I'm able to actually train for the whole two transfers! I'm killing one companion and bringing a new one to life!  This last week was one of the better weeks we've had! So we started teaching this 11 year old boy who's mom is a member and has always brought him to church, but his dad is a little against him getting baptized so he hasn't yet. However if he talks to his dad about it and asks for permission himself, then the dad said he would let him. So we're trying to build his testimony so he has the courage to ask his dad. We had a way good lesson and he committed to asking his dad for permission this Saturday! If all goes well then he can get baptized pretty quickly I think! He has such a pure heart and it's such an awesome experience getting to teach him. We also taught this recent convert a lesson on missionary work