Elder Antonio Lim

Happy Easter everyone! No one really celebrates Easter here, but I still love Easter and the special spirit it brings of renewal and hope! So leaving Hiroshima and coming to Yatsushiro was tough. Maybe tougher than leaving Okinawa. I really grew to love Hiroshima and the city. Saying goodbye was really hard. Yatsushiro is very very rural and not a lot of people. The branch is also very small, about 10 people I'd say. So it's been a big adjustment these last few days. However I got to Skype in for Owen's baptism! That was a special moment and I'm so grateful for the technology that we have. It was a special meeting and you could feel the spirit so strong! Everyone is Hikari Ward was waiting for this day to come for a long time! I'm glad I got to be a part of it. We had stake conference this Sunday and I got to meet a lot of members in the stake. Kumamoto stake definitely has a different feel than Hiroshima. I'm excited to see some miracles here! My new companion

Right when you feel at home and love the people the most, is when you suddenly get transferred!!! I have to admit I am pretty bummed. But excited for what the Lord has in store for me next! So me and Elder Kimura are both transferring out! I'll be heading to Kumamoto zone, yatsushiro area. It was one of my past companions previous areas and I heard a lot about it. One of the most rural areas in the mission! So out of the city, back to Rice fields and a tiny branch! It's gonna be a hard adjustment because I really grew to love this place and the people. My next companion is a new missionary just 1 transfer old in the field. Never met him but I heard he's from the Philippines and his name is Elder Balut This last week in Hiroshima has been one of the best. OWEN IS GETTING BAPTIZED! The 11 year old kid we've been teaching finally got permission from his dad and he's getting baptized on Sunday! I'm so happy for him! Way sad I'm gonna miss it cause I'm lea

Hello! This week was way awesome! We saw a ton of miracles! So probably the biggest miracle was that we visited this former investigator in our area book and invited her to church, and she actually came!! I was totally not expecting her to come cause she had never come before, and when I invited her she was kind of hesitant and said that if she could go she would. But miracles happen! She ended up having a WAY good time and said she wanted to come again! This branch is tiny, but they are very good at including people! Also we visited this less active member on Saturday and invited him to church and he came! It's cool seeing how just inviting people can bring results. The most important thing is the invitation! Another awesome miracle is we went to a high school sports festival! It was so much fun!! So we we just hit up our Go Eigo mission school student up on Line and was like, hey how's it going? and she was like I'm getting ready for my sports festival on

What another amazing week! So many miracles! First off biggest miracle ever. A TEMPLE IN OKINAWA!!!! I am so happy and overjoyed that the people of Okinawa will have they're countless prayers answered to have they're own temple!! I love that place and those people SO MUCH! They deserve their own beautiful temple that they can go to on a weekly basis if they so desired. I wish I could be a missionary in Okinawa when the temple is built! But I'm glad I still got to be a small part of building and preparing God's kingdom there to have their own temple. Anyways miracle up here in Hikari! So Monday we hung out with these less active members and then went to a light up garden walk thing to see Sakura with one of them! Way awesome time and by the end of the night she committed to come to church when she comes back to Hiroshima in a couple weeks! She hasn't been to church in like 4 years! 😆 We also went out to eat with another less active who hasn't been to church in y

Good morning! This week was way awesome! I've been practicing the guitar and I can play like one song now! I love learning new things! Highlights for this week! So we had interviews with President this week and before it started I got the whole zone together and we filmed a video that kind of advertises these six activities that we are focused on doing as missionaries and members. For example English class or family history etc. The goal is to get the members more excited and also explain what we do as missionaries. So I've been working on editing that all week so that's kinda taken up a lot of time! It's my first time trying to make a real video with a real editing software so I hope it turns out OK 😅 I got to do exchanges with the Assistants this week! It was way awesome to just work with some amazing missionaries and also reminisce about Yamaguchi days cause the other assistant was one of the missionaries in my district when I was in Hofu. We had a ton of less activ