Hey everyone! I hope all of your guys' weeks was amazing!
My week has been really awesome and really busy! A lot of changes have come as
probably many of you have seen already. So This last Wednesday was our zone
conference and a lot of things have changed in this mission. I was super excited
for all the changes and even more excited when I heard what they really are.
One of the biggest things is that we have been approved to use social media such
as Facebook. We will be using these new tools to be teaching people more
effectively. It is especially helpful for Japan, almost everyone is on Facebook
or Line (basically Skype)! We are already seeing tons of miracles from this.
We also have a new focus on finding people through
teaching people about Joseph Smith's experience in praying to God for the first
time. It is really touching to see how people react to the
message and how powerful of a message it is. The Holy Ghost is so present
teaching these people that they have a loving Heavenly Father who wants them to
come to know him.
So as such a lot of this week has been setting up these
new social media tools and trying to find new people. Though there have been a
lot of other cool things. Like we had Stake conference this week! It was
amazing, and all the talks were awesome and talked a lot about missionary work.
Another big change was that we have been asked by the Mission President to go
to the Saturday Adult session. The Stake Patriarch really got on everyone and
related a talk about how all the missionaries were pulled out of Europe at one
point and how the members need to step up. It was a really great talk to end
the session. Then we tried to get home but a bunch of things happened, first we
missed our train by literally 3 seconds. Then to try to get back before 10
O'clock we took a super fast train and then waited at the platform only to find
out our train had been specially switched to the track we wanted so we missed
another train. Unfortunately, we did not make it back before 10 O'clock. X/
We
also had a birthday party for the other Elders as their birthdays were the 3rd
and 4th. It was a lot of fun! We had a dinner party with an investigator family
and some members. We also had a movie night where we showed Meet the Mormons in
Japanese. It was a pretty good turn out of investigators and members. It was
really interesting watching it all dubbed in Japanese, and understanding all of
it. :3 In all it was a really good week! There were a ton of miracles as we
taught about the message of the restoration. Truly it is a special message that
rings into every person'
I love you all and hope you all have a great week. Oh, and transfers are this week. Pretty sure I will be transferring out and my companion will get a new missionary. 10 new English speaking Elders are coming in. In all 17 new missionaries will be arriving tomorrow! What a great time to be a missionary here in Hokkaido!
Love,
Elder Harvey
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