Konichwa! yayyy Happy Natsu! (summer)
This week was awesome. So we had a great lesson with Nozomi San about fasting and she fasted on Sunday! yayy!!! She is trying to find a new job.
Stamatia San is awesome. She shared a great analogy about learning about God. She compared it to a great relationship. She said I really want you to have what I have with my relationship with my fiance, but I cant give it to you. You have to find it out for yourself. Thats like you guys and your relationship with God. I need to find out for myself!
We had a great activity where we taught american food cooking to the ward and their friends and our investigators! it was way fun and we had a great turn out! The best part was that Shinagawa San came- she is a members gym instructor and we have met with her before and are in good contact. but she is the BEST! she looks like Gabby Dean except taller. Anyways she teachs pilaxing, kickboxing, and other work out classes. One of them is called Beauty Queen and its like model walking and posing work out stuff. Its just for girls haha she is so cute and funny. The funnier thing is that the member who refered us to her is like 60 and she does the beauty queen class! haha Ward activites are the best places to indroduce your friends to the church. We are working on an open house activity for the future.
We met with some less actives to do some mogi lessons so Sister Stevenson could practice her Japanese and we could do a Lesson with the LAs. One of them was with Kamogawa Shimai. She recently had a baby and hadnt been coming so she could take care of her baby. her husband isnt a member. Anyways I asked her if we could help with anything and she thought for a minute and then opened up with some stuff that has been weighing on her mind. We read some scriptures together about how we are the means of bringing salvation to our families (3 nephi 18:32) and she was like wow I totally forgot the eternal perspective. It was such an awesome moment. I looked at her and said in English, Never Give Up. She totally understood and we both started crying. I love her!!!!!!!!!!! When her husband converts one day she wants to do a couples mission! how awesome! I know he will get there. He came to church yesterday so they could bless Te chan (tay chan)!!! it was a way cool blessing. They basically dedicated his life to missionary service.
So training is going great and stuff but I feel like Training is learning how to be okay with throwing your child under the bus and trusting that God will save them.
We found an old seminary video and we were watching it the other day but it explained the Plan of Salvation really well. It compared it to a three act play. Act one is the premortal life, act two is mortal life, and act three is after this life. We are like actors who come into the play in act two, not remembering what happened in act one. We have to study the script (the sciptures) in order to be able to perform successfully. We have to remember that everything turns out okay in act three. That is what helps us get through act 2.
Hope all is well with you guys, and that you are relying on the script to help you with act two. The Savior is the Hero. You are the good guys- Satan is the Bad guy. Turn to the script to find out if the other characters in your play are good or bad.
Thank you for your love, letters, and support.
Love you!
Sister Nelson
This week was awesome. So we had a great lesson with Nozomi San about fasting and she fasted on Sunday! yayy!!! She is trying to find a new job.
Stamatia San is awesome. She shared a great analogy about learning about God. She compared it to a great relationship. She said I really want you to have what I have with my relationship with my fiance, but I cant give it to you. You have to find it out for yourself. Thats like you guys and your relationship with God. I need to find out for myself!
We had a great activity where we taught american food cooking to the ward and their friends and our investigators! it was way fun and we had a great turn out! The best part was that Shinagawa San came- she is a members gym instructor and we have met with her before and are in good contact. but she is the BEST! she looks like Gabby Dean except taller. Anyways she teachs pilaxing, kickboxing, and other work out classes. One of them is called Beauty Queen and its like model walking and posing work out stuff. Its just for girls haha she is so cute and funny. The funnier thing is that the member who refered us to her is like 60 and she does the beauty queen class! haha Ward activites are the best places to indroduce your friends to the church. We are working on an open house activity for the future.
We met with some less actives to do some mogi lessons so Sister Stevenson could practice her Japanese and we could do a Lesson with the LAs. One of them was with Kamogawa Shimai. She recently had a baby and hadnt been coming so she could take care of her baby. her husband isnt a member. Anyways I asked her if we could help with anything and she thought for a minute and then opened up with some stuff that has been weighing on her mind. We read some scriptures together about how we are the means of bringing salvation to our families (3 nephi 18:32) and she was like wow I totally forgot the eternal perspective. It was such an awesome moment. I looked at her and said in English, Never Give Up. She totally understood and we both started crying. I love her!!!!!!!!!!! When her husband converts one day she wants to do a couples mission! how awesome! I know he will get there. He came to church yesterday so they could bless Te chan (tay chan)!!! it was a way cool blessing. They basically dedicated his life to missionary service.
So training is going great and stuff but I feel like Training is learning how to be okay with throwing your child under the bus and trusting that God will save them.
We found an old seminary video and we were watching it the other day but it explained the Plan of Salvation really well. It compared it to a three act play. Act one is the premortal life, act two is mortal life, and act three is after this life. We are like actors who come into the play in act two, not remembering what happened in act one. We have to study the script (the sciptures) in order to be able to perform successfully. We have to remember that everything turns out okay in act three. That is what helps us get through act 2.
Hope all is well with you guys, and that you are relying on the script to help you with act two. The Savior is the Hero. You are the good guys- Satan is the Bad guy. Turn to the script to find out if the other characters in your play are good or bad.
Thank you for your love, letters, and support.
Love you!
Sister Nelson
Me and Buddah
yeah I think the artist did a pretty good job. I only posed for about three minutes.
This is me and Sister Stevenson
this is Kamogawa Shimais daughter Mae Chan (may chan)
Here is a map showing the two places Olivia has served in. Ube is on the inner coast and chikushino is highlighted...in a mountain area.
Just in case you were wondering. :)
