Week 26!

Hello everyone!

 

Another amazing week has gone by and we have been so blessed to see some amazing miracles!  To start we started to do a new type of finding here in Mito called "Smile Dendo" that the amazing Nagaoka Sisters invented up in the Niigata Zone!  Basically what we do is we made some signs that said smile and I'm a Mormon with the church website and mine had a giant smiley face on it that said Happy?  We have a really big train station and so we went there and there are tons of people.  We started doing it and it was crazy successful!  People were coming up to us asking what we are doing and why we are so happy, and we were then able to share a simple message of why we really are so happy.  We have been able to find many new investigators and lots of potential investigators so it has been really amazing!

 

The miracle for this week was Y____  he is 33 yrs old and is a complete alcoholic, gambler, has no job, no food, and is just a sad guy!  He came up to us at the station and told us he was not happy..We started talking to him and he explained that he had all of these problems, and that he was starving.  We went and bought him just a sandwhich and a warm drink and gave it to him and he started bawling!  He was so grateful and just would not stop saying it.  It was so sad to see him so desperate..but so amazing to be able to help him.  We then started explaining how the church could bless his life and that he could get through all of these problems through Jesus Christ.  He thought that it would help, and he was able to come to church the next day!  We have met with him twice since then, and we are preparing to set a baptismal date with him!  We are so blessed as missionaries to help these people that the Lord needs us to help.  We are really hoping that we will be able to change this man's life and help him turn over a new page!

 

I am so grateful for this amazing opportunity to be a missionary!  I am so blessed!  We get to do so many amazing things as missionaries, and it really is such a blessing to be able to help so many people.  There is nothing in the world like it!  I love this gospel, and I love this work!  There is not a doubt in my mind that this church is true and that right now the Lord is hastening his work.  I love you all so much and hope you all have an amazing week!  I pray for each of you daily!  Be safe, and I will talk to you soon!

 

All my love,

 

Elder Logan Cottle