おうはいよ皆さん！
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had an incredible New Year and had a lot of fun! Here in Japan, the people are pretty crazy. It is actually the biggest holiday in Japan in the whole year, and so people do a lot of crazy things! So we actually stayed inside for New Years Eve and New Years day to do our yearly cleaning and then a Book of Mormon reading day! It was a lot of fun! I definitely think that it was just so that we were safe and in our apartments during that time, but it was way nice to get the apartment deep cleaned(even though we live in the newest apartment in Japan) and then spend the next day just strengthening our testimonies! Pretty amazing. I have just the strongest testimony of the Book of Mormon. It has such amazing power, and I am so grateful to have it in my life, and to have it as a missionary! It is the perfect missionary tool.
The work is really going well! Like I said this week we kind of had two days where we were in our apartment just kind of staying inside and not really dendo'n so that was kind of hard for this week, but we are really excited for this next week and have some really amazing people we are working with to get closer to baptism! We actually were able to set a baptismal date this week with a man named Y______! We are so excited. His date is for the 26th of this month and he really has the desire to change his life. He has some word of wisdom problems, but he wants to quit and we really think that through meeting with us and trying to change his life, God will help him quit those things so that he can be baptized. Please pray for Y______! There is so much power in prayer, and I know that being united in prayer will help his baptism happen. I am so lucky to have such amazing support back home! Thank you for all the prayers and fasts! I know that miracles are happening because of you and your faith!
Right now we really do have some amazing people, and one of them is a man named E______! He is from ***** and he is one of the coolest people I have even met! He has lived in Japan not very long, but in ****** he is a very famous singer! His music is amazing! I actually have some of his music he let me have, so when I get home I am listening to him! He is incredible! We met him at the station and he really wanted to meet again. So we went to lunch with him and he was way open about religion. He said that he loves the bible and just loves God and really thinks that he can have God with him at any time, not just at a temple or a church or something. So we told him we believe the same thing! We gave him a Book of Mormon and we are planning on meeting with him again this week! So excited to see how things go with him, we really think that he has been prepared and is ready to hear our message!
I am so grateful to be here in Japan right now. It is so amazing to me to see the work being hastened right before my eyes, and really just seeing how the Lord's hand is helping with the work. I know that we are not alone here as missionaries. The Lord is working right along side us and I am just so grateful that he allows us to take part in this amazing work. I am so blessed with an amazing family, and amazing friends that support me! Thank you so much for all your prayers they help! I have a strong testimony on the power of prayer. Everyone have a great week going back to school this week and be safe! I love you all so much and I am constantly praying for you!
All my love,
Elder Cottle
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