皆さん! Week 73!

This week was crazy, but it was a fun week. The first big thing that
happened was that we took a trip down to Tokyo! It was great what
happened was we had a big meeting with all of the zone leaders and
sister training leaders in Tokyo, but this time it was really special
because we got to have a tour of a really famous shrine in Japan
called the Meijijingu Shrine, which is located in downtown Tokyo.
President budge is actually good friends with one of the Shinto
priests there, and so he took us on a tour that most people never get
to go on! So on Wednesday we hopped on the bus and took a 5 hr ride
down to Tokyo, spent the night in the Honbu, and then got up and had
an amazing day at the shrine as a leadership group. I'll send
pictures, but it really was just an amazing day, and it is something
that I will remember forever. It was great because we were able to
learn more about Shinto, and what they believe, and so it really
helped me personally as a missionary on how I can better teach to the
japanese people. It was an amazing, short 2 day trip to Tokyo!

Then we had some amazing church miracles this week. There is a man
named K_____who we have been meeting with for a long time, and he has
never really made much progress, however this week we were able to get
a really good commitment from him that he would try and come, and that
we were going to meet him at a nearby grocery store in the morning and
then walk with him to church. We went to the grocery store in the
morning and he wasn't there, so we headed to the general location of
his house and started housing everyone. While we are housing we get a
call from a pay phone and it was him! He was at the grocery store but
had gotten there late! So we cruised back on our bikes and met him at
the grocery store, walked with him to the church and got to sit in
sacrament meeting with him! It was seriously amazing! He loved church
and really felt like it was a special place. He made huge progress
because of that and today in our lesson we started talking a lot more
seriously about baptism. Cool how the Lord really knows his children
and their needs and how to help them!

The last kind of important thing about this week was we had transfer
calls this morning...I have been here for 4 transfers which is a good
amount of time, and all though I didn't know for sure, I was pretty
positive that I was going to. However, God had different plans for me
because I am going to stay one more here in nagaoka! This will be
number 5 here which is actually really rare as a missionary to stay in
one area that long, at least in this mission, but I am way excited to
have the chance to continue to work with the people here! We were all
really shocked but actually in our entire zone, only one sister
transferred out! I think what is happening is president Budge is
really liking the way that nagaoka zone is looking right now, and
doesn't want to change much, especially during the Christmas season. I
think we are going to see some amazing things here in the zone this
transfer, I'm just way excited to be a part!

I love you all! I am so grateful for this church and the joy that it
brings me every day. This really is Gods true church on the earth
today! It's a blessing to be a part of the most important work this
world has ever seen. Thank you for your support, love, and prayers! I
will talk to you soon!
Love
Logan

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