This week was amazing! There was so much stuff this week that was
just so good I don't really know where to begin, but we'll see what I
can do! This week was one of those weeks where we had tons of stuff
that we wanted to do, and tons of people we wanted to meet, and we
were just running all over the place trying to meet with as many
people as we could! It really was one of those weeks where I felt
like I needed a sub! Haha but it ended up being one of the greatest
weeks I've had in Shibuya because we were able to get Y_____all ready
for baptism! He has had a baptismal date for next week for a while,
and we have been working hard with him to be able to hit that date,
and this week was the final week that would tell us whether he would
be able to do it or not..We met with him on Friday, and had a huge
lesson where we really followed up on all of the simple lessons and
really just wanted to make sure that he understands everything about
the church and the things that are in those first few lessons. Of
course when we are baptized we don't have to know everything, but we
wanted to make sure that he was prepared and knew the things he did
need to know, and we reviewed everything and it was really good with
him. Then the next day we met with him at the church with a member,
and he actually brought a friend of his to learn and she has tons of
interest in the church and wants to learn more about it which was a
huge miracle! Although it was our first time meeting her, she has
learned about the church before and kind of knew what we were talking
about already so it ended up being really good! We were able to teach
both of them, and really prepare Y_____ for his baptismal interview on
Sunday. We had the interview on Sunday, and he nailed it. There
wasn't really any problems and he is just excited to have this chance
to be able to follow Jesus Christ more closely and become a member of
this church. His baptism is this next Sunday! I will take pictures,
but I ask for your prayers that everything will go smoothly this week
and that he will be able to be baptized! I know that prayers really
do help, and I have felt the power of your prayers helping me in my
missionary work!
This week we were also able to meet with one of my favorite people in
all of japan! His name is S_____, and he is a member here in Shibuya
who hasn't been meeting with the missionaries for a while...There was
a miscommunication with us and him right when I got back to Shibuya
and he thought that we were putting him off and didn't want to meet
with him...Long story short he didn't want to meet us for a long time,
but this week as an apartment we decided one morning to go play
ultimate frisbee at a nearby park for work out, and we ran into S_____
on the street while he was walking his neighbors dog! He was happy to
see us, and we were able to meet with him later that day, and spend
time with him on Saturday as well! It was such a cool miracle to see
him in the morning, and then be able to meet with him and clear things
up and help him start making his way back to church. I really want to
be able to meet with him a lot over the next couple of weeks and
really help him come back to Shibuya! We will see what we can do.
The last really cool thing that we did this week happened last night!
We got a call this week from Sister Ringwood, who is the Asia North
Area Seventies President's Wife, and she invited us to come over to
their house on Sunday to eat dinner with them. So last night we had
the chance to go to the Area President's house with W_____and it was
awesome. The Ringwood's are such amazing people! It was awesome to
get to talk with them, and get to just eat dinner with a general
authority! The craziest part is that his wife Sister Ringwood is
actually Elder Nelson's daughter! So it was a pretty awesome chance
to go, but the reason we got to go is because Elder Judd is actually
their next door neighbor back in Utah, and has known them like his
entire life! So they invited him over, and lucky for me I'm his
companion so I got to tag a long;) haha but no it really was such a
neat experience and W_____ loved it. It was so good for him to see
how some extremely strong members have found happiness in the church,
and how they know that the church is true! We get to do some pretty
cool things as a missionary huh?! It was definitely a highlight of
the week.
Thank you to everyone for all the support you give me! The time is
going faster and faster, and it's crazy to me that this whole mission
thing comes to an end, but I'm grateful that I have the chance to
continue to serve, and I plan to serve as hard as I can until the very
end! I love you and I will talk to you soon!
Love,
Logan
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