I can't believe how fast this transfer is going! It is too fast right now honestly! There is so much stuff that I want to accomplish here but my time is running out so fast. It's crazy to think that in just a couple of weeks I will no longer be a missionary..Honestly it's kind of a scary thought. I feel like I honestly have put all that I am into being a missionary, and over time I feel like the Lord has kind of molded me into the missionary he wanted me to become. I'm grateful for the kind of person that I have been able to realize I want to be, and the steps I have been able to take to be that person while I've been here. I still am not there, I still have a long way to go, but I think I'm on the right track.
Although the end is drawing near we still have about a week and I hope to make the best of it! Right now in Shibuya we have maybe 5 or 6 progressing investigators who really have TONS of potential to be baptized really soon. I don't know if it will be while I am here or not, but I think that they are so close and that Shibuya is going to have a good amount of baptisms over the next coupe of months. There is T_____who works for the other church and he is so close. There are just a few things that he needs to realize about doctrine, and just needs to have that spiritual experience that is able to tell him that all the things that we are telling him are true. Of course that will mean that his church isn't totally true, but we know they have truth in it and we are trying to help him see that it's not a bad church is ours is true, but it just doesn't have ALL of the truth. We also have a new investigator named F_____ and he is the man. He really has such a desire to learn more and has lots of really good questions and is really open. I think I talked about him a little bit last week, but he lived in Texas for 3 yrs and went to a different Christian church but he really liked it, and always wondered why there are so many christian churches. We taught him the Restoration and he loved it. Gave him a Book of Mormon and he is reading it, and he should be coming to church today! We will also be going with him to a Senior Missionary's home this week to share a message and have dinner so I think that would be a really great opportunity to be able to set some good expectations and teach a great lesson. The work is going amazing right now, but the time is really just going too fast. All of these amazing people and here and they are so close, it's just a manner of teaching them a little bit more and then they will be ready! There are so many prepared people here in Shibuya. This is a special area. It is one of the only areas where you can almost always see someone that you can talk to no matter where you are. You know very well how we are taught as missionaries to open our mouths and talk to every single person we see. Of course, in Shibuya this really isn't possible. But I have seen over and over again the Lord guide us to the one that we were supposed to talk to, and we just have to be worthy to be guided.
I'm grateful for the opportunity that I have had to finish my last 4 transfers in Shibuya. It has been such a blessing! My companions, the friends I have met, and the miracles I have seen have all made me a better person and a better missionary. I know that most missionaries do not have the opportunity to go back to a past area, but it's been great for me and I think I have found those people that maybe we were supposed to find last year. Things are going well..it's just crazy that they have to stop next week..It's such a bittersweet feeling getting to the end of your mission, I honestly think it's just one of those experiences you don't really have unless you have come out here and worked your hardest for two years. I'm so grateful to all of you who have been such an incredible support to me. You are amazing and I love each of you! Talk to you next week!
Love,
Elder Cottle
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