It been another great week n Chiba and I just love this place. I am so glad that I get to end here and be with so many amazing people. I love how much cleaner our apartment is now, we threw away stuff that was from 10 years ago it looks like. But we found a whole bunch of eikaiwa records and so we dendoed the poeple in them, we called them all and reinvitied them back to eikaiwa. We called this lady who is trying to read the bible in English and loves the bible, we set up an appointment with her for Friday and sister Sakamoto and sister Rodriguez went and saw her on exchanges. She is so awesome! They gave her a Book of Mormon.
Aiko is doing great, a member named sister Williams came with us over to her house we taught her about how to keep the sabbath day holy, Aiko completely accepted it all and she loved it so much. Sister Williams was such an awesome member missionary! Sister Williams told us afterwards that she prayed the whole time that she would know what to say to help her. Aiko also came to the relief society opening social on Saturday and all of church today. She brought her son and daughter with her today And they had fun participating in yw and primary, (I only had to stay with hajime for the first ten minutes of primary and then he was okay! So proud of him!) her husband is hantai but we are praying that his heart can be softened. One thing that I noticed during the sacrament was how special Aiko made it for her son. It was her first time and I explained to her before they passed the bread and water meant and it just seemed so natural to her she completely took it all in and appreciated it more than I have ever seen someone do. After she took of e sacrament she held her little boy close and she whispered in his ear, "think of Jesus please, because of him we can all go to heaven again and be forgiven. Remember what he did for us." And I heard her quietly praying to herself, I felt kind of bad that I could hear her but it was so tender. She poured her heart out in prayer to Heavenly Father and gave her gratitude to the savior for his sacrifice. It moved me so much, I have been baptized for 14 years now and I never have appreciated it like that, she strengthened my testimony more of the atonement and the sacrament more than anyone else has. It brought tears to my eyes and it really deepened my understanding and appreciation of the atonement. I am so grateful for her example of love for the Savior and appreciation for his sacrifice.
On Thursday We had an first appointment with Hiyori who was an investigator up until I first got here, but then she had to get a serious surgery done twice and she just recovered and came back to english class. We asked her about her background and what she has learned from the missionaries and she asked is to read the Book of Mormon with her. She said that she has read it twice, she has been meeting with the missionaries to 15 years. She made us pizza for lunch and then she pulled out her Book of Mormon full of markings and letters to begin our study. She asked us what we should read and sister Sakamoto said, "let's read Enos!" We shared Enos with her and she started to tear up at verse 27. I asked her how she felt about it and she looked up at us and she said, "it makes me feel so safe." I love how that is what the savior always promises us; safety in his arms. She then began to explain how she was diagnosed with cancer last year and this verse makes her feel so much happier and at peace. I admire her so much and am so grateful for her.
We went to go visit our french friend named Silvy on Saturday night and she came out with the Book of Mormon in her hand and she said, "I can't believe in God, I just can't I don't think I ever will." She was almost aggressive at first but then we just let her calm down and we really had to rely on the spirit and we testified to her of the love of God and the strength we gain from having faith and she told us she wanted to to let us in but she had to make dinner. We set up an appointment with her for next week and we are going to take it slow because she is going through a lot but we know that she has it in her, she has faith in God she just needs to let the spirit touch her heart.
I feel so much more peace more in my mission now than I have ever felt. I feel so good and I feel like I have done my best to give myself to the lord. I have found that he has blessed me in more ways than I have recognized and I am so grateful for what this experience has given me. I know that with God anything is possible. This experience has been the hardest of my life but it has been the best experience for my life. I love you all so much.
Love, Sister Staples
ステイ姉妹と坂本姉妹より
末日聖徒イエスキリスト教会
I got sick and in Japan people wear this max so other people don't
get sick also, I never really wear it but we had an appointment... So
gotta show respect! :s
Awesome lesson with Aiko and Williams shimai.
Temple P-day! Picture with the Mission President and his wife.
Dinner with Odagiri shimai! She showed us all her pictures from all these awesome places she has been!
Exchanges! With sister training leaders!
Hiroko came to church and we had a lesson about Adam and Eve! So fun!
Hiyori! She is the cutest! She took us to Costco and we had so much fun together and we got to know her better. Sushi! + Costco pizza
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