She looked up and said she felt like that chapter was written for her

10/13/08 Email Message

Family,
Hows it going?! It sounds like the WDC trip was a blast. Im so happy for you. What was your favorite parts? Let me know!

Things here are going good. We continue to add to our teaching pool everyday. Weve found a couple of cool young married couples and theyve been really fun to teach. We also have one investigator that weve been working a lot with lately. Her name is Kei san. Shes chinese and shes here for school but she is great at Japanese and English. Which is nice because Im able to help out more in the lessons with my English skills ;). Three weeks ago she hated the Book of Mormon. She refused to read it. She goes to the Jehovas Witness church so theyve filled her with a lot of negative images of the BOM. But for some reason she kept meeting with us and talking about the gospel with us. Then last week we decided to just read it with her during our lesson. We read 2 Nephi 29. Its the chapter where God puts forth the purpose of the BOM and warns all those who claim all we need is a Bible. After we read it she looked up and said she felt like that chapter was written for her. I bore my testimony that the entire book was written for her. And then we read more verses in the Book of Mormon that can apply to her life. At the end of our lesson she told us she believes the BOM is Gods word. And then she asked us if we could teach her friends! Haha well duh! We would love to teach her friends! At the end she prayed for us that God would help us find more lost sheep to bring back to the fold. It was awesome!

It was so cool to see someone realize the power of the Book of Mormon for the first time. It was amazing to see how all she needed to read was one chapter to feel the blessings that come the Book of Mormon. It was definitely a testimony building experience not only for her, but for me too.

Im loving it here. We have such a good time everyday and I am learning so much all the time. I feel so blessed to be on a mission and serving the Lord all the time. So cool!

I love you! I think of you all the time and thank God for giving me such an amazing family everyday.

Talk to you next week!