How is it July?

I could have sworn it was February last month. Oh well! This past week was really good! We were able to see a lot of miracles. The Lord is guiding the work here!

We taught a lesson to a man from Mexico this past week. He talked to us about how Jesus Christ has blessed his life, and how he has been guided by Him. It is really cool how God has prepared him to receive our message. Several years ago, his grandfather gave him a book produced by the church, and he read it and was positively influenced, so he has very good feelings towards our church. We were able to share about the Restoration with him, and bear our testimonies of the Book of Mormon. He was really accepting of it, and we should be having another appointment with him next week!

We had splits with the Elders in Kunitachi, Elder Gonzales and Elder Handly. Elder Gonzales and I were working around a train station in our area, and this kid comes up and starts talking to us. Turns out he met the missionaries around this train station over 2 years ago, and has wanted to meet up since, but he has never seen them again. So, when he saw us, he came up to us and started talking. We gave him a Book of Mormon, and should be meeting with him again later today! I know that the Lord's hand is over this work, that He helps His missionaries, and that He loves each and every one of us.

Love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Nelson

Also, here is a picture of a different kid we met this week. Caught blinking. Every time.

I love the rain!

Hello everyone! I have given up on trying to have clever introductions to these emails, so I'm just going to start talking about the week. Here goes!

This week was amazing! We were about to get out and work a lot, even on days were it was pouring rain. On Wednesday, there was so much rain and wind. But, we went out and tried talking to this guy that was walking past the front of the church, and we were able to stop, talking, and eventually just decide to talk more in the church. So, we went inside, gave a church tour, and taught about the Restoration. I went really well, even though he decided not to continue to meet and learn more, I know that God put him in our path so that we could teach him. Blessings!

We also had Zone Conference! We focused on the role of the Book of Mormon in conversion. I loved it, I was able to feel the Spirit bear testimony to me about the divinity of the Book of Mormon. One of my favorite parts was when President just let the missionaries have some free time to stand and share experience that they and investigators have had with the Book of Mormon. I want to keep improve my ability to share this book, and help everyone read from it. I'll keep working harder to do just that!

Love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Nelson

We also got to Skype with the one and only Elders in Yamato!

Transfer week!

It has been one crazy week, we had transfer come up, and everything that goes along with that. Lots of fun, lots of work!

We've seen a ton of miracles this week, new investigators have been coming out of the wood work. Its cool to see the Lord's timing on certain things, there have been some people that we met over a month ago who are now just starting to meet up, but they look really solid. We got to talk to a guy we met on the street over a month ago on the phone, and we set up a time to meet tonight. He said he would bring some friends so that they could learn about Jesus Christ. Looking forward to that!

We had a way good lesson with an awesome couple we met on the street a bit ago. They were way open to the message of the Restoration. The man said he had been wondering which church was true. He always has know the Bible was true, but he was never sure about his own church, so he is so excited to hear that he could pray and know if the Book of Mormon. We are excited and praying about them! The Lord knows and loves His children!

Love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Nelson

We had lunch. It was good.

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Hello everyone! I hope you are all enjoy this beautiful June! A lot stuff went on this week, but of course, Elder Nelson is gonna be lame and only write a little bit. As always. Sorry! Time is always such a killer! And writing is hard. But enough excuses, I just write my email now.

We had a fun ward activity this past week that included a cooking contest. The theme was "Meat", and so we made beef sushi. The member we worked with went all out and bought this way expansive beef, so it tasted soooo good. Lots of fun!

Also, I got a new companion! His name is Elder Hemi, he's from New Zealand, but was raised in Japan until he was about 13 years old, so his Japanese and English are perfect. It's been way fun working with him so far, and I look forward to working with him even more. He's a killer missionary, so this should be a good transfer!

One thing that I learned a lot about this week was the power of prayer. There were several times this past week where I had no idea what to do, or how to best accomplish God's will, but I prayed and
almost immediately received help and guidance in ways I'd never have expected. Like, we were waiting for a new investigator to show up to an appointment, but he never came, and I said a silent prayer about what we should do. Almost immediately there was this way cool kid who just came up to us and started talked. We should be meeting with him sometimes this next week! I know that God answers prayers and that He loves His children!

Love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Nelson

Ward party sushi

Elder Hemi ft. p-day guitar

Ward party sushi

Polynesia

Hello everyone! I hope that you have all had a wonderful week. I can't believe that it is already June! Like, that's 6 months into 2017. I thought that is was February like a week ago.

We had a way good activity this past week called Polynesian Night, where a ton of missionaries from Polynesia put on an activity where they taught about their culture and family history. They bore a lot of testimony on how the church has blessed there family. It was a really fun event, and we had lots of potential and new investigators come. Also, at the end, they did the haka, which I'll attach.

We taught a lesson with our boy, Tomoya Kun. We talked about God, and something that we felt inspired to share was about how all of us are children of God. That is one of the coolest things ever! God loves you, and has prepared a way for you to be happy in this life, and for all eternity. I was able to feel the truth of that as we taught, and I am so grateful to be able to know that. I love the gospel!

Love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Nelson

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First things first, shout out to my brother Steven on his mission call! Stockholm, prepare yourself! Congratulations Steven! Also, good job on graduating.

This week was a really good one, we had some we had some great miracles. First, a kid that we found last week came to church this week with his sister! It was the first time that he had been to a Christian church before, and he said that he had a good time, and would like to come back. We are planning on meeting with him tomorrow!

It was actually a really cool experience with him, he called us in the middle of the week, and expressed that he wasn't sure about our church (he saw some anti-literature and his family wasn't supportive), so we were able to talk, and he was able to understand that if he read the Book of Mormon and got an answer for himself, it didn't matter what anyone else said, it was between him and God. The power of the Book of Mormon is real!

I love you all! Have a fantastic week!

Elder Nelson

Also, here are some pictures.

We climbed Mt Takao

If you've ever served in Japan, you understand this picture

Elder Yang giving a training

Miracles!

This week has been one full of a ton of miracles! I don't have a ton of time because we are going to hike Mt. Takao later, but I'll try and get some stuff down.

This past week we had a conference and we talked about preaching the message of the Restoration in everything we do. Sometimes missionaries think that in Japan the message of the Restoration doesn't have any application because there aren't a lot of Christians, but we really focused on sharing the unique message to the world.
That night, as we were out talking to people on the street, we found so many people to teach about the Restoration. Like, so many people. We met several potential investigators, and one man came with us off the street into the church to hear about Joseph Smith. The next day, we met even more people, with one man asking for our number so he could help us get in contact with people to teach about Jesus Christ. Then the next couple day were just full of teaching people about the Restoration. We found one kid who will be coming to church tomorrow with his sister. Lots of miracles are being given to us here!

Thank you all so much for your prayers and support! I love you all!
Have a great week!

Elder Nelson

PS. I'll try and send some pictures tonight after we get back from hiking :)