Behold, I have given you my commandments, therefore keep my commandments.

10/30 金


Today, I felt like I was dendo (preaching the gospel) fire, which 

made me really happy. After an awesome ZTM (zone meeting), we 

went down to Q's mall for indocurry, and we got to hand out a 

couple of chirashi (flyers) and taught a lesson to someone who

wasn't terribly intent on receiving a lesson. It felt really good. I
always forget that when you do it, getting rejected doesn't hurt too
badly. It's only afterwards, when you're not doing anything, or
getting ready for the day, that the Adversary makes it seem like a bad
thing. "Hey, remember when that guy rejected you? Everyone's going

to reject you. It's easier to stay in bed. You've worked so hard for all
the other 395 days of your mission, and you've seen no results. It's
just going to be another day of rejection. Again."

And you know what the solution for that it? Hop out of bed and get 

to work. It's only the transition that's hard. Once you're going, you
don't stop until you collapse on the floor after planning. So here's the 

rundown on today:

Indocurry was, per usual, delicious (it was pumpkin curry, and
it was really good), and we got to see an eikaiwa (English class) student
there. There was also like, four flavors of Lassi (yogurt drink). I got the

pineapple one, my companion got the blueberry one.

On the way back, we taught a lesson to 3 chuugakusei (middle-schoolers) 

coming back from a field trip to Nara. Their sensei passed us and they kind 

of laughed and shook their heads like, "Gaijin." (foreigner)

Gaijin.

But anyways, on the way back, we got stuck walking behind this little
old lady. We were konnichiwa-ing (hello-ing) everything that moved, and 

she like, pulled over. We walked past and turned around. We hello'd her 

and asked how her day was. She put a finger to her lips, went "Shhhhhh,"
and waved us away with a motion like she was pushing dishes off a
table. We grinned and gave her a cheery goodbye and went on our way.
When she was out of sight, we burst out laughing. Nihonjin (Japanese) 

women are strong.

So, we finished most of SKK (weekly planning), and by 7:40, we were like,
"Okay, let's go home and eat dinner." but we hit the lobby and I got this
immediate feeling that we were not supposed to go outside until 8:10. I asked 

G. shimai (my companion) what she thought, and  after, like, 20 minutes of 

discussion and prayer (and a cameo from the chouroutachi/elders) G. shimai 

said that we she felt that we needed to go home by a specific route, which 

involved a quick loop. We left at about 8:05, took the loop which delayed us 

a little longer, talked to someone who wasn't interested, then just before we got 

home, a gaijin (foreigner) who we had never seen before, a few buildings down, 

stepped outside to check his mail. [It’s very unusual to see foreigners in this 

area.] We were like "EH?" and stopped, talked, and he was interested.

We now have a tentative appointment for Monday.

Let me tell you what I learned from last week's ponderize (ponder/memorize)

"Behold, I have given you my commandments, therefore keep my
commandments. And this is the law and the prophets, for they truly
testified of me." 3Ne15:10.

God really does give us so much, doesn't he? Scriptures, family,
talents, blessings of all shapes and sized. How often do we make use
of the commandments he's given us? How often do we remember that the
entire purpose of the commandments is to point us to Christ? I've told
you before about looking for the truth in a world that feels like
you're falling through the White Rabbit's rabbit hole, but I've come to
realize that it's really the commandments that are our iron rod. If we
hold fast, it will not move, and it will assuredly guide us to Christ,
for all the law does is truly testify of Him.

I'd like to add my second witness and say that He lives, and He has a
great plan for us. If we use it, we will never be lost or alone. In
the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Sanzu