The Good Life

This week was really good! I don't even remember what exactly happened, so I guess I'll just report on the progress of some of our investigators right now. First of all is Takeshima San! We originally planned his baptism for August 23rd, but decided this week that we don't want to have to rush anything, and we've still got a bit to teach, thus it will now be August 30th! He is progressing super well. Every time he comes to the church on Sunday, or on Thursday for English Class, he makes more and more friends and seems to be getting steadily more and more happy as time goes on. He has been taking quite a bit of time with the lessons because he had absolutly no Christian Background, so we had to re-teach prayer like 6 times before we felt like he really understood what he was doing. However, we now only have a few more commandments to teach, and then get him ready for his interview and he will be ready to enter into the waters of baptism! There is also a little boy in one of the American Branches who we are teaching right now because he's 9, and hasn't been baptized since his biological father lives back in the states and they haven't had a chance to get together since a plane ticket to Okinawa Japan is quite a bite. But they are all flying out to Hawaii to meet this November for his baptism, and since he's 9, he has to recieve the lessons in order to get baptized. Not your typical investigator, but it has been SUPER fun teaching him and finding fun and creative ways to teach the lessons to such a young investigator. We've also been visiting a young American couple lately who has been looking for a new church to go to since they came to the island at the beginning of this year. It's super weird because we run into young married couples here all the time and I end up finding out that they're like 20! Because with military rules and such it just makes a lot more sense for people to get married. But it throws me off every single time! I always think married people should be older than me. Anyway, we feel like they have a lot of potential and are excited to see what happens in the future! Anyway, my brain is a little checked out, so I'm just stopping things there. I love my companion, I love my area, and I love my friends and support from back home! Have a good week! Sister Wells