I'm A Mother

Well once again it's a bit later than normal but we just got Jordan's email and there's lots of good stuff in it.  I'm so excited for her.  It's so much fun when you are living right and working hard and you get rewarded for it.  She is seeing the fruits of her labor (and faith).  Enjoy and thanks for reading.

こんにちは、
This past week I hit my year mark in Japan. Well if that's not crazy enough by itself, I also realized that I go home in 3 months. Woah. I have 3 months to give the Lord all I've got and I plan to literally give it my all! I can rest when I get home! Right fam?

This week, sister Morelock and I felt like we got a glimpse in the life of a mom. We found ourselves eating a lot more chocolate than usual when one of our children (investigators) was not doing what we would want them to do. We also found that a lot of our stress, happiness, and every emotion came from them!! I feel so sorry for my mom! But no matter their decisions, we love them the same and desire the absolute best for them. I seriously love each and every one of them so much.

Investigator updates:
•愛するRyoko (my BFF) aka. The golden child: We met with her a couple of times this past week. We had a lesson on the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We committed her to pray to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet and at the next lesson she told us that she prayed about it and she knows that he was a real prophet of God!! She also sends us messages all the time saying how she always feels at peace and warm when she meets with us. On top of that, she hung out with us today on our pday! We went to asukusa (a huge shrine in Tokyo) and we got a native to give us a tour. She is the best.

•Miyuki (the up and down teenager): What a crazy week it has been with Miyuki. Previously, I mentioned that she really wants her ancestors to receive baptism but doesn't want to receive baptism herself...at least for awhile. Well this week we had Sister Nagano (our mission president's wife) to come participate in the lesson. We thought that would set miyuki straight! And boy did it! First of all, she was so impressed with Sister Nagano (how could you not be), and she just listened to everything Sister Nagano said, one of those things being to, "listen to the missionaries." That night, we got a text message from Miyuki asking how much it costed to be baptized. We explained that there is no cost, but we do pay donations after joining (tithing). The next day she messaged us and asked if she were to get baptized this coming Sunday(the 17th) would she be able to go to the temple for her ancestors (before it closes). We told her yes, but there are still some lessons we had to teach her and that if she wanted to get baptized on Sunday, she would have to meet with us everyday. She decided to wait. She came to church on Sunday and after sacrament meeting she was talking with a member about what she needs to do in order to get baptized and they got so excited and just said, "meet with the missionaries!" Miyuki is so excited to learn more. We're hoping to set a baptismal date with her this week.

•Akane: Akane is probably our most confusing child (investigator) right now. She LOVES church and she LOVES the members, and she LOVES learning about the church. But this week she told us that she can't believe in anything she can't see. She also LOVES LOVES LOVES baptism and what it represents. A companionship of elders had a baptism this last Sunday and she stayed 4 extra hours at church just to see the baptism. She was so excited! She kept saying that it was amazing and it looked like he was glowing. When we asked if she wanted to get baptized, she said no, it's not for her. No Akane, no! It is for you! We're working on her, and praying for her.

Other exciting news:
We got to move back into our apartment a couple of weeks early!! The senior couple had to leave a couple weeks early so we got to move back. Our commute is no longer 3 hours and were always in our area. I love being in Nakano!

I love you all. God loves you all. And Jesus loves you all.
愛しています、
Wunderli 姉妹

Pics:

1 and 2: We had six new girl students at our English class. Can someone say partyyy?

3. The Martin's (the new couple missionaries) invited us over for Sunday dinner where we had a roast, mashed potatoes, and apply pie. It tasted like America. 

4. A look into the shibuya apartment (the most expensive missionary apartment in the world).

5. What a fantastic meal.

6. My bffs (Ryoko and Morelock shimai)

7 and 8: Asakusa 

9-11. The skytree 

I'm so happy for Jordan and the experiences she is having.  I know it's very fulfilling for her.  I can't wait to travel to Japan in 2020 and see the places she lived and meet the people she worked with. 

As always, thanks for your support, your emails, snail mail, and prayers.  We really appreciate it all.  Thanks for taking the time to read.  We'll be back next week with another episode.