When Baptizing Becomes Natural

Hello!!

The Japan Sendai Mission is proving once again that crazy ideas change the world.

WHEN BAPTIZING BECOMES NATURAL

Our mission is now allowed to perform baptisms in NATURE during the summer months! We're taking it back to Jesus's time and baptizing in oceans, lakes, rivers, ponds... Is that not the coolest thing ever!? We've already had a couple ocean baptisms and a river baptism. The mission is committed to seeing 20 baptisms this month. There are so many prepared people in Tohoku and we are ready to see these miracles take place!

SHOULD WE EVEN BE ALLOWED TO HAVE BIKES

We've broken four bikes within the last two weeks. Two of them as a result of a three shimaite collision. I was in Sendai for a meeting. My two beloved companions stayed in Morioka and was joined by another sister from up north. These three sisters were riding along one day when the first sister crashed into a pole. The sister behind her was following a bit too close and crashed into the first sister. The third sister, anticipating the oncoming collision, slammed her breaks only to have them give out. She too joined the party and crashed into the other two sisters. Good news is no one was injured! Bad news is, I don't know if the mission can trust us with bikes anymore.

SHE LET US IN

Anyone who has served in Japan knows how hard it is to get past the genkan (doorway) to teach a lesson. Yesterday we had the rare experience of being invited to come inside someone's home! Sasaki San is a school teacher who lives alone. She's was kind and listened to our message of the restoration. Afterwards we invited her to come to church to hear more about this message. We exchanged phone numbers and she said she would probably come next Sunday!

Church is true!

Love,

Matsuura Shimai

3 Nephi 5:13

1. We had another party!

2: Lavendar lemonade will change your life

3: 姉妹力