Well today we had our transfer calls! Elder Canfield is getting shipped out of Yachiyo and I'm getting a new companion named Elder Kuroiwa. I don't know him but I looked him up on Facebook and he looks like a pretty goofy guy! Haha, it should be fun!
Elder Canfield and I finished off this transfer pretty dang well this last week. We had some really great lessons with some really great investigators. First I'll tell you about Dennis. He's about a 20 year old kid from Uganda who moved to Japan about 5 months ago. He's a really cool kid. We met with him for the second time last night with Bishop Fukawa. It's a huge blessing that Bishop Fukawa speaks perfect English because he is really powerful. We has a super spiritual lesson with Dennis and committed him to baptism if and when he finds out these things are true. It was sooo awesome. I think Dennis is going to start progressing very quickly. He's already looking for a new job so he can come to church on Sunday! Bishop Fukawa is definitely the coolest Japanese guy I've ever met. He loves basketball and talks about it with me all the time. We're starting up a basketball night every Friday night and it's gonna be awesome! I've heard he's pretty good so it should be lots of fun.
Next I'll tell you about Steve. He's an American man that we also met with for the second time last week. He's really funny and great to talk to. We taught him the Restoration and he accepted what we said. He told us its a lot to take in all at once so he's going to ponder about what we said and felt from the Spirit. He took a Book of Mormon and told us he is going to read it. I love teaching in English. It's the best!
We have some other people that are looking really good, too. I'm so excited for the next few transfers here in Yachiyo.
These past few weeks, I've felt the Spirit stronger and more frequently than I ever have in my life. I've finally found out what the some of the keys are to feeling the spirit and receiving revelation:
1. Live righteously. We all know this one.. The spirit can't dwell in unholy Temples.
2. You have to recognize the revelation that you're already receiving. That revelation may just be a thought that pops into your mind to do something kind or nice, but if you recognize those thoughts as the spirit, you will be more willing to act upon that thought.
3. The more we act on promptings, the more willing Heavenly Father will be to give you those promptings. Then the promptings and feelings will become bigger and more frequent and you will be able to receive the revelation that you need.
I invite you all to recognize the promptings that you have from the Spirit, and then act. Thank Heavenly Father for those promptings. I promise that you will see a night and day difference in feeling the Spirit. I love you guys!
Love, Elder Snyder
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