Matsuzaki-San (19): recently we've taught him about
developing Faith in Jesus Christ. He believes in God, but not necessarily Jesus
Christ. He enjoys the doctrine of The
Gospel and it's teachings, in fact The Restoration makes total sense to him in
the fact that we have a living prophet, the priesthood, and that The Book of
Mormon was translated. Absolutely loves
it, but doesn't necessarily have much faith and isn’t really developing a
personal testimony. He says he keeps commitments and asks decent questions
about The Book of Mormon, but Elder Poff and I have been feeling like something
is off and we can't really figure it out. Also we may have some trouble with
the Word of Wisdom. Last lesson he expressed that he enjoys studying the
doctrine and the more educational side of The Gospel, but that's mainly because
he is also studying Culture in college. He doesn't seem to have much desire to
make that change or make that change of heart since he is very satisfied with
the happiness he already possesses. We won't be able to see him until April due
to a vacation so we'll see where it goes. He’s an awesome guy who is already
very Christlike in his character and demeanor, and loves to hang out with
missionaries. Also has a great sense of fashion.
Arakawa-San (54): Super nice and feels happy when he prays
and reads The Book of Mormon. Me too! Although The Book of Mormon tends to be
difficult for most people since it uses really old Japanese, he still keeps
trying and takes time to review. Very happy guy, but keeps telling us that he
does have some type of mild mental disability. The members who have joined us
in lessons have stated that he seems like a total normal guy, but Elder Poff
and I believe that it may be more emotionally based. He is going through some
type of training though to help though which is why we haven't been able to
meet recently and he’s canceled our last 2 lessons. Except when canceling the
lessons, in trying to find a reason and seeing how else we can help, he never
gave us a really solid reason, he just kept telling us he's busy and doesn’t
know when we can meet again. But he's still reading and praying.
These 2 wonderful guys are our current progressing
investigators. We've found some more
people since Elder Poff and I have been getting a bit more bold and been
putting a lot of focus fire into improving our ability to find people. Mainly
we've been putting a lot more trust in The Lord and taking time to pray for
help in our finding. We'll be meeting with more people this week and hopefully
we'll be able to get them progressing. There's only so much we can do though
since we’re not really the teachers in the first place, The Spirit is. But if we
put our best efforts in, I know we will find those who are ready. That's one thing we felt we weren't doing,
our best. Like mentioned in my general email, we've been struggling with mental
barriers; mainly the fear of being too bold, which led us to be too quiet. Then
that led into the fear of being judged and it just dominoed from there. So
there’s a lot of finding balance in everything and overcoming challenges which
makes a mission as awesome as it is. In all honestly we’re blessed to have
these 2 guys to teach, I know a lot of people in the mission are struggling to
find anyone to teach. It kind of makes me sad seeing them be sad about it, but
I know there are lessons The Lord has for those missionaries. Sometimes The
Lord treats us like an arrow, he draws us back, and then fires us off.
Love you Mom and Dad!!!
Your baby brat child, Elder Eric Kelly Cuff
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