Service

We were deciding where to go on a map the night before. We both were attracted to this one area. But when we got there the next day...it was not at all what we were expecting. One side of the path...not road...was all torn up in construction. There was a little apartment complex that was pretty run down...and no people in sight. We had no idea what to do. We decided to knock on the door. The first one, no answer. The second one...the lady practiced Hinduism and the third, the lady told us to leave. So we started walking back...and we ran into the nicest lady and man rolling a microwave. She loved us because we were missionaries. She is Lutheran. We ended up helping this man install his microwave and having a bowl of soup with him, his wife, and the Lutheran lady. His wife was the one who told us to go away. It was a really special experience...that we could serve this man who is going blind...his wife is blind also and they both have special needs. He has no religious belief...he is Chinese but thanked us for our service and said he would come to church twice. WOW!

Prayer

I gained such a testimony of prayer this week. Let me share with you an experience that I have been able to share with a lot of investigators. So:

I hate to admit, but I was a little irresponsible and lost my bus pass. While we were walking I was taking things in and out of my pockets and it fell out. This was on Tuesday night. Let me impress upon you how important this pass is... it is how we do all our work. We are on the bus all the time. We have to make visits...we have to TEACH. And it is really expensive and it is even more expensive to pay time by time. SO I was very distraught. I prayed so so hard Tues. Wed. and Thurs. Then Thursday morning I prayed to Heavenly Father more wondering if he heard my prayers and asked one last time if I could find this pass...so I could do his work. We took the bus... I paid...to an appointment and back. We walked the route that we had walked over 10 times... and had searched for this pass... We had heightened awareness because of our circumstances. We were walking and talking and out of the corner of the eye...I finally spotted my bus pass. At the very instance I knew HF had answered my prayer. That he cared about the individual work I was doing and was very willing to let me know that he hears my prayers. I know HF hears our prayers.. he hears our individual prayer. And he is willing to answer our prayer if we have sincere desires and real intent.

Love Sis Okada

My Week In a Nutshell

So this week was interesting. Let me highlight some things.

Wed: No one told me what to do if you are contacting and all the sudden a big black man comes up to you and says " I a Muslim, but I like you" and proceeds to hug you....AHHH he was nice but I was totally taken off-guard and didn't know what to do AAHHHHH!!!

Fri: Walking outside a rehabilitation center we run into a lady who's daughter was just diagnosed with leukemia...she tells us everything and that she is mad at God. Out of nowhere we testify, her heart is soften, and we get her contact information and send the elders on their way....MIRACLE!

Also talking to a man on the sky train...he is from Taiwan...his family religion is Buddhism, but he is not sure. We end up talking about the after-life...in serious detail...who knew...oh and in Chinese ha.

Sat: We had a dinner appointment at a investigators home. He invited two friends. We had great Taiwanese food. One of the ladies started asking about why there is so much hurt in the world and if there is a God, why doesn't he just make everything better and save all of these people? The other friend was a Christian...not LDS and gave a beautiful overview of the plan of salvation...she was amazing.....= 2 BOM handed out!

Sun: I ATE A CHICKEN FOOT....whoa. It took a while but I did it. Then we ran into a drunk man that almost dropped a cement block on a truck...SCARY. I love the people here they are absolutely crazy :).

Yep that was my week in a nutshell.