Konnichiwa!!!
Hey everyone, genki desu ka? (are you in good spirits?)
Hatsukaichi is doing good. The investigators are still there but were weeding some of them out because they choose to just not do anything. Japanese are one of the most industrious people Ive met, but sometimes too lazy for their own salvation. But, its good. We taught some lessons and the work is moving forward.
This last week we saw an awesome miracle. So I exchanged with the Zone Leaders for a day and worked in Takasu for most of the day on thursday. In the morning we went to go find a less-active (someone weve been trying to find by going to his house eveyday for the past month or so) who works in that area but turns out the place was just a bunch of factories and stuff. So we went around and asked. We talked to people in warehouses and searched. We prayed to be able to find him, but nothing came. No impressions or promptings. It was depressing but we went to do the other things we had planned. We met with my companion and the other elder and they told us that they had a prompting to go visit this kid. They went and he was there!! It was an amazing answer to our prayers, and we were so excited. I know that God is watching and answering all our prayers. He knows how to help us and is much wiser than us. Ive been learning so much how to rely on Him and His help. And the more I do, the closer I am to Him and the more promptings we receive. It gets to the point where promptings and feelings of the Spirit are just part of everyday life. Its sooo amazing!! I love this work. This area is about to explode, I can just feel it!! Were seeing miracles after miracles, its truly a marvelous work and a wonder!!
So next week we have Mission Conference. Itll be cool because we have other elders coming to stay with us because our area is so close to the Mission Home. And because of it, p-day will be tuesday. So that will be when I write next. Thank you so much for all your letters and your love and support. Keep hanging in there, and trust that God will bless you. I love you all and always pray for you.
With Love
Elder Mourao
Konnichiwa!!!
Oi todo mundo, genki desu ka? (voces estao em bons espiritos?)
Katsukaichi estah indo bem. Os investigadores ainda estao lah mas estamos arrancando alguns deles fora porque eles estao escolhendo a nao fazer nada. Os Japoneses sao umas das pessoas mais trabalhadores que eu encontrei, mas as vezes tem muita preguica pra as proprias salvacoes. Mas, eh bom. A gente ensinou algumas licoes e o trabalho estah indo pra frente.
Essa semana passada a gente viu um milagre maravilhoso. Entao eu troquei com os Lideres de Zona por um dia e trabalhei em Takasu pela maioria do dia na quinta-feira. De manha a gente foi tentar achar um menos-ativo (alguem que a gente estava tentando achar a ir na casa dele todo dia pelo ultimo mes ou mais) que trabalha naquela area mas aconteceu que o lugar era soh um monte de fabricas e troco. Entao fomos em volta perguntando. A gente conversou com pessoas nas armazenas e procuramos. A gente orou pra poder conseguir achar ele, mas nada veio. Nenhuma impressao ou inspiracao. Foi depressivo mas a gente foi fazer as outras coisas que tinhamos planejado. Encontramos com o meu companheiro e o outro elder e eles falaram que eles tiveram uma inspiracao pra ir visitar esse piah. Eles foram e ele estava lah!! Foi uma resposta maravilhosa pra nossa oracao, e a gente estava tao feliz. Eu sei que Deus estah olhando e respondendo todas as nossas oracoes. Ele sabe como nos ajudar e eh muito mais sabio do que a gente. Eu tenho aprendido tanto a como encostar Nele e na ajuda Dele. Chega no ponto que as inpiracoes e os sentimentos do Espirito soh sao partes de todo dia. Eh taaao bacana!! Eu amo esse trabalho. Essa area estah pra explodir, eu soh estou sentindo!! A gente estah vendo milagres depois de milagres, e eh verdadeiramente um trabalho sensasional e uma maravilha!!
Entao semana que vem a gente tem Conferencia Missionaria. Vai ser legal porque a gente tem outros elderes vindo pra ficar coma gente porque a nossa area eh tao perto da Casa de Missao. E por causa disso, p-day vai ser na terca-feira. Entao vai ser o dia quando eu vou escrever de volta. Muito orbigado por todas as suas cartas e seu amor e apoio. Fiquem segurando ai, e confiem que Deus vai te abencoar. Eu amo todos e sempre oro por voces.
Com amor
Elder Mourao
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Called to serve the Lord as a full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hiroshima, Japan
Map of Japan (for a complete map of where he's been, look at the bottom of this page)
Elder Victor M.S. Mourao
Called to serve the Lord as a full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hiroshima, Japan
Hiroshima, Japan
Map of Japan (for a complete map of where he's been, look at the bottom of this page)
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Elder Victor Mourao
Japan Hiroshima Mission
Tottori-ken Yonago-shi
Nishifukubara 3-6-27
Mezon Pineru 201
683-0805
JAPAN
Japan Hiroshima Mission
Tottori-ken Yonago-shi
Nishifukubara 3-6-27
Mezon Pineru 201
683-0805
JAPAN
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Elder Mourao's favorite scripture: Alma 32:42
"And because of your diligence and your faith and your patience with the word in nourishing it, that it may take root in you, behold, by and by ye shall pluck the fruit thereof, which is most precious, which is sweet above all that is sweet, and which is white above all that is white, yea, and pure above all that is pure; and ye shall feast upon this fruit even until ye are filled, that ye hunger not, neither shall ye thirst."
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"Under the inspiration of the Lord and the courageous action of Joseph Smith, the first Latter-day Saint missionaries ever to serve beyond North America brought the restored gospel to the British Isles in 1837. Heading that first group of elders was Heber C. Kimball, who set a great example for all newly called missionaries. Humbled by the responsibility and fully aware of his limitations, he poured out his heart in prayer."
'O, Lord,' he cried, 'I am a man of stammering tongue, and altogether unfit for such a work; how can I go to preach in that land, which is so famed throughout Christendom for learning, knowledge and piety; the nursery of religion; and to a people whose intelligence is proverbial!'
"But rising from his knees and accepting his duty, he said, 'The moment I understood the will of my Heavenly Father, I felt a determination to go at all hazards, believing that He would support me by His almighty power, and endow me with every qualification that I needed' (Life of Heber C. Kimball, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1945, p. 104). Surely God responded to the faith of that young elder, because Brother Kimball and his companions were endowed, 'with every qualification' they needed."
-Jeffrey R. Holland
'O, Lord,' he cried, 'I am a man of stammering tongue, and altogether unfit for such a work; how can I go to preach in that land, which is so famed throughout Christendom for learning, knowledge and piety; the nursery of religion; and to a people whose intelligence is proverbial!'
"But rising from his knees and accepting his duty, he said, 'The moment I understood the will of my Heavenly Father, I felt a determination to go at all hazards, believing that He would support me by His almighty power, and endow me with every qualification that I needed' (Life of Heber C. Kimball, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1945, p. 104). Surely God responded to the faith of that young elder, because Brother Kimball and his companions were endowed, 'with every qualification' they needed."
-Jeffrey R. Holland