Happy Golden week!

Hey!
How is everyone?! Hope that you had a good Easter season this year, and I just can't believe how fast April went by - I don't even know where this transfer went. It seems like only yesterday when I was called to come here to the Honbu (mission office).
Recently there hasn't been much progress with our investigagtors. We've been finding people (including a college student whom we taught lesson 1 in a park half an hour after meeting him in a train, haha!), but most of them don't seem to be wanting to progress. So we're going back to the drawing board and just focusing on those who want to do the things we're inviting them to do. I think it's good, and it's something our leaders have been talking about. That, and not doing "aggressive contacting". Which means chasing people down the street, or trying to cry repentance down the road like a maniac. It really sunk into me that we do cry repentance - by helping people make and keep commitments (quoting Preach My Gospel), and that as they change their old ways, and draw closer to the Lord, we're fulfilling our purpose as missionaries. Like for example: remember Goto Lisa? (I met her on the train my first week in the area). Well, she has been meeting with the missionaries in her own area (but she still likes to call us here, and meet with us in Hikari) and she has been praying everyday (for a lot of reasons, many of which, if I share, would take waaaaay too long, sorry). She initially said that she couldn't be Christian, but now she is slowly realizing that Heavenly Father does love her. That He knows her. That Christ atoned for her. And last Saturday we gave her a blessing. She said, she didn't know why, but her eyes became swollen with tears. Before we performed the blessing, we prayed and got a strong confirmation that she would be cured. I even told Elder Barrus "get ready to get zapped" because the Spirit was so strong. It was amazing. We felt the hand of the Lord there.
And speaking of the Atonement, I've been thinking about that a lot lately. And especially how grateful I am for it. I can feel it as I repent and try to do better. I'm far from perfect. I should be doing things better, but Heavenly Father understands that I'm trying, and through the Atoning Sacrifice of His only Begotten, I can feel the Spirit. I can be guided and become an instrument in his hands. Even though I often feel like part of Bob the Builder's "My first tool kit", I'm grateful for all the miracles that we've seen - all because of the Atonement.
And I've been able to see the changes in other people's lives as well. Yesterday I had the opportunity to perform the baptism of one of two investigators (of the Sister missionaries), 16 year old Tanaka Mariko. It was amazing to see the changes in their lives as they drew closer to Christ, by praying and reading the Book of Mormon.
I can really tell you, and say without a shadow of a doubt that Jesus Christ is the Savior of man kind. That He atoned for each one of us. That He loves us. That through His atonement we can be happy. I'm grateful for the opportunity to gain a personal witness of the Atonement and to use it in order to grow closer to my Heavenly Father. I'm grateful for the Gospel and the restoration of the Priesthood, which unlocks the power of the Atonement to all those who seek it. It's true. I love.
I love all of you and hope for your safety, health, and joy through this life. I hope that we may all become closer to our Savior, and I pray in name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, amen.

Elder Victor M. S. Mourao
Japan Hiroshima Mission