Konnichiwa!!! Hiroshima wa chou atsui desu yo!!
(It translates: Hiroshima is really freaking hot!)
Hello! How's everyone doing? I hope you aren't melting in the heat right now. I sure am. Went to go fix my tire again today - I was literally sweating just standing on the tube waiting for the patch kit to dry up. And the humidity makes it so bad - you have no idea!!!
But besides the heat, it is amazing over here. We really feel Nakanishi-san is progressing and he's getting more comfortable with Church now. As soon as he can come back to Church, I know for sure he'll get baptized. It's going to be the trial of his faith, and it's going to be a miracle.
Oh, by the way: I DIDN'T TRANSFER! Hahahaha Hikari is the area where the Mission Office is. I'm just the Senior now with a new companion. The area is doing great and we're shifting our focus now: instead of biking out 45 minutes to meet Brazilians that aren't willing to keep commitments, (they're still our good friends, but we've got a job to do) we're going to be working closer to the Church and closer with the members. It's going to be an incredible transfer. I feel it. The Lord is blessing us with so much, and although we don't see numbers like in South America, the work is just as busy, and the Lord works the success here He sees fit to work. It's His work, and knowing that we're doing everything we can to be His instruments is good enough for me: that's all He asks. HE will make the miracles happen, not us.
Anyways, I love all of you. Thank you so much for your support and letters. I will continue to pray for everyone of you. Please trust the Lord, know HIs ways, and He will lead you where you can be happy and grow. This is HIs Church. This is His work. There is a prophet and we receive modern revelation. Tell your friends. The Lord will put in your mouth the words that will touch their hearts. Thank you so much for all you do. In name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Love,
Elder Victor M. S. Mourao
Japan Hiroshima Mission
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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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Dramatic Growth
"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