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Gomen nasai....
How is everyone doing? Hope your Christmas is as bright as mine - being away in all. I love being a missionary. It helped realized how many blessings the Lord has poured upon my life. It has helped me gain a greater testimony of the Savior and Ive been able to come closer to Him by living a more Gospel centered life, and my heart is abounding with gratitude and love for all those around me, especially my family. I love my family with all my heart and Im so grateful for the countless sacrifices they have made in my behalf, allowing me to serve the Lord with all my heart. And all those friends who are also family to me too, all their love and support.
I am so blessed to have the Gospel in my life. As I was sitting after lunch yesterday, I was pondering upon the many blessings weve been given recently and I turned to my companion and said: Im so tired, but Im so happy. I love being a missionary.
He kind of looked at me weird but he understood.
Im sad because this is the last Christmas Ill spend as a missionary. I cant believe I only have 4 transfers left - I dont want it to be over. I love this marvelous work. Which brings me to my next point:
We were on the way to Zone COnference in Okayama, good 2.5 hours by bus. I fell asleep shortly after our rest stop, only to wake up to a really strange feeling of something being wrong. I looked back and behind the sisters, there was a young woman, probably around our age, going into convulsions. She was having an epileptic attack. My first thought was `grab her tongue` (good old boy scouts huh?) so she doesnt chole ot death. It was pretty violent and it was difficult to keep her down. The next thing that came to me was to give her a blessing. As my companion struggled to grab her tongue (getting his finger bit in the process), I administered one of the quickest blessings Ive ever given. Blessing her to be healed, not 2 seconds passed and she was back asleep. Her body convulsed again, and after a quick prayer she stopped. The paramedics eventually came to us on the side of the road, taking her to a nearby hospital. It was scary but it was incredible to see that kind of a miracle right there and then. I call it the miracle on the bus.
I hope that all of you have an unforgettable holiday season as you let the light of the Savior come into your life through love and obedience to His commandments. I know Ill be trying pretty hard to. I love each and every one, and I testify that Jesus is the very Christ, and that He lives and loves each and every one of us. As we come to Him, He will heal us through the Atonement. And so I testify in His name, Jesus Christ, amen.
With all my 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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"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