...assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of the Lord will go forth boldly, nobly and independent - unless its a nasty case of the swine flu.
Konnichiwa.
So this is it. It finally got me. I got the swine flu. I was down 2 days with aches and a fever, but now Im ok. I got a pretty nasty cough as a present, but Swine Flu Santa has now gone and visited all the little children. Sister Takeuchi got it too, as well as some 15 people in the ward - which caused a somewhat comical Christmas sacrament meeting. Investigators kids also got it. People that we housed also got it. Its a big old viral peace pipe of fever. The work is doing good, but I wish we could have worked more in order to find more people to teach. Its been a rough week, but I felt the love of the Lord deeply, especially as I lay there in my futon.
I really felt that because I was sick in bed, that I was far away from the Lord, but as I prayed, I felt the Lord so close, comforting me and helping me have the rest I needed. He truly carried me, even on something just as simple as a sickness - it goes to show how much the Atonement spans. I am truly thankful to have had this experience, and it helped me to know just one more way that the Savior has blessed me and supported me.
Looks like were still looking good for the 27th for the baptism, so were getting very excited and there are another couple of people that could get baptized very quickly too. I feel like Im leaving the area coming the new year so I will have ample opportunities to grow and develop even more. Im excited and were setting some very high goals as a mission for baptisms.
Oh, and before I forget. Last week we got our first snowstorm of the year, and it completely took over Yonago. It was really pretty but working in it became an interesting experience as our bikes tracked through the snow.
I love you all, and hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas. Stay warm, and remember to stay close to the Lord, for He truly is the Light and Life, and as we learn of Him and follow His footsteps, we will never walk in darkness, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Love, (and a warm Merry Christmas)
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