YO SHOUT-OUT TO MY BRO CAM. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! I LOVE YOU😍 i miss you!!!
What a weeeeek!!!! I could write 19283838 things about what happened this week, but for starters....
I have a new companion!!!!!!! Sister Yamashita 😊
And to say that I haven't spoken English once this week...is not an exaggeration. Haha I have never spoken so much Japanese in my whole life. The first day of being together with Sister Yamashita, it hit me that she really doesn't know any English. And I was like...'oh no'. But really I'm having a blast!! I can understand and speak more than I thought I could! But my English really is going out the door though. I'm serious, it's so bad. Haha
Sister Yamashita
-She is 21 years old.
-She is from Kobe, Japan.
-She goes to the bathroom more than 10 times in a day
-Her style is SO COOL
-And she loves sushi. Like alot. 🍣
Also, Grandma's on motorcycles....IT IS A THING. No jokes. You hear a loud bike on the road, right?? You glance at the street, and low and behold...it's a grandma who couldn't be older that 95 and with sweet big shades, and big white curly hair. And NOT wearing a helmet 😂 #LivingLifeOnTheEdge
It kills me everytime.
As for this week though...alot of things happened. Right?? Alot of good things...and alot of not so good things...one of which I will share. It was a growing experience for sure.
SHUUNLIN
Little bit of background about him...he is just like Noah. Haha not even kidding. He is the Chinese version of my brother Noah!
He is a tall kid, wears glasses, plays video games, he is shy and quiet, but super sweet. 😊 I love seeing Shuunlin because he reminds me of my brother, but when I leave I'm super sad because I start to miss Noah...alot.
and I just wanna hug Shuun because maybe it's like hugging my brother? I don't know.
But anyways...Sister Yamashita and I had a great message planned for him. We get to his apartment and he opens it and I'm just so happy to see him right?! He is like my bff! We start talking and we ask him what his image is of the Savior. He said he didn't know much, but his image was the "dead Jesus" on the cross. (It's what he learned in a text book) but we pulled out a picture of the savior and said..."this is Jesus Christ." And when I said those words...my heart just was filled with the spirit. The spirit testified to me that it really WAS him. RIGHT??? We shared the 'Because of Him' video in Chinese, so it would be easier for him to understand.
During the video...my heart was just so full of love for the savior, Jesus Christ. I felt the spirit so strongly. And I KNEW Shunlin felt something. I knew he did. During the video I started to tear up because I just knew with my whole soul that Jesus was the Christ. And that he really did atone for us.
Afterwards, I testified to him that I knew this was true, and that he can experience TRUE happiness because of Jesus Christ.
He looked down, and said..."you know I'm really busy. I don't have time for church stuff. I don't really believe it."
AND MY HEART BROKE TO PIECES. Literally. All of a sudden I melted into a puddle.
Something I didn't mention earlier, was that shunli's dad passed away a few months ago. And the thing I wanted for him the most....the thing I wanted him to know and feel for certain was that BECAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST he would see his dad again.
I started to cry....it actually got to the point where I thought I wasn't able to control myself....tears just flowed as I looked at him. I felt SO much love for him and He looked at me and 'I'm so sorry'...he thought he hurt my feelings by not wanting to learn more about Jesus. He probably felt so awkward...but holy cow. I just wanted him to know so badly that he could be happy. On the whole bike ride home i just cried. My companion... who ya know...doesn't know English...didn't really know how to comfort me...but luckily I know that there is always someone who understands and can comfort me perfectly :)
BUT EVERYONE. GOD IS REAL. Please accept and follow him now. I have benefited so much from this simple, yet significant knowledge. Jesus is the Christ.
So yep, that was my week in a nutshell! 🍚
I love you all!! Thank you for all the love!! ❤❤
愛してるね
Sister Phelps
