Indonesia - Week 4

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Sorry about the short email last week, I don't know what happened but when I tried sending it, it just deleted the whole thing. Last week my companion (Sister Christensen) was transferred to Solo. :( It was sad saying goodbye, I really miss her. My new companion is Sister Mongan (from Manado) and she's way cool too. I can tell my language is getting better 'cause I have a native comp so that's good. This week has been great. A few weeks ago Sister Hewlett and I contacted a girl named Nofi on busway and this past week we were all able to teach her (all meaning Sister Mongan and I and SIster Hewlett and her comp, Sistert Lei)! The lesson went really well and at the end we gave her a Book of Mormon. The cool thing is that she told us that recently she had a dream that she met Christ. He had his arms outstretched to her and then he gave her a book and told her to read it, that the book was important. She didn't know what the book was though. She said she remembered that dream when we gave her the Book of Mormon. At the end of the lesson, she said that while we were teaching she felt something different, like goosebumps. Sister Mongan told her that that was the spirit witnessing to her that what we taught was true. It was such an amazing experience! Tears welled up in my eyes as I sat there thinking how grateful I was to be a part of this...we learn the principles and the doctrines and just teach, and the spirit will do His job and carry the words to their hearts. It's THEIR job to decide whether or not they want to accept it.
> Even here in a country where almost the whole population is Muslim, we can still find people to teach. And that's because the Lord is helping US, and preparing THEM.
> Thanksgiving was great, we went to Senopati and had a huge, delicious Thanksgiving feast. President had us go around and say something that were thankful for since we've been on our missions. I said that I was grateful for the wonderful people I've met here--my companion, the other missionaries, the members, our leaders, the Indonesian people...everyone is so great and I know I've made life-long friends. After Thansgiving I continued to think about what I'm grateful for. Since I've been here, I've learned to appreciate even the small things...toilet paper, a laundry washer that actually washes clothes, American chocolate, cockaroach and rat-free houses...but it's all a part of the experience. And I love it.
> After this, we're going to visit a Musjid (Mosque). I'm excited!
> So I just remembered some of the things I wrote in the last email: we had one of the Presiding Bishops come speak to us last Saturday (Bishop Keith B. McMullin). He is awesome and immediately when he started speaking I knew that he carried the mantle of a servant of God. We had an investigator come (Jacklin) whom we met on busway I think the week prior (the one we gave a Book of Mormon to). She seemed to really enjoy it, took notes and everything, and even asked for a picture with Bishop McMullin afterwards! She's really busy with work, so we're still trying to set up an appointment to teach her. She is still reading the Book of Mormon though!
> Also, Sister Christensen had been working with these two kids (brother and sister ages 13 and 11, I think) Sifa and Riri. Their mom is a member, dad isn't. He's the only reason why they haven't been baptized yet. We set a date for their baptism though (Dec 13th) and we're going to fast and continue praying for their father to have a change of heart. He said he wanted to talk to Pres Marchant about giving permission so President's meeting him in 2 weeks. Please pray for our investigators!
> Well, I hope you all are happy and healthy. I love you and you're in my thoughts and prayers!
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> -Sister Okamoto