Last Baptism Prep!

Howdy! Sooooooooooo... we taught Ayumu san all of the commandments in one lesson! AND HE IS ALL GOOD TO GO! Ayumu is the most humble person I've ever met and he is also one of the smartest. He understands what he understands and understands how that applies to his life. Like when we talked about service in the church and sharing the gospel we talked about missionary work and he was like "should I become a missionary?"... we met this man like a little over a month ago and now he's planning to serve his mission in 3 years. When we taught about the temple and Family History work he said the closing prayer and he prayed that he could "help save [his] family" through the temple. He truly is a special soul that God has been preparing. We are teaching the last few principles that have't been taught yet tonight! Update on Matsumoto! I think last time I said that we invtied him to read the entire Book of Mormon before Ayumu's baptism this sunday and that I'm doing that too! I'm in Alma! (I've been listening to it during mornings while I excersize and get ready) I know that if he does this then he will know that he needs to be baptized now! Ushiyama is kinda shy but we are trying to introduce more and more people to him. He said he wants to take the lessons but we haven't been able to do the first one yet. Once again I wanna brag on the Shimonoseki branch. They are so amazing. Makoto kyodai and Natsuki shimais joints are always so spirit filled. I had an exchange with Elder Cordray from Nakatsu! That was awesome! He was such a good example for constantly studying Japanese. After that exchang Miller choro thanked me for always being a good example to him. We had a Book of Mormon painting night at the church and lots of friends got to come! It was so fun to watch Ayumu paint his first Book of Mormon :') The Fukunagas are once again the best, they invited us over to dinner on Sunday night and said to invite friends. Ayumu and Mastsumoto came and it was fantastic. Elder Rasmussen! photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LKr5qY3i11DHJsTs6

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