Story by Elder Carson Jessop
Soon after I arrived in Matsumoto, we received a phone call
at the church. A lady called asking
about eikaiwa and said she had interest in coming. We told her the information and hoped she
would come. She did. She came with her daughter. Her name is Miyuki. Her daughter is Mio. From that time, they came each week to eikaiwa. They are two of the nicest people I have ever
met.
My companion and I always talked about how great they
are. One day, we were having nightly
planning and were trying to figure out what to do the next day. We both felt strongly to go to Shiojin. We usually never go there because it is so
far away. But, we decided to go there
and looked at the list of people who live there to visit. On the list, we found a name…Miyuki. We were shocked. We
went to Shiojin that day, but no one was home at all.
We didn’t have time to go all the way out to their house,
but we talked to them later at eikaiwa.
I asked a couple of questions to figure out where they live. It turned out that it matched! We did an interview with her after that and
when we asked her how she heard about eikaiwa, she said there was something we
should know. She pulled out a notebook
with a story written…her conversion story.
It was a miracle. She had been
away for 40 years!
We also interview Mio.
They both agreed to lessons. They
wanted to learn. They are now coming to
church regularly. They even sang with us
in Sacrament Meeting. Mio is the
accompanist for eikaiwa.
I will always remember the first time Miyuki came back to
church. We walked into the chapel for
Sacrament Meeting and some members came and greeted her. I went ahead, and she turned to me with watery
eyes and said, “The man sitting behind us baptized me 40 years ago.” I think about this miracle and the things
still occurring and I feel so strongly that God never forgets us, especially
those who have entered into covenants with Him.
I think about the timing and everything that happened with us and her,
and I know for sure it was all God’s will and timing. She has been away for a long time, but God
prepared a way and a time for her.
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| Elder Jessop, Elder Rust, Elder Soliai |
