Week 23 The gospel is amazing. Find it, apply it, and hold onto it!

Hey Friends!

This week has been different thats for sure! Sister Bindrup was sick for the majority of the week :( Poor sister had the flu and a really bad ear infection. While Sister Johnson went to Zone training with some other sisters I stayed home with Sister Bindrup and basically vacuumed the whole time. I just cleaned and cleaned! She kept telling everyone afterwards that she would wake up and here the vacuum going, she would go to sleep and the vacuum was still going. She would wake up again, same thing. She got a hoot. Our vacuum was out of commission for the past like month so I was able to really get the place clean. I loved it!

This week we also were asked to sing in Sacrament meeting. With the 6 sisters and 2 elders in our ward we made up a nice missionary choir :) We sang "I'll go where you want me to go" and our new mission President and his wife (the Christiansens) spoke! They are truly some great people. I love them already. They have 5 totally daughters (I believe) and their 12 year old and another daughter in her 20's with down syndrome will be with them as they serve their 3 year mission. They are an amazing couple and have great inspiring words. We got to talk with Sister Christiansen a few times this week seeing as she oversees all things medical and she had a career in the medical field. I love them a lot.

We were able to pick up a new investigator this week! So that was awesome. It is hard to find those people who are truly prepared by the Lord, I know that it is a work that needs to be done. My testimony of missionary work period has grown so much. President Christiansen shared this quote with us today in his weekly email and I love it.

"We are commanded by God to take this gospel to all the world. That is the cause that must unite us today. Only the gospel will save the world from the calamity of its own self-destruction. Only the gospel will unite men of all races and nationalities in peace. Only the gospel will bring joy, happiness, and salvation to the human family" (Preach My Gospel, p. 2).

Things may be hard but I do have faith that the Lord does not call us to fail. And I lean on that faith :) The gospel is amazing. Find it, apply it, and hold onto it! I love you all and am so grateful for your support!

Love,

Sister Nakata

okay! So I found skyline in walmart and made some for my companions! It was great. One of these pictures is funny because of the picture of the girl in the back ground and my tag is completely sideways. Thought I would share both!

Sister Bindrup loved the skyline, sister Johnsons..not so much haha!

Week 22 - Road trip and Dog bite!

Hey everyone!!

Okay! I am so sorry I do not start writing my email until like the last minute! So this week was really good!

We got knew that our Van is ready for pick up and so Wednesday we got to get up and drive to Mount Airy MD to get our van from the shop! It was about an hour and a half drive! And let me tell you being in the back of the van for the drive was the BEST. I just sat back and relaxed! We stopped and got these things called Berger cookies that are only found in Maryland apparently. They are basically half cooking half fudge, SO GOOD. 

And here is more pictures with our mini van! So since there are 6 sister missionaries total in our ward and they live in the apartment building next to us. The mission gave us a mini van! Never thought I would be driving one of these on my mission. But when you are in the back seat it is definitely nice! :) For a reason that we do not know, the elders in our ward also have a mini van. And so our ward has the only two mini vans in the whole mission! Weird, but okay!

That same day we were walking around some neighborhood looking for doors to inspire knock on and we decided to go to this house that had a dog out with an electric collar/fence dealio. It was a german shepherd and Sister Bindrup and I got along just fine with this dog but Sister johnson comes around the corner and he growls curls back his lips and snips her right on the thigh! Funny thing is it pinched her skin and broke a little bit of skin (barely) but it did nothing to her skirt! Heavenly father knows that us Sister Missionaries just have a select number of skirts and knew Sister J would need that skirt! Haha very interesting day thats for sure!

This week we had a lesson with Kali and Kyle. They are so ready to join the church, they just need to get married! They are waiting until Oct (sorry if I said all this before) but they originally had it in 2017, so thats better. They even have visiting and home teachers already! Anyways, in our lesson with them this week we talked a lot about her journey in the past few months visiting with us. She talked about "perfection pending" and how even though we are going through hard times thats OKAY. Heavenly father IS aware of us and knows we are struggling, our perfection is just pending!

Love ya

Sister nakata

Oh and Sister Bindrup cut my hair!

And one night we decided to make crepes with a random crepe mix in the apartment, Sister Bindrup made them a little thick..I took over and knew just how to make them ;)

And this man, Todd Jensen, had us over on #SMS day and he gave us like hundreds of dollars worth of Dolterra for free....he is supposed to be a Dolterra sells man but he hardly ever sells it, just gives it away. haha I felt so bad, but he said not to. It was quite fun!

July Pictures from #SocialMediasplit

Brother Helmick and I out with Sister missionaries Bindrup, Nakata, and Johnson to see our favorite new members Sonya and Ginny. A GREAT visit. Talked about the Temple and gave a blessing.‪#‎socialmediasplit‬‪#‎winchesterstake‬ ‪#‎baltimoremission‬ ‪#‎sharethegoodness‬

Sisters Nakata, Johnson, Bindrup very very busy at the Jensen home. Cutting up celery cutting up broccoli and making zucchini bread. Also some help with a puzzle and a wonderful spiritual message. Please please invite the missionaries into your home. They carry a beautiful spirit with them.‪#‎socialmediasplit‬ ‪#‎winchesterstake‬ ‪#‎baltimoremission‬‪#‎sharethegoodness‬

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Week 21 Free 7/11 Slurpees & Eggs

Hey Everyone!!

Okay so this week has been great! We had a ward party and that was lots of fun. There was a dunk tank and I watched a bunch of young boys take turns getting dunked and dunking! It was great. 

We got free slurpees from 7-11 on 7/11! And I got my face painted at the ward party!

Yesterday, we talked to this woman who is in the hospital and she has narcolepsy and she would just be telling us a story and just would fall asleep for a minute and then wake up and keep telling her story. It was quite hilarious! Oh bless her sweet heart! 

We went to visit this couple, Kali and Kyle. They are the best! They want to join the church so the only thing that is holding them back is that they are not married. They originally planned to get married in 2017 but have moved it up to Oct 2015! So as soon as that marriage happens they will be baptized! They are seriously the funniest couple ever!

We got free eggs from a member who has chickens and ducks. 

We also went out and helped pick up a few :D it was kinda gross

We went and ate at a Tai restaurant!

I don't think I sent this to you but this is when we met President and Sister Christiansen! 

And this is my zone!

It is very fun being in a ward with 8 missionaries! This past Sunday 3 of us spoke in sacrament meeting. One of them being me! I talked about Matt 11:28-30. It is a very good passage! Read it :) And take Christ's yoke upon yourself! Love you all

Sister Nakata

Week 20 4th of July Fun

Hey Friends and family. Sorry this is going to be a short email!

Ginny and Sonja got baptized this past weekend on the 4th of July! It was an exciting day! This ward is great and Bishop Knecht is awesome! I went on exchanges this past week and I am going to go lazer taggin in half an hour!

Also we found a motab Cd called the Spirit of America to jam out to! it was great! And we were allowed to stay out until 10:30! :)

Love you all!

Sister Nakata