The adventures and misadventures of Elder Shaw as he teaches among the Japanese, and is no doubt taught in return.

Head to the 'Profile,' section to read more about who I am, and what I believe in. For more information on where I actually am, please click here.

The adventures and misadventures of Elder Shaw as he teaches among the Japanese, and is no doubt taught in return.

Head to the 'Profile,' section to read more about who I am, and what I believe in. For more information on where I actually am, please click here.

My name is Brian Shaw, though you can just call me エルダーショー (Elder Shaw). As of the 19th of May 2010, I have been rigorously engaged in serving the Lord by laboring to bring the Japanese people back to their savior, Jesus Christ; and I will continue to do so faithfully until the 19th of the same month in 2012.

I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I have an unshakable testimony that this church is of Christ. I know Christ lives, and I know he suffered for my sins, so that I could return to live with my Heavenly Father after this life. I know that Joseph Smith, the founder of this church in the latter days, was called of God to restore Christ's authority to this earth, and establish the covenants and ordinances that were lost long ago. I also know that Joseph Smith was given a set of gold plates to translate into scripture called the Book of Mormon. I know the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.

If you would like to know this just as I do, please click here, or click here for a free copy of the Book of Mormon.

2 Nephi 25:26
"And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins."

Hey! Sorry for the slow e-mail this week! So our regular spot to do e-mail became infected with some sort of virus. So I was unable to e-mail this last week. And the only other place to e-mail in Furukawa is in a electronic store that is super far away from everything. And we couldn't spare the time to go to it. But! Today when we went to visit a member they were unfortunately not there and the member lives only a few minutes away from the said Electronics store. So... Here I am! Sending a quick 5 minute e-mail just to let you know what's going on. Sorry, the e-mail's been all that consistent lately!
 
Also, sorry. I'm writing very quickly as store employees eye me suspiciously, so I'm not sure if anything I'm writing makes any sense or not. Or if it's spelled correctly or not. So forgive me.  But I'm doing really well! Our investigators are doing strong and progressing, so Elder Swenson and I are very pleased. As of yet, however, we have no baptismal dates. But have lots of plans in motion, so things are looking fantastic! Thanks to everyone for the letters and packages (I  wrote letters to all of those whom I've received a package from, so I won't thank you individually here).
 
Well, that's all I've got for today. Sorry it's short. But I have no time! :/ I love you all and thanks again ;)
 
PS. Could someone send me like a wikipedia page of all the different styles of shoes? And all the famous shoes in the world? (I.E. Cinderalla's slipper...) I know it's random, but I promise there is a purpose.
PPS. No one sent me pictures of Halloween costumes... Just saying,..
PPPS. But I really do appreciate all the mail I get! And I don't mean to always be asking all the time... like 'send me this' and 'send me that,' whatever you send is amazing and I truly appreciate.
PPPPS. Sorry for all the PS's
 
Kbye!

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Truly,
Elder Shaw

A list of my writings by their entry date:

05.25.2010

06.01.2010

06.04.2010

06.08.2010

06.15.2010

06.18.2010

06.22.2010

06.29.2010

07.02.2010

07.06.2010

07.13.2010

07.20.2010

07.21.2010

08.10.2010

08.12.2010

08.17.2010

08.25.2010

09.06.2010

09.15.2010

09.20.2010

09.28.2010

10.04.2010

11.01.2010

11.30.2010

12.24.2010

12.30.2010

01.22.2011

01.26.2011

03.02.2011

03.07.2011

03.14.2011

03.18.2011

04.25.2011

To my friends and family... Write me! And I promise I will write back as promptly as reasonable.

First, please do not contact me through e-mail. I have an e-mail, but have been told by my mission president not to read e-mails from anyone (not even family!). Sure, some other missions might do it differently, but for Sendai, I'm not supposed to read your e-mails. Just write me lots of letters instead!

And please direct all mail to this street address: