Some of you have already seen this message, but it is my Christmas list this year. Please join me as we embark on a 6 month adventure together. I have now made a reading schedule so if you want it, leave a comment or send me a facebook message with your email and I will email it to you!
I love you all and Merry Christmas!
As many of your know Christmas is my favorite.... But this year instead of drinking hot cocoa, watching every made-for-TV Christmas movie and dressing up like Santa, I am spreading a really special message about the greatest gift God gave us that first Christmas night. Yes, that's right, I get to be like the angels that appeared it the shepherds to bring glad tidings of great joy to the lowliest and humblest of people!
I know I don't usually ask for anything for Christmas, but this year there is one thing that I want more than anything else (and it's not even a boyfriend). My mission has been a struggle for me, but on December 25th (Christmas Day) I hit my 6 month left mark. What a gift! I have wondered many times if I would ever get to that point. So Christmas for me is a celebration of the life and ministry of our Savior Jesus Christ, as well as a celebration of the ministry I get to continue with His name on my chest!
What I am going to ask of all of you this Christmas is that you all read the Book of Mormon with me starting December 25, 2013, and finishing on or before June 25, 2014, the day I come home. If I've done the math correctly ( and let's be real, of course I have) that is a total of 183 days. So if you read 3 pages a day you will finish 6 days early. If you read 2 chapters a day you will finish 63.5 days early. And if you want a schedule of what you need to read what days, I have one in the works. Regardless of if you finish early or if you don't even finish within the time frame, if you read every day for those 183 days with full sincerity to accept the truth you are reading, your life will change forever for the better. As a representative of Jesus Christ I can promise that You will be healed of afflictions that plague you. You will feel the love and spirit of The Lord in your life, and you will come to know even better who you are as a divine child of God and an heir to His glory. I can't imagine anything that would make me happier, or anything more powerful than all those I love reading my favorite book... The Book I love so much I would be willing to give anything, ANYTHiNG, so that just one more person can feel the happiness and peace I have found in it. It is because I love you that I want you to do this with me. I cannot deny that it is true nor that it is the word of God. If you do this with me WE WILL SEE MIRACLES!
This challenge is for all of you. Those who have read the Book of Mormon many times, those who may feel too young to take on such a complex book, those who have tried to read it but have not fully understood nor allowed themselves to feel of its spirit, those who feel their testimony is strong, or those who may feel they have no testimony at all. It is been a difficult year, but we have all been humbled and reminded of what is most important. We are all in the perfect state for God to speak to us!
If you need a copy of the Book of Mormon let me know. If while you are reading you have any questions, please ask me, and if you want more information I can get you in contact with all the right people!
Please share this message with anyone I may have missed. Know that I love you! As does our father in heaven!
I am so excited for this!
Love Sister Takahashi
Please share this message with anyone I may have missed. Know that I love you! As does our father in heaven!
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm?lang=eng
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