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March 5th, 2012 by admin

Always In Style

Jenny Sato

Trained as a doctor, Jenny Sato abandoned her medical practice when she left her native China to marry her Japanese husband. Now in Yokohama, Jenny is engaged in volunteer work and lending her varied talents to the expatriate community there. She focuses on her new membership in the Gospel and her 12-year-old son.

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Posted in: 41 - 50 years old, Conversion Stories, Conversion Stories, English, Japan, Married with children, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: careers, Chinese Mormon, conversion, convert, Japanese Mormons, LDS woman, missionaries, Mormon women, part-member marriage

February 22nd, 2012 by admin

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“Just Go For A Year and See”

Janet Hirano

Janet Hirano moved to Japan in her 20s to teach English for one year and ended up staying for 50. She married and raised a family, overcoming obstacles such as learning a new language, initial disapproval from her husband’s family, and her children enduring teasing for being “foreigners.” Janet recounts the importance of the Church in transitioning to her adopted country, how commitment and a sense of humor have helped her navigate the cultural waters, and that in some ways, she’s now more Japanese than American.

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Posted in: 71+, English, Japan, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: conversion, family, Japanese Mormons, LDS woman, motherhood

June 30th, 2011 by admin

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From Sea to Shining Sea

Missy Martz

Missy Martz, a former atheist, is married to a marine who has been deployed five years out of their eleven-year marriage and is presently stationed in Okinawa, Japan. She talks about her incredible conversion as she traveled around the country in search of meaning, and then discusses how the gospel has balanced her life and supported her during difficult times while she is far from home and family while her husband is deployed for long periods of time.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Conversion Stories, English, Japan, Married with children, Sisters Abroad, Sisters Abroad, Uncategorized - Tags: aethists, conversion, convert, Japanese Mormons, LDS culture, LDS in the military, LDS woman

November 10th, 2010 by admin

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“Listen and Obey”

Teruko Tsuneda Nakayama

Teruko Nakayama was raised in a Japanese family in Hawaii and although her parents practiced Buddhism, she never had any formal religious training. Giving birth to her first child, though, motivated her to seek for truth. Now in her 80s, Teruko and her husband have served three missions for the Church.

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