Transcripts: Enjoy Life Forever!

Transcript: Tactfully Explain Your Beliefs.
[Text: Michiyo Kumagai. Japan]
Michiyo Kumagai: I started studying the Bible with Jehovah’s Witnesses when I was 14.
[Pictures from her past as a young woman]
The moment I realized that God did exist, I was so happy and prayed, saying: “I just assumed you didn’t exist. Please forgive me.”
[With friends and big smiles]
Right away, I told my family that I wouldn’t be able to join the Christmas and birthday parties that we cherished.
[Reenactment]
My mother called all our relatives and spoke to them in tears as she told them that her daughter had joined a terrible religion.
[Feeling crushed]
She even told my study conductor to give back her daughter.
[She drops her head]
She felt like I was taken from her.
[Discouraged]
When I observed those things,
[She frowns]
at times, I felt as if I was doing something wrong.
[Reflectively sitting at her desk, reading the Bible]
But then, I knew that if I compromised, Jehovah would be sad. Jehovah had kindly let me know the truth. I strongly felt that in order to please him, I should not give up.
[Confidently, she smiles]
It would have been easier if I had given up, then. Yet, I knew that if I did, I wouldn’t be able to draw my parents to the truth.
[Packs her meeting bag]
I knew I would get emotional if I tried to talk with them face-to-face, so I wrote them letters instead.
[Mother opens the letter]
I prayed and prayed and kept telling my mother how much I appreciated her. Gradually, she realized that she hadn’t lost her daughter, and she was relieved. Now someone is calling on her, and we have a very peaceful and pleasant relationship.
[Talking on zoom with her mum, Michiyo and her husband wave and smile]
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