128:. She moved to the mission with her niece, Ei Asano, whom the missionaries assumed was her daughter. She started her employment at the mission in July 1905. Shortly after arrival, she took an interest in the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was baptized into the Church on September 26, 1905. She taught Sunday school and organized the four other women converts into a sort of Relief Society. She served informally and formally as a missionary, teaching her friends the gospel. She advised missionaries on salaries for other servants and prepared western-style meals for homesick missionaries. The elders in the mission paid for medical exams for her eyes and presented her with a pair of gold-rimmed eyeglasses as a Christmas gift.
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