This has been such an amazing week. We had an
investigator coming to Seminary at 6 in the morning because he wanted to. He
also has to bike here which makes it even more amazing. Unfortunately Seminary
has a break for the next 2 weeks but we hopefully can take this chance to teach
him some more useful things than Isaiah X)
I also had splits this week which was SO STRESSFUL! They
made me area sempai meaning I had to plan everything and know where to go.
Needless to say I pulled out the map a few times. Mostly because we went places
I had never been to before. Because I was in front I also was the one who had
to stop everyone as we were biking. But that was actually a lot of fun. We
found 2 new investigators this way and when we were checking out one of these 2
people’s apartment complex we housed it and found some one who has a cousin in
our ward. She invited us to teach her more but we have yet to follow up. I also
felt we should stop at another place but the first place we knocked someone who
was possessed came to the door. It was so creepy her eyeballs were twitching
and she had a delayed slow answer for each question we asked. Then the ZL
encouraged me to knock on a another door when we were about halfway out and it
was a normal person. We got keko desued (“No thank you”) but that gave me the
confidence to knock on the door I wanted to in the first place. He is a new
investigator now. He seems like a really solid guy. I am way excited to teach
him. Then we finished splits and ate sushi yum. I ate about 8 pieces of way
good sushi for 7 dollars not bad.
The next day we had mission conference with Bednar Choro.
For those of you who have no idea who this person is he is an apostle of our
church. One of 12 people who have been called by God to lead his church. There
is also our Prophet and his 2 counselors who lead the church. It was such an
amazing experience. He focused on how the Holy Ghost teaches. He basically had
a Q and A session with us and really focused on how he really wasn't the one
teaching us. In fact he hopes not a single one of us remembers anything he said
but that we remember the things we heard from the voice that was not spoken aka
the Holy Ghost.
Then it was Sunday and we had stake conference. The
coolest part of this day was that we had 2 investigators come to Elder Bednar’s
devotional that night. They both felt very touched by the message that many
shared which was mostly about joy.
Monday: We had an investigator with a birthday and that
was a lot of fun. He smokes a lot and we played some basketball, as in we all
had a basketball and shot some hoops on an 8 foot basket. I could dunk :) It was really good for him to get some
exercise though and he really enjoyed it, we also taught a really good lesson
after. We helped an investigator move. It was...interesting.
Tue: we helped him move again more.....interesting.
Sometimes you just have to not look and put some bags on your feet. However I
really love this guy and I am excited to help him more and teach him more about
how the gospel can bless his life. We also had English class which was fun.
Wed: We were supposed to go to the Temple today but there
was a miscommunication with the time, and we got on the wrong train. Instead we
just took some pictures around the building and went home. I went to Boston
Bake though which has a ton of good pastries and sandwiches and all kinds of
bread goods.
Anyway being on small sidewalks still sucks, but the
people are amazing and I love talking with these people. Especially the younger
people. Though most high school boys are kinda crazy. Though for the most part
they are really fun to be with. It being cold here sucks too but biking up
hills really warms you up, going down though.... It is so amazing though being
in Japan and being able to just go out and talk to people about something that
has brought me so much Joy and be able to share that with these people.
Love you all
ﾊﾋﾞ 長老
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