First off, mom asked if i'm the language king like Justin
says I am. Mochiron watashi wa gengo no
Ou desu yo. もちろん
私は言語の王ですよ
(of course I'm the king of language.) And ya it is kinda sad to know I
won't be able to see Justin but his e-mails are inspiring so it's a good enough
trade off. Anyway on to what happened this week.
Wed. So that picture Dad found on Facebook was actually
someone I just met and was teaching for TRC. Which is basically a member lesson
but in all Japanese. In 2 more weeks it will be with Nihonjin members over
Skype so I'm excited. This guy we were teaching actually went to Sapporo for
his Mission so he was super excited to find out we are going to Sapporo. I
don't know if I will have Facebook or not. I think I won't.
Thursday. We taught Shimobayashi San and found out why
she was so against prayer. Her husband had a terrible illness and when she
prayed to God for help he died. We were already over time so we had to end the
lesson there.
Fri. Had more class, I think this was the day I sat with
Nihonjin at lunch and then with Kyle. I couldn't find my Doryo (colleague? Maybe his companion?) in the lunch room and
as I'm explaining to Elder Perry what's going on I got called down to the front
desk. Turned out he left without me.
Sat: This day Sucked! I got really sick and barely made
it through class. I rested for the last 3 hour block of PCL though. I felt like
I was about to pass out all day. The weirdest thing though is that when I went
to rest I don't ever remember sleeping but somehow 3 hours passed by in like 15
min. And to boot our cold water line broke around 9 because some kid ran into
the line and broke it. Everyone thought the MTC was just going hardcore on Fast
Sunday.
Sun : Fast Sunday. Probably my fav day this week. Was
still sick but ya. A lot of cool stuff
happened but I'm going to skip the first 15 hours of the day. So the Devotional
was by President Holland (Elder Holland's son) on his presentation on Joseph
Smith's life. It was amazing. I didn't realize all the hardships he had gone
through in his early childhood. The part
that struck me most though was right after his leg surgery. You know, the one where they opened up his
leg and scraped off part of the bone. The one where he had no anesthesia or any
pain relief medication and the only things he asked for was for his mother to
leave the room and for his father to hold him. Ya about 2 years later he's
still on crutches and had to hike from Vermont down New York. Well a lot happened on the way. But that
story ends with little 11-12 year old Joseph (I think) lying on the ground lost
from his family in a puddle of his own blood unable to move when an unnamed
stranger finds him and carries him the rest of the way to New York. That had
such a profound impact on me that when we do our best and can't even move
anymore, through Christ's Atonement we can be carried the rest of the way to
our eternal destination. This was only solidified as we then watched Ephraims's
Rescue right after the Devo. It follows the story of Ephraim Hinckley as he
becomes part of the church and has to help the Handcart company. It also
followed the story of Thomas Doublan who was part of the Handcart company. This
movie was especially touching to me because of all the history my family has
with the Willie and Martin Handcart Company both in pioneers and rescuers (Zach
has five 4th great grandparents (3 of whom died en route) and four 3rd
great grandparents that were part of the Willie Handcart company, including one
who was crippled his whole after carrying women and children across the freezing
Sweetwater River as a 16 year old).
Mon We taught shimobayashi and Wakaki San this day. We
taught Shimobayashi about the Plan of salvation and where her husband is right
now. We got Wakaki Shimai to go to church on Sun. We taught about the
importance of church. Still sick
Tue. Still sick, but this day was pretty cool.
Watashitachi wa takusan reshuu shimashita (we did a lot of review.) The Devo
was by Elder Neil L. Anderson (one of the Twelve Apostles). It was really cool.
I learned many things that corresponded with what I learned Sunday. A lot of it
had to do with having faith and going to work. Then the Lord will let us know
what we need to be doing.
Wed. Still kinda sick but wayyyyy better. We have another
TRC lesson tonight going to be fun.
愛したます
Aishite imasu
Harvey Choro
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