Harvey Choro: I smell like cigarettes

That does not mean, however, that I smoked them. This was just another cool miracle of the Lord's guidance.

Wed: So after emailing and everything we went to dendo (did missionary work). We visited a bunch of referrals but only one was home. We also went to go see Satoshi San. His house is the reason for the subject title. We talked with him for a long time, just sitting in his genkan (entryway/porch), about a lot of things. Interesting fact, he is convinced the second coming will happen 2033. Why - I think it was because he read somewhere that Christ said he was coming back in 2000 years.

Thur: Nothing really happened on the dendo front this day. However, we made an amazing thanksgiving feast! We had purple mashed potatoes, gyoza (Japanese dumplings), and chicken. Then for dessert we had cold mashed sweet potato. All the while we were watching On The Lord's Errand: The story of President Thomas S. Monson. Great movie by the way. Then we did DKK (weekly planning) and then people kekkoing (saying "no thanks") and dropping us :( Oh but we did walk up to a rich neighborhood and found a history teacher who had a teepee and took a Book of Mormon so he can learn more about Ancient Native Americans.

Fri: This was a fun day! We started off having the Obaa-chan (grandma) lesson at the church. And we had an investigator come! Our lesson was about the atonement. For those of you who remember the doughnut story from general conference a few years ago? (the seminary one where the guy has to do push-ups for people's doughnuts) you will know what I am talking about. It was really good - all the old ladies felt really bad for Elder Murdock. Then we went to a RC (Recent Convert) with Nishino Kyoudai. We felt like we should talk about the word of wisdom with him. It was really cool though because he led us into it talking about healthy food. Then we learned he has been drinking coffee and tea every once in a while. He didn't even remember that it was dame (dah-meh) (not allowed, bad, must not). We committed him to stop drinking it.

Sat: A really sad day where people were not home, did not have time, or dropped us . :( We did however find a new investigator who gave us Oreos.

Sun: Ooguro-San came to church! We taught him the Plan of Salvation right before church and then we had the Primary Program (an annual program where the young Primary children sing and give talks). That was a lot of fun AND I could understand what they said (well when they spoke audibly and didn't mumble their words). Then Ooguro San left and will be back in the Hospital again. Oh that's right he just got released from the Hospital and the first Sunday out he was here. :) Then we went to visit Satoshi San again. It was a lot of fun but I understood very little. Even Elder Larson did not understand a lot of it. Another interesting fact, he is convinced Jesus loved to drink beer.

Mon: WE WENT TO THE THOUSAND GATE SHRINE. (See pictures below. You can click on any of the pictures to enlarge them.) Time to write a few essays.