This week has been a very full week! It feels like I have
done so much that I cannot even remember what happened this week because some
of it feels like 2 weeks ago! BUT, that is a really good thing in my opinion!
:) Being busy is one of the ways to happiness as a missionary. Otherwise you
spend 8 hours knocking on doors which nobody enjoys :3
Tue: This was a
really good day. We had DTM (District Training Meeting) in the morning which was awesome! It was a really
good spiritual boost and also went really well with my personal study. It's
almost weird just how well these DTM's have gone so perfectly hand in hand with
my personal study. Then back to Iwamizawa to DENDO!!! We finally met with
Iidzuka San. We haven't met him for the past 3-4 weeks so we were getting
pretty worried but, we had a really good talk with him. He even wants to come
to church and almost came on his own but then thought it might be rude or weird
to walk in uninvited. To which we told him that was completely false and that
we will welcome him with open arms and that we wanted him to come next next
Sunday. We also set up an appointment with him which was awesome. Then we
visited some NA's (nonactive members) and PI's (potential investigators?) and then off to a members house for some home
teaching. It was really great and these members had a great time and opened up
a lot to us.
Wednesday: We met with an NA member named Niiyama kyodai
again. It was pretty good, we talked shared our favorite scriptures and shared
a general conference talk. At the end he even gave us some handmade frogs from
a friend. We also met with a investigator couple. Their church has some really
interesting doctrine. We talked about the plan of salvation with them and they
learned a lot of things that they didn't know.
Thursday: We visited another NA who we just picked up. We
did a lesson invite and he said he would really like to talk about church stuff
with us. Then we did DKK (planning meeting) which is always kind of boring but was really good. We
even had a chocolate eating punishment game. SOO MUCH CHOCOLATE! Our Eikawa (English class) was
also really weird. We started off with 2 people but ended with 6. We also
somehow got asked to sing a hymn during the class in English. I quickly chose
"O My Father" (Shout out to Mom) which was really good. One student
asked us to teach them how to get to Motab (Mormon Tabernacle Choir) and the rest of the hymns. We also
were told "Next week you are singing it in Japanese so PRACTICE!".
Needless to say I have already begun. It's really hard in Japanese :S
Fri: This day was splits!!! I was senpai to a transfer 3
elder (i.e. a senior companion to a missionary that has been out for about 4 months). It was really fun working with him and this day was AWESOME! We visited
an NA, a member, and did some housing. Then we had an amazing lesson with
Masaki-San. He progressed so much in this one lesson it was crazy. We taught a
lot of things but he really gained an understanding of who the Holy Ghost is
and how he talks to us. It was so amazing! He has problems with tobacco and
alcohol. Though once his faith is a bit stronger he will be ready to tackle
those things.
Sat: This day we went to Bibai (city north of Iwamizawa). We had a lesson with
another different NA (we meet a lot of NA's haha). It was really awesome. We
taught about the power of fasting to find out that even though she doesn't go
to church she still fasts every 1st Sunday of the Month. That was until her
Granchild started living with her. She felt the need to fast the next day to
which we agreed (as that was going to be our commitment). Then housing and
visiting PI"s.
Sun: Another super busy day. At church we ended up making
three new appointments, taught a referral in gospel principles class, and
talked with a bunch of members. Then we met with ANOTHER NA! He used to be the
Branch President but right now he just doesn't have faith that God exists
anymore. He is very knowledgable on doctrine and loves to read the Book of
Mormon. All that is next is really building some faith. Then off to another investigator which was a really long
walk. And then off to a KINJIN ("golden" investigator, i.e lots of promise) which was an even longer walk. Along the way we
felt much tribulation in our legs and backs. We took this as a sign that Satan
really did not want us to go to this investigator. The lesson was absolutely
amazing! It was his first lesson but he already has such a great interest in
learning more. We both felt strongly on a baptismal invite as he asked about it
a lot but the rug got pulled from under us on timing. Next lesson for sure he
is gonna have a date!
Anyway that is a bit of how my week went. It was a really
hard working really fun week. Everyday was super tiring but to me that is a
really good thing. I love seeing the fruits of our laboratory and also knowing
there are also many unseen fruits to boot! I hope all of you find as much joy
in the everyday chocolate bar as I do. I also hope you find great joy in the
every so often golden ticket. (President Uchtdorf; Forget Me Not October 2011)
Love Elder Harvey
A message from Harvey Choro. (You'll see that spring is finally arriving if you make it to the end of the video.)
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