Hey everyone! This week has been crazy busy! We have had
our schedules almost so packed that we had nothing but appointments! Though we
did have some time to go around talking to complete strangers this week.
Mon: One of the few days for finding! We went near a
collage to go around and find NA's (non-active members) and just do some regular housing. We found a
place with a bunch of really cool houses and found some new people who were
interested! I also got to see a kendo hall because the back wall was a huge
window!
Tue: We had DTM (district training meeting) which always eats up our time to dendo.
Though we were able to talk with Katayama San and a new investigator. This day
really was just a lot of walking.
Wednesday: This day was awesome! We went to Bibai (town north of Iwamizawa) to have
a lesson with a NA which was really good. She seemed to really gain a better
perspective of why we have commandments from God. We also met with a member
referral for our Free family English program. It was really great! The person
we are teaching has actually been coming to church since before I got to
Iwamizawa and wanted to take the lessons because of our BRT with her. It's
actually her first time taking the lessons even though she has been coming to
church for I don't even know how long. But because of that the lesson went
really smoothly and she seemed to understand a lot of things a lot better.
Thurs: We met with a member to start of this day. It was
really good and I think it was really good preparation for the member to listen
to General Conference. Then we had our weekly planning and then FFE with the
same member referral! It was actually so good she wanted to meet again this
day. This time we also had her church friend as a team-up for both English and
the lesson. Once again it went really well and I think it helped her a lot. We
taught about the plan of salvation and everyone was really surprised when I
pulled up my family tree that led all the way back to Adam and Eve. Then our
Eikawa (English class) was the biggest yet since I have gotten to Iwamizawa. We also heard from
an investigator that he decided to quit smoking!!
Fri: We had a lesson with another really good
investigator named koukai-San. Then we had some time for some finding around
that area. We found 2 new PI's (investigators) and came really close to a service
opportunity but maybe the next time we meet him. :) Then we had Kid's Eikaiwa
which is and probably always will be a blast! We had a member family and their
nonmember friend family. It was SO much fun! I love teaching little kid's
English. It's really funny to hear a bunch of Japanese little kid's say
"She sells sea shells on the sea shore" really fast. XD
Sat: pretty much our entire day was eaten up by general
conference (satellite broadcast of Church leaders speaking to everyone in the world from Salt Lake City). Our dendo time was taken up strengthening members and
phone calls to investigators and NA's. Though General Conference was really
awesome!! I learned a ton from the various talks.
Sun: Other than GC (General Conference) we had time to find in Horomui. We
went because that is where the member we visited felt as we asked her to pray
as to where we should go. The wind was SOO strong this day. It was chilling
down to the bone. We knew that Satan did not want us to work in this area. We
ended up finding someone towards the end who literally said I have no idea what
you are talking about but you can come back again to talk. It was really cool!
Anyway I hope you all had a great week and for those who
watched General Conference I hope you learned a lot and felt the spirit as much
as I did.
Love you!!!
Elder Harvey
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