Sorry this email will probably be a short one considering
I have little time and little to say. This week was transfer week and a lot of
weird stuff went down and yea I'll explain.
Mon: We had dinner at the bishop's house which was really
great! I asked the bishop how he met the missionaries and his response was
showing me a video called, "To the Temple." It's a super famous video
among church members here in Japan. It's about the Sapporo Temple, but more so
about Bishop's story. It was quite a dramatic response to my question. Also
everyone was shocked that I had yet to see it. (But I have been busy :( )
Anyway It was a great time talking and really fun.
Tue: Last spurt of dendo for my dying (going home)
companion. We found an awesome old Investigator who told us we could come back
once he finished remodeling his house. We offered to help but he was like
"I can't even help there is too many people here so go talk to
people."
Then at Eikaiwa (English class) something really funny happened. The
sisters held a farewell party for Elder Tomioka. The thing is though they got
one of those huge spoons used at weddings? for me to feed him ice cream. They
took a video but I haven't received it yet so I might send it next week.
Wednesday: Transfer day, also Elder Oaks (one of the Twelve Apostles) came. So the
entire mission met up to hear Elder Oaks, Elder Gong, President Nakatsuka, and
their wives speak to us. It was absolutely amazing and I learned a ton from
these speakers. Also I got to say hi to a bunch of missionaries and Bye to a
bunch of missionaries, including my dad. Elder Larson officially died and came
through Shinoro yesterday but I didn't get to see him. Though Bishop made me
play a mean joke on him through the phone. >:) I also got my new companion
Elder Thurston. He is from Colombia/Utah. He grew up in Colombia until he was 12 when he moved to
Utah. In Utah he met with missionaries and he and his family joined the church.
Yes he is fluent in Spanish and English.
Thur-Fri I accidentally gave my companion food poisoning.
Well I guess he gave it to himself but, I made ribs on a frying pan which
doesn't work well so he ate it raw while I re-cooked mine. He got sick I
didn't.
Saturday: He was still kinda sick but that
afternoon-night we played basketball. I was the only one who got hurt, of
course. I got a bloody nose by being run into by an investigator. Then I got
hit in the head with a basketball which made things worse. Yes I decided to
keep playing even though my shorts were ruined with blood.
Sun: Church, new dendo shunin (mission leader), sisters were sick, and
went to the bishops house for dinner, again. I found out I like umeboshi which
is a super sour plum.
Anyway I love you guys and hope your week is awesome!!!
Love,
Elder Harvey
Pictures from a few weeks ago - Boys Be Ambitious.
Japanese soft serve!
A dying missionary gets ready to go home.
Farewell to my "dad" who is going home.
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