Hello,
Okay, sometimes I wish my brain could just type out what I
want to say because the weekly email always takes too long!!! So, I'll try my
best to get it all in but no promises....
Monday it rained!!!! Oh it rained. So much rain all day
long! We went to Fisher Shimai's house and we talked about Heavenly Father and
how much he loves us. I talk about this all the time but it was in relation to
loving those who have agency and how Heavenly Father feels so much love for us
even when his children are noobs. We also had fried bananas....oh so good.
Wednesday we did some finding! It was soooo good! We saw
so many miracles. Having a trainee and being a trainer, God puts in
your path the people who are ready! We have met so many people and they all
seem to enjoy the gospel or what we have given them so far.
Also, great news!!! After like 6 months I have finally bought new brakes on my bike! Yay me!! It's taken forever but finally I have
both front and back working so I no longer have to hold my back brakes for a
minute before I stop....don't you love brakes? I do :) [ FYI!!!!!!!!!! I offered to buy her a whole new bike back in February!!!]
Thursday was planning day and I very much dislike planning
day because I'm like a sloth with the mind of a gold fish....it is not fun. But
we made it through! 🙌
Friday we had district meeting!! Woo! It was fun, talked
about things only really missionaries talk about and if you heard our meetings
you would think I'm insane especially because it's a combination of
enlightenment (I meant to type English but that works too) and Japanese. We
also played a game where we have one person draw on a double sided white board and
the audience has to describe in Japanese to our only Japanese Elder what it
is. We got some pretty funny pictures. Elder Ray drew a polar lion. Looked like a polar bear
lion.
Afterwards we went to Indo curry and had delicious nan! It's so huge!
Then later we went down to one of my favorite people's burger shop, Yo. (That's
his name). He was so cool we talked some more about life, incorporating the
gospel where we can. He always smiles when I call him my brother. He ended up giving me a pin with his logo on it. He
seriously makes the best burgers in the world. They are so good! My mouth
waters as I talk about it....sigh. Well, before we went to his shop we did some
housing and we climbed these stairs that go round and around in a circle and we
did that for ten stories. We got to the top and had some vertigo..we only
knocked one house because of time but that one door, we found Taisho! He is so
cool! When we talked and taught about the gospel he genuinely seemed interested
and when we asked if we could come back he was like sure! And not a hesitant
sure but like, 'y'all are cool and I want to learn more,' kinda sure. Such a
miracle and a blessing! We got his number and now we have his address! Woah! So
happy.
Saturday we went to a birthday party for the Tani's
daughter Yuka, who turned one! So sweet! We helped prepare food and watched
baby tv. We all turned into idiots in front of her because she is so dang cute!
The party was a blast and the Filipino food was absolutely amazing!!! So so
good! Then after that we biked to go visit Brother Hirano.
He had a
stroke a few years ago that kept him from speaking (he spoke perfect English
before) and moving. But he has gotten so much better since I've met him. Before
we couldn't have any form of a conversation but this time I could ask him
things and he could respond. I was so happy. There is such a light that you feel
when you are with him. We all took him (with his wife) to go get ice cream down
the road. He started to cry, not sure exactly why but he was so happy:) Nakamura Choro whipped out a cool magic trick with
cards that explains the atonement. It was way cool and made Brother Hirano so
happy. That night we went to the first session of stake conference and it was
way good!
Sun daddy because auto correct is a thing... Sunday! We
went back to Abeno for the Sunday session of conference, and got to listen to
many members. It was nice but we were in the very back so it was hard to hear and
very hard to translate. I could do only one brother's talk and that was because
I knew part of the story and I know him and his Japanese. He spoke about how he and his family were recently sealed
in the temple, he got a little choked up and the Spirit was so strong oh loved
it!
We heard from our mission president and his wife as well. That was so nice to see them, after the meeting I saw
Welch Shimai and she was like, Oswald Shimai!! How are you? I love you so!! Are
you dying? She always asks me if I'm okay physically, ever since last
February. We talked and it was so good to see her. That night we did some
awesome finding, taught this nice old man. And called Mike. He encourages us do
do missionary work but isn't entirely ready to join or listen just yet, he
talks a lot. But he's cool!
Today, Monday, we went to Nara, and played soccer with
some missionaries and it was so much fun! We are so sticky and gross though.
Well life is good!
Just tsunami weather warnings and other such things :) I
love you all! Everyone needs to remember that they are a child of God, a child
of light and that God loves you more than anything in this world, this is a
simple but life changing truth. We told a man the other day this and his whole
demeanor changed. Such a beautiful thing.
I love you!
KTWK (kill them with kindness)
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