Mon
My goodbye with Ishihara shimai was less than cinematic. We were
waiting in the mission office for the other sisters to come pick me up
and then some other people came into the office and then Sister Ishihara
got pulled into an interview with the financial clerk so our goodbye
was something along the lines of "oh, yeah, see you." The other sisters
and I then went out with a member in that area to get them winter coats
since both of them are from warm areas. Then we got cake. I got a
chocolate pistachio creation that was unbelieavably divine. I made the
call for the movers to come pick up their luggage since none of them
knew how to do it. Then all I had to do was wait, so we watched Legacy
and laughed over all the cheesy parts. Then we did a lot of walking.
When we got home, we started planning, so I crossed my legs since I
didn't have a desk and I look down to find my ankle a bleeding mess. New
shoes-new calluses. But a good wash and a bandaid made things better.
Tue
More walking. I developed some lovely blisters. After the movers
came we headed to the golden clock in Nagoya eki to meet with everyone's
new companions to find no one there. I look behind me and my companions
aren't there either. Thankfully I had a phone and so I called some
people. The sisters I came with eventually caught up (they were putting
money on their train passes) and the sisters we were meeting were eating
lunch. Then we parted ways and came back to Takabata. We met this one
girl on the street who agreed to come to church and to have a tour of
the building. Hopefully we can teach her. Then, we got a text from a
member who is friends with a former investigator that said that the
investigator wanted to be baptized! So we called up the investigator and
she said that she wanted to get baptized before December! Miracles
happening all over the place!
Wed
A Potential Investigator called us up and set up an appointment, so
we finally can count her as an investigator. Another miracle! We missed
the movers coming with Sister Hansen's luggage the first time, so we
called them back and asked them to come between 6 and 8. Trouble was, we
Eikaiwa from 7 so we wouldn't be home for half the time. Thankfully
they came at 6:45.
Unfortunately, because they came then, we were a little delayed in
getting Eikaiwa started. I think that because the church was dark until
right before it started, some people thought that we didn't have it that
day. Oh well. A bunch of elders were staying over in the elder's
apartment so we asked them to put Sister Hansen's bike back together. It
was funny to see 8 elders huddling around a bike.
Thu
The reason why there were elder's staying over was because there
was an all mission conference! It was strange to look at the mission and
only know a handful of people because the rest of them are all so
young. The speaker was Elder Evans of the Seventy. He spoke at the MTC
while we were there and a lot of what he shared then he also said at the
MTC. Nevertheless, it was a good conference. We talked about how to
hasten the work. He is the director of the MTC or of missionary work or
something up high like that. He said that there are going to be some
changes made to the white handbook and to the missionary schedule coming
soon. I wonder what. Also, eventually, we will have iPad minis. I hope
they come before May.
Fri
Two of our investigators agreed to keep the Word of Wisdom without
blinking an eye. Yay! One investigator finally opened up on why she
doesn't want to come to church. Apparently when she came before,
everyone was dressed so nicely and in nice families and couples that she
didn't fit in she felt. I hope she can try once more. We decided to put
in some time to making the area map. No where near being completed, but
progress made.
Sat
We had a lesson with a 10 yr old and two 8 yr olds. They were
really interested in the gospel art book. We were able to talk alot
about different principles based on the questions they asked about the
pictures. One of them asked what the word symbol means. I can't really
explain that in English, let alone Japanese. We went to visit a Less
Active and discovered the elders to be there before we were. It's the
second time in three months that this has happened.
Sun
Lots of unexpected people came to church! A member brought her
friend and her friend's daughter to church. That member was just the
kind of member that all missionaries hope members will be. She sat next
to them and explained things and bore her testimony and was all smiles.
Then one lady came to church of her own accord. She apparently drives by
the church often because she has a friend that lives nearby, so she
decided to see what it was like on the inside. I asked her for her
number but no such luck. Then the investigator that is being baptized
also came to church. The members were all on top of it in helping her
get the baptisimal program figured out. Part of me wanted to say that
all investigators and baptisms should be like this and part of me felt
like I was being crowded out and I needed to participate more. One
member made us nikuman, the steamed meat buns. They were perfect. We
were riding our bikes up this hill. At the top, there was a stoplight
that was red, so we stopped and panted and when I looked around, the two
cars next to us were both members. We had as much of a conversation
that one can have at a stoplight and waved them goodbye. Lots of good
things this week. Hopefully we can keep things up!
Love you all,
Leah
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