Hola Gozaimasu! that`s Spanglanese for I love being a missionary! :P
Hello! It`s so good to hear from you!
Well it sounds like you`ve had a pretty busy week! You`re an o
tsukare-mama! (usually o tsukare-sama but I thought mama was clever
haha). It`s always fun to here about your adventures at work. What made
you want to start working again? Just all the kids being out of the
house?
I can`t believe camp is basically over! I don`t know how it went
for you, but the time here blasted by for me. I`m almost 1/4 into my
mission! I don`t feel like I`ve accomplished enough! I need to work
harder! ;P It`s an interesting feeling. I`m studying, preparing, and
going out everyday, but I never really feel that prepared haha. I`ve
never studied more in my whole life and I feel way less prepared. I`ve
actually been getting up an hour early to do some extra study for
japanese usually or whatever the day has in store. Still not feeling
prepared :P But that`s why there are so many wonderful scriptures with
promises about just opening your mouth and the Lord will fill it. I`ve
actually been in situations where I had no idea what to do...so i just
opened my mouth...unfortunately I think the Lord wants us to say
something too. I imagine it looks pretty weird seeing a 198 centemeter
tall gaijin biking around with his mouth open :D surprisingly I havent
swallowed any bugs yet. They do like to fly into my eyes though.
Not sure why...that was a pretty random thought...well tonikaku :P
Say hi to Wren for me! Ask him for any advice as well! Love you!
I`ve had the opportunity to give one or two elders in my apartments
blessings for health, but other than that just trusting the Lords
promises and praying a lot. The Blessings are always ana mazing
experience though. Everytime I am about to give a blessing i feel very
humbled. Not inadequate, but very reliant. I realize how little power I
have alone, but how much power and responsibility the Lord has given me.
It`s a very interesting moment.
I could definitely use those Dad! the way I usually hear the
surprised one though is Bikkuri shita. It`s pretty common. There is
actually a restaurant called Bikkuri Donkey (surprise donkey) that`s
everywhere! I`ve never been to it, but it always gives me a laugh when I
see a big donkey sign haha.
I love your insights dad. I was actually looking in D&C 138 the
other day and found it very interesting. I didn:t think about that
though. That`s a very interesting thought. I find it harder to think
really deeply here because there is so much to think about all the time,
so sometimes I write all mly thoughts on paper and then prioritize
which ones I can think about when haha. I love thinking about the pre
earth life though. What our life was like, our relationships with
others, our ability to grow, events we were involved in...crazy
stuff.Sister Hall (Mens Chorus Teacher) actually talked about how she
thinks she was one of the angels that sang at Christ`s birth. I liked
that :) Well I hope you have a wonderful time at camp! Work hard! Love
you!
Well, I`ll try my best to get in everything before I have to go!
We`re going out to get goched (fed for free!) by an investigator. I
haven`t met her yet but she apparently isn`t terrible strong. I`ll get
to meet her at a yakiniku grill in her yard tonight though! We don`t
have too much going on here right now but we`re really going to work
hard to build up everything!
We have an investigator that has heard a lot and understands but
doesn`t believe a lot of what we say about God and Christ. We`re having
him test out commandments right now though. So far he`s doing good with
the word of wisdom and we`re going to teach him again next week.
As for other adventures, we`ve talked to a lot of nice people
housing. We met a lady in her garden and told her we were missionaries
and she just kind of blew us off, but then I noticed she was doing some
gardening so I complimented her on her garden and she opened right up!
She let us come in, look at her garden, eat some strange but delicious
berries off of her bush, and even let me cut a little piece off of her
tree to help! (I told her I missed doing gardening in Boise :P Which I
really do! I want a garden when i get back). She listened to lits bits
of our message but said her head was too hard to understand it and
didn`t want to meet :( She was so nice and I`m sure we`ll see her again
so maybe next time :)
Also yesterday there was a man who came to church by himself and so
we stuck around with him at church! It was great and he wants to hear
more! He came to a church party thing afterwards for another 2 hours as
well. He seems like he may have a couple hard things in his life, but
we`re going to do our best to help him come closer to Christ and feel
that love and healing.
The Lord really does answer prayers and bless us more than we ever
realize :) what ana mazining thing. All of the things I was taught as a
child are really becoming real now. I understand more than ever that the
Lord is there and very involved in my life. I have to rely on him
everyday in so many ways. I`m learning how to trust in His
promises. It takes a lot of work though I`ll tell you what. It`s never
been so hard to pray in my life. After planning at night you`re just
ready to die on the futon, but I`m doing my best and realizing how
important the effort is. I`m trying my best to show the Lord I am worthy
of the blessings that He`s pouring out on my head.
Just a few other things. I have a couple pictures I want to put on.
Just some adventures. For excercise the past couple mornings I`ve biked
to the beach in the morning with another elder in the apartment (Elder
Sims). It`s been really fun getting to know him :) Also my companion
loves pokemon, so today we got a picture with a very special person.
You`ll see...I was kind of excited too :P We also talked to a worker
there who lived in california and might come to eikaiwa! That`s all I
can remeber for now.
I love you all sooooooooooo much! Tell collette and the kids and
jill and kellie and everyone I love and miss them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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