The snow here is
extremely late, but today and yesterday it's been snowing a lot
non-stop! When it snows it snows a lot. I slipped yesterday and fell
pretty hard, but that's winter dendo (missionary work) for you! :P I'm
completely fine.
I hope you all have a great Christmas! Take pictures
and let me know how everything goes when you call! I'm really excited
for the call :) It's been too long. And then I'll get to talk to you
face to face soon enough! Until then I'll just keep on working hard :)
And after...I'll just keep on working hard :P
I'm so grateful to be able to work! There are so many older people
in Japan and it's hard for them to work a lot. But that gives us a
chance to help them shovel snow :)
Japanese people are so
funny though! They won't let you help them do anything! In order to help
them shovel snow and stuff you just have to say "hey! What's that in
your hand? (pointing at the shovel) Can I see it?" If you say that
they're like "oh ya. sure!" And then you take the shovel and just start
shoveling :P If you ask to help they say "no no no no no!" But they're
very grateful when you take their shovels and just start shoveling :P
The world is truly getting to be like that ね! It's
all about money! But it's always really refreshing to meet genuinely
good people who want to do good things and help others. There are still
lots out there!
So this week was awesome!
Our
church's reformation stuff got finished and we got to go to it this
sunday! It was beautiful! It looks like a completely different building!
It looks like a temple! And the inside has heated floors for my poor
cold feet :P
I got to sing twice for a baptismal service and in sacrament
meeting and it was great :) We sang I like to look for Rainbows
(Baptism/Children's song) and Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
We
had the Messiah Concert Practice for the last time last night and it
was great! I'm excited to sing on Saturday! You can probably find a lot
of stuff about it on Facebook if you want.
We have been making a greater effort to contact more
people and we've been meeting lots of great people! We met two who
mentioned a lot of interest in Baptism and we meet another one today!
We're also going to a 5 story Daiso today! Daiso is like a dollar store.
...honestly I can't remember anything else.
But
during my personal study this week I was a little frustrated and so I
tried to find the source of my frustration. I realized that my
expectations and God's expectations and thoughts were different. I
realized that often when we're frustrated with something in the gospel
it's because of a misunderstanding. What we think we should be doing is
different from what God thinks probably...I can't really explain myself
but it was a good personal study :P
Alright, well that's all that I can think of for this week.
I
would just end with a small fun joke. I saw a picture of Christs manger
today and it had some very great words written above it...It said, "The
First King Size Bed" :P
And with that thought, I wish you a Merry Christmas!!! :P Just
kidding. A slightly better thought is the calm of that night that Christ
was born and they thoughts of all those watching and even Christ
himself. I hope that everyone has a great Christmas :)
I love you!
Talk to you Wednesday/Tuesday!
Elder Mitchell Perry Sotto
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