There`s our japanese study for the day ;) I`m very excited to speak with
you when I get back dad :) Do you still feel like you have a good grasp
of the language?
It`s so weird that the
earthquake was so long ago! I feel like the world is moving forward and
I`m in my own little bubble with no consciousness of it haha. That is
kind of what it`s like to be a missionary I guess.
I`ve actually passed the Akan area where the article was saying
there is going to be a geothermal power plant. I remember seeing it on
the way from Kitami to Kushiro for District Activities when we`ve had
them. Interesting!
It`s finally starting to warm up here too. The snow
has slowly been melting away and I can see the ground again! We`re going
to try to ride bikes today for the first time in a long time. We`re
going to check out a second hand shop a little ways away and see if
there is anything worth buying. With that said I have a question. I
haven`t really bought any momento`s from Japan for me or my dear family,
and I don`t really care much for momento`s for me (I`m terrible at
buying things), but I`d love to get things for my beloved family. I was
wondering if you and dad or my sisters or grandparents wanted anything
from Japan. Otherwise I don`t really think I`ll end up buying anything.
So if you have any desire for a Japanese-ey something let me know
and I`ll see what I can`t do to find one on P-day. We go to a lot of
second hand shops anyway.
My companion keeps telling me that
if I don`t buy anything then I will get back home and regret it so I`ve
been trying to think of something I`d like, but I see no use in anything
that I could buy :P I`m so bad at shopping haha.
You`ve been reading about Pandora`s box? I love
Greek Mythology and stuff! I loved studying about that stuff while we
were in Yokota. Isn`t it just interesting stuff?! I actually read an
article from the Liahona for March and it was very similar to that. It
was about a man on a church disciplinary staff who heard the story of a
man and he had commited very serious sins, but he had been very wronged
by others too. The man on the disciplinary staff needed to pray before
he came to a descision what to do with the sinful man and when he prayed
he saw (felt) a vision of a well filled with darkness symbolizing the
wickedness of the world that was so deep he was just overwhelmed, but he
heard a voice in his heart that said "fear not. peace. I have overcome
the world." It was a very uplifting article that I could relate to
really well. Sometimes I feel like the distractions and wickedness in
the world is a pit that almost seems impossible to get out of, but with
the Savior we can truly do it.
I`ve struggled a lot on my mission because I found
that I`m a perfectionist. If there isn`t an immediate change then I`m
not very happy. It has been pretty frustrating to work with people who
want to change but don`t try at all because they have so many doubts and
fears. It has been so interesting for me to learn about God`s love and
patience and long suffering. I feel like I`ve changed a lot for the
better, but I`ve just only scratched the surface. It`s been quite the
growing experience. I really did love all the articles in the March
addition of the Liahona though. I really think you should read them.
It`s fantabulistic!!! :P It gave me a lot of HOPE :) What a great
blessing.
We don`t always get things the way that we want in the very moment
we want them, but if we keep pressing forward with hope then we will
reach the end happily :)
Also reading the article made me
think about how good of parents you are and made me want to say sorry
for not learning all the lessons I`m sure you wanted me too :P haha. I`m
trying harder now! =D
I was actually reading my journal from the MTC a
little while ago and I`ll tell you what, I have changed a lot. I was
very excited and itching to go no matter what. It takes a little more
effort now to get those feelings, though they are still very strong. I
want to learn all the hard lessons I`m learning and still keep the same
fire and hope I had in the MTC, and I think I`m trying my best, so I`m
happy :) I`m so excited for all my friends as they go into the greatest
service up until this point in their lives.
It`s really funny hearing about all these friends
going into the MTC and such. Before the mission I had in my mind I had a
small idea of things that I might do after I get back from my mission.
People I might want to date, things I`d want to do, but life truly is
always changing. People I expected to see soon will be off on the Lord`s
errand, and although my plans for after the mission will have to change
drastically (:P) I`m so excited for the future! I know the Lord will
guide me to where I want and need to be. That`s just one of the many
blessings of HOPE that the gospel brings :)
Last of all I have a funny story.
We
were teaching a lesson to a really good friend and investigator and we
were just having a good talk and in Japanese our investigator said that I
had a softer face and my companion had a more deep, defined face. Our
team up (and great friend Ma-Kun) tried to explain to my companion in
Japanese what our investigator said and it came out something like
this..."She say...you have...Impact Face." We heard that and just burst
out laughing. He was wondering what was wrong with his explanation and
so I explained to him that his explanation sounded like a car smashed
into my companions face hahaha. So now my companion`s nickname is Impact
face and he decided that I was the opposite...Mountain Face :P I love
life and I love being a missionary :)
Well, that`s all for now! Talk to you next week!
Bye Bye!
Elder Mountain Face ;)
Oh,
P.S. My friends can email me now and I can email them. It was confirmed
by president at the last zone conference. So I would love it if you
could give me the email of all my family members (especially less active
ones). I would like to keep in contact with them if I could :) Thank
for everything! See you!
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