Hope you all are doing fantastic! This week seriously
just flew by... and I actually wasn't even in Fujisawa for half of it.
The joys of being Sister Training Leader. I've had to go on 8 kokans
this transfer. Woooo! ;) It's been way fun. I love all the sisters I'm
working with and I LOVE being able to spend a day working with them!
Tuesday: My trip to America
Elder
Lohner and Elder Merrill went to a volunteer center last week to see if
they could find some volunteer opportunities. They discovered a lodging
home that was looking for some volunteers and signed us up! We went
Tuesday morning to meet with them and get a feel for what it was like.
They were SO excited to see 6 gaijin with musical talents and 1
Nihonjin (also with musical talent) who could translate! :-) It was way
fun and it looks like we'll be going back there sometime soon. Then on
Tuesday I went to Yamato to spend the day with Sister Dolan and Sister
Ellingson. :-D While I was gone, Sister Miwa and Sister Thomas had a
lesson with Hiroko! They taught her how to pray and asked her if she'd
be willing to pray everyday. Hiroko was SO excited and LOVES praying.
She's been reading the Book of Mormon on her own lately without us
telling her and she's progressing really well! We're planning on
inviting her to be baptized on Friday!
Yamato was WAY fun. Sister Dolan and Sister Ellingson are seeing
SO many miracles out there. They just opened the area so they started
with NO investigators, but they already have so many people they're
working with. The whole time we were together they were doing follow up
and calling referrals and setting up appointments. It was crazy how
busy they were. On Tuesday night however, we went to Zama Air Force
Base for a dinner appointment. Zama is an American base so while on
base you are literally in America! Way fun, but definitely had culture
shock. xP I tried so hard to talk to the adults while I was there, but
I kept finding that I was stumbling over English words! I just
couldn't do it! So instead I played barbies with the six-year-old the
whole time. (SHE HAD A RAPUNZEL BARBIE!! xD) It was way fun.
Wednesday: Housing Miracles
I went
with Sisters Dolan and Ellingson housing in Yamato area. We were out
for roughly 30 minutes and had about 6 people actually talk with us in
the doorway for a while! It was crazy! 4 of those six said they'd come
to Eikaiwa next week and 2 of them said they'd come to church! WAAAY
cool. :-)
Other than that, we went to Kamakura to help them out with their
Eikaiwa. Kamakura only has 1 gaijin missionary but they're somehow
supposed to teach 3 classes, so they ask Fujisawa to come help all the
time. It was pretty fun though. :-D
Thursday: Unexpected Kids Eikaiwa
Thursday
was a pretty normal boring day. We did Weekly Planning and then went
to Eikaiwa! At Eikaiwa a woman came with her 4-year-old son who is
fluent in English. We decided that we should take the kids aside and
just do a mini kodomo eikaiwa! Basically I went through the alphabet
with this 4 year old and Sister Homem's daughter and niece. xP We drew
pictures that started with the letters and stuff, but it was SO fun.
:-)
Friday: Kanagawa Kokan
Kokans with
Sister Matsumoto! Wooo! Sister Matsumoto is SO sweet and really doing
her best. We worked really hard together and really saw a lot of
miracles. We met with one of their investigators on Friday night and
actually had to teach a lesson... Problem was... the lesson was supposed
to be in English and Sister Matsumoto doesn't really speak much English
(or so she said. :P) So basically I had to lead this lesson with an
investigator I didn't know... but it was incredible. I don't know how,
but as I was talking to this woman, I really felt like I just knew her.
I knew who she was. We talked about the Book of Mormon and we talked a
lot about prayer. I asked her what her prayers were like and she said
something I thought was interesting. She said that she felt like if she
asked God for help with her personal problems it's against what Christ
teaches in the Bible. I said, "You know, if all you were doing was
praying for yourself then I would agree... but there is nothing wrong
with asking God for help when you don't know what to do." I testified
that just like she would want to hear from her sons if they had a
problem, God wants to hear from her. The spirit was there so strongly.
It was incredible. God really does know all of these people, and loves
them so much. :-)
WAH! I'm out of time... Saturday and Sunday were way busy coming back from kokans and church and a fireside by President Wada!
I
love Japan so much! I love being a missionary! I hope you guys are
all doing well! I miss you so much! Have a fantastic week!
Love,
Christine
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