But let's get to it. :-)
Tuesday:
Sister
Feist's BIRTHDAY! :-D It was... a really long day. x) We started
off the day with a Halloween Party by a few of the members for their
English Classes. It was really fun, but really stressful. The kids were
all around 10-13 years old and they really don't know much English. So
while the teachers would be giving them directions in English they
would just start talking to each other instead of listening... I felt
really bad, but tried to make it fun. When that was over though we were
approached by several of the Mom's. They heard that we taught a free
English program at the church and were really interested in coming! :-D
Yaaaay!
When that was over we went out to the train station to do a
kubari-kai (Handing out flyers like crazy! :P). I saw this woman
holding a baby and complimented her. She stopped and complimented my
Japanese and asked what I was doing in Japan. I explained that we were
church missionaries and she said "Wow! That's interesting! Did you
hear about what happened down in *insert name of place I've never heard
of before*?" I was kind of taken back and said "No..." She went on
talking about what had happened... I'll be honest though I didn't
understand everything that was being said. Here's what I understood.
Some man out in some random place was supposed to be executed. They
put him under a guillotine and let it drop, but it didn't kill him. The
blade couldn't cut his neck. Then he stood up and faced the crowd and
started preaching about World Peace. She said "Christ died on the
cross, right? You see! He had no power. This man has real power
and all the world is seeing that now! Nobody practices Christianity!
All Christians are now starting to worship this man! There are
Christians all over the world who pray to their God and they still have
bad things happen to them right? That's because your God doesn't exist.
He's not real. Someday when you're going through a hard trial and
your praying to your God and you don't get an answer, read this news
article and remember what I told you."
-sigh- I hate getting dendo'd...
After she left I told
Sister Feist about what happened and went back to my spot to continue
passing out fliers. About 10 minutes later Sister Feist came up to me
and told me about the man she had just talked to. Apparently this man
was even more rude than the woman I had just encountered. He had said
to her "You worship Jesus Christ? Tell me something. Why wasn't Jesus
married?" Sister Feist tried to answer saying something about how we
think marriage is something very sacred and special. His response:
"Yeah, that's 'cause you guys have like 60 wives each! You should have
done your research before you came out here!"
Needless to say, we both walked away from that kubari kai not
feeling extremely genki... Then we headed to the church for a lesson
with Miki. We walked into the church and headed into the cultural hall
to set up when... SURPRISE! A surprise party for Sister Feist! :-)
I've been planning this surprise party for nearly a week now. I worked
my hardest to make it happen and it all worked out lovely! We had 2
investigators come as well as 4 of our PI's! Sister Homem bought some
DELICIOUS food that we all ate and the Elders brought a bunch of games
to play. :-) It was definitely the funnest part of the day. x)
Wednesday:
We've started a new activity on Wednesday mornings that I've been calling "Mama Eikaiwa". There's a woman in the ward who has a bunch of friends who really have an interest in learning English, but because they have 2-year-olds in the house it's impossible to come from 7-8:30 on Thursday
nights. So instead we've started teaching them in the mornings! :-D
This week was the first time we've tried it and it was definitely a
success. We ended up actually talking about the Word of Wisdom with
them. :-) It was way good.
Then we had a mogi lesson with Sister Meguro that was really good.
I learned the Japanese word for "Living Water". It's so interesting
because you here that in English and we think water that's alive or
something. In Japanese what it means is water you need in order to
survive. You drink the water and you live. I love Japanese!
Thursday:
HAPPY
HALLOWEEN! We had a really fun Halloween. In the morning we were
trick-or-treated by a nearby preschool. SOOO cute. x) Then we had a
gyoza making party with Fifi (the girl we met at Friends Circle last
week!) There were 10 people there in total and of those 10, 4 of us
were members. We were able to give out a Restoration Pamphlet and
another woman really had an interest in the church it seems! :-)
Success!
Then that night we had MUSIC NIGHT!!! Whaaat! :-D It was a lot
of fun. There were about 70 people there total (Not including
missionaries) with very little advertisement. About 40 of them were
non-members. It was a lot of fun. :-)
Friday:
I
went on my first kokan of the transfer! First of 4. The next one
actually starts tonight! Sister Ellingson and I worked together here in
Fujisawa. It was way fun. We went to see a few of Sister Ellingsons
old investigators and also had a mogi lesson with one of the members.
Loved it. That night we had a lesson with Hiroko. She's been reading
the Book of Mormon and LOVES it. She just finished 1 Nephi 5 and she
said she really relates to Sariah. She said that Sariah felt really
real to her. She's starting to find answers on her own in the Book of
Mormon as well as applying what she's reading to herself! I LOVE it!
Saturday:
We had District Meeting and then at 5pm
a BAPTISM! And guess who came... Toshiko!!! Oh my gosh it was an
incredible miracle. This was the first time that Toshiko has been able
to see a baptism service and she said it really touched her. She said
that she could tell baptism was something really important and that she
felt something different watching it. :-) Next baptism : Toshiko!
After the baptism we went to a members house for a dinner
appointment. Sister Feist got to eat octopus for the first time. x) I
asked her how it was and she answered "Chewy." Hahahaha!
Sunday:
Akiko's
birthday! I got her a present from the temple store last temple day
and gave that to her. She came a little bit late to Relief Society so I
also announced her birthday to all the sisters in Relief Society and
asked them to wish Akiko a happy birthday. They all did. :-) Akiko was
so overwhelmed she started to cry. She said that at her age nobody
remembers her birthday anymore and she felt so loved that people cared
about her enough to simply wish her a happy birthday. :-) After church I
also had President Wada give her a quick call to wish her a happy
birthday which he gladly agreed to. He asked her how her birthday was
and she again talked about how much love she felt and how happy she was
at church. She said "I can tell by the feelings I get around all of you
that this has to be true." President Wada asked her if the
missionaries have invited her to be baptized yet and he asked her to
talk to us about it. She said she would. :-D Seed planted! I've been
waiting for this since June!! We're hoping to meet with her and invite
her to be baptized really soon. :-)
And that was my week! It's been a
really long week and I'm REALLY tired. I'm definitely starting to feel a
year and a half's work catching up to me. Just a little bit longer now!
Love you all so much! Hope you all have had a fantastic week! See you all very soon!
Love,
Christine
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