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| Splits and making food with Elder Hirao and Otani |
Lot's has gone on this past week, it's even an extra day since I didn't get to write on normal Pday because we went to the Temple today (Tuesday) so skipped Pday yesterday. We get to do this every so often.
Here are some highlights:
Last Pday -
- Clean buy groceries, got english muffins, first time I had seen english muffins so buying those from now on.
- Karate didn't have...didn't work out. Maybe next week.
- As it was fast Sunday last week, members fill a basket full of food for us - they are so nice to us, so awesome!
- Went with investigator to moss burger...which is a pretty decent place -normal cheeseburgers and chicken burgers.
During the week we...
- Had a mother and some from Australia come to our ekiaiwa class...
- Talked with various friends/investigators, some via video chat lessons (awe the wonders of technology)
- Flu shots - every missionary must get them, I already had mine back home so I am good this year, that is good to because they are expensive $40 ... I just watched Elder Rogers get his with a smirk and smile. He was a big boy and didn't cry.
- Taught more lessons.
- Went on splits to Inage for Zone leader splits. I went with Elder Hirao who is an awesome nihonjin. Super funny and awesome.
- Taught a member about the power of reading scriptures and made a ton of food with him, I believe it's called zabe or something like that ... carrots, meat, lettuce, mushrooms, beef, broth biled in a huge bowl.
- Lots of walking, lots of streeting
- Finally found some mellon pan . . . as we walked past a bakery couldn't resist the smell, it's a sweet tasty bread and on a cold rainy day it was nice and warm and hit the spot.
- More walking
- More teaching
- Saw an incident/accident at the train station - couldn't see much, just train conductors doing CPR on a man, our train left, I still wonder what happened. Hope all was okay.
- Kodomoo eikaiwa - and visited a bunch of schools seeing if we could volunteer at club activities.
- More streeting
- More phone lessons
- Practicing Christmas carols at church as missionaries and members are going to do caroling at the Kisarazu train station in the future to spread teh Christmas spirit. I think we need a lot of practice. All but 2 of the songs in nihongo of course.
Side note:I tried Nato for the first time. Apparently known for not being liked by Americans and makes some people puke. It is I believe fermented soybeans, some people say it smells bad, but to me, no joke smells like caramel and has this long stringy goo things that hold it together. Personally I thought it was like just weird tasting beans like a small taste, really nothing special.
Spiritual thought:
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Most simply, in applying to us, when it comes to us and keeping the commandments of god for example keeping the sabbath day holy, because one investigator had the problem of having work its said its hard to always make it to church, when you read this scripture you know, the lord can see where your heart lies, and he asks that we remember the sabbath and keep it holy, and as long as we are doing our best to remember him and follow him he understands us, our circumstances and our hearts and for that, he knows even if we are not there at church if that is the desire in our hearts, he will know, and he will bless us. I know he loves us his children and as long as we always remember his day and strive to come every chance you can, he will bless us all, he loves us. And looks upon our hearts as we strive to our best to do what he has asked of us.
Love you all - sending a few pictures your way!
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| Eikiaiwa Class |
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| My MTC Bud - MTC reunions are the best! (Tokyo tower in the background so you know I am really here!) |
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