Another great week in good ole Japan!! I love this place so very much! the longer i am here the more and more i like it!! i mean not everything... my futon gives me hip pains hahah but thats what happens when your turning 20 in a week... ughhhh i am not excited. I really just dont ever want to grow up. Wheres the fun in that?
Willden Shimai and I had a great week! last monday night we went to a members house for dinner. We made our own pot stickers! yummy!! Im a pro..
tuesday we made a mogi lesson with a guy in our wards mom. We are actually not really sure if she is a member or not.. hahah! if she is, she hasnt been active for a lonnngggg time. She is a hard core smoker and in a wheel chair. For stats we didnt know if we were supposed to count her as a less active lesson or new investigator! But we taught the first lesson and she said we can come back for the second! Shes really sweet but said she will never become an investigator.. again.. still confused. who is this lady? But shes great and actually came to church with her son on sunday! so we are happy no matter what she is!
We went and visited an old investigator named Sekihara San. She is this crazy lady who loves noni juice! my family might be the only ones who knows what that is.. but its just nasty! like worse then all the fish i have eaten here in japan! anyways funny to see that again! She made me drink some.. still not a fan. She then read my palms and said that when im an old lady i am going to have stomach problems, she read that i love my family very much, and that i have a great talent. Shes a keeper! hahah! Shes really weird but i like her! Unfortunately she heard some rumor about the church and really doesnt want anything to do with it..
Wednesday we went and visited Yoshida San. She is our only investigaot with a baptismal date but she is the greatest most cutest thing ever! She has two little girls who are just crazy but so fun! Yoshida San really wants to be baptized! She is worried about tithing so we went again today to visit her and brought a ward member with us to help explain. It went so well and she is so amazing and wants to follow all of the commandments! She has a little bit of an addiction with coffee however... So last week Willden shimai and i did something we really regret. We told her that if she really tried to give up coffee for a week we would give up chocolate and peanut butter.... bad idea. Were dying!!! all i ever want to eat is peanut butter! An investigator bought me a huge one from costco and its just sitting on my shelf.. But really this actually helped her! She said she has always wanted to give up drinking coffee for health reasons and this finally gave her a reason to stop because we made a promise! She is so cute and hasnt had a drink since! She texts us everyday to follow up hahah! we are so proud of our cute Yoshida San!
I went on an exchange this week to Narita. Its only about 30 minutes away. Its a little bit of a nicer city then where i am. The sisters there have a nice brand new apartment! Free from think black japanese hair! hahah! so nice! Its actually starting to get cold! We stayed out all night doing mitsukutaikai and we froze! i dont even feel like i am in japan anymore! weird..
Friday night another member invited us over for dinner. She is our ward missionary and shes american! I absolutely adore her! It was fun talking with her because it was in all english! hahaha! such a nice break! she asked me what i wanted her to make and so she made us mexican food!!!! couldnt have been happier! She made super yummy tacos and guacamole! it was a fantastic day!
Saturday i woke up with a bad headache and really didnt want to get up. I wasnt in the best mood that morning. until.. i got the bestest package ever from the family!!!! that cheered me right up! couldnt even hold back the tears! My family knows me just so very well :)
sunday was the kids primary program! oh my gosh they were hilarious! no matter where you go, kids are still kids. They were all crazy loud shouting in the microphones and running around all over! Felt like home!
This week i read a great talk by Brad Wilcox called His Grace is Sufficient. It is amazing! go read it! it talked about justice and how justice requires immediate punishment when we fall short. But because Christ took that punishment, he can offer us the chance for ultimate perfection. He can forgive what justice never could. If we see his requirements as being too much to ask, maybe it is because we do not see through Christs eyes. We have not comprehended what He is trying to make of us. The miracle of the atonement is not just that we can live after we die but that we can live more abundantly. The miracle of the atonement is not just that we can go home but that we can feel at home there. I am so grateful for my savors atonement. He is my everything! He is the reason i can do hard things! Like preaching the gospel in Japan! I was told that if i studied the atonement every day that i would become unstoppable! so thats the plan! I want to become an unstoppable missionary! preaching the gospel and sharing the wonderful truths that we can live with our Heavenly Father and Savior again.
I love you all!!!! miss you!!! 愛していますよ！！！！
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