Hello Hello!!
Hey Everybody happy 4th of july!!!! i wish i could say we celebrated
the 4th here but to be honest everyone forgot... sad day hahaha!
except me!!! i wore red white and blue all week long! hahaha! Go
America!! Of course i love japan, but boy do i miss that land i love!
Hope you all had a good day with family and friends!
Sister Smith and I had a good week! Not much going on but so much at
the same time! everyday we start with plans to find new investigators
or make visits to potential investigators but nothing ever goes to
plan! But its fun! Keeps us on our toes and allows us to see
unexpected but wonderful miracles!!!
Tuesday we went to go visit Nishiyama san. She is the one who works at
the bar that we tried to find before. How the other sisters found her
we are not sure hahah but shes a sweetheart! so we got to her pub and
she was so excited to see us! she sat us down and gave us free soda
and cake! then kept coming back with souvenirs for us! so cute! she
likes christianity and wants to learn! And it just so happens that her
one day off work is sunday!!! can we say perfect?!??!! She got sick
this sunday and wasnt able to come to church but were hoping for this
week! We were enjoying the time talking with her until a customer
decided it was time for karaoke... hahahaha!!!!!! japanese karaoke is
nothing like it is in america!!!!! it was hilarious! The songs are all
so serious and everyone trying to be in the opera or something.. We
were dying! sadly karaoke is against the rules so we had to leave. But
it was quite the experience!! After that we went to the station to
hand out english flyers. For some reason, my area has a ton of people
from the Philippines! and they are my favorite! so kind! and they are
almost all christian so they dont get scared when we bring up Jesus
Christ! I met this one girl named Ruby! i think she was excited to see
another foreigner because she came right up to me and held my hand!
hahah!! shes adorable! she wants to come to church with us if she can
get out of bed hahah! love new friends!!! That night we had an
appointment at a members house! They were going to introduce us to a
friend! referrals!!! but we showed up and the friend wasnt there :( so
instead we helped the family build a giant desk! buidling stuff is
confusing enough in english... we were so lost! but we were able to
finish it and the family was so happy! i love the kakiki family! all
10 of them!!! :)
so wednesday was just an awkward day. why? i dont know. it just was.
We tried to visit a member but they werent home. So we did some
housing. Not much success. Walked around the streets and ending up at
a cafe we had passed before on our bikes. That day a lady ran out and
gave us the cafe business card and told us to come again! so we
figured we would stop by! the owner is super cute! but didnt get to
talk too much because three other loud ladies came in too. These
ladies were taking pictures of everything in the cute cafe including
us! haha! they asked why we were here and i told them we are
volunteers. One lady looks at me and says "me too!" i told her we were
church missionaries and she said again "me too!" well turns out this
lady is a Jehovah's Witness. We told her we were LDS and this is where
the awkwardness began hahah! she got very serious and asked me why i
was mormon. I explained to her that i love the church and my family
has been extremely blessed from it. she gave me one of those your
crazy kind of looks and didnt say anything more. she and her friends
ignored us the rest of the time so we left. Good times though! At
least they know they are welcome to church anytime! :)
Thursday we visited our investigator Ootani san. Shes a cute little
old lady who lives to serve! everytime we come over she gives us food
and books and just anything she can get her hands on! we left her with
a joseph smith pamphlet last time so we asked her if she had read. She
told us that she did but absolutely no interest in that man. We were a
little confused. Shes read the Book of Mormon and loves christianity.
But she explained that she only likes to learn from a academical point
of view. And tried to convince us that we came from monkeys.. we will
keep working on that hahaha! shes great though and wants to take us
camping! hahaha! so cute!
saturday was the best!!!!! we threw together a little gyoza party!!!
(pot stickers)!!! i still hate gyoza because of New Years when i got
sick but it was a fun activity to do with friends! we got the ward in
on it and it turned out to be a huge success! Sister smith and i had
four people come to the party! members were awesome being great
fellowshippers and making them feel welcomed! sister smith and i
really didnt even get the chance to talk hahaha! it was so wondeful
though! so grateful for the amazing ward members who are so willing to
work with us to help bring our friends unto our savior Jesus Christ!
Sunday was the best day!!!! We met our bishop and the ward mission
leaders at 4:00 in the morning on top of a mountain to dedicate and
bless the sakado area!!!!! it was so cool!!!! we all got to watch the
sun rise together and look out over our beautiful area of sakado!! our
sweet bishop gave the most beautiful blessing! he blessed the area
that we would be able to find the truly prepared people and that
members would be able to work side by side with the missionaries! We
all were feeling the spirit of The Lord! The work truly is hastening
and i am so grateful for this opportunity that i have to work in this
area! Our ward members have so much fire!! so ready to do the will of
The Lord! There really is no better responsibility in the church than
missionary work! oh ya... we got transfer calls this morning! sister
smith and i are staying together in sakado!!!! woohooo!!! we figured
we would! and thank goodness! the work is just really getting started
and i know great miracles are coming!!! i cant wait to see how The
Lord will bless this area and his children!!! I love this work and i
love this gospel!!!
love you all!
Sister Christensen
Monday, July 28, 2014
疲れた June 29, 2014
Konnichiwa!!!!!
This week started out soooooo good!! and then as missions usually go,
it got super hard.. But Luckily i have the best most sweetest
companion with the most positive attitude! We are doing great and both
so ready to keep working hard!
Last monday we saw so many miracles! all little ones but so sweet
nonetheless! After emailing we went to take our bikes to get fixed.
They told us it would be about an hour so we walked to the closest
train station and started proselyting. I talked to a foreigner from
Sri Lanka! He was like hey i know you! your a mormon! i was so
shocked! you dont get that too often around here! turns out hes been
to church before and has read the Book of Mormon!!! woow!!! He said
that when he came to japan he became friends with some brazilians and
was brought into their christian church. Hes christian and loves it!
so cool! we exchanged numbers and hopefully the elders can start
meeting with him!!
then, i said hello to a cute mom with her little girl and the grandma.
The grandma looks at me and says havent we met before? I felt so
famous for the day! hahaha! right away i remembered her! In my last
area, during the cherry blossom season, we were at a park and i talked
to a lady watching her granddaughter for about half an hour. She was
mostly interested in our kids english class but was so super nice and
friendly! i told her about that day and she remembered! we both just
laughed! coincidence? i think not!!!!! i told her that since then i
had moved to sakado. The grandma lives in my old area but the mom and
her daughter live here in my new area :) Miracles!!!! hope to be
seeing them soon too!!!
went back to get our bikes and the sweet worker was so happy that two
foreigners came into his shop. He said he was so happy he could
practice english with us! I think he will be coming to our english
class :)
After that we went to a donut shop to do some proselyting. (works
every time) We met a cute girl who wants to teach us tennis! hahaha!
new best friends!
And then we visited a potential investigator, Mrs. Ootani. She is the
cutest thing in the world! we made some chocolate popcorn for her and
dropped it off. She was so surprised! she invited us in and filled our
bags with vegetables! hahaha! we walked out and got on our bikes when
she chased us down and put 5 plants in our bike baskets hahahah! so
adorable! she is way prepared too! she wants to learn more about
christianity and the church! we are going over again tonight to
visit!!!
Tuesday we did some proselyting at mcdonalds! (again for some reason
we always see miracles at fast food places hahah) as we were walking
up, we ran into Takashi san!!! she is from the philipins and we had an
appointment set with her for friday!!! we sat together and talked for
a good 30 minutes! she is excited to see the church and learn more!!!
And then it started getting hard... we had a deadline from our bishop
of when all the less asctives had to be visited. It felt like all day
long we were looking for less actives. And of course anytime we went
out on our bikes, it would pour rain! luckily we still were able to
talk to lots of people! "im lost, help me!" is a great conversation
starter!!! Sadly hardly any of the less actives were home and if they
were, we got a lot of "not interested anymore". But we did our best to
show love and stay positive.
Wednesday was the worst. We got broken up with. Yuko, my favorite
little sassy thing, (and our only progressing investigator) met with
us before english class on wednesday. She sits down for the lesson and
says the Book of Mormon is boring and she has no interest. i love this
woman! hahah! so we share our favorite scriptures and share
experiences to go with them. She seemed a bit more interested and
willing to try again. The lesson went over a little into english class
so we eneded quick. She asked where she should read next in the Book
of Mormon and went to join the rest of the class. After english, we
had a party with our students! it was a pot luck so everyone brought
food! Yuko however was not happy. She started telling our eikaiwa
students that all the missionaries want to do is convert them. She was
very angry that we went over. We had no idea. I pulled her aside and
apologized. She said she was going to stop taking the lessons. I was
heart broken. And i couldnt hide it as the tears just poured. I think
that made her feel bad so she said we would just take a break, not a
permanent stop. I still felt awful. So sad that i made her angry. She
lost her trust in me and it was a feeling i never hope to feel again.
I didnt want to have any regrets on my mission but i have one now. I
am praying for her so hard because i care about her so much! hoping
that she will have a spiritual experience as she reads the Book of
Mormon! I know that God is aware of what she needs!
The next few days were just hard. Rain, and more less actives not
home. We are exhausted. But....... coolest thing ever.... my itialian
friend from my last area, Giovanni, GOT BAPTIZED!!!!! wooohooo!!!!! i
get a call the day before from my last companion saying hes getting
baptized and i am on the program to speak! uhhhh... hahah! so the next
day we take a 2 hour train ride to make it for his baptism!!!!! he is
amazing!!!! he wanted to be fully ready so he stayed up the whole
night, reading the bible and was fasting for 3 days hahahahah!!!! i
dont know what the elders have been teaching him... but he did it!!!!!
he got baptized!!!! his testimony was amazing!!! he really was
searching!!! he asked me to speak at his baptism because i was the one
who he first met! I met him at the train station and gave him a Book
of Mormon! He told everyone in the audience that it was not
coincidence that we met that day. It was all part of God plan! I am so
grateful for him!!!!! Seeing that miracle made all the hard things in
the week disappear! He said that he knew God was proud of him! I know
that is true! God loves us all so very much! He is just waiting to
bless us!!! Giovanni took this leap of faith and was baptized and is
now on the path to so much more! more fullness of joy and happiness in
this life and the life to come!! I am so excited to get out there and
keep looking for more Giovannis! i know they are out there! Missions
are not ever easy but oh so worth it!!! I love this gospel and i love
my savior!!!
Sister christensen
This week started out soooooo good!! and then as missions usually go,
it got super hard.. But Luckily i have the best most sweetest
companion with the most positive attitude! We are doing great and both
so ready to keep working hard!
Last monday we saw so many miracles! all little ones but so sweet
nonetheless! After emailing we went to take our bikes to get fixed.
They told us it would be about an hour so we walked to the closest
train station and started proselyting. I talked to a foreigner from
Sri Lanka! He was like hey i know you! your a mormon! i was so
shocked! you dont get that too often around here! turns out hes been
to church before and has read the Book of Mormon!!! woow!!! He said
that when he came to japan he became friends with some brazilians and
was brought into their christian church. Hes christian and loves it!
so cool! we exchanged numbers and hopefully the elders can start
meeting with him!!
then, i said hello to a cute mom with her little girl and the grandma.
The grandma looks at me and says havent we met before? I felt so
famous for the day! hahaha! right away i remembered her! In my last
area, during the cherry blossom season, we were at a park and i talked
to a lady watching her granddaughter for about half an hour. She was
mostly interested in our kids english class but was so super nice and
friendly! i told her about that day and she remembered! we both just
laughed! coincidence? i think not!!!!! i told her that since then i
had moved to sakado. The grandma lives in my old area but the mom and
her daughter live here in my new area :) Miracles!!!! hope to be
seeing them soon too!!!
went back to get our bikes and the sweet worker was so happy that two
foreigners came into his shop. He said he was so happy he could
practice english with us! I think he will be coming to our english
class :)
After that we went to a donut shop to do some proselyting. (works
every time) We met a cute girl who wants to teach us tennis! hahaha!
new best friends!
And then we visited a potential investigator, Mrs. Ootani. She is the
cutest thing in the world! we made some chocolate popcorn for her and
dropped it off. She was so surprised! she invited us in and filled our
bags with vegetables! hahaha! we walked out and got on our bikes when
she chased us down and put 5 plants in our bike baskets hahahah! so
adorable! she is way prepared too! she wants to learn more about
christianity and the church! we are going over again tonight to
visit!!!
Tuesday we did some proselyting at mcdonalds! (again for some reason
we always see miracles at fast food places hahah) as we were walking
up, we ran into Takashi san!!! she is from the philipins and we had an
appointment set with her for friday!!! we sat together and talked for
a good 30 minutes! she is excited to see the church and learn more!!!
And then it started getting hard... we had a deadline from our bishop
of when all the less asctives had to be visited. It felt like all day
long we were looking for less actives. And of course anytime we went
out on our bikes, it would pour rain! luckily we still were able to
talk to lots of people! "im lost, help me!" is a great conversation
starter!!! Sadly hardly any of the less actives were home and if they
were, we got a lot of "not interested anymore". But we did our best to
show love and stay positive.
Wednesday was the worst. We got broken up with. Yuko, my favorite
little sassy thing, (and our only progressing investigator) met with
us before english class on wednesday. She sits down for the lesson and
says the Book of Mormon is boring and she has no interest. i love this
woman! hahah! so we share our favorite scriptures and share
experiences to go with them. She seemed a bit more interested and
willing to try again. The lesson went over a little into english class
so we eneded quick. She asked where she should read next in the Book
of Mormon and went to join the rest of the class. After english, we
had a party with our students! it was a pot luck so everyone brought
food! Yuko however was not happy. She started telling our eikaiwa
students that all the missionaries want to do is convert them. She was
very angry that we went over. We had no idea. I pulled her aside and
apologized. She said she was going to stop taking the lessons. I was
heart broken. And i couldnt hide it as the tears just poured. I think
that made her feel bad so she said we would just take a break, not a
permanent stop. I still felt awful. So sad that i made her angry. She
lost her trust in me and it was a feeling i never hope to feel again.
I didnt want to have any regrets on my mission but i have one now. I
am praying for her so hard because i care about her so much! hoping
that she will have a spiritual experience as she reads the Book of
Mormon! I know that God is aware of what she needs!
The next few days were just hard. Rain, and more less actives not
home. We are exhausted. But....... coolest thing ever.... my itialian
friend from my last area, Giovanni, GOT BAPTIZED!!!!! wooohooo!!!!! i
get a call the day before from my last companion saying hes getting
baptized and i am on the program to speak! uhhhh... hahah! so the next
day we take a 2 hour train ride to make it for his baptism!!!!! he is
amazing!!!! he wanted to be fully ready so he stayed up the whole
night, reading the bible and was fasting for 3 days hahahahah!!!! i
dont know what the elders have been teaching him... but he did it!!!!!
he got baptized!!!! his testimony was amazing!!! he really was
searching!!! he asked me to speak at his baptism because i was the one
who he first met! I met him at the train station and gave him a Book
of Mormon! He told everyone in the audience that it was not
coincidence that we met that day. It was all part of God plan! I am so
grateful for him!!!!! Seeing that miracle made all the hard things in
the week disappear! He said that he knew God was proud of him! I know
that is true! God loves us all so very much! He is just waiting to
bless us!!! Giovanni took this leap of faith and was baptized and is
now on the path to so much more! more fullness of joy and happiness in
this life and the life to come!! I am so excited to get out there and
keep looking for more Giovannis! i know they are out there! Missions
are not ever easy but oh so worth it!!! I love this gospel and i love
my savior!!!
Sister christensen
アイラブユ June 22,2014
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Woohoo such a god week in Sakado!! So many miracles and so many new friends!!
So ill start with my best friend! Yuko! We taught her last week on
pday! We do half english class with her and half gospel lesson. Before
we even started the english she looks at me and says that nothing in
the mormon church means anything to her. ouch. But she is the sassiest
person ive ever met so we kind of just shrugged it off hahaha! She
said she looked up the church online and read somethings that we
needed to clarify. After she said ok lets do english. We were so
confused and had no idea where the gospel lesson would go after that.
She is so funny though! japanese people are completely different
people when they are with foreigners! They are usually pretty calm,
quiet, and super respectful, but with us they are crazy!! Yuko was
just laughing and laughing! (yes someone else other than me thinks im
funny too :) the english ended and we told her we still wanted to
share a message with her so she said ok. Shes heard all the lessons
before so we decided to talk about the priesthood keys and that they
allow us be together with our families forver! the lesson was soooooo
good!! we all felt the sprit! She wont admit it but i know she knows
its true! She just needs to open her heart! I know it will come!
tuesday. weird day. why?? WE ARE NOW ON FACEBOOK!!!!!!...... ew. i
still dont know how i feel about it... i went on for the first time in
a year a few days ago. Im not allowed to do anything on it yet until i
clean it up first. But it was quite the shock! I forgot that people
move on without me! what??? i know it will be a huge blessing though!
We will be able to stay in better contact with all our new friends and
be able to share our testimonies with the world!!! i am still dreading
it but im excited for all the miracles that will come!
we had a way good zone meeting on tuesday and made some crazy goals as
zones and districts! my district plans on having 73 people at church
on August 10th!!!!!! its quite the goal considering ive had maybe 20
people at church in my entire mission.. but... we are getting down to
business!!! high goals, high expectation, means bigger miracles! we
are uniting our faith as a district and helping each other out! a few
more prayers would be helpful too :)
This week my companion and i also died. Obviously not really but our
bodies sure feel like it. We still dont know the area too well yet but
we have a mission from the bishop to visit all the less actives so
weve been going everyday to find a few. Turns out my area has some
mountains in it! and it also turns out that we have some less actives
on the top of those mountains... hahaha! it was fun though! my thighs
are huge and muscley but we found them so it was worth it!!
this week the weather has been so up and down! summer is back and its
a scary thing. It is killer hot and humid again. that familiar smell
is back too... not a fan. But because of all the rain it is absolutely
beautiful! so much green! i am so grateful for the beautiful world
that our Heavenly Father created for us!
Friday we had ping pong night!! And our friend Maika came! she is the
cutest thing ever! only 19 years old! she is also in love with me! its
so fun :) she calls me chris because the whole thing is just too long
hahah! after we had a church tour with her! she had never been in a
church before and she loved it! we talked about temples and eternal
marriages and she was just so giggly! hahaha! its the perfect happily
ever after! she said she wants to keep learning with us!! im so happy!
i love this girl!
I am so grateful for the plan of salvation that truly is our happily
ever! Life is not easy or perfect but but we belong to a heavenly king
who loves us. That gives me a sense of worth and belonging. I love my
Heavenly Father! His love is always there! No matter what!
I love you!!!!!
christensen shimai
Woohoo such a god week in Sakado!! So many miracles and so many new friends!!
So ill start with my best friend! Yuko! We taught her last week on
pday! We do half english class with her and half gospel lesson. Before
we even started the english she looks at me and says that nothing in
the mormon church means anything to her. ouch. But she is the sassiest
person ive ever met so we kind of just shrugged it off hahaha! She
said she looked up the church online and read somethings that we
needed to clarify. After she said ok lets do english. We were so
confused and had no idea where the gospel lesson would go after that.
She is so funny though! japanese people are completely different
people when they are with foreigners! They are usually pretty calm,
quiet, and super respectful, but with us they are crazy!! Yuko was
just laughing and laughing! (yes someone else other than me thinks im
funny too :) the english ended and we told her we still wanted to
share a message with her so she said ok. Shes heard all the lessons
before so we decided to talk about the priesthood keys and that they
allow us be together with our families forver! the lesson was soooooo
good!! we all felt the sprit! She wont admit it but i know she knows
its true! She just needs to open her heart! I know it will come!
tuesday. weird day. why?? WE ARE NOW ON FACEBOOK!!!!!!...... ew. i
still dont know how i feel about it... i went on for the first time in
a year a few days ago. Im not allowed to do anything on it yet until i
clean it up first. But it was quite the shock! I forgot that people
move on without me! what??? i know it will be a huge blessing though!
We will be able to stay in better contact with all our new friends and
be able to share our testimonies with the world!!! i am still dreading
it but im excited for all the miracles that will come!
we had a way good zone meeting on tuesday and made some crazy goals as
zones and districts! my district plans on having 73 people at church
on August 10th!!!!!! its quite the goal considering ive had maybe 20
people at church in my entire mission.. but... we are getting down to
business!!! high goals, high expectation, means bigger miracles! we
are uniting our faith as a district and helping each other out! a few
more prayers would be helpful too :)
This week my companion and i also died. Obviously not really but our
bodies sure feel like it. We still dont know the area too well yet but
we have a mission from the bishop to visit all the less actives so
weve been going everyday to find a few. Turns out my area has some
mountains in it! and it also turns out that we have some less actives
on the top of those mountains... hahaha! it was fun though! my thighs
are huge and muscley but we found them so it was worth it!!
this week the weather has been so up and down! summer is back and its
a scary thing. It is killer hot and humid again. that familiar smell
is back too... not a fan. But because of all the rain it is absolutely
beautiful! so much green! i am so grateful for the beautiful world
that our Heavenly Father created for us!
Friday we had ping pong night!! And our friend Maika came! she is the
cutest thing ever! only 19 years old! she is also in love with me! its
so fun :) she calls me chris because the whole thing is just too long
hahah! after we had a church tour with her! she had never been in a
church before and she loved it! we talked about temples and eternal
marriages and she was just so giggly! hahaha! its the perfect happily
ever after! she said she wants to keep learning with us!! im so happy!
i love this girl!
I am so grateful for the plan of salvation that truly is our happily
ever! Life is not easy or perfect but but we belong to a heavenly king
who loves us. That gives me a sense of worth and belonging. I love my
Heavenly Father! His love is always there! No matter what!
I love you!!!!!
christensen shimai
ベストフレンドこんいちは!!! June 15, 2014
Konnichiwa!!!!!
Heavens bless us all! That was one of the quickest weeks of my life! i
dont know where the time went! Its because i am in such a great
area!!! i have such a great companion!!! and i am serving in the
absolute greatest ward ever!!! everyone here is so ready to get down
to work! we like what were seeing!!
so i cant remember what i said last week about my new area.. emailing
time is the worst. nahh its the best i am just so scatter brained.
anyways, the best thing about this place? we have a couch in our
apartment!!!!!!!!!!! お久しぶり!!! i got used to attacking members couches
when ever we visited but now i have my own!!! some of the things i
took for granted before i lived in japan.
anyways so last week i had to stop in the middle of emailing because
we had a lesson with our new friend Yuko! she was the old sisters
investigators and we had an appointment for half english class and
half message about the gospel. She is hilarious! most japanese people
dont know what sarcasm is.. but boy does she!!! such a ham.. we get
along just fine :) the lesson was good and she said she wants to keep
studying the Book of Mormon with us! we have an appointment with her
again tonight! she is such an amazing woman! her husband died after
only four years after they were married. she was left alone with two
kids. She never remarried because she loved her husband so much and
didnt think it was right to marry anyone else. I am so excited to
share with her more about the gospel! the gospel being "good news!"
and do we have some good news for her! families are forever! that i
know to be oh so true!!!
tuesday night was the weirdest night of my mission. we went to visit
an investigator (we still dont know any of them...) at her work. the
sisters left us notes and said they would stop by her work and it was
ok. so we did. well this lady works at a resturant/bar. werent too
thrilled with the idea of going to a bar.. hahaha but we thought we
would introduce ourselves and go! took us forever to find. we walk in
and there is no one named nishiyama at this place. but japanese people
always want to help so we had a group of drunk people trying to read a
map to help us. poor things. hahahah! we left as quick as we could! we
walk back to our bikes a few blocks away and realize that both of our
seats are wet.. it didnt rain.. i look up and a man is staring at us.
he quick gets in his car and starts talking pictures of us. we
panicked and rode off super fast. so creepy! when we get home a
different man just stares at us, goes to the elevator and waits. when
we got to the elevator he closed the door and rode the elevator up. i
was so weirded out. our members and just told us about some creepy men
in the area so my companion and i were both on edge. But thats the end
of the story hahah! we are fine and nothing weird has happened since!
:)
eikaiwa here is amazing!!!! of course i have managed to become best
friends with the grandmas!!! i love them i love them i love them!!
thursday all the sisters in our zone came to our area to help us find
new investigators!! i stopped this one girl and she was the cutest
thing ever! maika<3 she really wants to learn english so we exchanged
numbers! we have been talking nonstop since! she has never been to a
church before so we have a church tour planned with her for friday!!!
she is so excited its adorable! best friends! cant wait! she is a
miracle!!!
friday i met a girl from peru! she just so happens to love religious
books and has never heard of the Book of Mormon! she accepted it
gladly! she is so prepared!!! cant wait to meet her again!
saturday we met a lady who took us to her home and said we would pick
plums together. they were not plums.. it was umeboshi. the nastiest
thing in the world. we told her that we would just take them home
hahahah! she was an angle though and really interested in
christianity!! she has ever read the Dead Sea scrolls! hahah! she said
we are welcome back anytime!!!!
so this area is just FULL of prepared people!!! i cant even handle
it!!!! we are busy everyday and meeting so many wonderful new
friends!! i love being a missionary so much!!! i am so happy! and
helping others find true happiness is the most rewarding experience of
my life!
sunday we had a way cool event after church! a famous japanese mormon
singing family came and put on a little concert!! they were wayyyy
good! they are called Bless4! we tried so hard to get our friends to
church but sadly no one came :( there is so much potential here but
everyone is busy on sundays :( japanese people work so dang much its
ridiculous! i thought i might want to live here someday but i think i
changed my mind hahah!
the concert was way fun though! its the four siblings that sing! and
they are fluent in english cause they lived in utah of course for a
few years! our ward just went crazy! it was so fun to be with the
members!!!
Lastly.... HAPPY FATHERS DAY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
miss you!!!! we had a lesson last night at the bishops house with a
less active and his wife. this man is actually from america but is
married to a japanese lady. we gave a lesson on prayer and i talked
about how grateful i was for Father's Day! the night before, i was
praying about what i might share at the lesson and i thought about you
dad! how i miss you so much and would give anything to talk to you
more! i was overwhelmed with the feeling that no matter how far we
are, we can still feel love from those we care about. Our Heavenly
Father feels the exact same way! i know he would give anything to hear
the prayers of his children. Hes just waiting ready to listen. He
cares about us all so much and we can feel his love close around us
through prayer! Dad i love you so very much!!!! i miss you all the
time!!! you are my hero!!!
i love you all! thanks for the love and support! take care!!!
愛しています！
クリステンセン姉妹
sister christensen
Heavens bless us all! That was one of the quickest weeks of my life! i
dont know where the time went! Its because i am in such a great
area!!! i have such a great companion!!! and i am serving in the
absolute greatest ward ever!!! everyone here is so ready to get down
to work! we like what were seeing!!
so i cant remember what i said last week about my new area.. emailing
time is the worst. nahh its the best i am just so scatter brained.
anyways, the best thing about this place? we have a couch in our
apartment!!!!!!!!!!! お久しぶり!!! i got used to attacking members couches
when ever we visited but now i have my own!!! some of the things i
took for granted before i lived in japan.
anyways so last week i had to stop in the middle of emailing because
we had a lesson with our new friend Yuko! she was the old sisters
investigators and we had an appointment for half english class and
half message about the gospel. She is hilarious! most japanese people
dont know what sarcasm is.. but boy does she!!! such a ham.. we get
along just fine :) the lesson was good and she said she wants to keep
studying the Book of Mormon with us! we have an appointment with her
again tonight! she is such an amazing woman! her husband died after
only four years after they were married. she was left alone with two
kids. She never remarried because she loved her husband so much and
didnt think it was right to marry anyone else. I am so excited to
share with her more about the gospel! the gospel being "good news!"
and do we have some good news for her! families are forever! that i
know to be oh so true!!!
tuesday night was the weirdest night of my mission. we went to visit
an investigator (we still dont know any of them...) at her work. the
sisters left us notes and said they would stop by her work and it was
ok. so we did. well this lady works at a resturant/bar. werent too
thrilled with the idea of going to a bar.. hahaha but we thought we
would introduce ourselves and go! took us forever to find. we walk in
and there is no one named nishiyama at this place. but japanese people
always want to help so we had a group of drunk people trying to read a
map to help us. poor things. hahahah! we left as quick as we could! we
walk back to our bikes a few blocks away and realize that both of our
seats are wet.. it didnt rain.. i look up and a man is staring at us.
he quick gets in his car and starts talking pictures of us. we
panicked and rode off super fast. so creepy! when we get home a
different man just stares at us, goes to the elevator and waits. when
we got to the elevator he closed the door and rode the elevator up. i
was so weirded out. our members and just told us about some creepy men
in the area so my companion and i were both on edge. But thats the end
of the story hahah! we are fine and nothing weird has happened since!
:)
eikaiwa here is amazing!!!! of course i have managed to become best
friends with the grandmas!!! i love them i love them i love them!!
thursday all the sisters in our zone came to our area to help us find
new investigators!! i stopped this one girl and she was the cutest
thing ever! maika<3 she really wants to learn english so we exchanged
numbers! we have been talking nonstop since! she has never been to a
church before so we have a church tour planned with her for friday!!!
she is so excited its adorable! best friends! cant wait! she is a
miracle!!!
friday i met a girl from peru! she just so happens to love religious
books and has never heard of the Book of Mormon! she accepted it
gladly! she is so prepared!!! cant wait to meet her again!
saturday we met a lady who took us to her home and said we would pick
plums together. they were not plums.. it was umeboshi. the nastiest
thing in the world. we told her that we would just take them home
hahahah! she was an angle though and really interested in
christianity!! she has ever read the Dead Sea scrolls! hahah! she said
we are welcome back anytime!!!!
so this area is just FULL of prepared people!!! i cant even handle
it!!!! we are busy everyday and meeting so many wonderful new
friends!! i love being a missionary so much!!! i am so happy! and
helping others find true happiness is the most rewarding experience of
my life!
sunday we had a way cool event after church! a famous japanese mormon
singing family came and put on a little concert!! they were wayyyy
good! they are called Bless4! we tried so hard to get our friends to
church but sadly no one came :( there is so much potential here but
everyone is busy on sundays :( japanese people work so dang much its
ridiculous! i thought i might want to live here someday but i think i
changed my mind hahah!
the concert was way fun though! its the four siblings that sing! and
they are fluent in english cause they lived in utah of course for a
few years! our ward just went crazy! it was so fun to be with the
members!!!
Lastly.... HAPPY FATHERS DAY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
miss you!!!! we had a lesson last night at the bishops house with a
less active and his wife. this man is actually from america but is
married to a japanese lady. we gave a lesson on prayer and i talked
about how grateful i was for Father's Day! the night before, i was
praying about what i might share at the lesson and i thought about you
dad! how i miss you so much and would give anything to talk to you
more! i was overwhelmed with the feeling that no matter how far we
are, we can still feel love from those we care about. Our Heavenly
Father feels the exact same way! i know he would give anything to hear
the prayers of his children. Hes just waiting ready to listen. He
cares about us all so much and we can feel his love close around us
through prayer! Dad i love you so very much!!!! i miss you all the
time!!! you are my hero!!!
i love you all! thanks for the love and support! take care!!!
愛しています！
クリステンセン姉妹
sister christensen
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