From his letter to me:
This week was amazing! Being a district
leader isn't that busy, except on Sunday's, when I have to gather
everyone's reports of their weekly efforts and key indicators (I'll let
you look that up if you don't know what that means), weeks that I have
to do companion exchanges, and weeks that we need district training
meetings. Also, things are going to be getting pretty exciting pretty
soon, and I'll probably have to start doing interviews for baptismal
candidates quite frequently. I'm looking forward to seeing the work of
the Lord hasten here in Japan.
Days
have been pretty chilly down here in Aizu, because we are in the
mountains. Not too bad though, with only a bit of fallen snow. None of
it stuck though. Hope the weather stays nice!
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| The missionaries writing home. Good boys! |
To Everyone:
This
week, we had the wonderful opportunity to learn at the feet of Elder
Choi, the second counselor of the Asia North Area, and a humble and wise
mine. He and his wife shared lots of things with us, but one thing that
we need to always remember, is faith in Christ. Because of Christ, we
will live again. Because of Christ, we can be with family for eternity.
Because of Christ, we can feel peace. Because of Christ we can be
forgiven. All that is good comes from Him. So please, not for anyone
else's sake, but for your own, have faith. As Alma said so well, "...If
ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my
words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe,
let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye
can give place for a portion of my words." (Alma 32:27; emphasis added)
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| A 3 story escalator (He sends photos of some funny things) |
My
scripture of the week is Doctrine and Covenants 60:2, "But with some I
am not well pleased, for they will not open their mouths, but they hide
the talent which I have given unto them, because of the fear of man. Wo
unto such, for mine anger is kindled against them." I need the
motivation to always open my mouth, and what more motivation can you get
than knowing what your doing is pleasing God, someone who I owe
everything to.
the Kanji of the week is: 神の奥義 pronounced "Kami no okugi" and means the mysteries of God.
Monday's are never really anything to report on. In the evening, we did some area book work, and tried to call some people.
Tuesday
we did finding, and also had a lesson with a recent convert, and also
with a new investigator. The rest of the day was finding.
Wednesday
we tried to find some more, but didn't end up having that much time. We
had to take a bus pretty early to go to Sendai, so we spent 2 and a
half hours on a bus, and ate dinner there.
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| Cookies we sent from Amazon Japan for his birthday that's this week |
Thursday
was spent all day in Sendai, learning from Elder Choi (pronounced Che)
and I had a great time. The mission is going to go through lots of
changes, not because anything in the structure is changing, but because
the missionaries are. It's a great time to be a missionary in the Japan
Sendai mission. In the evening, I went with Elder E., my zone
leader and friend, to Yamagata for splits.
Friday
was a great day of talking to everyone, having many great lessons, and
seeing the Lord's hand in our work. We found lots of people that were
interested, but that didn't come with it's fair share of rejections. We
did get to have some funny rejections though, like an old lady
running--yes, running-- from me, among others. It was cool to
work there, because I hadn't been there since last year, almost to the
date, and my first companion served there for the last three transfers,
roughly four months, of his mission.
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| A puzzle we sent him that he figured out in 2 days, but he can't remember how to put back together yet |
Saturday was spent traveling, and in weekly planning. That's all we had time for.
Sunday
was great, had my first sacrament meeting in my new area's ward, and
got to know the members a bit. Partaking of the sacrament was, as it is
always, a time of reflection and rededication to God. We helped clean
the church after services, and then studied. The next hours were spent
trying to find less actives' houses. There were some that moved, some
that had no interest in the gospel any more, and some who weren't home.
Although all are sad cases, we did get a new potential investigator, and
also met the mother of a less active who was really happy to hear that
we are more than glad to help her if she needs any help with her house
(I think I heard her say she lives alone). I hope she really takes us up
on that offer!
That's my week! Hope you like it, and I hope your weeks were good too. Have a great week again, everyone! Love you all!
Love,
Elder
長老
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| Panorama --- It stitched it on his face so he looks kinda funny he said |
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