Week 76

Dearest Everyone,

 

This week, we are running a little low on time because we decided to go and check out a 'museum of modern science.'  Pretty much intended for people much younger than us.  So not overly a waste, but if we hadn't've gone it wouldn't have been that bad. 

Oh good you got the package.  At first I heard that it was gonna take like 1-3 months to get there.  But you got it all good and everything.  Ok good.  Heh heh yeah I thought the ninja masks were pretty clever. And Mom, you got a kimono?!  I didn't know what it was!  Haha.  And actually no the lady who gave it to me was in Fuchu.  But I can maybe see if I can get their address somehow if you want.  And what would I suggest... (^_^;)  eeehhhhhhhhtooooooooo...  I don't even know.  haha.

You're going to the temple!  That's way awesome.  I was able to go to the temple just shortly ago. 

And as for transfers, I survived transfers.  But my companion did not.  Elder Sakae transferred out.  And so I stay in Kawagoe and my new companion is a guy named Elder Shimamoto!  He is from Hiroshima.  That makes 5 Japanese companions!!  Wooooo.  It's funny because my new companion was my old companion's previous companion.  And they were together for 3 transfers.  My new companion is absolutely terrific.  As soon as I knew he was my companion, I felt way happy.  Like I just got the feeling that it was going to be a good transfer.

And yep, still a zone leader.  But there were a couple of transfers in the zone this time which results in....... a VERY young zone.  I may or may not happen to be the oldest one with 12 transfers (everything is measured in transfers as a missionary).  My companion is 9 and then there's 1 missionary who's 10 and the rest are under 10.  So I'm definitely feeling my mission age...  Yikes.  And man what I would give to trade spots with any one of those missionaries. 

Mondo meals?  Well I had that one that one time.  Haha, the rest weren't so much big as they were homemade steak and homemade french fries (they just deserved a picture). 

Wow sounds like March break is gonna be rough on everyone!  xD  Haha.  My week is:

Monday-Transfers

Tuesday- Pday

Wednesday- Zone conference prep and Eikaiwa

Thursday- Zone conference/district meeting

Friday- Zone leader council

Saturday- Meal appointment with the bishop

Sunday- Church, PEC

Monday-Shokuji (meal appointment) with the dendo shunin (ward mission leader).

Yeah should be way fun

Oh and by the way, just a heads up for the day of reckoning...

I'm up to 3 sets of 40 push-ups every morning!!!!  Haha!!!! 

Are we finding a lot of investigators?  Well not particularly, but that's gonna change really soon.  But aside from that the work is going well.  Or so I feel.

So in my BoM reading this week one thing I learned was,

from Jaob 4.  I read verse 6.  And then I thought, wow, that level of faith would be way sweet.  What did they do?  Well I looked and all they did was "search the prophets" (search the scriptures) and then "have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy" (listened to the prophets and believe in the revelations received from them.  It was then that I realized that this was not something applicable only to them in their time.  The things that they did are just as easily done by us.  So is that level of faith attainable?  Yes. We are only limited by ourselves.

And then I also liked verse 7!  Weaknesses.  Haha yeah this verse pretty much speaks for itself.  So that's one thing that I learned this week.

So yeah.  That's life for me.  It flippin rocks right now!  Like I'm on an up!  I feel way genkier now than I have in the past 6 weeks.  WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.  楽しみにしています！

Sorry but my time's up for today.  Love you all so much!  Take care ok!!

愛しています！！

 

Elder Keith

キース長老