***Sorry, it's me here (opihi mama) and i haven't been posting on Jonah's blog....catching up now****
Wassup Peeps. I is emailing. Didn't eat anyhting cool this week.
Wassup Peeps. I is emailing. Didn't eat anyhting cool this week.
it has been super duper
hot lately but today is a little bit cooler. This week was pretty mild
nothing super exciting. I got to do an exchange with the zone leaders
this past week which was really good. Its nice to converse with someone
who can entirely understand you hahaha. It gave me some time to think and
reflect on the past.
I have been so blessed. This week i have been
tired every day all the time. Idk why maybe because its hot but i have
been thinking a lot about the past. I want to go home, i wanna chill at
the beach and hop on street fighter so badly haha but im not done yet.
Smart choro my mission mom came to church with his family and as soon as
i saw him i realized how horrible of a trainee i must have been. We may
not have gotten along all the time in Miki but i have grown to love and respect
him even tho he is haole. I have much to learn. I am grateful to be
here and I know that heavenly father loves us because he asks us to do hard
things.
To answer hanos question as to how i was able to leave everything
my answer is simple; For those whom I love, I will sacrifice. I left
because I love my family, I left because I love my brothers and sisters who
have come to earth to follow Christ, I love my Savior and i am eternally
grateful for his atoning sacrifice and I love my God. Two years is not
very long but in that short time i can help more people than you can imagine on
both sides of the veil.
This mission is not about me, I don't need to be
here to return to live with God but by being here i can help those who cannot
help themselves. Yea its tough but its worth it.
I think we are
going to go eat yakiniku today but thats it. anyways love you guys!!!
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| 4th of July Pizza & Root Beer (Virgils which mom sent in my care package....yummy) |
July 20th, 2014 Email
Hola
famiry!!! therefore wo be unto the aukai and noah that do not email me for
behold my anger shall be kindled against them and none shall stay my hand from
smiting them to the earth upon my coming. Tell those muggles to email me!
Anyways things are pretty quiet here in imabari. our investigators
are at an all time low because noone can meet and all of the new investigators
we found are moms whos husbands are never home so we had to give em to the
sisters:P I is fine oh and i took pics of the tags so i need some short
sleeve shirts. This week was freakin hot and super muggy. Japan
summer sucks especially when you have to go housing haha.
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| Yee Chorro & Ogasawara Chorro (Together for 3 transfers so far) Ogasawara goes home in Sept 2014 |
That pic with
noah giving the statue a purple nurple is classic. I hopes all is well in
hawaiiville. I miss you guys and i miss home. I wanna go home but
my work here isnt done so no can do. Ive got people to bless and families
to save here in nihon so gotta saigo made taeshinobu(endure to the end)
Transfers are next week so that should be interesting. We get mini ipads
some time before the year is over so thats exciting. Efficiency will go
up 10 fold if everyone uses them effectively. The mish is freakin out
right now because Welch Kaicho is super chill. Everyone is waiting for a
new training plan, basically waiting to be told what to do. Welch Kaichos
teaching style is almost the same as dads; prepare, talk about the important
stuff but mostly just a guided discussion. He is aka-AWESOME.
I am
so grateful for an awesome mission president.
I went to this super
strange sausage factory and like yakiniku sauce making factory. it was hen.
super boring cuz i couldnt understand anything the guide said except for
yakiniku lol pics to follow.
Hey can you send me a memory stick of some
music cuz i accidently killed my ipod. it is still working but all the memory
got wiped cuz i cant read kanji lol. If you send me like a 16 gig with hapa and
iz and good stuffs michael jackson. as long as there is no swearing and no
romantic lyrics it is good. lord of the rings sound track some hero stuffs
maybe. some yoyoma tell the kids to do it brooke knows how.
I can
pull the music off and then put the pictures and vids i have sofar on it and
send it back. Okidoki? anyways all is well LOVE YOU GUYS
July 13th Email
Wassup! so
the storm didnt really affect imabari at all really. There was some rain and
the wind was pretty strong but as a whole it was blocked by the mountains to
the south.
I didnt
even know there was an earthquake? was it bad? This week the crazy
peoples made me both smile and lol. One guy kept asking questions about
Christianity but as soon as the comp asked him to meet or come to church he
instantly refused but it was so funny. nothing made me cry this week.
The comp is good we have been getting along much better these past few
weeks which is good. He is from Obihiro. The investigators are
doing good. Aha moment of the week was just some of the connections that
i have made reflecting back on life and how God may change your life so that
you can help others.
Cameron is having fun in mexico and i was kinda
thinking back to what if i was to have left as soon as the age change was made?
I dont know where he would be in life hopefully on a mish but i know that we
wouldnt be the friends we are now if i left early. I also would not have
been able to help my brothers in the mtc and life would be very different.
I was also able to
spend 3 months working for Dad and i got to see Uncle B every day which is time
that i will cherish for the rest of my life. Had i left early i would have
missed that opportunity. The lord is mindful of all things and we may not
always see his wisdom, timing or even that he is helping us at all but he is
there.
Whenever i get discouraged lately i have reflected upon that.
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. The Lord is mindful of
the bugs and he provides for them. How much more are we worth and will he
not provide? No, he will provide and he will carry us. He is awesome.
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