March 23rd, 2014****** Staying in Wakayama
I am doing
good. I don't need anything right now. The funnest thing we did this week
was uh dendo(missionary work) haha. The most spiritual thing was
our lesson on the first vision with demojah. We taught it powerfully and
although he didn't really see the importance, Elder Yoshida and i were edified
and uplifted.
Hardest thing is trying not to go crazy when people no like
listen but its ok we tried. The comp is ku cant complain. We got
transfer emails today and i am staying in wakayama. Yay no moving! oh and
i am gunna be with a nihonjin companion so this is the transfer that my
Japanese gets epic.
The investigators are still chuggin along which is
good. we taught this 87yr old lady on Saturday and she was like "the
bible is hard to read but this book of Mormon thing is easy so I'm gunna stop
studying bible and just read this every day" she is way awesome.
Last Pday we went up to the new Aeon mall next to the college that they shoot
archery at. it is huge! like bigger than alamoana.
Today we are taking a
chill day cause Yoshida choro has to pack and all that stuffs. nothing
cool this past week but maybe we will try this famous ramen place this week. Last
weeks weather was good and its really warm today so hopefully it will get warmer.
this past week i was studying book of Mormon and restoration because that is
where most of our investigators are. I read through those again today for
study. I don't really have any questions for you guys except the usual
hows everyone doing kine stuffs. just keep filling me in on everything.
A view that was "found"
March 23rd 2014 email to Grandma Linda
Hi Grandma!
Thanks for
the bday wishes! oh and i got your other email as well.
Missionary
work is hard haha. I didnt think it was going to be this way at all but
it is definitely worth it. I just wanted to thank you for being an
awesome example for our family. For as long as i can remember we would
always find you working or reading scriptures whenever you came to stay with us
or we visited you. I think the rest of the family was with me on this one
but i always used to think "grandma is a little bit crazy how come she is
always studying scriptures" and stuff like that. Now i get it.
I have only been out for 6 months and i have changed to the point where my old
self would be very confused. I have had more fun studying from the Bom
and scriptures in such a short time than i have after years of playing
videogames. I have learned more from scripture study than from all of high
school and its important stuffs im learning as well.
These
past few weeks have been difficult with all the crazyness at home but i cant
imagine what it would be like to experience the loss you did. I talked
about what would happen with mom and dad if anyone passed away while i was gone
which helped a lot. I too have had my testimony in the plan of salvation
strengthened through the trial of a passing loved one. I can testify with
power and conviction like never before. When i received the news my
entire mission was actually working on a training plan in which we were
studying for two weeks on answering the question that the savior posed to his
apostles "whom say ye that i am." In those short two weeks i
had the opportunity to take upon myself the yoke of our savior and to learn of
him as i went out each day into the field. I cannot express my gratitude
to the savior for his atoning sacrifice in our behalf that we can be lifted and
made strong through him.
Oh and that
is sooooo coool that you are working in the temple with asl. I didnt even
know that they did that kind of a session. oh and did you see the new
movie? mom said it was awesome and i wanna go so badly but gotta wait haha.
anyways Love you!!!
Yee Choro
March 16, 2014 **********
Herro Family. You guys are probably still in the water
right now and btw i am so j. beach withdrawals! anyways i is fine.
I got the second box arigato ne. bday dinner was great. it was also
dignam choros bday so we was like lets just go big so we had steak haha.
I don't need anything that i cant get here. The comp is cool. The investigators are doing good as well.
We had no zeros this week on our weekly report which is a first in wakayama for
something like 6 months.
Most spiritual has been these past few nights
ive taken time to just sit and ponder for like 30 min by myself and study
something cool like revelations or second coming or Christ and i get some mind
blowing stuffs sometimes. the latest was that Christ was talking about
the second coming in his prayer when he was on earth. "Thy kingdom
come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" refers to the time
when the Savior will come down and establish the kingdom of heaven on the earth
during the millennium. Oh also learned that glorified beings don't need
to open doors, they just pass through. Jesus after he was resurrected moved the
stone so that people could see that the tomb was empty not so that he could get
out or anything like that. Cool stuffs like that.
Most fun was
probably our service project at wakayama jo on saturday and the hardest was
staying awake in church LOL. the weather is actually starting to get pretty
warm and the sun is out every day like at home so its really nice. The sakura
are also starting to bloom so the city is starting to smell less like poop and
more like flowers and poop hahaha. The mish is going well and im having fun out
here serving the Lord.
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