Hey everyone!
I hope everyone is genki and loving life! I
know I sure am! We had a crazy cool week this week, and we're WAY beat. We feel
like SO MUCH happened this week. I can't believe it all fit into one week. :P
Haha! So Monday we were FINALLY able to get to the light house!! And man was it
EPIC! You can indeed see the curvature of the Earth: WAY cool. It isn't like
outer space round, but you can see it, and it's way cool. :) That was our
greatest p day yet. We did a ton of hiking and exploring all along the road to
the lighthouse, and we found a secret beach with an old abandoned mini fishing
village, tons of hiking trails, and tons to entertain two missionaries.
:)
The next day we decided to ride all the way to the
depths of Muroran, PAST the light house. We ended up biking over 40 miles if
you count Monday and Tuesday. And it's all insane up and down mountains. O.O We
were SO DEAD by the end of Tuesday. But we wanted to visit a referral, so we
went. Unfortunately we couldn't meet with her, so we just ended up doing a ton
of housing down there, and we had a rough contact. This one lady opened the
door, and after I had introduced Elder Harper and I she just started yelling at
us, saying Christians all start wars, and that we just want to kill and exploit
people, and just on and on. Elder Harper and I weren't sure what to do, and so
we tried to assure her that people do things like that, not Christ, and then we
asked her about the kanji in her name, which usually makes Nihonjin happy,
because that's a big deal and they love teaching gaijin kanji. But that almost
made her more mad. O.O Elder Harper and I decided to just get out of there, and
so we did. We were a bit riled up after that though, and so we decided to say a
prayer in the nearby park for forgiveness for our feeling the way we did, and
to help us have more charity. And after that prayer we just felt a wonderful
peace and calmness come over us, and we felt such good feelings towards her,
and that was just such an amazing experience for me. I'm so glad that through
this gospel we have access to prayer and the spirit to help us change and feel
God's love for us, and for this woman.
After that, we started making our way home and
stopped at a convenience store to get some strawberry milk. ;) So good. And
Elder Harper went to the bathroom, and I got contacted by a Jehovah's Witness!!
:P She spoke flawless English and was doing much what we do. It was WAY weird,
and I had no idea what to do, so I just talked to her, and we talked about
Christ and it turned out good. We said good bye and she left, and then Elder
Harper walked up to me and asked what just happened. And I told him, I have no
idea. :P Wasn't expecting that to happen!!
So we had Zone Conference on Friday, and we
traveled there Thursday, and we also had our apartment inspected that Friday
also. We had a COMBINED Zone Conference though, and so we had two zones there,
which enabled me to see two more of my mtc district!! :D Elder Shoell, whom I
LOVE, and Sister Wagner. So that was amazing. We left late Thursday night to
catch a train to Sapporo, and we stayed in the Moiwa apartment, which is Elder
Shoell's place! So we got to hang out all night, with Elder Brandolino as well.
:D And all my other buddies from the Hakodate Zone, (my zone!). The next day we
had a great conference, and President Evans taught us. We talked about comp
relations, the spirit, and a ton of other great stuff, and I feel like I
learned a ton. It was a blast. And the relief society of the Moiwa ward made 43
missionaries lunch, and it was DANG good, so that was epic of them. :) After
conference we went to have dinner with Elder Hee and Elder Brandolino before
catching our train home. We went to a buffet in the train station called
Dragonbowl, and it was amazing. But we lost track of time, and missed our train.
:P The next train wasn't for an HOUR, so that would've gotten us home at 11 at
night. We called Elder Galeria, one of our ap's, and he told us to stay
the night in the Atsubetsu apartment with the elders there and catch the
morning train. And guess what'ts awesome about that, Elder Goddard, one of my
mtc buddies, is in Astubetsu!! :D So I got to hang out with him all night and
morning, SUPER fun. All my buds are doing great, and I wish I could see them
more! But such is life. :) We got home that Saturday morning and had an EPIC
day of work. We met with our potential investigators, the Ito Kazoku, and we
finally made them new investigators!! :D We had met them a long time ago, and
were in the 'friendzone' so to speak. We had no idea how to introduce our
purpose and desire to share the gospel with them in a way that would keep that
relationship alive. We didn't want to be too blunt about it, and we went in
with no real idea of what to do. We knocked on the door, and they answered, and
told us that Ito Dad's parents were over spending time with them. We were
bummed, and assumed they'd send us away. But they asked us in! :D :D That's a
HUGE DEAL. In Japanese culture, if you have guests you don't even talk to
people at the door, you send them away immediately, let alone inviting them
in!! So that was SUCH a miracle. So we got to see Ito Grandpa and Ito Grandma
and Ito Grandma gave us the PERFECT way to introduce exactly what we wanted to
introduce! :D She asked us why we're in Japan, and then about some of our
beliefs! :D Was PERFECT! And so we talked about the gospel for a bit with them
all, and then the grandparents had to leave, which left us to talk to our
friends the Ito's for awhile longer. We talked about eternal families, and
eternal happiness, missionary work, and learned a ton about them. They loved
our talk and want to hear more! :D So we're WAY excited to start teaching them
more formally! And what's way cool, was that Ito Dad was planning on going to
work that day, but for some random reason out of nowhere he felt that he
shouldn't go to work today, and should stay home. And so that enabled him to
meet with us and have a sweet conversation!! :D MIRACLES UP THE WAZOO!! Love
it! :D They have an 18 year old son and a two year old daughter that they want
the best for, and they're way impressed with how young and yet mature we are,
and want their children to have what we have. So we're way flipping excited.
:)
After the Ito's visit, we decided to go knock
on some doors before heading home, and I really scared an old woman in
her 60's when she answered the door. :P She opened the door, saw a big scary
white man standing there, shrieked, hid behind the door, and then was laughing
and WAY embarrassed when she came back out. LOL!! Sometimes being a big white
man is just so much fun here. :P She was way cool about it, and we had a fun
time talking to her. She has no interest in hearing our message, but it was
still way fun :) So yeah, that was my week! We had a great week, and I can't
wait for all the good to come. :)
I can't believe I've already been here for
basically two transfers. This transfer ends on the 29th, and then I more then
likely will bid Elder Harper farewell. :( I'm REALLY not looking forward to
that. He's become one of my best friends! And I want to keep working with him!!
But oh well, such is life, right? And who knows? Maybe we'll stay. ;)
I love you all everyone!! Thanks for all you do!
By the way! Got the package with tons
of music, LOVE IT ALL!! Thank you! :D
Love, Elder Dialogue
P.S DAD!!! I FOUND THE SHUWA SHUWA COLA cheeto-esqu
chip things!! I bought you a bag, I'll send them to you this week. :) I like
em!! They're way weird! Enjoy!
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