What's up 皆さん！ Yes today
was transfer calls but before I tell you
that, I'm going to wish you all a Happy
Easter! Easter here was nice,
although there wasn't anything Easter
related in church today. Kind of
a bummer. I actually really enjoyed this
Easter though. I spent a lot
of time studying Christ this transfer,
so it's really opened my
perspective.
I guess you're all waiting on the news.
I am being transferred! My
next area is Urayasu is Tokyo! My new
companion is Elder Masterson.
This will be my first non Japanese
companion.
This past week was a bit crazy. First of
all it was my one fourth
mark! I didn't burn anything because I'm
in Japan and literally two
inches from our neighbors, but we did go
out to Indian Curry, because
I've been saving coupons to my favorite
shop. Last Monday we ate with
Kato. He made tako okonomiyaki, which is
a pancake with cabbage,
onions, octopus, and some tuna. You put
mayonnaise and Takoyaki sauce
on it. Then you sprinkle on ground
seaweed and shredded fish fins. It
was very good, and easy to make!
I went on a lot of splits this last
week. First with Elder Alder, the
district leader. We biked around a ton
and hit up all the ekis
(stations) on the Takasaki line, which
leads to our house. He could
only pass out cards to old ladies so
that was pretty funny. We also
went out to kappa sushi, which was
really natsukashii (missed). I took
a video, which I will send in a
different email, of the sushi train.
I also went on splits with Elder
Broberg, one of the zone leaders.
That was a really good day. We went to Ōmiya
eki and walked around the
entrance for like 2 hours, but because
it's one of the busiest ekis in
the world, and the busiest in Saitama,
we had a ton of contacts. On
the way to head back however, an
American interrupted us talking to
some high school kids. At first I
thought he was a member, because he
greeted us with an enthusiastic
"Elders!" My opinion of him changed
when he said "How's your
salvation?" And it just got worse. He was
absolutely, totally, 100% crazy. You
know those conspiracy theorists
who find God? Well that was him. He was
also kind of aggressive, and
Elder Broberg and I were getting pretty
weirded out. He accused us of
being cultists, Nazis, and we only
baptize people so we can make them
sad and control their lives because
organized religion is like an
army, and armies only bring sadness and
death. He also had a crushing
handshake. Personally I think he was
trying to convert us, because he
was telling us how to do our job, but I
was so scared I was ready to
throat punch him and run. To make it
worse, the other Elders were
watching this happen, didn't help, and
took a picture. The guy was
like getting in our faces, saying how
we're cultist soldiers, saying
everybody in the area was going to
"die in seven years" because we
were standing in "one of the
highest radioactive areas since
Hiroshima." I can't put everything
he said into words, because it was
so confusing, fast, or vulgar. You meet
some crazy, and I mean crazy
people on your mission.
Spring is finally hitting here. The
cherry
blossoms should bloom either this week
or next week. I'm pretty
excited.
Well that's pretty much everything
interesting that happened. On
Saturday we had a Takoyaki party. When I
get home I'm buying a
Takoyaki grill. I love Takoyaki. And on
Sunday we went to a members
house for dinner. We had soft tacos and
they were amazing. Then we ate
cheesecake! It was like a little taste
of outside of Japan. I've eaten
so much rice it's crazy.
Thanks for tuning in everybody! Love you
all!
Picture one- Indian curry
Picture 2- my favorite snack. Tamago pan
is a slice of bread with a
semi raw egg, cheese, salt and pepper,
toasted.
Picture 3- Eikaiwa party
Picture 4- biking to dinner last night
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