愛されている家族、友人たちへ~
We had a pretty good week. There was no rain at all! We also had a
ton
of miracles, most of which happened on Sunday. I'll explain all
those
later though.
On Monday we had a good time enjoying the sun and biking around
town a
bit. I found these way sick vintage aviator goggles at a recycle
shop
for dirt cheap. Some members also gave us kimonos for free because
apparently they think we're doing a way good job and they love us.
They also just had a ton of extra kimonos so I'll send a picture
of
mine.
Tuesday was a beautiful spring day. We decided to go out and walk
and
visit a ton of less actives. It's really interesting that in Japan
you
have a ton of first world features but people are still living in
tiny
tin houses with sheet metal roofs. We knocked on doors and a lot
of
these members didn't know who we were but we found them. Google
maps
isn't very accurate in Japan so it points to a house and you have
to
investigate the entire block. At least here in oyama.
Wednesday was a beautiful day of more contact and setting up stuff
for
a Japanese class we started. The bishops wife here is a linguist
and
is absolutely perfect in English so we asked if she could help us
with
the materials. We also visited a LA member named Satou and every
time
we knock on the door he stumbles out of his house like he's drunk
because we woke him up. Without fail every time. The guy almost
cracked his head on the door frame last time. We finished our day
with
Eikaiwa.
Thursday was the day we went out and used the giant Book of Mormon
we
made. We got a couple books out but the thing I realized is how
taboo
people in Japan really are about the word "Christ." I
can't tell you
how many times people saw the word, asked if we were Christian
then
either sprinted away or laughed at us with their friends. It's
really
sad because I'm out there just trying to give people a free book I
know will help them, but the pre-conceived notion they have of
Christianity that's been taught to them in school or by the more
superstitious older generation is quite upsetting. A lot of people
avoid us like the plague here. But every once in a while we get
someone who really just wants to change.
A good example of that is on Friday we were biking down to mamada
to
visit a member when we saw a guy shooting an air soft gun at a
target
in front of his house. Having an interest in this, I went over and
complimented his gun. He was a little scared at first because he
knew
we were missionaries but while we were talking the whole attitude
changed and he told us that he's committed sins before, and he
wants
to know if that's it for him. We ended up having a good lesson on
repentance and the hope that lit the guys eyes when he heard
"no, you
can recover from you mistakes" was thrilling. He was a good
guy.
On Saturday we went up to Kiryu, an old area of mine and had a
sports
day. We brought a couple youth with us and played tug-o-war,
badminton, and ping-pong. We ended being one of the smallest wards
there but we had an unstoppable technique during tug-o-war. We
actually broke the rope in half so that was pretty cool. Then I
got
slammed in ping pong but I put up a good fight.
Now Sunday was the miracle day. In the space of two hours we had
like
5 miracles within the same half mile radius, sometimes in the same
intersection. We had a kid call out to us on the street and he
said he
was Christian and wanted to learn. Then our next door neighbors
said
they wanted to be baptized when we knocked on there door to invite
them to English class. So many more miracles happened but I don't
want
to type them. I'll just tell them all when I get home. This week
was a
pretty awesome week.
I don't have many pictures but I hope you all have a nice week!
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