Week 45- 8/8/16 The Very Hard Week

Welcome back everybody it's Elder Moore coming to you from the rice

fields in Kiryu. First few days in my area have been busy but good,

and we're seeing a ton of success. I guess I'll recap from the

beginning. After p day last week I went around with Elder Kenley and

said bye to all the people in Urayasu I had grown to love. There was a

massive rain storm on Tuesday but I was packing so we avoided it.

Wednesday was transfer day. Said my final good byes and hopped on the

trains with a small suitcase, a backpack and my bike. It was all well and good for about 45 minutes until I reached

my final station, where I was supposed to transfer onto the ryoumo

line, but there was no sign stating how to get there. So I lugged my

bags and bike around for a solid 30 minutes trying to find a help

desk. When I got to the ticket counter, I couldn't figure out how to

get to my desired station despite having bliss instructions. Luckily

the spirit guided my finger, and I was able to buy the right ticket.

Then it rained even harder when I got to Kiryu. We walked to Eikaiwa

in water up to our calves.

Kiryu is a fairly large area. It took my about 2 hours on an express

train to get here. I'm on the edge of civilization before we reach the

wilderness separating the east and west sides of Japan. The ward is

fairly small, only about 30 active members. However, we've seen a ton

of miracles and even have an investigator with a baptismal date. There

was also a huge summer festival going on, and we got to attend with

members and there non member friends. Then, I got to talk on a live

radio interview at the matsuri about missionary stuff. I also wore a

kimono for this interview. Pictures will follow.

It's also very hot in Kiryu. Apparently Gunma-ken in one of the

hottest prefectures in Japan so I guess it's my luck to get

transferred here in the middle of summer. Either way, things are

looking good in the rice fields. We had a lesson win our investigator

which president and sister Nagano attended. All in all there was ten

people at the lesson.

Well that's it for this week. I have pictures and stuff

Last night at the Weatherstons

saying bye to some friends

Saying bye to friends

The sweet kimono I wore for the radio interview