Tuesday. I was on splits for today so that Elder Spackman could give training to the Kichijoji district leader. We visited a really nice less active named Uenoyama Kyōdai. He went on a mission to Hawaii about 50 years ago. His English is still perfect. Then that night Kurenuma had his interview. I had to wait out in the hallway, so I read Jesus the Christ and ate marshmallows and drank Blood Orangina, which might be my new favorite drink. Wednesday: District meeting, fun, lots of snacks. Baptism prep, great, lots of phone calls in Japanese for a couple of hours. Eikaiwa, fun, we only had one student in advanced class, so we talked about what the missionary schedule is like. My kanji is 摩府医, which basically narrows down to mafi, but means magic metropolitan doctor.
Thursday: Zone meeting in Kichijoji. Lots of talk about finding and improving Eikaiwa professionally. We also did weekly planning, which is "always" fun. We played ping-pong with a less active named Nakamura Kyōdai and Kurenuma. That was intense. Real Japanese takkyu. Then we taught about enduring to the end. Friday: Another splits day because of Tokorozawa and Kichijoji district meetings. We had a full plate of lessons. Too many to remember, especially with the baptism the next day.
Saturday: Transfer Calls. The zone leaders are going back together and the new Elder coming in is Elder Hawkins from England. Fun! We had all of our appointments fall through today, that was bad. Then we went and started filling the font with 60 degree water (Celsius). We start that about 2 hours before the service and 20 minutes before it starts, we have the Kurenuma experience (see first paragraph), and find out there is something wrong with the water spout. We and a couple of members start to fill the font with 2 buckets and a tea pot from the other sinks on the first floor. That was great. Other than the two setbacks from the day, it ended well with Hiro shimai being baptized! We also went out to eat with the Aoki family. I love squid and octopus. Just a heads up, when I get back, we are eating real Japanese food as soon as I find a good place in Spring. Sunday: I am exhausted. It was all kind of a blur, but we did get to talk with Kurenuma. He called us and asked if it was still ok if he came to church. We were really confused, but he thought that we were really mad at him. We were not, we were ecstatic that he still wanted to talk to us! We also biked 6+ miles in the freezing cold to check on a referral. That was not fun. I couldn't feel anything when we got back, but I hope the family called us back, they weren't home.
Monday: Not much. Shopping with the Elders. I found a cool cup, forgot to take a picture. Got some socks, a new tie, and some good snacks.
I love you all! Check out this talk: "What Lack I Yet" by Larry L. Lawrence from October 2015. It was really good! Can't wait to talk to some of you at Christmas.
Bonus letter to Dad: There are so many good snacks here now that I know where to look. I can have sour, sweet, spicy, and salty at anytime, but I dint know about eating a whole plate of cookies. My diet has changed a lot. We eat rice everyday and I have been making French toast almost everyday this week. I get bored of rice sometimes, so we have noodles! It is pretty much what everyone eats in Asia, so I don't feel so bad. I am looking forward to seeing you guys at Christmas, but I don't know when it will be yet, the president hasn't told us yet. Love you,
Connor
マーフィー長老
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