Monday was great. A new schedule for p-day that works perfectly. We are able to just email all of you lovely folks in the morning and then go and have an adventure.
But we followed up physical preparation with spiritual preparation. We went to the temple on Tuesday! So normally, this wouldn't happen, but our original day got pushed back, so we went to Tokyo on Tuesday. After the temple, Molen Chōrō had to pack, so that was that day. We packed and cleaned the apartment for the two new elders coming to Hibarigaoka.Lots of conference talks were played that day. One of my favorite is now President Packer's "Spirit of Revelation". Great talk about guarding our thoughts and actions so that we can have the guidance of the Holy Ghost with us always.
Wednesday:
So part of my area book got wiped this week, and I don't actually remember what happened on Wednesday except for a great first time doing mission school eikaiwa. I gave the first spiritual message. It was about saying nice things because if we say bad things we can't take them back. It was in really simple English and was an object lesson, so I enjoyed it. We had a tube of toothpaste and a plate. I asked one of the students, a 60 year old bodybuilder, to squeeze all of the toothpaste out. He was skeptical about it but he did it. That really helped everyone understand that words are like toothpaste, once it is out, you can't put it back. By the way. Japanese toothpaste is weird. I didn't know what to do with the toothpaste, so I tried to flush it down the toilet. That did not work. I ended up just cleaning the church toilet at 9oclock at night with toothpaste. Minty fresh!
Thursday:
Transfer day. We woke up, got everything ready for Elder Molen, and then took him to the station. Before he left we got him some good snacks for the candy store, which is called in English, "Big Candy City Hill", or as I take it, "The big rock candy mountain"! I have found it! It is no longer just a song. That was a little personal victory this week. But we sent Molen Chōrō off and we started to Street and kubari. It started to snow. Cold, not fun transfer day for anyone traveling. There were big delays on the railway, so Elders Schreiber and Burnham ended up arriving at the same time, even though they were supposed to be an hour apart. We went into weekly planning, super fun this time... because I have a new companion! Elder Schreiber is from Logan, Utah, he lives near the university. He has been here for a year. Very enthusiastic about everything. Loves cars and cats, so if you see a picture of a nice car or cat, he would love you forever if you sent it. After dinner, we started housing a street that I have had a good feeling about for a while, it was alright, but gets better tomorrow. We went to ping pong night so that Schreiber Chōrō could meet Kurenuma and Nakamura Kyōdai. He is pretty good at ping pong.Friday: we biked the border today. We went to the most northern part of Ōizumi and streeted for the day. We met a lot of cool people who will hopefully call us this week. We found a nice big park that is halfway In our mission and halfway in the North. Lots of walking. We had to skip through the North mission for the roads, but we didn't see any missionaries around. Then again, there wasn't much on their side of the street.
Saturday: church cleaning, the new Eikaiwa program TOEIC, where we weren't needed because there were only 3 students. We went and continued to house the street. I don't know how to say it. That is what it is in our plan as well. We went to the absolute southern border of Hibarigaoka. Lots of walking this week. We met a man named Doctor Mori. He has been to 65 countries to preform surgeries. He had a haircut like Einstein.
Sunday: so we had a new friend come to church today. His name is Mike. It was his first time going to the church and we explained most of the Restoration to him. When we were talking to him about the Book of Mormon and its testimony of Christ, he said, "What? Why didn't you tell me earlier! If this about Christ in the Americas, it must be really important. Tell me more!" I thought to myself, yes, thank you, finally someone in Japan gets the weight of the Book of Mormon! If we didn't have this key witness of Christ to complement the Bible, would we be so different from everyone else? We are going to try and meet again this week. Nice guy.Monday: we emailed in the morning, went and ate some indo curry, and now we have just finished shopping. It is great! We are thinking about going to Ōizumi gakuen today. I will take some pictures of where Astroboy was born for you all.
Well, I appreciate the emails and as always, the love and support on the home front. I hope everyone is not getting sick and keeping up the school work. 愛していますね！マーフィー長老
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