So break down of the week backwards:
TODAY: Tuesday, Temple Pday. Elder Burnham and I went to the temple together this time and it was great! We got back and now are writing emails, you know 'cause trains are super full and you can't type well there. But we will go grocery shopping soon and I am so happy because they opened a Gyome's in Hoya, which is a super cheap and effective store. Tonight we will house and have a good time doing it because we will go to our best streets in a long time.Yesterday: so today I was in splits with Elder Carrasco. We were going to go and find some Nanbei people for him, because he is from Mexico, but we ended up having a Great time in Higashikurume yesterday. We served some Seniors, met a nice kid who will hopefully call us because he was super interested in the Gospel, met a fat cute pug, and talked to some crazy people. They were all nice, but they kind of scared Elder Carrasco. We had Ben and Jerry's Ice cream, which was great, but it was Brown Sugar Blondies, so it was the Best. We went housing at night and almost everyone answered and listened to at least 10 seconds of what we had to say! Miracle! 3 apartment buildings with everyone home! Good splits. I also found a light saber in a Gotcha Gotcha, so I have a light saber now.
Sunday: Stake conference in Kichijoji. We got to sit right up,front because Hibarigaoka Ward was the choir. We sang "I am a Child of God" and Elder Yamashita was there and the President and they were very happy with how the primary sang. Those kids have some good lungs. But it was a really good meeting. Elder Yamashita talked about remembering that we are Children of God, so why do we fear. Then we biked home, ate, studied and then went housing.
Saturday: we cleaned the church, set up for Eikaiwa, and had our studies. Then we were going to go to Kiyose, but it was super hot and we ended up just going to Higashikurume instead. That was the most effective trip to Higashikurume ever! I don't know if you remember Mark, the American who's family fed me and Elder Millard, but we ran into him and had a good talk. Other things: the Eki smelled like anesthesia, and had the same effect. We saw a bunch of people from the Middle East in their traditional clothes, saw a parakeet in a car, and a Shiba the size of a bear with a military person. That was kind of awesome! Then we went home and taught TOIEC because no one showed up for Eiken. The last take away was sketchy, this one was Terrific.Friday: we got ready to be mailmen, wrote some invitations to church, and then we were off. Elder Gerritsen and I biked from the north of the area to the south so that we could invite a lot of less actives to church. Then at night, we saw a miracle. We were going to go and house where we knew good houses were, but I had a feeling that we needed to go to the Eki, so this is all while we are sitting on our bikes outside of the houses. So we turn around park and start Streeting. It is almost time to go home, and we are on our way back and we pass this man, we say hi in Japanese, but then I feel like I need to say it in English and the man stops and starts talking to us. He had lived in Canada for a while and was fluent in English. He was out looking for some dinner while taking a break and what he got was us. He wasn't that interested at first, but then we talked about what he thought the purpose of life was. He said that it was to be happy, but we also needed to experience sadness. We were like, wow, that is exactly what we believe! He might not call us back, but he was super nice.
Thursday: we had weekly planning, which took less time than usual, so we got to go over by the Eki a little bit. Then we went and had dinner with the Asada's. Asada shimai has been teaching us some secrets to cooking, so maybe you will get to taste some really good food when I get back. After that, we had to submit SPM stats and send some emails for the Zone, so we didn't get to house where we wanted to.
Wednesday: we decided to go out more in the morning instead of scheduling studies then, so we went and streeted at 10 in the morning. We learned that might not be the most effective activity, but we want to be out more in the mornings, so we will keep trying. Then we had district meeting, so from the picture, you can see what mood we were in. After that, we streeted again with more people and then had Eikaiwa. We ran out of time to play a game at Eikaiwa, so I was sad.
Tuesday: so, we had Zone conference with 2 zones, which I will send the picture of latter, but it was great! We talked about prayer, it's importance, how we can teach about it more effectively, and how we can improve our prayers to bring us closer to Heavenly Father, that took the whole day, so when we got back, we went and streeted after Dinner. Good day.Love you all and remember, don't forget to be awesome! Oh, and you all should take a look at the new Ensign. It has a lot of really good articles.
郅筏皮い蓼工瑁
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