Wednesday: So it started with some studies, then moved into Interviews with President Warnick on the second floor, then we went immediately to District meeting on the first floor, then we got ready for Eikaiwa, went home, finished studies and ate dinner, and then returned and did Eikaiwa! Busy day, with the most exciting thing being the game that we played at Eikaiwa. It is a beat game with themed vocabulary, but no one could keep the beat or if they could, the person in front of them would say the word that they were going for.
Thursday: So for those of you who don’t know, the weekly planning outline has changed. It is a lot less ordered and leaves a lot of requirements up to us. And so doing it for the first time, it took forever. When we finally finished, it was time to visit a kind of investigator. We went to Sugita at night and found a new PI, a mom, and then streeted around. It was pretty cold.
Friday: We finished Weekly Planning in the morning, then did studies and went to Konanchuo to get permission to kubari and find some service opportunities. We ended up running around the Kamiooka Eki area trying to print a map, get the paper filled out and get it in to the Police on time. We did and then went to two different service centers to find service, but all that they had were babysitting, which we can’t do, or helping older people take a bath, which we also can’t do. That took the bulk of the afternoon. When we finally finished, it was time to visit a kind of investigator. He did not answer, but that is ok because he lives 2 minutes from us. At night, we went down to the bottom of our hill to house and street. We ended up by some student housing that is a lock out and a temple called Kichijoji, so I have dendōed all around Kichijoji. We found a PI and got a call from Hibarigaoka, because all of the people there have only been there for a transfer or two and they needed info. I found out that Masato is still progressing and they are meeting all of the time now. Then we went to street and it was good, all of the Christmas lights are up on Kannon Dori, the Main Street in Gumyoji.
Saturday: Splits with Elder Poff, but it was a super busy day. We went and helped clean the church with the Elders quorum president and then he took us to Ramen, but I still think that Hibari’s Ramen Jiro is better. Then we came home, did studies, and started to walk to Kamiooka to do some Christmas dendō before Stake Conference. We only talked to one person, but he was super prepared and hopefully the Zone Leaders follow up with him and he will be a good investigator. Then we went to Hakuraku for Stake Conference. I got to see Richard and Motoki, so it was good. The stake presidency focused on the Sabbath day. Then we went home with Tsunoda Kyōdai, a recent convert. He is really cool. We ate kebabs and went to bed.
Sunday: Went to Stake Conference with a member and the Sisters and their investigator in a car! It was still pretty far in a car, but it was funny to see the member and investigator talk because the member is a young father who is fluent in English and super funny, and he and the sisters investigator, an older lady, live 2 minutes away from each other and have a bunch of friends in common, so it was an interest conversation. Then we listened to all of the talks with the Kohoku elders investigator who didn’t want to sit by them, he told them that he was going to sit by us today. It was pretty funny, he loves them, but he is a free spirit. We took the train back with a recent convert mom and her daughter, they are pretty funny. (The daughter is the one who dragged Hattanda Chōrō out of Trick-or-treating). Then we ate lunch and did studies, went to do stats, found the rest of the district doing the same thing, and went to Kuraki Park. There were a lot of runners, cats, and dogs. It was really big and we should probably go back when it is light outside. We then went to the hill where a bunch of people gathered the day Commodore Perry came into Yokohama in 1854. You can see all of Yokohama and it is really amazing. Then we visited a new investigator from Peru and she is going to church in 2 weeks. We came back to Gumyoji and housed at the bottom of the hill, which oddly has not been housed in any recent time.
Monday: We have done our groceries. I found Panettone, the Italian Christmas cake that Brazilians love so much. I can’t wait. We also are going to eat chocolate rice, which i think tastes like marshmallows. I don’t know what else we will do today, but i hope that you all have a great week! Don’t forget to be Genki!
Spiritual Message: Read the Conference talk Obedience through our Faithfulness by Elder Perry in April 2014. It is really good and could help you realize why God asks us to do things.
Love you all, enjoy the Kamakura pictures!
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