The 9 weeks is almost over?

Sorry about last week, there were some technical issues (my iPad was not happy with me).

Here is a review of the last bit:
Last week:
- We had a good reflection time at the start of the New Year holidays. Dendō is slow during New Years.
- Went to Kaminagaya to try and visit an investigator, but he was busy with New Years. Up side of Tuesday the 2nd, we successfully met and talked with the 2 people that we went to talk to, and then we met a cool old guy who practices with swords a lot. The bad side of that contact was he was messing with his sword the whole time that we were talking before we knew that he had it.
-Good district meeting, it went a little long and we were going to get some kubari permission for Kamiooka, but during the meeting we decided that the southern ekis would be better. Only 4 people came to Eikaiwa.
- Weekly planning, and our investigator got the flu, so we had to cancel our next couple of lessons. Good night of housing.
- Note: When I write these I look in my Planner that we fill out everyday. I am on January the 5th and even with all of the check marks in the to do list and the key indicators filled out and everything filled in, nothing is coming to mind of what we did on that day.
- we went to Kanazawa Bunko to get permission to kubari, but what we forgot was that it was Saturday. The police office is closed on Saturday... then we streeted and it was really windy, but because it is the coast, everyone is really nice and happy.
- Had Game night, and a good round of Uno with everyone.
- Went to Idogaya and had to make sure not to leave our area because the last time we went we climbed the wrong hill and ended up in Hodogaya.
- Learned about an awesome new Asia North Area Plan! The members are pretty excited!

This week:
- Housing on the side of a hill, lot of dogs and cats and really weird houses that look like it was difficult to build (the literal side of a hill).
- We are going to use the old paper area book that we found from 8 years ago and contact all of the referrals and PI’s and investigators. Hopefully we will find someone who wasn’t ready then.
- Went to Kanazawa Ward to get permission to Kubari there by some colleges in Kanazawa-Bunko. The policeman was super nice.
- Eikaiwa was empty, but don’t worry, I did have 1 student and 3 people came from a house that Elder Nagaoka and I had knocked on the night before.
- We found out how to put up Eikaiwa posters for free all over the city! We just have to go and change them on the allotted day.
- We got lost in the wrong place (Bessho, aka, lots of hills in a small area)
- We get to send videos to our Ward Mission Leader everyday to tell him about stuff when he is on his break at work (he works in a ramen restaurant)
- Planned a Family History Event, just need to work with the ward now.
- Had a good lesson with a member, our friend will come and see a members daughter be baptized!
- Elder Nagaoka gave a talk, we then taught Sunday School with 2 kilos of yennies, then Young Women's class with the Ward mission leader, that was almost the same as Young Men’s, then had a baptismal service, and we cleaned the font afterwards and took out all of the sand that got swept up during the big year clean up. That was a lot of sand.
- A stress free P-day of emails and a nap!

Coming Up:
- Hopefully a basketball event and a baseball event so that we can cover the split in the ward, (half like each, so we can do both!)
- Yokohama stake Zone conferences!
- Kubari!!
- Running around the area to change Eikaiwa posters so that they don’t get torn down!

It was a good week and to end with something that helped me a lot this week and last week and probably this coming week,
Psalms 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God”
&
Joshua 24:15: “choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Think about it,

Thanks! Have a great week!
さよなら、
マーフィー長老
上大岡、横浜、神奈川県、日本
末日聖徒イエス・キリスト教会の東京南伝道部

Bye!