Monday:
After our Hanami in the park, we met up with a new member/recent convert who has been helping us out a ton and did a mogi of what to do when at work, everyone asks you to go drinking with them. He really appreciated it because he starts work next week. Then we went to McDonalds for dinner for the first time in forever. We saw the other Elders investigator and he was really surprised and came and ate with us too.
Tuesday:
Crazy day. We accidentally planned 2 lessons at the same time, with the Animator and with the Policeman, but luckily, our doseki’s were able to come early and we did splits so I biked up north to teach the Animator. It was a really good lesson and we just followed up on Jesus Christ. She is getting more comfortable with us and being more open in her comments and questions. Way good lesson. Then Elder Jödicke gets dropped off in a car to where we met up, and he doesn’t have a bike, so we had to walk home for 45 minutes. Actually, I just sat on my bike all of the way home, so it was nice for me. Then we did Companion study with the APs and that was good to see Elder Poff and Elder Morris. Then we did a huge planning session to try and get ready for what we had in the week. It kind of worked. We set up Eikaiwa, did lesson reports, planned more lessons, and contacted PI’s and members to set up events. I also painted Easter Eggs the wrong way, but the member that I gave them to really liked them anyways.
Wednesday:
Fussa District meeting first thing in the morning, good train ride. Then we went to the far side of our area and meet a members husband, the Writer, who is not a member and he taught us calligraphy and we had a hanami. It was way nice and he is really cool. His wife is a calligraphy master and she even has a different name because of that. Then we had a lesson with an Eikaiwa student who would like to be baptized, but is waiting for her husband to give her permission. Eikaiwa was great, and we played Mango, Mango, Mango, which I will teach you when I see you.
Thursday:
MLC in Kichijoji for all day... yeah. It was good, just long. When we finally got home we ate dinner and did all of the contacting and planning that we didn’t get to do on Tuesday, or at least most of it... long day. We got in contact with a new person who called the church and wants to meet with the missionaries #Miracle.
Friday:
Met with the Miracle girl who already seems to know all of the lessons. Wow. That has never happened before! It was a way good lesson with the new member (Computer Whiz). Afterwards, Brother Computer Whiz fixed the church printer in about 3 minutes and then we went to our next lesson, which was the German Girl, who is learning German from Elder Jödicke. It also went really well, we taught about Easter and she opened up about wanting to know more about what happens after we die. Then we went and Elder Jödicke taught some members the violin while Brother Computer Whiz and I messed around with an Electric Base Guitar. We also spent 20 minutes looking for some picks that never showed up. Then we assembled the dendō team and did a good kubari followed by tasty curry and cake and then a surprise lesson with the Pilot! Our specialty now is having 5 dosekis at all of the lessons and using 30 inch TVs as our iPads. Way more effective. Everyone can see. Then we raced home after a good lesson.
Saturday:
Kunitachi District Meeting was good, we got some good district goals going, then we went and ate lunch before fasting with the Writer, his wife the Shodo master, and our best member friend. They tested us to see how much we could eat, so even though it was a cafe, we ate a ton. Then we took a bus that they showed us to Fuchu and did District meeting there too. We gave a training on Follow up. Then we got home, did language study and contacting and then Game Night, where a lot of people who don’t usually come came and we had a great time!
Sunday: Easter and Fast and Testimony meeting. Was good, Miracle Girl, Animator and Eikaiwa Student came to church and had a good experience, then after church we taught 2 lessons again on member splits (I wonder if the Elders at home do that?). They both went well, but then we had a 2+ hour DCS with our new Dendō Shunin, and the bishop and the 2nd counselor in the Stake Presidency. It was great, but we were all hungry. So we went home and wanted tempura, but when we finished making it, our favorite member called and said that she wanted to feed us at her shop, and we said that we had made tempura, but she said give me your order and bring the tempura with you, so we ate too much. It was really tasty though. Then we did a 3rd planning session, so hopefully this week will go well for our investigators!
Long letter, wow, that is huge, I hope you all read it all of the way through. It is already April. Time is flying and we are super busy and I already feel like the summer is coming.
I hope that everyone enjoyed conference, we can’t wait until next week for it to be translated.
Have a great week!
BYE
Elder Murphy
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