This week was amazing, and it all started
because the APs sent out an
initiative for the mission to work harder, and unite all of our
efforts, becoming one. I don't know what kind of success everyone
around the mission had, but Lowry Shimai and I had tons of fun, and it
was just an amazing week.
Monday night we went housing and finding, and even though it was cold,
it was lots of fun, and we taught some good lessons, nothing
promising, but still fun. The majority of that pday we just relaxed,
which was way nice to do, love the relaxing pdays.
Tuesday we received the initiative, and it was crazy. We met with
yamakawa Shimai, a less active, and invited her to do service for
those around her. She is trying to get a different job, so she can
come to church every Sunday, and hopefully she will be successful with
that. We also taught five lessons finding, and had one of our
investigators that wouldn't meet with us have a change of heart and
meet with us, and she loved it. We are also teaching her English, and
she didn't have much time, so we taught her Christ's birth in English,
and then after the lesson ended, we talked about the restoration, and
we're just way friendly. The elders bumped into her later, and we thus
found out about her change of heart, which is such a miracle. We also
had game night, which was lots of fun. We don't have it unless there
are investigators coming, but ever since we decided that, there has
been an investigator there every week, which is way awesome.
Wednesday we went even crazier. We walked to a way awesome handing out
flyers place, chirashi kubari, and just talked to people on our way
there, and we taught eight lessons, and got three contact information,
which was so cool. One lady went to byu as a student thirty years ago.
We taught six on the way there, and then we realized we didn't have
much time until our meeting with a member, so we had to hurry a bit
more on the way back, but we were still able to talk to people, and it
was awesome. We had a great meeting with the member, and challenged
her to invite a friend to church, and she accepted the challenge, and
then we tried to visit a less active, with no success. That night we
taught eikaiwa, and gave the students a challenge. They had to explain
baseball to us, pretending we didn't speak any Japanese, only English,
and they did really well. They can actually kind of speak English
pretty good, they just need more confidence, and they need to practice
more.
Thursday we had SKK, which was great, we planned for some of the
people we have met this week, and it felt so good to actually really
have people to plan for. We then headed out to go visit hazel, the
member who just moved from the Philippines, but who doesn't have a
phone, so we weren't able to get in contact with her, and so it was a
bit round about, but we got her address, and set up coming over
tonight. On the way, we talked to a lady, which took way too long,
about fourty minutes. She said that she has studied Christianity for
eight years, diligently before, but she just couldn't believe 100%. It
was cool, because we both felt like we should boldly testify and
promise her that if she tried once more, and came to our church, she
would be able to believe, and I told her that as a representative of
Christ, I could make that promise. She got stuck on all churches being
the same in her eyes, so as far as we know she isn't going to come,
cause there is a closer Christian church to where she lives, but we
did our best, and it was fun. Hazel is amazing, and she is living with
another Filipino that she met on her way to Japan, and she watched
general conference with her, and introduced her to the church, and her
name is regine, and she is now our investigator. She also brought
another friend, and regine to church, and so the elders have a new
investigator as well. She is amazing, it was a lot of fun to meet her.
Friday we had district meeting, and that was great. Learned from
Williamson Shimai, who is dying, and had learned some awesome things
in her mission. About selflessness and the power of goal setting. They
worked for a transfer and once got 27 nonmember so to church, and all
because they set the goal to have 30 by the last Sunday of the
transfer. That was a way cool experience to hear. We also met a guy
that we thought was a girl. The number was in our phone, so we mailed
it, and invited the person to activities, and ended up being able to
set up an appointment. It was an interesting meeting, but now we have
a referral for the elders. We didn't have as much success today, but
that was ok, we still had lots of fun, and got caught as we heart
attacked kuribayashi bishoppu and Shimai.
Saturday we ended up mainly only doing heart attacks. That wasn't the
plan, but we couldn't find the houses of the less actives we were
trying to visit, and the places we went to heart attack members were
pretty far, and there weren't as many people there, but it was a lot
of fun, and we didn't get caught this time, probably because most of
them were still coming back from the temple when we heart attacked
them. And it made the members feel way happy. We also got to see
inoue, briefly, and she made it very clear she does not want to join
the church, she likes going to church, but has no interest in
changing... So that turned into us dropping her. We had been thinking
of doing so for a while, so that was just the end of it, but hopefully
her heart will soften one day.
Sunday was great, hazel, regine, and their friend Alvin all came to
church and loved it. We had a great gospel principles class in
English, because they all don't really speak Japanese, and it was so
much fun. They all have Christian backgrounds, and so we just had a
great discussion about God, and what kind of help they have received
from him. It was awesome. After church, we taught a pmg prep class,
and had three members there who wanted to learn. The elders were there
also, but they wanted the sisters to teach, so that was a little
nervewracking, because we hadn't had anytime to prepare, but it turned
out way good, and I learned a lot from it. It is so much fun to help
the members learn, and prepare for missions, especially cause they
want to. The challenge is doing all of it in Japanese.
I still don't know what is going to happen with transfers, but I am
excited to find out in the next couple of days. I am entering the last
half of my time in Japan, and I am so grateful that I get to be here,
and I love it a lot. I love and miss you all, and I am so grateful for
your support. Keep safe, and keep having fun. I love and miss you!
Sorry if this email is a bit all over the place, not very much time,
and so much to tell. Love you !
Love, Sister Makin
initiative for the mission to work harder, and unite all of our
efforts, becoming one. I don't know what kind of success everyone
around the mission had, but Lowry Shimai and I had tons of fun, and it
was just an amazing week.
Monday night we went housing and finding, and even though it was cold,
it was lots of fun, and we taught some good lessons, nothing
promising, but still fun. The majority of that pday we just relaxed,
which was way nice to do, love the relaxing pdays.
Tuesday we received the initiative, and it was crazy. We met with
yamakawa Shimai, a less active, and invited her to do service for
those around her. She is trying to get a different job, so she can
come to church every Sunday, and hopefully she will be successful with
that. We also taught five lessons finding, and had one of our
investigators that wouldn't meet with us have a change of heart and
meet with us, and she loved it. We are also teaching her English, and
she didn't have much time, so we taught her Christ's birth in English,
and then after the lesson ended, we talked about the restoration, and
we're just way friendly. The elders bumped into her later, and we thus
found out about her change of heart, which is such a miracle. We also
had game night, which was lots of fun. We don't have it unless there
are investigators coming, but ever since we decided that, there has
been an investigator there every week, which is way awesome.
Wednesday we went even crazier. We walked to a way awesome handing out
flyers place, chirashi kubari, and just talked to people on our way
there, and we taught eight lessons, and got three contact information,
which was so cool. One lady went to byu as a student thirty years ago.
We taught six on the way there, and then we realized we didn't have
much time until our meeting with a member, so we had to hurry a bit
more on the way back, but we were still able to talk to people, and it
was awesome. We had a great meeting with the member, and challenged
her to invite a friend to church, and she accepted the challenge, and
then we tried to visit a less active, with no success. That night we
taught eikaiwa, and gave the students a challenge. They had to explain
baseball to us, pretending we didn't speak any Japanese, only English,
and they did really well. They can actually kind of speak English
pretty good, they just need more confidence, and they need to practice
more.
Thursday we had SKK, which was great, we planned for some of the
people we have met this week, and it felt so good to actually really
have people to plan for. We then headed out to go visit hazel, the
member who just moved from the Philippines, but who doesn't have a
phone, so we weren't able to get in contact with her, and so it was a
bit round about, but we got her address, and set up coming over
tonight. On the way, we talked to a lady, which took way too long,
about fourty minutes. She said that she has studied Christianity for
eight years, diligently before, but she just couldn't believe 100%. It
was cool, because we both felt like we should boldly testify and
promise her that if she tried once more, and came to our church, she
would be able to believe, and I told her that as a representative of
Christ, I could make that promise. She got stuck on all churches being
the same in her eyes, so as far as we know she isn't going to come,
cause there is a closer Christian church to where she lives, but we
did our best, and it was fun. Hazel is amazing, and she is living with
another Filipino that she met on her way to Japan, and she watched
general conference with her, and introduced her to the church, and her
name is regine, and she is now our investigator. She also brought
another friend, and regine to church, and so the elders have a new
investigator as well. She is amazing, it was a lot of fun to meet her.
Friday we had district meeting, and that was great. Learned from
Williamson Shimai, who is dying, and had learned some awesome things
in her mission. About selflessness and the power of goal setting. They
worked for a transfer and once got 27 nonmember so to church, and all
because they set the goal to have 30 by the last Sunday of the
transfer. That was a way cool experience to hear. We also met a guy
that we thought was a girl. The number was in our phone, so we mailed
it, and invited the person to activities, and ended up being able to
set up an appointment. It was an interesting meeting, but now we have
a referral for the elders. We didn't have as much success today, but
that was ok, we still had lots of fun, and got caught as we heart
attacked kuribayashi bishoppu and Shimai.
Saturday we ended up mainly only doing heart attacks. That wasn't the
plan, but we couldn't find the houses of the less actives we were
trying to visit, and the places we went to heart attack members were
pretty far, and there weren't as many people there, but it was a lot
of fun, and we didn't get caught this time, probably because most of
them were still coming back from the temple when we heart attacked
them. And it made the members feel way happy. We also got to see
inoue, briefly, and she made it very clear she does not want to join
the church, she likes going to church, but has no interest in
changing... So that turned into us dropping her. We had been thinking
of doing so for a while, so that was just the end of it, but hopefully
her heart will soften one day.
Sunday was great, hazel, regine, and their friend Alvin all came to
church and loved it. We had a great gospel principles class in
English, because they all don't really speak Japanese, and it was so
much fun. They all have Christian backgrounds, and so we just had a
great discussion about God, and what kind of help they have received
from him. It was awesome. After church, we taught a pmg prep class,
and had three members there who wanted to learn. The elders were there
also, but they wanted the sisters to teach, so that was a little
nervewracking, because we hadn't had anytime to prepare, but it turned
out way good, and I learned a lot from it. It is so much fun to help
the members learn, and prepare for missions, especially cause they
want to. The challenge is doing all of it in Japanese.
I still don't know what is going to happen with transfers, but I am
excited to find out in the next couple of days. I am entering the last
half of my time in Japan, and I am so grateful that I get to be here,
and I love it a lot. I love and miss you all, and I am so grateful for
your support. Keep safe, and keep having fun. I love and miss you!
Sorry if this email is a bit all over the place, not very much time,
and so much to tell. Love you !
Love, Sister Makin
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