Dear family and friends,
This week has been a good week, full of some uphill moments, and some
downhill moments, but all in all a very good week.
Monday we had a nice relaxing ish pday, went and got my companion a
kappa, rainsuit, and just relaxed a bit. I always want more relaxing
time, but it just never happens. We were planning on going to himeji
castle this week with some PI's but plans changed. We will probably be
doing that another week though. After pday we went out and got lost.
Best way to get to know your area. Thankfully I have a good enough
sense of direction that I am never actually lost, I just go on random
roads out, and random roads back, and we house and talk to people as
we do so.
Tuesday we went to the old peoples home again, and this week we made
origami. Lots of fun, though some things were really hard. They had
English instructions in their Japanese book, but sometimes they were
confusing. But we had fun. We headed back, and tried to figure out
where some less actives lived, but later realized that the mapping app
we were using wasn't putting the full address in, so it was deceiving
us. That was a bit frustrating. That night I taught normal eikaiwa
again. My companion and the elders just sat there as I taught. I
wished they would've helped, but I am good with just teaching, so it
was ok. It was a lot of fun to teach a normal class again. The kids
class was fun, but I didn't feel like I was teaching English, I more
felt like I was entertaining kids, and almost babysitting them, since
their parents didn't come.
Wednesday we had to prepare to go out to sasayama, we wanted to be the
most effective that we could be with our time, so we mapped out all
the members there, and hoped we would be able to find their houses.
Wednesday we also did some housing, and got lost again, but it didn't
work as well this time, people weren't very interested in listening,
but that's ok, we had fun anyways. We did SKK, because we were pretty
sure we wouldn't have time tomorrow as well, cause sasayama was going
to be an all day thing.
Thursday we went to sasayama, and it was so much fun. A member showed
us around, and introduced us to her friends, the ones that come to
eikaiwa in sasayama, and some of them are great potential
investigators. I am excited to be working with all of them. We went to
a fancy bagel shop, which was super delicious, but it was a big
sandwich. It was way good. To end the day in sasayama, we insisted the
Aobas, and their kids are the cutest. Full of energy, and just with
the cutest little smiles. It was a lot of fun. Aoba Kyodai wasn't
there, but we had fun sharing a message with Aoba Shimai.
Friday we had district meeting, and we just talked about the atonement
and pmg. Made me realize that I need to repent a little bit. I need to
use pmg more, because it really is an amazing resource I have been
given. And it wasn't even from what people said, it was from the
spirit reminding me that the times that I have felt like the best
missionary on my mission, were the times that I was studying pmg
daily. Time to improve I guess. We went with an eikaiwa student to get
ice cream today, with the elders. What I learned is that I really want
to teach his daughter, and that I need to be more careful with
focusing on my purpose when I agree to do things. He took a good chunk
of the day, which was just too bad, but it was a fun experience, and
also a good learning one.
Saturday we had an appointment with an investigator. The sad thing was
that we didn't find out she had had to cancel until we got out to her
house. That was good exercise though. The rest of that day we tried to
find less actives and find as we did so, but unfortunately it was just
a struggle. That night we practiced the song we would be singing as a
zone Sunday, come unto Christ, and then had a volleyball at invite. It
was so fun. Aoba Kyodai came with one of his kids, and when his dad
was playing, someone had to watch out for the little guy, cause he had
no sense of danger. He is about two. So that ended up being me, but
since I couldn't hold him, I just followed him, tried to keep him near
the edges, and blocked the ball if it came near. One time I get
distracted looking at him, and got hit by a pretty hard ball. I was
fine, but I knew it would've really hurt him, so I was glad I was
there at the right time to block it, even though I couldn't pick him
up and protect him better.
Sunday was amazing. They had a Japan wide devotional, and in the
district I am currently in, it isn't a stake, I am now in a branch,
they had the missionaries sing a number before it started. I played
the piano, which was actually an organ, and it turned out alright.
Though because I had to adjust the organ to be able to play it, I
played the first half down the octave, but people could still feel the
spirit, even though I messed up sometimes. I really love that song,
and it is really beautiful in Japanese. That day was just the best, we
got stopped by some salesman, and instead taught them the gospel, and
we also stopped a lady and got her address, by not taking I'm old for
an answer. It was such a great day. In the devotional, elder Bednar
talked about how when the Israelites were crossing the river Jordan,
they didn't wait for the water to part, as had been promised, they
stepped in, they acted, and then the river parted. The lord has so
many blessings that he wants to give us, and he is just waiting for us
to act so that he can. I loved this devotional, and I learned a lot
from it. I was grateful that they had it in English, cause I am not
fluent in Japanese. I am truly so grateful for this gospel, and for
another great week on my mission. I am slowly changing, though the
experiences that I have, and I know that I will never be the same. How
grateful I am for that, for the opportunity I have to learn and grow,
and change, because of the atonement of our savior. In the name of the
savior and redeemer of the world, Jesus Christ, amen.
I love you all, and miss you, but I am happy that I am in Japan. Love you!
Love, Sister Makin
This week has been a good week, full of some uphill moments, and some
downhill moments, but all in all a very good week.
Monday we had a nice relaxing ish pday, went and got my companion a
kappa, rainsuit, and just relaxed a bit. I always want more relaxing
time, but it just never happens. We were planning on going to himeji
castle this week with some PI's but plans changed. We will probably be
doing that another week though. After pday we went out and got lost.
Best way to get to know your area. Thankfully I have a good enough
sense of direction that I am never actually lost, I just go on random
roads out, and random roads back, and we house and talk to people as
we do so.
Tuesday we went to the old peoples home again, and this week we made
origami. Lots of fun, though some things were really hard. They had
English instructions in their Japanese book, but sometimes they were
confusing. But we had fun. We headed back, and tried to figure out
where some less actives lived, but later realized that the mapping app
we were using wasn't putting the full address in, so it was deceiving
us. That was a bit frustrating. That night I taught normal eikaiwa
again. My companion and the elders just sat there as I taught. I
wished they would've helped, but I am good with just teaching, so it
was ok. It was a lot of fun to teach a normal class again. The kids
class was fun, but I didn't feel like I was teaching English, I more
felt like I was entertaining kids, and almost babysitting them, since
their parents didn't come.
Wednesday we had to prepare to go out to sasayama, we wanted to be the
most effective that we could be with our time, so we mapped out all
the members there, and hoped we would be able to find their houses.
Wednesday we also did some housing, and got lost again, but it didn't
work as well this time, people weren't very interested in listening,
but that's ok, we had fun anyways. We did SKK, because we were pretty
sure we wouldn't have time tomorrow as well, cause sasayama was going
to be an all day thing.
Thursday we went to sasayama, and it was so much fun. A member showed
us around, and introduced us to her friends, the ones that come to
eikaiwa in sasayama, and some of them are great potential
investigators. I am excited to be working with all of them. We went to
a fancy bagel shop, which was super delicious, but it was a big
sandwich. It was way good. To end the day in sasayama, we insisted the
Aobas, and their kids are the cutest. Full of energy, and just with
the cutest little smiles. It was a lot of fun. Aoba Kyodai wasn't
there, but we had fun sharing a message with Aoba Shimai.
Friday we had district meeting, and we just talked about the atonement
and pmg. Made me realize that I need to repent a little bit. I need to
use pmg more, because it really is an amazing resource I have been
given. And it wasn't even from what people said, it was from the
spirit reminding me that the times that I have felt like the best
missionary on my mission, were the times that I was studying pmg
daily. Time to improve I guess. We went with an eikaiwa student to get
ice cream today, with the elders. What I learned is that I really want
to teach his daughter, and that I need to be more careful with
focusing on my purpose when I agree to do things. He took a good chunk
of the day, which was just too bad, but it was a fun experience, and
also a good learning one.
Saturday we had an appointment with an investigator. The sad thing was
that we didn't find out she had had to cancel until we got out to her
house. That was good exercise though. The rest of that day we tried to
find less actives and find as we did so, but unfortunately it was just
a struggle. That night we practiced the song we would be singing as a
zone Sunday, come unto Christ, and then had a volleyball at invite. It
was so fun. Aoba Kyodai came with one of his kids, and when his dad
was playing, someone had to watch out for the little guy, cause he had
no sense of danger. He is about two. So that ended up being me, but
since I couldn't hold him, I just followed him, tried to keep him near
the edges, and blocked the ball if it came near. One time I get
distracted looking at him, and got hit by a pretty hard ball. I was
fine, but I knew it would've really hurt him, so I was glad I was
there at the right time to block it, even though I couldn't pick him
up and protect him better.
Sunday was amazing. They had a Japan wide devotional, and in the
district I am currently in, it isn't a stake, I am now in a branch,
they had the missionaries sing a number before it started. I played
the piano, which was actually an organ, and it turned out alright.
Though because I had to adjust the organ to be able to play it, I
played the first half down the octave, but people could still feel the
spirit, even though I messed up sometimes. I really love that song,
and it is really beautiful in Japanese. That day was just the best, we
got stopped by some salesman, and instead taught them the gospel, and
we also stopped a lady and got her address, by not taking I'm old for
an answer. It was such a great day. In the devotional, elder Bednar
talked about how when the Israelites were crossing the river Jordan,
they didn't wait for the water to part, as had been promised, they
stepped in, they acted, and then the river parted. The lord has so
many blessings that he wants to give us, and he is just waiting for us
to act so that he can. I loved this devotional, and I learned a lot
from it. I was grateful that they had it in English, cause I am not
fluent in Japanese. I am truly so grateful for this gospel, and for
another great week on my mission. I am slowly changing, though the
experiences that I have, and I know that I will never be the same. How
grateful I am for that, for the opportunity I have to learn and grow,
and change, because of the atonement of our savior. In the name of the
savior and redeemer of the world, Jesus Christ, amen.
I love you all, and miss you, but I am happy that I am in Japan. Love you!
Love, Sister Makin
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