tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51169442326972292362024-03-27T16:53:34.878-07:00Dante Choro in JapanWatashi no mokuteki wa hitobito ni Kirisuto no moto e kuru you susumeru koto desu. sono tame ni watashi wa Iesu Kirisuto to Kirisuto no aganai o shinjiru shinko, kuiaratame, baputesuma, Seirei no tamamono o ukeiru koto, saigo made ni taeshinobu o toshite, sareta ga kaifuku no fukuino ukeirerareru yotasukeru no desu.
I am a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have been called for two years to teach the people of Japan in the Japan Nagoya mission.Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-73481680041923578052017-08-07T18:30:00.000-07:002017-08-07T18:30:41.343-07:00#FirstShallBeLast<div>
Like as in first area shall be last area. Lol. Scripture Jokes. </div>
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Well, for those of you who have been tuning in for the past two years, congratulations. I just sucked probably about a day out of your life and you can't get that back. For those of you who just look at the pictures, it was probably only a day or so. So even more congrats to you. </div>
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Anyway, this is the last one. Yeah, I won't send one next week probably. So you'll just have to ask me when you see me next week. Haha. So this is our last full pday and so we are super busy today. Way fun. </div>
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Well anyways. Last Monday we went to the mall and got Baskin Robbins, because it was the 31. Then we went shopping and found some good stuff. Elder Delis and I decided to dendo over there afterward and started to, but then I got a flat tire. We decided to walk to a less active member's house then find a bike shop after that. Well we found one, but it kind of killed our plans for that night. </div>
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Then we did a lot of other crazy stuff this week and it was awesome. We met a lot of people and it was a good time. I also learned a ton this week. So. I hope I don't think I can even type it in an email. But one cool thing we were talking about was Adam and Eve. And then this morning I found a scripture that talked exactly about what we were talking about and it reached the same conclusion that we did. So that was cool. We thought of why this religion believes that Adam and Eve did fall, but it was part of the plan, and why other religions believe so differently about them. Then when reading in Jacob in the Book of Mormon, I read verse 3 of Chapter 4. </div>
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Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them <i>that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents.</i></div>
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In this he is talking of writing on plates which became the Book of Mormon. When they wrote this, they had most of the Old Testament, where most of the knowledge of Adam and Eve comes from (i.e. Genesis). So they wrote in their record of spiritual things about Adam and Eve so that we can think of them with joy. We thought that was pretty dope. </div>
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Well I hope that you have a great week. And I know I said at I won't email next week, but I might send pictures or something. </div>
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Speaking of pictures.<br />
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Going to fireworks</div>
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Miyaki was listening to an English learning cd that we found. </div>
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So I forgot something that is super important that we did this week.<br /><br /> I checked something off my bucket list that I didn't even know was there. We played four square inside a library this week. So that was dope. I challenge you all to do that in your local library. (Actually you probably shouldn't so you don't go to jail, but haha I did it).<br /><br /> That is all.</div>
Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-59936758003158049652017-08-02T20:29:00.000-07:002017-08-02T20:29:52.269-07:00Have fun with your potato...and stuff.<div style="text-align: left;">
Well this week was super great. We have been running our bikes so hard everyday, and it is just great. Elder Delis and I are got home the same day and although we talk about it a lot, it just makes us want to work harder because we realize how little time we have left. It is crazy, we got our flight plans and such...well he got his and the Honbu seems to have forgotten about me entirely. lol.<br /><br /> One great thing we did this week was we went housing and found a lady from Massachusetts or Michigan. Big difference, I know, but I forget. I though Massachusetts and Delis said he though it was Michigan. So you know. We don't know. Also we decided her name was Marcie. (We didn't find out her name dakara). So we knocked on her dorr and she said that she was to busy to be converted right now. Hahaha. Then we knocked all of that danchi and no one answers but the last guy answers<br /> and we talked for him a solid thirty minutes. It was dope.<br /><br /> Another thing that happened was that the Honbu told me I was going to Ogaki, but I wasn't. They completely closed that apartment so I sent my luggage there. That was fun. We got to walk it to the apartment. Yay.<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_251904208" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">This Saturday</span></span></span> went to the fireworks and that way way fun. We passed out a ton of fliers and stuff.<br /><br /> Also, from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_251904209" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Thursday</span></span></span> to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_251904210" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Saturday</span></span></span> we went to Ichinomiya and helped them with the festival. But all we did was sit and hope that gaijin come and ask questions. So we just sat there for five hours. Three times. Yep. I will send a time lapse if most of the second day, but then my iPad died, so yeah it might be a little short.<br /><br /> Well that's about all my life this week. Have fun.<br /><br /> Elder Richardson<br /><br /> P.S. Congrats to all my friends that were married this and last month and like forever ago as well. Good job. (`_´)ゞI salute you.<br /></div>
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-32138228986722883952017-07-25T22:16:00.001-07:002017-07-25T22:16:41.768-07:00Transfers Vol.16^_-☆<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well this transfer comes to an end and...once again I am transferring. Even though I go home in literally three weeks. Haha. So I get to go back to my bean chan ward, Gifu. I have mixed feelings about it all:</span></div>
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<li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I am not going back to the same Gifu I know. I am going to Ogaki apparently (which is one of the wards that was eaten by another ward) so that is kind of a bummer, and I have to do what I don't want...learn a new area. </span></li>
<li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I get to go to Gifu! I do really love it there, so I am excited. </span></li>
<li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I get to be with Elder Delis. We met one time in the MTC and we are going home the same day. Also he is super cool, in that I have been around him too much on my mission, but he is pretty cool guy. </span></li>
<li style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Holy cow. I am on my last transfer. Pretty crazy. </span></li>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also, this week was good. I don't really remember much if it, but it was a good week. We went and watched Fireworks <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1625687363" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Saturday</span></span></span>. So happy Pioneer Day. If you don't know what that is, ask the nearest person from Utah. So that was what we did this week. </span></div>
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First off is Monday well.. last Monday I went over to Seto to get a haircut form the homie Elder Collett. He cut my Rhiannon real= buceabd shpar. After that I hung with Elder Morgan. He's way dope and comes home a month after me. He's single. And is looking for girls who do NOT want a seriou relationship. If you're interested please contact him at Bryce.morgan!@<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://myldsmial.net&source=gmail&ust=1500603647882000&usg=AFQjCNEYbDbA3X5UC6uGh6U1ud2lMXkLWQ" href="http://myldsmial.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">myldsmail.net</span></a>. He comes home in September. Anyway. I am also coming home soon as well.. we are looking for<br />
candidates for double dating: after that my companion kinda got mad at us for talking with the sisters and playing ping pong within them. Even though none of us have any interest in any of them. Ya. That was fun. I realized on this day of my mission that I need to work on myself to make myself a better husband and father :) wink wink. I've recieved a lot of counsel from my mission president and I've got his guarantee and blesssing that I will be a good father cough cough wink wink.<br />
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Tuesday was a wonderful day. We did a lot of things; I dont nesicarrialy want to explain all of them because I can't really remember a lot of it. It may be the that I have a severe case of amnesia or just that I fell a little too hard off my futon and into the soft tatami floor when I prayed this morning. Either way it must have been eventful in some way but I guess we will never know. Maybe I saw a baby kitten, maybe I got attacked by crazy spiders because Japan and summer. Or maybe it was just a really normal day. Maybe one day God will reveal the truth to us. Unseal the sealed plates or just open our understanding. Maybe all we need is to have faith. I wish you luck on that journey.<br />
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So <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1073642593" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Friday</span></span></span> I went on a koukan with Elder Collett and that was pretty good. We went to Yakiniku king and it was way good and we took a couple of videos so that will be attached. By the way if you haven't noticed it is my turn to actually write about my week. So yea. Anyway this day we also found some cool stuff in Daiso and you know what that means. Actually, you know. Mom, I'm sorry that this week you aren't getting any real information. But that's life, so just endure to the end. We also went and ate sushi and I won a prize just like I do everytime. This time I won the keychain of a crab sushi. They come out every summer. So if you are in the area, make sure that you get the onion rings, they are the secret, you have to put that plate in last. Or at least that is the theory right now. Well we did some good stuff and yeah.<br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1073642594" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday.</span></span></span> So today we got back from a kokan. For those of you who dont know a kokan is a magical portal all of the time in a day disappears into. So basically most of the time got sucked into that. But eventually we tried to visit some members which got really confusing. But that is normal because speaking Japanese. Just kidding I mastered that language before I was even born so it can't be that. But then we went an tried to do some housing before we had to go home. But the magical portal seems to have taken my memory of said housing away too so just try and imagine what that would be like for me. Probably a lot of our house is good and we are fine.<br />
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different ways. It's really a life changing experience. Second you must understand that nihonjin have three ways to say hello in the mornings. They either say a general hello, a good morning or say wow its hot. Thirdly you need to understand that it was shokujikai which means free food. We had fun. And oh boy yum. Food is good. After church we walked down the street and saw three men that seemed kind of interested in the gospel. We asked them if they if they knew who Joseph Smith was and they said yes we ate lunch with him once. We super explained some things and turns out they weren't interested. We thought about what kind of people we want to find and thought back to<br />
what Ishii Kaicho wants us to find. And we thought yes, young people. So we prayed and what happened after that? We found this even older grandma. It was good. Afterwards we went home and just smiled about our day and the goodness that comes from being a servant of the Lord. It is super fun to be such a good missionary. It's like just such a pleasure to be the kind of missionary that everyone wishes they could be. I love being so good.<br />
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-46722941800219390432017-07-12T21:43:00.001-07:002017-07-12T21:43:19.238-07:00Festival of the Weaver Starring Sister Hansen<div class="a3s aXjCH m15d2a34b6e179729">
Hello everybody! This week was full of surprises and also just full of stuff! Also it was one of the most important holidays as well! That of course was Tanabata. Hahah.<br /><br /> Anyway on Monday we had quite a few errands to run, one of which was going to sushi. Lol. So we took some pictures and I found this fish that is super hard to find... I explain in the video. Then we went to Don Quijote and other stores to find a Yukata and found some other dope stuff.<br /><br /> On Tuesday, I spent the Fourth of July with no Americans around me. I had a companion exchange with Elder Ribeiro from Brazil. So we celebrate by having a typhoon. Hahaha. Unfortunately that cancelled a lot of our dendo activities that we had planned.<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_749995849" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Wednesday</span></span></span> we taught firemen eikaiwa and that was way fun. And then we went and visited the Takahashis and talked about member dendo and then they took us to Bronco Billy, which is a steakhouse, and when we were there, we realized that it was the Fourth of July in America still when we were there. So that was pretty cool. Then we had eikaiwa and such.<br /><br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_749995850" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Thursday</span></span></span> we had our weekly planning session and that was really long and boring and all that...just like always. Hahah. Just kidding, but it was long. It always seems to suck up our whole day.<br /><br /> Then we had our Tanabata Takyuu Taikai. Or in other words our Festival of the Weaver Ping Pong Conference. It was good. And we also had a koukan this day and so Elder Henricksen came with us to the event. There are lots of pictures if this one, so they will be in a separate email. But it was way fun. I had a lot of almost wins with everything. I almost beat Elder Collett in Ping Pong and then I almost beat Brother Ikeda, our Ward Mission Leader, in shogi. It was way fun. And he wants to play again and so that will be good. Hopefully I will get better. Everyone is always way impressed with me though because they are amazed that I even know the rules, and also, since I play with chess strategy most of the time, they have no idea how to defend against some of the things that I do. Also my former companion Elder Hansen's mom came and that was way fun! Anyway it was way fun. And then that night Elder Henricksen and I had some fun on our koukan. So that was <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_749995851" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Friday</span></span></span>. Also in the morning we had interviews with President Ishii.<br /><br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_749995852" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Saturday</span></span></span>, we went to one of our young men's basketball game and that was way fun. We taught then some of the easy cheers that we do in America end we learned the one cheer that they do here. So that was fun. And also the team we were there for was killing it for the whole first quarter. Then we left, but we are pretty sue they they won. Then we biked forever and went to the Ishikawa's house for dinner and it was a good time. They had given us some pudding that they had us put Hershey syrup on and then they gave us a glass of milk so for us it was a no brained in what we had to do. So we made chocolate milk with the Hershey's syrup and that kind of freaked them out. It was way funny. So they learned some good American culture.<br /><br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_749995853" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Sunday</span></span></span> we went to church. It was really hot, and it was good. We got to have singing practice and that was fun. We also planned the Talent Show which I will not be attending. It is so weird to have to help plan things when I know for sure that I won't even be here. Then we had a lesson with the Nakano family and that was interesting. I was told they were awesome to teach and stuff, but then we get there and it turns out that they don't have any interest, but were just being<br /> nice because they like the missionaries. Then that night we went to Sister Dominguez house (I know way Japanese name) and we had my favorite Japanese food! Tacos and stuff. (#^=^#) It was a really good time and we had a pretty good lesson...if I do say so myself. And we were able to involve everyone, so that was good.</div>
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Well this week was pretty packed and I'm sure that I missed some stuff, but most if you don't actually read this anymore anyway. And if you have questions you could always send me a mail and ask...or I guess you could wait a month and then just ask in person...or you could send the mail. That would probably be more time effective. And yeah.</div>
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-40049460111676201002017-07-03T18:49:00.000-07:002017-07-03T18:49:00.269-07:00Of Death, Firemen, and Spanish AdventuresWell, this was not the best week of my mission. I don't think it was the worst either though. Last week <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1602589525" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Monday</span></span></span> morning I woke up and felt awful. I will spare you the details. So pretty much all we did was get ready, go to the church and do emails, then came home and I died on my futon.<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1602589526" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Tuesday</span></span></span>, I died on my futon and we called some people. That's about it.<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1602589527" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Wednesday</span></span></span>, I woke up and felt a little better, so we were able to leave the apartment. So we tried to visit some people and we had another lesson with Brother Takikawa. It was way good! Except for the part when out of nowhere the member started talking about the different ways snakes are symbolized in the bible and in modern society. So that was fun. I wish we could get through the story of Adam and Eve and why it's important with a member present. But, seeing as I don't have much time left, probs won't happen. Lol. We also taught eikaiwa that night and it was way good.<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1602589528" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Thursday</span></span></span> we taught firemen (and woman) English and it was hilarious. Also the curriculum isn't the best because we have to make it up and since it has been going on for a little while, we are<br /> running out of ideas. But it is way hilarious and they just want to come and speak English. That night we went to our other eikaiwa class and Elder Collett and I taught the advanced class "real English" aka normal slang like guys, dude, bro, and dope. Then that night we had a koukan and I got to go with Elder Morgan to Seto.<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1602589529" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Friday</span></span></span>, we were going to visit their investigator Augusto because we had our "Spanish team" to go talk to him. Well, he wasn't home. But we got to use our Spanish super power on a guy on the street named Jeronimo. He is from the Dominican Republic and asked if I was too. Haha. Also, all the Spanish speakers get really excited when we introduced ourselves and we decided that I should just tell them my first name. Haha. They always try and guess where I am from. Also we went to Bronco Billy Restaurant and our waitress was Brazilian and Elder Morgan and I were speaking Spanish and such so she asked what part of Brazil we are from. Lol. Also we had DTM in the middle of the koukan, so that was a little weird.<br /><br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1602589530" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Saturday</span></span></span> we did Weekly Planning because we didn't have time on Thursday, so that took the chunk of the day and we had an awesome lesson with Makoto that night and he was way good and we felt the Spirit guiding that lesson. It was good. We also taught him English slang he can use when he goes to America this month.<br /><br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1602589532" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Sunday</span></span></span> we had church and we ended up hanging out with the Filipino Sisters and it was way fun. And Sister Grace invited us over for dinner that night and since she lives really far, that was all we were able to do. But it was super fun and she is so funny! We had to wait like half an hour for our tachiai to show up, but that wasn't that bad. And she was super happy we came. Then on the train on the way home we met this cool guy who took a picture with us. It was great.<br /><br /> Anyway this week we had quite the time in the apartment for most of it and because of that, we think we can probably get out this week. Pretty excited for that. Everybody have a good Fourth of July (the<br /> most important holiday) and eat lots of food (it's what the founding fathers would have wanted). Also have a great Tanabata <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1602589533" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Friday</span></span></span>! (If you are still looking, we hear that Yukatas are pretty cheap at<br /> Shimamura).<br />
<br /> Have a great week!<br /><br /> Elder Richardson<br />
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-38274844429115492922017-06-26T21:38:00.002-07:002017-06-26T21:38:31.275-07:00#Mom-BlockedWell this week we went around a we tried to find our investigator that went MIA and we actually found him. The bad part was when we got "mom-blocked." Then we went around and visited some members and such and that was pretty fun.<br />
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We got to continue teaching Brother Takikawa's after baptism lessons and so we made him teach us the plan of salvation. That was way fun. And he really understands it all well. Our member got confused part way through between spirit prison and outer darkness, but it ended up OK.<br />
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We also visited the Nakashima family and they haven't been coming to church for a little bit, but then the next day he came to church! It was super awesome.<br />
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Also we visited Brother Kaneko and found of more about why he doesn't come to church. He said something along the lines of, all the members in Japan are selfish because they can't follow the footsteps of the pioneers like pioneer trek. Made me laugh a little bit. I still don't see how that makes people selfish, but apparently it does. Also he said that he feels it is to late for him to start praying again.<br />
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Those were the main things that we did this week. Sorry this one was so short, but to be honest you are all probably rejoicing. Yay.<br />
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Have a good week<br />
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Elder Richardson<br />
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1-3 A random street we stopped at. Sorry these are all I have for this week<br />
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-89848790387547585032017-06-19T20:35:00.000-07:002017-06-19T20:35:25.921-07:00Kasugai...Home of the CactusWell this week was interesting. We did quite a lot of stuff. I think the thing I learned this week was that God answers our prayers as long as we do our part. If we only do half, the Lord can't do anything for us. That is why all blessings are based on obedience. God is a God of Justice, so He has to follow that. He always is ready and willing to bless us, but sometimes we force Him to withhold some of the things that He would love to give to us. That is why He weeps with us when we feel sorrow and He rejoices with us when we do right.<br /><br /> Anyway, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_256108882" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Monday</span></span></span>, I was still in Gokiso and so we decided to go and visit the Pokémon center before I left, and to go to the Atsuta Jingu (which is pretty famous in Japan). Also we went to get some awesome maze soba. So that was really good. Then we visited Sisiter Saito and it was way fun (we went with the other Elders, so that was super great). And Sister Saito is super awesome and her testimony is always so strong.<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_256108883" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Tuesday</span></span></span> was the actual transfer, and so in the morning I woke up and got ready, then we went to the train station and I left. Since my train ride was only going to be twenty three minutes if I rushed and such, I got the opportunity to just mosey through and take my time. I ended up arriving before Elder Adams (the Elder I replaced) left Kasugai. So that was fun to see him again (we were in the same district when I was in Nanao). Then we were waiting with Elder Henrickson for his companion to come and so we went to get Indo Curry...in other words, a continuation of the week of food. Lol. Then we went housing and such and it was good.<br /><br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_256108884" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Wednesday</span></span></span>, we had eikaiwa and that was way fun. We teach a small eikaiwa in Kasugai even though the ward is closed and they are going to be getting rid if the building soonish. But for now we teach in Kasugai and it is pretty fun. We also got to Skype the Seto missionaries and the Ward Mission Leader that night and it was pretty fun and really good to be able to coordinate what we are doing.<br /><br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_256108885" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Thursday</span></span></span>, we spent the day in this other place called Kozouji and visited a bunch of members up there and all the missionaries teach an eikaiwa up there as well. So that was good. We got to meet with a man named Kaneko and he is super funny. He has very few teeth, and he likes English, so when he talks, it can be hard to understand sometimes, but it is way fun to talk with him. He was really excited to find out that I can play the piano.<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_256108886" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Friday</span></span></span>, we went to this Japanese class that is free for foreigners and that was way fun. We ended up going to get sushi with one of the guys from the class and it turns out he has taken a little bit of the<br /> lessons from the Elders and has been to the church before. He said that he wants to learn about the gospel again too, so that was really good.<br /><br /> For <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_256108887" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Saturday</span></span></span>, we went to visit Sister Okamura for her birthday and it was way fun. Also it was super unexpected because a family from Gokiso was there celebrating as well. It turns out that SisterYuasa from Gokiso is the daughter of Sister Okamura. So pretty much, I have now met their whole family! Lol. (Brother Yuasa's parents were serving in Numazu as couple missionaries when I was in Fuji). So that was super fun.<br /><br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_256108888" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Sunday</span></span></span>, I got to give a talk in church, and so did the other missionaries that transferred in. It was way good and all of our talks kind of fit with each other pretty well. Which is pretty good since we weren't given a topic. Then after church they had a chorus practice and they came up to us and told us that we were going to be singing in it. It was pretty great and we even had a member invite one of their friends to come sing, and he will sing in church with us and everything. Then we had a shokujikai. Which is, as always, amazing.<br />
<br />All in all, this was a good week, and every day I am grateful to be part of the Lord's work. I don't have much time left, but I am going to make this last bit count. 最後まで耐え忍びましょう!<br /><br />Elder Richardson<br /><br /> Pics, cause that's all you really look at...<br /><br /> 1 For Elder Mendoza<br /> 2 Sushi<br />
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So this week was really short
and the main thing that happened was we
found someone interested in learning about the gospel on Tuesday
through housing and she ended up coming to church in Sunday. So that
was a pretty cool. Other than that, it was a pretty normal week. We
went on a koukan and Elder Yamazaki and I went and dendoed with
Brother Itakura and ended up trying a restaurant that we had heard of
and seen before, but none of us had ever tried it. It was called Baby
Face Planets...and it was pretty good. Just a weird restaurant
overall. But the food was good.<br />
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Today we are going to have district activity and since I guess we were
all hungry when we made the plans or something, we are going to a
restaurant that is all you can eat. Then we will come to the church
and just play ping pong and such.<br />
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Sorry this was short, but that's life sometimes.<br />
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Elder Richardson<br />
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-51020932609072571962017-05-28T19:57:00.003-07:002017-05-28T19:57:27.129-07:00So I guess they use ducks and we use goats.Well, this week, we had a great time. I think the coolest thing was seeing the effects of our planning and knowing that we made good, and guided, decisions. We had a lot of lessons with members this week, and each lesson we taught was very different. But each one was exactly perfect for each family. It was a good week for teaching for us.<br />
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Unfortunately, it wasn't so great a week for finding. We got a lot of appointments, phone numbers, etc. and it was looking like it would be really good. But then no one came to the appointments they made and they don't answer their phones or call back. So that was a real bummer.<br />
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Another cool thing we got to do was go on a hike with a local Boy Scout troop. It was way fun and super 懐かしい for both me and Elder Mendoza. We both got to remember the different things that we liked about working at scout camp. And a couple of the things we didn't like as much. (^-^) But it was a really good service opportunity and they were really excited when we were able to come and show some scout skills to the boys. One of the leaders mentioned to us how good he felt it was for the troop, being a really small troop, to have some leaders that aren't way older than the boys so they can look up to and connect easier with. So they are way happy to have us there. And it was super fun.<br />
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So that's about all that happened this week.<br />
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This week I learned something that was pretty cool. Right now I am studying the Book of Mormon and focusing on what it says in the title page of why it was written. And highlighting it in three different colors.<br />
1. to show unto the remnant of the house of Israel what great things<br />
the Lord hath done for their fathers<br />
2. that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not<br />
cast off forever<br />
3. And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the<br />
Christ, the Eternal God<br />
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So I realized through marking these things that the great things the Lord does for us and the Covenants and prophecies, etc. of the Lord are the same thing. The only difference is the timeline. Covenants are just future blessings and all the great things the the Lord does for us are past covenants and prophecies. I thought that was really interesting. And that goes really well with D&C 130:20-21. There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated--And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that<br />
law upon which it is predicated.<br />
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Well that was just one small thing that I learned this week and I thought that it was cool. I hope you all have a great week and learn something new that you think is cool. And you can email me the thing<br />
that you learned so I can learn it too. Then we will think that it is cool together.<br />
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Elder Richardson<br /> <br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">First, we have been going to this English Club at the Local Institute of Technology and it has been really fun. And there are actually a lot of people there that have some interest in the gospel. One in particular, his name is Tomohiro, has been able to meet with us a lot and he is pretty interested in what we believe. It is way fun. And he is a total bro. We went out to ramen with him and he asked us lots of questions about the Church and the Book of Mormon and all of that stuff. And it was really a good time. He also came to ping pong night at the church and when we were going to go he asked if he could see the chapel. It was way good. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Another thing that happened was that we haven't been able to meet with Rei, so we called him and asked how he was doing. And he is doing great and can see that God is helping him as he prays and follows the commandments. Then he asked if we could pray over the phone and it was really great. He is working really hard to follow all the commandments and he is really looking to baptism. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Another thing that happened was that Elder Oaks (one of the Apostles) came to Japan and he gave a really awesome devotional. He talked about how the Lord will always help us learn things that we need to know through our trial. It was really a great night. Also his wife dendoed in Sapporo, so she bore her testimony in Japanese. It was super awesome. </span></div>
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-3435866326576982512017-05-16T23:20:00.000-07:002017-05-16T23:20:46.182-07:00We Are All Monkey Chickens. . .<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well, first off, Happy Mother's Day! What a great holiday. Many families across the world are celebrating their mothers in different ways. And in most countries of the world, one tradition stays the same. The missionaries call or skype home, they say something along the lines of "Hey, what's up?", and then the mother starts to cry. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anyway, let me tell you how I prepared this week for the day that is Mother's Day. First, on Monday, we went and had Kebabs. They were rather good. Then that night we were supposed to go to the Watanabe house to do an FHE. Well we were struggling finding a tachiai (teaching helper) and were trying really hard to make it there on time as well. Well, when we were almost there and I was calling Janet Shimai to tell her that we would be late, that was when she decided to tell me that that afternoon something had come up and she had cancelled the appointment. She just forgot to tell the people that she had the appointment with. Fun. So we went and did plan B: knock on doors and go on a hunt for some members that supposedly live around here. It was good. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then on Tuesday, we decided that we had time to go and try to visit these people that Elder Mendoza knows from before his mission. They don't live in our area, but we got permission to go, because they don't want to talk to other people, just him. So when he tried to just send the missionaries of that area before, the people just said that Elder Mendoza should come. So anyway, we went. And they weren't there. It was a good journey though. I found at their house a four leaf clover! And then when I was just looking some more whilst Elder Mendoza wrote them a note, I found a five leaf clover! It was crazy. So I think I might be super lucky now. Haha. Then that day we found some Dr. Pepper. So the luck worked. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_781199966" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Thursday</span></span></span>, we realized that we were out of laundry detergent and also were on our last set of clothes, so we got to do some non pday shopping. (^^) then we did some weekly planning and were chock full of appointments that night. We met with Konal, who we then realized he doesn't have interest at all in the gospel and just meets with us cause he is nice. So we are going to stop teaching him. Still will probably go hang out every once in a while though. Then right after (actually overlapping) we had a lesson with Junpei, we read the Star Wars script and then read 1 Nephi 2. It was way good and we got to talk a little about commandments. Then we went out to eat with Brother Choi. This was probably the last week we will get to meet with him, so we were way happy. He is going to go back to Korea. We went to Katsu Explosion and it was way good. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_781199967" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Friday</span></span></span> we had an awesome DTM. I was really grateful for Elder Yamazaki. I was really feeling weird that day and was not really feeling like being a missionary, but then we got there and he asked me to play the piano for prelude and that really let me ponder while listening to music that has such a great message. And then the DTM really hyped me up for dendo. Then we had a lesson with Hattori and we asked him why we meet and it turns out to be just what we thought. He just wants to talk. So we decided that we shouldn't really meet with him that much anymore either. So that was fun. Then we got a call from our beloved Elder Ence (the AP himself) and he told us to go to this takoyaki party for some English speaking thing. Well we went and realized it was at a college, so that was the first slightly weird thing. Then we looked at the email we got from the person and realized that it was a girl. And so we looked at each other and said that if this was a girls club, we are going to have kill Ence. (^-^) Anyway, it was ok and there were a lot of guys there too. And it was so weird. We were just hanging out at a college party and it was so fun...and it was still dendo! We got to give out a lot of eikaiwa and there were some people that were interested in the gospel. Unfortunately they were girls. So since comping to Gokiso, I have gotten to give a lot of referral to the Sisters. Anyway that was a really fun night. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well this week was really great! We did a lot of stuff, including transfers. Also nearly all of us in our district got haircuts. So that was a thing. We have been working really hard and Elder Mendoza is really easy to work with. It's really nice. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anyway, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1295385149" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Monday</span></span></span>, we (Elder Jones and I) went around and said goodbye to people and things like that. It was pretty good. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1295385150" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span>, we had the actual transfer day. Elder Yamazaki came up and stayed here when we were waiting for our companions to show up and he asked for a haircut. So that was haircut number 1. Then Elder Mendoza came and we did some planning and such. That night we were surprised by seeing the sister missionaries. (Normally this would not surprise us). Sister Harada is training this transfer, so usually the trainers are all gone for the whole day and stay somewhere else. But they came to the church when we were in the middle of planning and we were able to go to the service activity with them. That was pretty lucky because this week there were many people there and we definitely needed all of us there. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1295385151" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Wednesday</span></span></span>, we had to go shopping (because of transfers) and decided that while we were out, and since it was so close, we should get haircuts as well. Then we had a lesson with our friend Hiro who is pretty good at English and wants to be a sports volunteer at Olympics. And we talked a little more about fasting and we talked about America. Unfortunately, it was right before eikaiwa, so we didn't have much time to really talk about anything. Then we had eikaiwa and there was almost no one there (this past week was a holiday week in Japan called Golden Week). Also, because of the new transfer and trainers and such, we had five or so sets of missionaries there. And most of them were Japanese, so they filled the class pretty well. It was a really interesting eikaiwa. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1295385152" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Thursday</span></span></span>, we had a lot of things to do so we could get ready for the Undokai (sports day) the next day. So we went and found shirts for the missionaries and we practiced our skit the Elders Quorum was doing (video will be attached). Then we went and just dendoed. That night we were going to visit a member who has been struggling recently and so we decided we should go and see if the bishop could come with us. Well we ended up going to the wrong house on accident and it was the bishops dad. So we shared a little message and decided to talk to the bishop <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1295385153" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Sunday</span></span></span> and plan when we can visit the member together. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1295385154" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Friday</span></span></span> was the Undokai!! It was way fun. The stake rented out a huge dome and we did all sorts of games and events and stuff. Elder Mendoza and I got to be in the relay race. And it was way hisashiburi to run in a race like that. It was really fun though. And since it was a stake event I got to see members from Gifu and Ichinomiya (where I have served before). That was way fun. But they were both on the other team than us. And our awesome Korean homie came. He is a member that is here for work and he is so cool. So we got him to come and it was way fun. It was just hard to translate things that I don't fully understand in English. (^^) Then that night we went and visited our newlyweds in Gokiso (they were married in March). And that is where the title of this email came from. They are a way funny couple and it is really interesting. He is Chinese and doesn't really speak that much Japanese. And she doesn't speak very much English at all. So watching them communicate is really fun. Especially when you speak both languages. So that was fun. And they like having the missionaries over because we can translate for them. ( ^∀^) so anyway, we were looking at family pictures and she pulled out her pictures and there was an engagement picture of them and we were like who is that guy? And he said, "the most handsome man in asia." So we thought that was really funny. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1295385155" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Saturday</span></span></span> we decided to do some finding. Or in this case, more accurately, looking. Then we realized that it was Golden Week and so we thought that people are probably by this way famous park in our area. Well, we took a wrong turn somewhere, because we were riding up this hill and then when we reached the bottom, we ended up at the exact same place as we started. So yeah. Then we went home and had some dinner and went to meet with the other missionaries at the church to plan. The Nonami Elders forgot or something, because they were way late. And we had to start ping pong night, so planning was canceled. And Brother Armstrong (our ward mission leader) was hungry, so he went and got some burgers for everyone from McDonald's. And we had a good time at ping pong night. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1295385156" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Sunday</span></span></span>, we had church. It was really good. Because it was fast <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1295385157" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Sunday</span></span></span>, we had a Teaching in the Savior's Way meeting for all the people that teach classes. And it was really good. Then we had a lot of meetings after church. Our regular one with Brother Armstrong, one with the Bishop, one with our new eikaiwa coordinator Brother Wong, and then the one that we were going to do the day before. So that was a long day. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well anyway, I guess that is a roundabout way to say that I had a 普通 week. I hope that you all had a great one. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And to end on a spiritual note, everybody play an Eb. And then read in Moroni 10:3-5 which says, "Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts. And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things." </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Then in order to know how that answer will come, read Alma 32:28 which reads, "Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves--It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me." I know that if we do these things that it works. We just need to test the words of the Prophets. In the scriptures the Lord often says things along the lines as in Malachi, "prove me now herewith." We just need to test it. </span></div>
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Well, this week was rather interesting.
We did a lot of fun stuff. Also, we had a lot of stuff that was a little less
than fun happen. Essentially, the thing that Elder Jones and I learned was
outlined in Elder Choi's talk this past conference. Simply to look up, and not
around. I really think that is as true and great principle. The most important
thing is not what other people are doing, but what you are doing and why you
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Anyway, the highlights of this week
were that we found some great people to teach, started teaching other people
that we have been trying to meet with and we got transfer announcements.
Luckily, I get to stay in Gokiso, but Elder Jones is going to be leaving us and
he will go all the way over to Hamamatsu in the Shizuoka zone. (If you don't
know the geography of Japan, that is in between Nagoya and Fuji and in the same
zone as Fuji).<br />
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Well with that said, I will talk
about the lessons that we got to do this week. On Thursday, we got to teach our
friend Konal about the Book of Mormon and we gave3 him a copy in Hindi. Well it
turns out that Hindi is not his native language. They also don't have it
translated into his language. Luckily, he reads Hindi and understands it just
as fine as reading like normal. Well, we got to teach him about the importance
of prayer and reading the Book of Mormon and he is really learning a lot. He
said that he likes learning about this and he said that he will get baptized,
but just wants to wait until he is ready. Then right after his appointment, we
had a dinner with our Peruvian family, the Watanabes. So we were also able to
bring Konal with us to that and it was really fun.<br />
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On Saturday, we were able to meet
with Richard, who is a man from Nigeria that we met on the street a few weeks
ago. We went and had dinner with him and he is really interested in our church.
It was a lot different teaching someone that has a really strong knowledge of
the Bible. It was really fun though and he really likes a lot of the things
that we believe in. For example, he said that the leader of the church should
be decided in case something happens. And we were able to explain the system
for what happens if we were to need to get a new prophet. He really liked
everything that we were able to talk about. It was pretty cool.<br />
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Well, we also had transfer calls
and I already spilled the beans on what Elder Jones is doing, which may leave
you to wonder what is going to happen with your beloved Elder Richardson. I
mentioned that I will stay in Gokiso. I will also get a new companion who is a
stud. I have gotten to know him already and we were in the same zone when he
was a bean and then after that he went to Gifu when I was in Ichinomiya. Well,
for those of you who don't keep track of transfers, this is our one and only
Elder Mendoza. I am way excited to work with him. It will be fun.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well anyway this week <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_41250506" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Monday</span></span></span> we were going to go to the Watanabe's house for an FHE, but then the thing happened last Friday night (last Friday we went to do service with them, but it turned out to take way longer and we had to leave before it was done. So Karina was a little salty about that still.) and then we didn't find a tachiai (someone to sit in with us), so it just didn't happen. So we just dendoed. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_41250507" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span>, we had some good ol' service. We got to go to a facility for people with mental illnesses and teach some English to everyone. That was really fun. And for the self introductions, everyone was a different type of Samurai or Ninja. (i.e. Ramen Samurai, Smart Phone Samurai, Ukulele Samurai, Marathon Ninja, etc.). Then that night we started a koukan with the other Gokiso Elders and for some reason it was decided that we should meet at this park. Well, it is a huge park and it took a while to find each other. Also, as Elder Miranda and I found out, the park is really, really far away from the service activity that we were supposed to go to that night. So we (Elder Miranda and I) had to bike like mad (and we didn't know perfectly where we were going) and we finally made it to the place. Well the service was over because we didn't have a meeting point set at the park and the park was in the opposite direction from where we needed to be. Then we went and got some food and biked home. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_41250508" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Wednesday</span></span></span>, we were completely clear in the morning and afternoon, so we planned out our day and we were going to have a good time. When lunch came, we were told by our beloved Elder Jones (who chose the park the night before) suggested that we (still Elder Miranda and I) go to this katsu place that isn't too far away. Well we went, and it was a lot of food, and it was really good. Well, we got a phone call from the Sisters and they asked if we were coming to the church. It turns out that we had an appointment at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_41250509" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">2:00</span></span></span> at the church with a man name Hattori. So once again I was acted upon. We then acted and had to bike like mad. The restaurant we were at is nearly on the opposite side of the area as the church. And it is down a huge hill. So we got to bike up that huge hill and then bike to the church. Well we made it there in around 45 minutes. Later we looked up on the map and it says that biking that would take about and hour fifty. Apparently they don't have a setting for frantic missionary speed. Well we made the appointment and then had to change all of our plans and so we went and got bananas. Elder Miranda was so funny and he had Kobayashi san do an introduction in English for our families. So I will send that video. And then we taught eikaiwa, that was really fun. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_41250510" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Thursday</span></span></span>, Elder Jones and Elder Yamazaki had to go get their bikes from really far away in the morning. So Elder Miranda and I just stayed and did the normal studies and were figuring out what to eat for lunch when they finally came back. Then we were back to our normal companionships and Elder Jones and I did some weekly planning. We have been way busy recently, so it was really good to step back and really plan what we should do. Then we had a lesson with Junpei and it was way good. We taught about prayer and when he prayed he truly prayed from his heart. He told the Lord that he was tired, but he needs to study well, so he wants God to give him power that is more than energy drinks and that he can get power to study well. He also told him that he is hungry and wants to eat 31 ice cream. Lol. It sounds kind of funny, but he was really praying from the heart and just doing what we said to talk to your Father. He is going to pray this week and read the Book of Mormon every day. Super awesome. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">That night we were going somewhere and our plans changed. We met these Nepalese guys on the street and they invited us to come and talk in their house about stuff and we went and it was way fun. They wanted to talk English mostly, but they also talked to us a lot about religion. And then we went and got indo curry with them and it was way fun. We learned a lot of Nepalese words that night. We still need to check with one of our other Nepalese friends to see if what they were teaching was a bunch of swear words or not though. (^-^)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_41250512" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Saturday</span></span></span> we were going to have a little party where one of the Sisters' investigator who is Vietnamese was going to make us some Vietnam food and we invited some people. But the Sisters had to go to a meeting that day and so it was cancelled, but then after that our person that we invited called and he said that he was coming. So we decided that we were going to do it anyway. We went to a Vietnam restaurant and got food and one of the two guys cancelled while we were there, so we only got food for 3 people. Then we went and were ready and the other guy didn't show up. We tried calling and texting, but nothing. Then we decided to eat and he texted later that night and said that he fell asleep. So that was a super fun party. We just sat and ate food by ourselves. At least you always have company when you have a companion. Then that night we went with our friends to a curry place (not indo curry) and tried their spiciest curry. It was pretty hard to eat it. Way fun though. And there will be videos of it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_41250513" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Sunday</span></span></span>, it was Elder Jones' birthday, so I was a little bummed that I couldn't do anything really fun, like going to get food. Instead we just walked around and I would stop people and tell them that it is his birthday and since he is a missionary his family is in America and so he seems sad (I say as he starts laughing because he didn't know I was going to do this) and so I got a ton of people to sing to him. It was way fun. Then we were walking and we can't talk to girls, but there was this college girl that talked to us and she started just walking with us down the street (we were going the same way) and she was a real bro. She was going around looking for a bakery and she had this book of all the bakeries that are good in pretty much half of our mission and she had tabs for ones that she had been to. And she gave us some bread that she had bought and we talked about Pokémon. Over all, that short amount of time, was super weird. It was way fun though. And we even got to share a lot about church and she is willing to meet again and she wants to learn about Christianity. We could refer her to the Sisters, or we could (and probably will) say get your own investigators shimai. (^-^) Then we got home and we made brownies for Elder Jones' birthday and we decided to put Oreos in them. Well that made the bottom not cook and we couldn't tell because we stuck in a toothpick and it must have gone through an Oreo, because it came out clean. Well the candles melted from the bottom up and we ate the brownie and we felt it this morning. And it made me sleepwalk like crazy last night...apparently. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anyway, this week was great and I am super glad to be a missionary. A lot of weird stuff happens, but that is just when it is easier to see the Lord's hand in our lives. I can feel his guidance every day. Especially when weird things like this week happen. I hope that you all have a great week and that you go eat some 31 Ice cream! (Thats Baskin Robbins by the way.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Well this week was great! And also, Happy Easter! We did lots of fun things this week and had a good time. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">First off, we got to go the Honbu (mission home) FHE <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310545183" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Monday</span></span> and that was way good! I had never been to a Honbu event before, so that was really fun. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310545184" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Tuesday</span></span>,
we went to the mall for some good ol' Easter Egg Hunting. (We were
trying to find stuff for decorating and also for hiding Easter Eggs <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310545185" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>
for the Easter Party.) While we were there we got to have some Burger
King. That was way good. Also we didn't find the stuff for the eggs.
(>_<)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310545186" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Wednesday</span></span>,
we got to have a lesson and then hang out with our friend Konal who is
from Nepal. He is super cool and we always have a lot of fun. We went to
the Tsurumai Park (which I was told has Pokemon Statues; it is a lie)
and saw the Sakura there. (There will be pictures). Then we went with
him to Paprika Banana and taught both of them (Konal and Kobayashi) one
of the best words in English they could know. Dope. (Video included).
Then that night we had eikaiwa and it was really fun, there were a ton
of people there, and we even had some newer people make it there. So we
got to do our favorite, interviews. Yay. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310545187" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Thursday</span></span>,
we had Zone Conference. And there was a miscommunication and the entire
Yokkaichi Zone showed up and hour late. Yep. So that ended up being a
little weird and it was a long day. Then we had a lot of appointments
back to back, (luckily one of them didn't show up, because it made time
easier). And we were just sitting down for a lesson when some people
showed up for eikaiwa. So we did an impromptu eikaiwa and called our
good friends in the Honbu to get them to change it from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310545188" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Thursday</span></span> to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310545189" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Wednesday</span></span>
on the website. So that was super fun. Then we went out with Brother
Itou (who we were supposed to have the lesson with) and we got Sushi. It
was awesome. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310545190" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Friday</span></span>,
we got to help Kobayashi with painting her banana mobile. It was super
fun and surprisingly we didn't paint it yellow. We got the Nonami Elders
to come and help us and it was a really good time. There will be
pictures. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310545191" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>,
we had our big party for Easter. It was really fun and we had a pretty
good turnout. And we had way more than enough of the food. That was
good. And we went with Nozomi (one of the young men) and we dendoed in
the morning with him. It was great. He is a machine. It helps that he is
literally one of the cutest little deacons on the planet, but a machine
none the less. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_310545192" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>,
we found out that the Easter Party was a great success. There were 5
people that came out church because of the Easter party! It was great!
And we got to celebrate Easter! So that was great. </span></div>
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week was pretty great. I hope that you also had a great week. And that
you have a great week. And that you are great. Truly, I am great. You
should be too. Great that is. Well that's great. Great. </span></div>
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Well, this week was pretty great. We had a lot of fun and I learned a lot. I came to the point this week where I have stopped caring. (Let me explain before you think I am saying I turned into a heartless monster). I stopped caring what other people are doing, I don't care what is a normal thing to do as a missionary, and I don't care if I seem strange to other people. I also started caring more this week. I only care about helping people. I only care about what I can do to help them progress eternally and help them return to their Heavenly Father. I just want people to use their agency in the right way so that they will be happy. Other than that, I do not care.<br /><br /> I also got this week what missionaries call "trunky papers." It is where you fill out some information so the Mission Office can get you settled and get your ticket and such to go home. Weird. I feel like I<br /> have been here forever and now it is starting to end. Oh well.<br /><br /> Anyway <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1359215221" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Monday</span></span></span>, in Gokiso we have a tradition of visiting the Watanabe family for dinner. They are super funny and way fun to be with. They are also from Peru, so it is fun to practice my super<br /> amazing Spanish. I am learning a lot. Other than that, it was just normal P-day stuff. We sat at the church and played some games, ate some food and that's about it.<br /><br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1359215222" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span>, we had a good day for service. We went over in the morning with the other Elders in our area to a man named Dave's house and helped him move stuff around so that they could redo the wallpaper and also because he is moving to Thailand. He has a lot of really interesting stuff. And his house was pretty tall and spacious for Japan. So it was cool and he was really nice. Then that day we also got to change companions for a little bit. I got to work with Elder Yamazaki and that was fun. He had a few questions about being District Leader and just about other things so I got to train him instead of him training me (which is the normal thing). Well afterward he did give me some training, but we thought that it was funny.<br /><br /> Before telling about <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1359215223" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Wednesday</span></span></span>, I need to go back and tell about something that I neglected to. Last week, we were walking to someone's house that is really close to our apartment. On the way back we<br /> noticed a little shop that said it sells fried bananas and it is called Paprika Banana. There was only one person in there, so we weren't sure if it was really a shop, but we decided to go in and there is only one worker and she is really nice and the bananas (which are not really bananas) are good and they are also cheap. Well, that was last Saturday and since then, we have gone almost every day.<br /><br /> Anyway, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1359215224" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Wednesday</span></span></span>, we went to Paprika as per usual. (We had also gone with the other Elders <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1359215225" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span>, but that is beside the point). There was this mosaic workshop thing going on, so it was really crowded in the shop. We went in anyway and it was super good. We got to invite everyone to eikaiwa, several of the people to the Easter Party we are having, and we were able to randomly start teaching one of the people there the Plan of Salvation. That was a pretty crazy day. #BananaPower Then we had eikaiwa that night and that was super fun! They don't usually play a game here though, so that was weird.<br /><br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1359215226" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Thursday</span></span></span>, we went back to the Watanabe house and helped them build this thing that you put a TV on. It was like a little shelf thing. That was fun. Then we were randomly called to go teach another area's eikaiwa class that night. That was pretty...fun? Usually I like kids' eikaiwa, but when the kids don't want to be there, it just gets a little hectic.<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1359215227" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Friday</span></span></span>, we had DTM and it was really good. We got to talk about aligning our desires with God's and using our desires to hasten the work of Salvation. It was a really good meeting; Elder Yamazaki is awesome. Then that night, we went to the Yuasa family and had a great FHE. They had us play this game that was hilarious (and there are videos) and it was a good time. Then we went and visited Brother Takimoto, and he had invited his friend and so we talked about the Book of Mormon and it was really good.<br /><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1359215228" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Saturday</span></span></span>, we got to watch General Conference. That was super awesome! I love being able to listen when the prophet speaks and hear direction that is specifically for this time. There were many talks this time that all worked together to give me a little reprimand, and (as you say in Japanese) they echoed in/to my heart.</div>
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<br />I am so grateful for the opportunity to be able to share the gospel with all the people around me. The power of this calling amazes me every day and will continue to amaze me. I know that I am not perfect, and neither is anyone else, but there is a sure difference between those of us who are trying. I loved this quote from President Monson's talk in the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1359215230" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Sunday</span></span></span> Morning Session:<br /><br /> "We live in a time of great trouble and wickedness. What will protect us from the sin and evil so prevalent in the world today? I maintain that a strong testimony of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and of His gospel will help see us through to safety. If you are not reading the Book of Mormon each day, please do so. If you will read it prayerfully and with a sincere desire to know the truth, the Holy<br /> Ghost will manifest its truth to you. If it is true--and I solemnly testify that it is--then Joseph Smith was a prophet who saw God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. Because the Book of Mormon is true, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord’s Church on the earth, and the holy priesthood of God has been restored for the benefit and blessing of His children. If you do not have a firm testimony of these things, do that which is necessary to obtain one. It is essential for you to have your own testimony in these difficult times, for the testimonies of others will carry you only so far.<br /> However, once obtained, a testimony needs to be kept vital and alive through continued obedience to the commandments of God and through daily prayer and scripture study."<br /><br /> I am so grateful for the opportunity that we all have to have such great access to those things that we can gain a firm testimony of the truth of the Lord. I hope that we all take advantage of that great<br /> miracle. I know that if we do, the things around us will start to matter less and less and the things that really matter will shine forth from the darkness of the world. I know that these things are true from my heart. I bear witness as a representative of Christ and as His disciple. In His name, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.<br /><br /> Elder Richardson<br /></div>
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<br /> Anyway, on Monday, we had our normal time of ping pong with Ichiro and that was fun. That night, we didn't get to do much, we had to send the records that we got from the previous Sister's area book and send those over to the current Sister Missionaries. That took about an hour and a half. And we didn't even finish it that day.<br />
<br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1791272279" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span>, we had eikaiwa and that was really fun. We got to focus on reading for this lesson and so we got a lot of movie quotes that are hard to read (i.e. V for Vendetta) and helped them with the pronunciation and things like that. They seemed like they enjoyed it.<br />
<br /> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1791272280" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Wednesday</span></span></span>, we had interviews with President Ishii. And also ZTM at the same time. It was great and I learned a lot. It was also fun to see some of the missionaries that I have known before and getting to talk to them. Also I passed the Ninja Challenge. (Where you have to memorize/be able to say phrases from this book that they give you in the MTC that everyone call the Ninja). Well we got home from that meeting and were just sitting down to plan what we should do and we got a call from the APs. And they told us exactly what we needed to do. They told us that I would be transferring the next day and so I need to pack my bags and get ready to go. So that happened.<br />
<br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1791272281" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Thursday</span></span></span>, we spent the day getting ready to go, tried to still make as many of the appointments that we made last Sunday as we could, and then I left. I came to Gokiso, which is a very busy place in the center of Nagoya, and Elder Jones and I started off our companionship for the rest of this transfer.<br />
<br /> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1791272282" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Friday</span></span></span> we started off a new partial transfer with some planning. It was really fun...especially since my iPad wouldn't sync and I didn't have any of the records for this area.<br />
<br /> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1791272283" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Saturday</span></span></span> we started the day nice and early and had breakfast and a short message with Brother and Sister Kelly. It was really fun. And they got us McDonald's, so that was obviously really good. And they are such an awesome couple. They really want to help the missionaries and have a lot of good ideas. I had a good time, and had a good time speaking English. Then we went to try and visit some people that day and found this fried banana place that is really good (they aren't bananas though, just shaped like bananas; apparently it's a thing in Hokkaido #JapanSapporoMission). Then that night we had ping pong night. Some things just don't change. It was way fun and it was good to meet all of the members.<br />
<br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1791272284" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Sunday</span></span></span>, of course, we had church. There are a lot of people in this ward. And it makes sense because recently the Gokiso Ward ate the Nonami Branch which was right next to it. We made a lot of appointments with people after church, then we went to see some of the Sakura that have started to bloom and stuff like that. Then we went and visited a member that night and talked with him, visited another member and invited him to come back to church and used an awesome lesson about circles that I learned in the MTC #ElderGraydonLivesOn and it was really good. When we were riding on the street, we met some cool people and one guy's name was Richard and he made the joke that I am his son, so that was funny. And we took a picture and were able to exchange numbers with him. He was pretty cool and he is from Nigeria. So that was fun.<br />
<br /> That's just about all that happened this week and hopefully nothing too crazy happens this week. I will keep you posted...<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1791272285" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">next Monday</span></span></span> of course.<br /><br /> Elder Richardson<br /><br /> Pictures<br /> 1-4Flower Watching<br /> 5) Richard<br />
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-64401445763459191022017-03-28T22:29:00.001-07:002017-03-28T22:29:47.263-07:00Predetermined Sentiment Well this week was pretty great. Living with another set of missionaries is pretty interesting. We have a lot of fun. Sometimes it is a good thing that we live on the ground floor and there is no one underneath us. (^^)<br />
<br /> Anyway on Monday, we had to pack. Because I transferred so far away!!! Really we just had to make sure that the apartment was ready to have the sisters move in. So we packed up and cleaned.<br />
<br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_404823409" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span>, it was just a lot of making sure that everything was ready. We cleaned more, were companions with Elder Kariya for a little bit, then went and got Elder Greer, and got everything out of the Sister's apartment. We also had one of our many eikaiwa classes that night. It was pretty fun.<br />
<br /> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_404823410" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Wednesday</span></span></span>, we had our normal run of eikaiwa classes and the sisters finally came. And we have a beanchan!! I love having new missionaries! It would have been more fun if we had a beanchan in our apartment, but this is good too. It was fun making her teach some of eikaiwa that night. The look on her face when we asked her to do so was priceless.<br />
<br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_404823411" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Thursday</span></span></span>, we met with the Sisters and the other Elders and had a planning meeting. Yay. And that night we got to go to volleyball! It was way fun.<br />
<br /> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_404823412" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Friday</span></span></span>, we had our weekly planning and went shopping with the other Elders for food. It was way cheap with four people! Then that night we went to one of our service activities. We go to this free cram school and help kids that have tough situations study for school. I usually get to help them with math and writing in the Roman alphabet. Sometimes, if I am lucky, I get to help the first graders with Kanji. One time there was one that I didn't know though, so that was a little embarrassing. Then we had ping pong night. That was fun. Except one of the eikaiwa students is mad at me because <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_404823413" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span> we played 20 questions and she had said that she hates it, and the reason we played it was because someone else requested it and we thought that since everyone is an adult at eikaiwa we could just play it. Apparently we were wrong. She is really mad at me for that. It is actually kind of funny. So she didn't come <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_404823414" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Wednesday</span></span></span> and then she came for ping pong <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_404823415" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Friday</span></span></span>, but she was super mad still. So it was funny playing ping pong that night.<br />
<br /> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_404823416" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Saturday</span></span></span>, we got to go to the church and meet with all the ward (pretty much) and Sister Bills came with her brother and sister in law. It was really fun. She sang for everyone and it was a good time. Then, that afternoon the Sisters had an appointment, but Sister Swanberg (the beanchan) hadn't bought a bike yet so the borrowed my bike and we walked to a members house who recently hasn't been able to come to church recently. Well, she wasn't there. (>_<) Then we went housing! That was really nice! Because last transfer my companion didn't really want to do anything, so we didn't try to find anyone to teach really. But this transfer we are going to go a lot. I decided.<br />
<br /> Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_404823417" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Sunday</span></span></span> we had church! And there was also a shokujikai and that was way fun. Then we had a little time before a FHE that was at the church. So I got to play Shogi with one of the YSA in the ward that we are working with and it was way fun. I only learned how to play on Monday and I held him off for quite a while and we finally called it a truce. All of the members were amazed that I know how to play. It was way fun. Then we had the FHE and made takoyaki and then we had made an appointment to close to the end of it and had to leave early. But we went to the Hibino family and talked with them. It was super fun. And the son, Keita, served in Tokyo and knows my good buddy<br /> Nic from High School! That was fun to see pictures of him and stuff.<br />
<br /> Well that is about it for this week. We are working, and it is great. I enjoy that a lot. Also I learned a lot about pride this week and centering our thoughts in Christ and the salvation of others. I love this gospel and know that it is true. Sometimes life is hard, and sometimes stuff happens that we don't like, but the Lord has a plan for us and will make us fail. He is trying to help all of us to return<br /> to Him and become who we need to become. He loves us, even if we fail.<br /><br /> Have a fantastic week!<br /><br /> Elder Richardson<br /> Pictures<br /> 1)Companionship Love<br /> 2)Seeing Sister Bills off<br /> 3-4)Takoyaki<br /> 5)Shogi (check out the speed of that move!)(^^)<br />
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-2865251649888443262017-03-21T16:26:00.000-07:002017-03-21T16:27:47.854-07:00Jennifer's the worst! Stop dating her!!!Well, this week was transfer
calls. Yep. However, to all things there
is a season, so we will wait to tell you that one. This week was
really good, it feels like we didn't really get that much done, but the things that we did get done were good.<br />
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On Monday, as you already know, we had district
activity. Yep, that
was about it. And I finally got hair gel when we went shopping. So now
I don't look like a slob.<br />
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Then on Tuesday, we had our New Eikaiwa class (for
the second time)
and since the only people we have really been able to tell about it
that are interested in English were the people that come to normal
eikaiwa, they were the only ones that came. It is quite different than
the other class though, so I think they liked it too. And at the end
of this one, being a mission school program, we get to share a message
at the end and we start and end with a prayer. So that was a little
awkward the first time, but it will definitely be better as time goes
on.<br />
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Then on Wednesday, we had normal eikaiwa. It was
pretty fun and it
was funny seeing the same people two days in a row. And especially
since we do self introductions every class, that was really funny to
ask people's names and such.<br />
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Then on Thursday, we had a koukan. This one was
really interesting
though. Because Elder Whited went all the way downstairs and Elder
Kariya came upstairs. It was way fun though. Elder Kariya is a super
missionary and he is super fun to talk to (especially because his
English and my Japanese are on similar levels). So that was a way fun
koukan. We got our apartment inspected, were taken out to lunch by a
lady in the ward who wanted to give us a referral (the guy who owns
the shop). Then we went and talked with a member who's Japanese is
impossible (even Elder Kariya was struggling) and read and talked
about the scriptures with him. It was super fun, because I like
reading out loud in Japanese, and also because we got to talk about a
topic that I usually don't get much practice on: Perdition and Outer
Darkness! We talked about the story of Cain and Abel in the book of Moses. Also, that day was way fun because I was sick, and Elder Kariya
was sick (and also has really bad hay fever). So we kept coughing and
sneezing and could hardly get a sentence out. (^^)<br />
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Then on Friday, we had DTM, and we did an activity
where you draw all
the people there. (Pics will be included). I looked like an alien. Or
Gollum. Or apparently Rumplestiltskin. Everyone turned out beautiful.
Then that night we had Ping Pong. And we took a video of our antics
during our warmup before anyone came. So that will be included. <br />
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On Saturday, the other Elders had two appointments
at the same time
and we were going to do our weekly planning, so we did a split and I
got to go with Elder Otsu and meet an awesome friend of the other
Elders. She was super funny and we had our amazing Ward Mission
Leader, Yuichi Sama, and his wife and child there, so it was a super
fun time. Unfortunately the girl is moving to Tokyo, so thats a
bummer. The good news is that she really wants to be baptized and has
a way strong testimony. It was really cool. And she caught Elder Otsu
up on Attack on Titan and I learned what has happened the most
recently without seeing the first season. *I know, I'm a sinner*<br />
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Then on Sunday, we had church and then after that,
we had organized
to do mutual with the youth. It was way fun and so we are going to try
and get mutual to be at least a monthly thing. And I made the famous
Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe and all the people loved it. It was fun. <br />
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Also on Friday night, we had our transfer calls
come. We are both
transferring! To downstairs. There are going to be sisters coming in
and so we are getting kicked out of the sister apartment and are going
to live with the other Elders. But Otsu is transferring (not that big
of a shock) so our crew will be split up and Elder Greer, my companion
from last transfer, is coming down from Nanao.<br />
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Well thats about all for this week! I hope you have
a great time! And Stuff! <br />
<br />
Elder Richardson<br />
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-78593475696976196832017-03-13T21:33:00.000-07:002017-03-13T21:35:25.056-07:00Two Rounds of Taco Rice and the Plague<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well, if you cant tell by the title, we had an interesting week. And if you don't know what taco rice is, you may not have any experience with tacos, or rice, or Japan. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anyway, on that note let us begin. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_18501855" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Monday</span></span></span>, we had quite the day full of playing ping pong whilst emailing, then going to the Taira family for an FHE that night, that was round 1 of taco rice. It was really good, and they are such a fun family. Their little baby had been sick for a little bit, but now he is back from the hospital and he is super genki! What a cute little guy. And they have two really cute little girls too. Such a fun little family. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="m_2087387876436183550Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_18501856" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span>, we started (finally) our new eikaiwa program that focuses on the eiken (or English proficiency) test. So we decided to go and see if we could pass out some flyers beforehand to get some people to come. So we went to the place where all the cool kids hang out...McDonald's. Well, unfortunately that was a real dud. There was hardly anyone in the joint. And when we looked outside, it had started snowing. That may be the reason why there was no one there. That or maybe the fact that we also just learned, that it was just graduation. So the kids were probably there, just not at the normal time. You have failed me yet again McDonald's. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="m_2087387876436183550Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_18501857" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">On Wednesday</span></span></span>, some of the members wanted to take us out to sushi. I think that I lost. Usually I am ok with most different kinds of sushi, so I like playing what we call "sushi-roulette" where you give each other a number and then you have to take that number when it comes around. (Ex. I give you 8, you take the eighth plate). Also I like taking the things that the members tell me to, because then I try things that I would never try otherwise. So the members were ordering us all sea urchin. And Elder Whited and I were playing the game. Right around the same time as the urchin came, he gave me a number and it turned out to be natto. Now I am not that big of a fan of natto sushi, but I can eat it. However, when it is paired with sea urchin, I almost died. At least there were plenty of other things that could kill the taste that had coated my entire mouth. I was extremely grateful for salmon and shrimp. All in all, it was a good time with Yamaguchi Shimai and Ono Kyodai. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="m_2087387876436183550Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_18501858" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Thursday</span></span></span>, we woke up. And saw that it was <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_18501859" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">9:00</span></span></span>. We must have slept through the alarm. Oops. Other than that, it was a good day. We made cookies and were going to give them out to members, but we started doing that kind of late and it ended up being too late to give them out really. So we ended up saving them for DTM the next day. </span><br />
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-44483712733987490882017-03-07T22:57:00.003-08:002017-03-07T22:59:23.192-08:00Breaking the Law of Chastity and saying Tabereru is like the same thing.S othi swee kwa sinterestin. Gw edi dlot so fstuf. Fan di twen tb yreall yfas. T<br />
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Anyway, we did do a lot of stuff and it did go by really fast, but I don't know if you will find it that interesting. We shall see.<br />
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Well to start off the week, we had Monday. Usual order of events thus far, but once we get in the middle you might be interested as to how things turned out. On said Monday, we were both sick. I was feeling kind of ok (C) but Elder Whited was out of it. So we called and got permission for him to rest. I ganbarued really hard and studied and did all sorts of things, but still ended up falling asleep at my desk as well. I didn't really want to, but you know how tiresome texting the same 3 people and reading the scriptures can get for extended periods of time. And so we slept and then we woke up and ate and then in no time at all, it was bed time. That was fun.<br />
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Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224671" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Tuesday</span></span></span>, Elder Whited was feeling well enough to go out and so we did! And it was just a normal day. But then at night we had a lesson with a kid who goes by Kevin. Unfortunately, he does not look like a Kevin. Poor guy. (^^) He has really good English though, and he almost got "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"! It was really funny. He is really a good kid, but then he doesn't really want to know if God is really there, he just thinks that it is cool what we think about God. Interesting.<br />
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Then next was <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224672" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Wednesday</span></span></span>, the day that our schedule is always rather full. We have set service appointment in the morning and then we have kids eikaiwa and regular eikaiwa for essentially the rest of the day. Always a good time though.<br />
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After that <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224673" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Wednesday</span></span></span>, we had our <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224674" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Friday</span></span></span>. We got to go down to Fukutoku and we had a zone conference. It was awesome. I got to see lots of new people and a few that I knew. At the end there was a portion that members were invited to and of all the members that came, 68.75% were from Ichinomiya. This ward is super awesome. (And yes we counted and did the math). Then we went back to our respective areas and had weekly planning. So essentially we had a few hours of <span style="color: #222222;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224675" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span></span> and then a few hours of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224676" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Thursday</span></span></span> with some train times in between.<br />
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Then the next day was much like unto <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224677" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Tuesday</span></span></span>. We went around and it felt like <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224678" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Saturday</span></span></span>, but everyone was still in School so it was a lot more like <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224679" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Tuesday</span></span></span>. At night we were a little busy because our member asked us if he could change our appointment from 6 to 7 and we had to negotiate with him and settled on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224680" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">6:30</span></span></span>. Well ping pong night starts at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224681" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">7:30</span></span></span> and we created it, so we kind of have to b there. So we had the other Elders set up and they were there at the beginning, we came a little late and got to clean up. Also it worked because we have different Schedules. We have a schedule choice where everything starts half an hour later and end half an hour later. And because almost everything that we have done in Ichinomiya (and really Japan for that matter) has ended at nine. So this just gives us some extra time to stay to the end of a thing and then go home. So that night was a little rushed anyway.<br />
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Then we finally had <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224682" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Saturday</span></span></span> and things were back to normal. And our Ward Mission Leader called and asked if he could come and dendo with us. It was awesome. And we have this rule in Japan where elders can only OYM males and so we don't talk to girls really, but he was like, "I'm a member, not a missionary; I can do what I want." So he just OYMed the girls and we OYMed the boys. It was great and we met some really cool people. We met this old man who is 91 and he was still just out in his garden tilling away. Crazy. He said that the secret to life is to talk to people and to make sure to talk about what they like and what you like. Then you will be happy and stay healthy<br />
longer. And it has worked for him, so probably good advice. Also we met this man who was just out having a smoke on his porch and he had a pretty cool car, so we talked about that and, it turns out, Japanese people don't give their cars nicknames. It was a good way to enter the conversation and lighten up the mood though. Pretty fun. He said that he works in Toyota and goes there everyday and comes home every night. He was really cool. And he had interest in English and a motive to<br />
come! He said that sometime, he wants to go work in Mississippi, why Mississippi, I don't know, but that is where he wants to go. And he asked to make sure if that was in America. (^^) Well it came up that I used to work in a Mexican Restaurant and so Yuichi Kyodai volunteered that we would make them Mexican style food. (Taco Rice) He said that it would be ok if we came back and we found out that he has every <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224683" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Saturday</span></span></span> and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224684" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Sunday</span></span></span> off. Crazy. After Yuichi had to go home. (So he lives really far and he said that he couldn't use his car that day; and when he said "I've gotta run" he literally ran down the street in a suit and then still stopped to dendo a kid nad give him an eikaiwa chirashi. Crazy man). Then that night we went and visited Brother Patrick. He is from Nigeria and sometimes talks really fast and it is hard to understand, but he is super chill. When we went he was reading<br />
his scriptures and listening to hymns. And we didn't have an appointment. We just kind of went. #突然 Well, we talked with him about a lot of things and really got to know him. He is really funny. And he studies the scriptures way hard. He said that next time we should make an appointment so he can make us Nigerian food. *Victory Arm Pump* I don't think that I have ever had goat meat before and he said that we will have it. Cool.<br />
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Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224685" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">on Sunday</span></span></span>, we had our usual hectic day after church of trying to set up appointments with all the members and also trying to have lessons with the ones that we set up last week. Also various members wanted up to do other things like help them remember people that used to be missionaries here so they could invite them to the Facebook group that they newly made for the ward. Also to type in our parents names so they can join the group as well. (Sorry for all the Japanese on the page Mom(*^-^*)) and yeah it was a regular <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224686" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Sunday</span></span></span>. We got out of church around <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224687" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">4:30</span></span></span>. It ends at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1927224688" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">1:00</span></span></span>. Good times, good times. Then we had an appointment with Kevin and he forgotten it, so we ended up watching the Face to Face event with Elder Holland and President Eyering. It was good.<br />
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Well thats about all we did this week. All in all, it was good. I learned a lot this week. I especially learned at Zone Conference that you don't fail from falling down. You fail from just lying there afterward. Heavenly Father still loves us when we mess up and He wants to help us get better. In the words of Elder Porter, "All throughout the Scriptures, it talks about bringing to pass the joy of man, so it is nowhere in God's plan to bring ourselves down. There's no room for it." The Lord wants us to succeed. In Gospel Doctrine, President Joseph F. Smith wrote, "Jesus had not finished his work when his body was slain, neither did he finish it after his resurrection from the dead; although he had accomplished the purpose for which he then came to the earth, he had not fulfilled all his work. And when will he? Not until he has redeemed and saved every son and daughter of our father Adam that have been or ever will be born upon this earth to the end of time, except the sons of perdition. That is his mission. We will not finish our work until we have saved ourselves, and then not until we shall have saved all depending upon us; for we are to become saviors upon Mount Zion, as well as Christ. We are called to this mission." What an awesome thing! The Savior surely isn't resting and neither can we! Not for our own soul's salvation nor for that of others' souls! We can always work to get better! We have the resources! (The scriptures: ancient, old, and new). I am so grateful that we can improve all day everyday! It is so great!<br />
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You know what? Have a great week! You deserve it...probably.<br />
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2) Me and Brother Imai (from Gifu)</div>
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3) us and some of the members from Ichinomiya. <br />(And special guest star Sister Bills)</div>
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4) We took a picture of the Ward yesterday after church!</div>
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Well this week was really fast.
We did a lot of fun stuff and had a
lot of appointments with members. Especially yesterday. We had a lot
of places that we needed to go and didn't really have to ever plan
what we were going to do.</div>
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One of the fun things that we did this week was
going to the eki and
playing the guitar on Tuesday. At the beginning of the week I had a
cold, and it was cold, so singing for a couple of hours in the wind
made me lose my voice. It was a weird experience not really being able
to talk when that's really all we do all day every day.</div>
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Then another thing that we did was of course
eikaiwa. The eikaiwa
here is really fun and there are a lot of people that are really good.
And some new people came! So that was really fun. After eikaiwa, one
of the people that came wanted to take pictures with us. #Japan So we
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Then on Thursday, we had signed up to talk about
eikaiwa on the
radio. It was really hard, but fun. Elder Otsu said that he wished
that I had talked more, but my throat hurt and I didn't understand<br />
what the guy was saying...they talk a lot different on the radio than
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Also we got to have a ping pong night on Friday
night. I was reminded
once again how bad I am at ping pong. I can hold my own against
missionaries, but not the people that come to ping pong activities.
Because they actually like it.</div>
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Then on Saturday, we got to finally have our first
lesson with a
non-member! We went to teach her daughter English, but then we still
got to talk about God and prophets. It was really good and she had
some good interest in the message.</div>
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We also were able to find some people through
calling all the people
in our phone and the other Elders gave us all their investigators that
need someone that speaks English for the lessons, and so now we have
people to focus on! We are really excited.</div>
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We also have been teaching all the members about
member missionary
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Also last night we had an awesome FHE with the Ward
Mission Leader
and it was super fun. His wife is also a really good cook. We were all
really full at the end and biking home was not the most fun thing in
the world.<br />
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Anyway, I hope that you all had a great week and
that your hair is
really cool.<br />
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1-3. After Eikaiwa with Chiaki<br />
4. DTM from Elder<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Well this week was </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="m_3535242181200441291gmail-m_-6774540801703015142Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>First off <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420704849" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Monday</span></span>,
we had our good ol' pday activities and stuff. Then after dinner we
started to tackle the "PI" list in our phone. For some reason none of
the people in our phone showed up on our iPads, so we get to put all of
them in. We did that for a little bit went around town and found a
Baskin Robbins. And then we came back for the night. That was when the
fun started. Elder Whited needed a haircut for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420704850" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>.
Well, we are both poor and cheap missionaries, so he asked me to cut
his hair. I have had the experience with Elder Greer doing this, but I
only did the sides and back. It turned out ok, but not the best. This
time I was to do the whole thing. So at first we didn't have clippers,
but then the other Elders got home (right below us) and we asked if we
could borrow theirs. Overall, I didn't do that bad of a job. There will
be pictures and such at the end. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="m_3535242181200441291gmail-m_-6774540801703015142Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Also we spent some time to clean this apartment <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420704851" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Monday</span></span>
and I just have to say that if you leave windows and a shower doing
nothing for months, it is just nasty. Also the amount of long hairs all
over the place is incredible. I am so glad we have dark floors. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="m_3535242181200441291gmail-m_-6774540801703015142Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420704852" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Tuesday</span></span>,
we got to go try our hand at badminton and, just as always, I was
pretty bad at it. But it was way fun. We also went around and discovered
our area that day. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="m_3535242181200441291gmail-m_-6774540801703015142Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420704853" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Wednesday</span></span>,
we have lots of eikaiwa, so it feels like we pretty much just did that.
I really like eikaiwa though, so it was great. Also we had interviews
with President Ishii, so it was a good day. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="m_3535242181200441291gmail-m_-6774540801703015142Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420704854" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Thursday</span></span>
we just had planning in the afternoon and we went to get some things
from daiso that were necessary to get. That night however, we went and
played volleyball. Or at least kind of. It was soft volleyball. So kind
of like tiny volleyball, with a tiny net, and a partially inflated
dodgeball. So I actually could kind of spike it. But not that well
still. It was pretty fun though, and now they are taking a break, (It is
a pretty intense sport, they will need a month or so of break) and we
will have to go back. Elder Kariya really likes sports dendo, so we have
been doing a lot of that here. Good way to find people. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="m_3535242181200441291gmail-m_-6774540801703015142Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420704855" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Friday</span></span>,
we cleaned our apartment because the Elders from Komatsu were coming
down to stay the night for the conference the next day. We also had an
awesome member appointment and it was amazing. This is literally the
best ward in the history of ever. We talked about member missionary work
and they started to share about how they had started to introduce some
of their friends to the gospel the week before! Without being asked to
share! And the whole ward is like that. It is super nice. Then we had
ping pong night and we forgot to tell lots of people that we were
starting it up, so only some eikaiwa students came and our ward mission
leader happened to show up by chance. Then we went and got the Elders
from the eki. That was a fun night. We were all getting ready for the
conference and ironing our shirts and such. It was fun to get to see
those two again. (They were in the same zone as Elder Whited and me last
transfer). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="m_3535242181200441291gmail-m_-6774540801703015142Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420704856" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>
we had our mission conference. It was super nice to see all the
missionaries that I know and to meet some new ones. And one of the new
bean-chans is from West Valley and knows some of my friends from high
school. That was weird. Also this was probably the last time that I will
see any of the sisters that I came out with until after the end. It was
pretty sad and I will miss them. Then Elder Holland came a spoke to us,
as well as Elder Yamashita and Elder Whiting from the Area Presidency.
It was such a great time. He (Elder Holland) talked about the importance
of loving your mission and how personal a mission actually is. And yes,
he is a pulpit pounder. Then that night the other Elders' investigator,
Hattori san, was baptized. He was super excited and when he walked in
he asked when he gets to share his testimony. It was super cool to feel
the difference of testimony of an Apostle and of a newly baptized
person. But the spirit was just about as strong in the room. It was a
really good day. And unfortunately, I had to play the piano for the
baptism. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="m_3535242181200441291gmail-m_-6774540801703015142Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_420704857" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>,
we got to go with the Young Men for Priesthood meeting. It was a super
good lesson and I really like the Young Men. They are all really solid
and they want to work hard. It was cool to see how comfortable they are
with inviting someone in to their classroom. And the other Elders'
investigator iori came and he had a great time I think. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="m_3535242181200441291gmail-m_-6774540801703015142Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>I
love the gospel and all the amazing opportunities that we have from it.
Jesus is the Christ and truly suffered for our sins. Through the
Atonement of Christ we can really do anything. I am amazed at how we can
always start over and the amazing power that we get from Christ. We can
truly use the Atonement for our life. Not only just in forgiving our
sins and overcoming our weaknesses, but we use the power of the
Atonement for everything if we try. We can use it to learn to ride a
bicycle, to speak Japanese, to read our scriptures, to pass our math
test, or to just be able to forgive someone who did us wrong. Truly it
is amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Elder Richardson</span></div>
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677761528178988220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116944232697229236.post-76126539296030202572017-02-14T21:13:00.001-08:002017-02-14T21:13:40.496-08:00Once Upon a Time. . .
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Hello from Ichinomiya!<br />
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Well, as you know, I was transferred so I am now in a new place (well
I have been here before multiple times) and with a new companion (Elder Whited). So
this week was pretty fun. Last Monday was my last day in Nanao and I
spent that night with my chums Mario and Nishikawa. Always a good
time. Then on Tuesday morning I started my train rides. Luckily, it
wasn't nearly as long as last time and I was able to get here in just
under 6 hours.<br />
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Well the main things that happened this week were that and then on
Saturday, there was a wedding reception and I actually knew one of the
people that got married! He is from Gifu ward! So I saw a lot of
members that I know and that was really fun. There will pretty much
only be pictures of the reception because that was all that we really
did other that update records and figure out what we are doing here.<br />
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Well, that happened and so we got to meet a lot of the members before
Sunday and so now we really feel like we know this ward just after a
week. It was pretty fun and we got to make and eat some good food.<br />
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I hope that you had and have a great week! Sorry this one was short,
but we didn't get to do much!<br />
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Later then,<br />
Elder Richardson<br />
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1) Elder Whited, the bride and groom, and me</div>
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