Dear Family and Friends,
Konnichiwa from Obihiro! While
I can't complain because its nothing compared to the rest of Japan, it is hot.
I'm always sticky. Thankfully it does cool down a bit at night but I still wake
up sticky. I feel so bad for the missionaries in southern Japan because that's
gotta be rough.
This week was a pretty good
week. We had two really good lessons with two of our investigators and my two
little beans did a good job. Lessons go good when they go according to plan/how
we studied for it. Its when they don't go according to plan that all of the
teaching lands on me but both are trying very hard to learn
more Japanese and participate more. A trio takes a little more
coordination but it has its good points, like having 3 different
testimonies! But I'm realizing more and more that I really need the help of the
members; I need their native Japanese and assistance for sure. Today we
had another lesson with one of the investigators mentioned above and we
had a member there. Things went so much better with her there. I was really
grateful to have her there too, because our lesson was completely different than
we planned haha. On a random note, I thought that investigator was maybe late
20s early 30s but today I found out she is 41. That was a shocker. (The
Japanese age so well!) The other lesson we had this week was interesting. It
went way too long and got way too philosophical but he seemed to accept
the simple answers we gave him. When we told him our beliefs on the pre-earth
life, he told us a fortune teller once told him he was a happy
squid before he got reborn as a human. He laughed, but I'm pretty sure
he was serious...
Because it was Obon [festival to honor deceased ancestors], we weren't
able to meet with a lot of our investigators. Everyone was having too much fun
celebrating the dead. Although, we did get to watch an awesome fireworks show
from the roof of our apartment during our dinner break. That was fun!
We did a lot of housing this
week and on Sunday while we were out, it Dumped rain on us. Not nice little
sprinkles like it normally is, but big fat raindrops. It was warm out so I just
embraced it because did I bring a raincoat? No haha. We were all soaked, but we
sang in the rain while we went from house to house. People felt sorry for us
but I was having fun! We had two dinners at members' houses this week and that
was really fun getting to know the members more. Having all 11 missionaries
over at once is quite the ordeal but people are willing to open their homes to
us hungry missionaries :). We are truly blessed.
So in my personal study, I
finally finished Alma. And I can honestly say, I love the war chapters. There
is so much in them! I never really realized how much we can apply from all that
is in those chapters. Here are some of my favorites:
(Okay not Alma but I like it)
Helaman 3:35 Yielding our hearts to God.
Alma 44:4 This is why we need
to stay strong in the faith.
Alma 46:15 This is the first
time the word Christian is mentioned in the Book of Mormon I'm pretty sure.
Alma 48:17 This is why Capt
Moroni is so awesome.
I cant think of anything crazy
or hilarious that happened this week but it was a good week. We are all working
hard and planting lots of seeds! I love being a missionary and am grateful for
the opportunity to serve! Thank you for all your love and prayers :) I love
writing letters back so feel free to write letters ;) Love you all!
Love,
Sugihara Shimai
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