Well I'm just going to start with my week,
On Monday
I decided I needed a hair cut but I don't trust the haircut places here
because they cut Japanese style hair not Gaijin (foreigner) hair so I
thought I would try giving myself a hair cut. I went to the local
mall here and found some clippers and returned to my apartment. So I
didn't want to charge the clippers for very long cause it was P day, I
wanted to do other things, I wanted to get my hair cut over fast. So I
charged it for about five minutes and thought that if I just do like a 3
on the sides and a 4 on the top I should be fine. So on these clippers
its only one clipper and you can slid it up and down to change the
length to like a 3 or 4 or 2 and so I did that and I got the length that
I wanted and began shaving away... Then because I didn't charge it for
very long it started to slow down so I thought I would just try to go
faster and faster... I added a little pressure as I was going fast
and all of a sudden the slide lock came loose on the clippers and it
switched into a 1 and I heard Vrrrrrooooom, and I became Hage (Bald)...
not really bald but I shaved my hair down quite a bit that you can see
skin which is not normal for my rather thick hair. I was a little
shocked but I just thought maybe if I cut the rest of my hair to a 2 on
the sides and 3 on the top that would blend it better so then I relocked
the Clipper adjustment and continued cutting when all of a sudden the
clippers died. So I didn't have time to charge the clippers and finish
the hair cut so I took out the scissors and thought meh, If teenage
girls can do this so can I. So I tried to taper things out a little bit
but then my companion yelled LET`S GO! crap I was only half way done
with my hair cut. I looked at it and had a flash back of cutting Rachel
Tietjens hair. Nothing has changed in the last 10 years or so,my cutting
ability is about the same. Eventually one of the church members noticed
that I was a little bit bald on the sides and asked if they could help
and she fixed my hair right up. Very nice Kyoukaiin (church member).
On Thursday,
we got a call from a church member in Misawa which is where the
American Air base is and it was actually an American on the phone and
they invited our district to Thanksgiving. Oh my goodness I have never
seen more glorious food in the 5 months since I have been in Japan. We
had a good talk with them and they were so nice. We were very fortunate
to go because Misawa is not in our area but we got special permission.
It was really funny because Japanese Elders have never sat in a lazy boy
before or just a regular American couch. They were in heaven. It was
super funny. They all said they want to move to America after that. I
was really grateful for them and their charity. They actually came back
to Hachinohe and helped me repair my bike because they had a lot of
spare parts. I had to replace my back tire, both my brakes, both pedals,
and I found out that my back rim was bent pretty bad. My poor bike has
had to go through a lot lately but that's okay.
Jump Back to Wednesday.
Eikaiwa day. We had a special new student who came. He is in the
Japanese Jedai. Its like a marine force for Japanese but Japan can't have
an army because of world war two, but he had a really good time at Eikaiwa
and we were able to talk to him after class. He asked us a lot of
questions about church and he said that he wouldn't mind becoming
Christian... We were all in shock, so we invited him to Open space,
another activity we have at the church, so that we could talk to him
more and teach him break dance,cause my district leader break dances. He
had an awesome time and really enjoyed talking with us missionaries and
he asked if we could get lunch with him sometime, and of course we said
yes and we invited him to church and we went on our way.
Oh time out, almost forgot Saturday, there was a baptism in Hachinohe!!
Super
Exciting we finally had a baptism here in Hachinohe. It was one of the
Sisters investigators. It really made all the church members happy and
it gave them some mission fire I think. It was so amazing to see someone
who humbled themselves and became clean. I was able to participate in
the confirmation and it was really amazing to feel of the power of the
Holy Ghost. She is a very Humble lady and will be a great church member.
Sunday, Sunday
was an awesome day. Like I said we were able to confirm the Holy Ghost
and not only that our friend from Eikaiwa came to church and stayed for
the whole thing! We were really surprised. We asked him if he thought it
was long and he said no. He said that what he felt today wasn't a usual
feeling it was a better feeling and that he really liked Sunday
school and being able to have a discussion. It was super awesome. So we
plan on continuing to work with him. After church one of the members
came and grabbed us and said this is my son teach him. WHAT! I was
so shocked, apparently the members son has been struggling in life and
wants to know what the purpose of life is. So us Hachinohe missionaries
get to teach him. Super awesome.
I love you all and I am so grateful for you.
Elder Nebeker
No comments:
Post a Comment