Whoa I have so much to talk about this week!
I'm not sure where to begin....
Alright so I talked about Tom last week, he is way cool. We have
been teaching him as though he is a normal investigator until we find
out otherwise. So that was Mondays news...
The next day was Tuesday and the days are long when we don't have an appointment.
So me and my companion sat there during daily planning thinking
hmmmm..... Wonder what we should do. So we had planned to visit a few
less actives and old investigators and talk with everyone. Well we
started our plan on Tuesday and were done within in hour because no one
was home! So we thought we would go hit up mainstreet. We started
talking with people and everyone that we talked to and gave BoMs to were
all from Tokyo! We were a little jealous of the Tokyo Missionaries.
So we decided to go to the Eki (Bus and Train Station) and see what
we could do there. We stopped and talked to 2 young college students that
were really good at English and got their numbers and were doing really
good. Turns out they were from Tokyo going home that night.... Ughh!
Everyone is from Tokyo! is what we thought. So we look down at our
watches and thought that it was about time to go home so we started
walking back. I thought let's make our way home an adventure. So I
found a tunnel and told my companion lets go! So half way down the
stairs I hear a guitar playing. I got really excited and stopped on the
stairs and looked right at my companion and Say GIIITAA! (Guitar) My
companion is obssessed with guitar so we run down the stairs and find a
young man singing and playing the guitar in the tunnel. So We stopped and watched
him and start talking to him a little bit. I didn't know what to do
because we couldn't stay much longer or we would be disobedient with time.
So I just thought "Nike" (Just do it) And I said, "Can we exchange numbers?",
right out of the blue with him. He looked at me and said, "I dont have a
phone." So I looked at him a little longer and then he replied well I
have a company phone. He exchanged numbers with us and then that night
gives a call and asks if we can meet the next day. We met him at the church
and taught a lesson to him. Got a new investigator!
So the next day was splits. I went with my Zone leader Tsushima
Choro and after our service, with my some of my favorite old People, we
got a text from Our new investgator (Fujita) and asked if we can meet. We
went to the church, played the guitar, and taught him the plan of Salvation. He said that it was very familiar and it was exactly his thinking.
So we asked him very softly if he believes that this is true, will he
recieve baptism. He said YES! Whoa! so Cool!
So after the split I tell my companion, we got really excited and
decided that we would make a baptisimal date that we want him to aim
for. So We called him up and asked if hecould meet on Saturday
for a lesson, He said yes. So we got a member there and taught the Plan of
Salvation again and Baptism asked him if he would be baptized on April 19th, he said YES!
B.A.P.T.I.S.M, HE said YES mom!
He also Attended Church with no problem.
We also have an appointment with him today!
Anyways that was just a few of the cool things that happened this week.
This week on Friday we also went to the Castle here in Aizu with a less active. It was
so busy at the castle because it was spring break here in Japan. But
While there I saw some Foreigners and started talking to them. There was
only a couple that I was talking to at first. One was from Germany and
his friend was from Indonesia. Then more friends started coming. An
Italian man came, a Puerto Rican came, Finland, Brazil, Chinese, Korean,
and they all kept coming. Everyone was from a different country, not
one of them was from the same country! So I basically met people from
the entire world in like a 40 minute span talking to this group of
people. Dont worry I got a picture with some of them.
So that was way cool and talked to alot of people about the church. So it was way cool.
Also that night our friend Tom had invited us to one of his non
profit work meetings. So we went and we had no idea what we were doing. It
was way fancy, inside of a huge hotel with business men and they were
all exchanging business cards and stuff. I learned a lot about
Japanese buisness culture it is very interesting. We ate at a table
and got to meet Tom's wife and best friend and started talking about
the Church with his friend. His friend gave us his number and when
he is available to meet. Tom's wife really liked us and unfortunatley she
is living in TOKYO right now so we won't be able to teach her with tom. However, she said that she wants to visit more frequently. So good things
might come from her. We felt so out of place at that meeting though.
Luckily Tom's wife was super nice to us and talked a lot with us during
that meeting.
On Saturday
we also had a sports activity so we could interact with a lot of
people. Last week me and my companion had invited a group of young
teenagers to come to the sports activity and they all came to it! it was
way Good! We got their numbers too, so we can stay in contact with
them. It was way good and way fun!
This Sunday we got to go to church in Koriyama and work there too on Sunday. There aren't missionaries in Koriyama because of Radiation and
stuff but the City is HUGE! So that was really fun. Except for it rained
all day.
Anyways that was my week!
Love Ya,
Elder Nebeker
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