Hey!
I
am doing fantastic, like you might have known a Typhoon came in this
week but it didn't do anything here in the Sendai Mission. It basically
rained for three days, which is normal here then the Typhoon
cleared up. The next morning around
4:30 a.m.
the phones in the apartments started to go off like crazy. So I woke up and it was
a big earthquake alert. I have never received an earthquake alert
before so I told my companion to wake up cause its probably going to be a
big one. The apartment started shaking a little and was over. It was
the littlest earthquake I have felt in Japan and I probably wouldn't
have known that it was an earthquake except for the phone letting us all
know. So we are all okay. I don't know about the rest of Japan, because I
have felt a ton of earthquakes and that little one was a different
feel. It felt like it was deep underneath us like a wave pool. I am used
to rapidly shaking earthquakes. So I hope the rest of Japan is good.
Well, I had to tell my really good friend Kobayashi goodbye. It was actually really harder than I thought. But I am excited to work
with my new companion Elder Thompson. He is from Washington state,
(Seattle). He is 19 and is turning 20 next week. He came to Japan the
same time as me. So we are considered, in Japanese, (Doki). He will be
fun to work with.
This week as I was talking with an investigator, we somehow got on the topic of spiders, and apparently they do not kill spiders
in Japan. So there are like thousands of giant ferocious man eating
spiders here! I asked why they don't kill them and she told me it is
because they are scary and if you kill one then more spiders will come
to haunt you. Pretty logical to me if you ask, especially with the
spiders here in Japan. The last spider I saw was about the size of my
palm and had the biggest body ever. I am pretty sure you can't even
categorize it in the insect family. It was brown and its body looked
like leather off a new baseball glove.
Since no one kills spiders in Japan, tracking when the sun goes
down is terrifying. You will be knocking on a door and then realize there
are spiders crawling on you! My companion knocked on a door and
I let him take the lead. I looked up and realized there was a spider on
his forehead. I wasn't sure what to do, So I just let him keep talking. I don't know if the lady at the door realized either, but they ended
and for some reason I just forgot to tell him. When we got back to the
apartment He looked at me and said, "I feel a big bump on my
forehead, is there a red mark?" I kind of laughed and said, yeah... And
let him know. I thought it was pretty funny. Apparently I failed at my duty to protect my companion.
We
were able to get a new investigator from Eikaiwa, me and Elder
Kobayashi set up the appointment before he left. So that was a cool
miracle this week.
We visited less actives and I got so LOST! It was pretty bad
but we found our way back to the apartment before 9, We were on foot
because my bike is broken. Not sure if I told you that. The gear system
exploded on me as I was riding my bike the first week I got to Kitakami.
But Its okay because we are getting new bikes today!
Recently in my personal study I have been studying about
Charity and how it is related to Missionary work. I don't think I quite
comprehended how important it is in missionary work. In Moroni he states
it clearly That without charity we are nothing. I like it a little bit
better how it is translated in Japanese. "If you dont Have Charity you
have nothing in worth." It is pretty strong, and as I studied it I
learned that charity is really loving our brothers and sisters and
having that desire to help them. When we have that charity, even
if the people don't accept our message they will be impacted for good by our
charity.
Well that was sort of my week! A lot of things happened, We
had 2 LA members come back to church this week, also Eikaiwa in Kitkami
which has been only about 2 people for the past 4 years has jumped up to
10-12 active students every week. There are a lot of miracles happening
and I think that the lord is really blessing Kitakami.
I love you all!
Elder Nebeker
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