And...can I just
say it is FREEZING? Holy cow! I have never been in an area where the
wind constantly blows and is mixed with the snow. It's just no fun.
But other than that, this week was actually really good.
On Monday
we met with one of our investigators named Miura san. He is older maybe
in his 60s but is a really cool guy. He is very stubborn when it comes
to religion because he believes that religion is what is causing wars
and people fighting. He said he is concerned about his children and
grandchildrens' future and what this world will become and if there is a
resolution. So we talked about following Christ's example and teaching a lot about love and charity. We committed him to study Moroni
Chapter 7 and to really focus on what is taught about Charity in that
Chapter. So we will be meeting with him today at 3 to follow up on
that.
This week we have also been working a
lot with the couple missionaries here in Ichinoseki. They are awesome
and super funny. We are trying to help them so they can start
proselyting more and finding people to teach. Luckily we haven't had
anymore naked men answer the door... But it is actually really nice to
Dendo (proselyte) with them because they have a car and we can visit a
lot of people and get so much more done in one day and we stay warm. :)
On Tuesday
we started hanging up some Eikaiwa (English Class) posters up in some
buisness`s and shops. We stopped at a crepe shop and decided to eat
there, when two men who didn't look Japanese started talking to us. Come to find out, they have lived in Japan for a really long time. Their
Japanese was way good, and they are Islamic so we have to get special
permission to teach them. They are very nice and we have already met a
couple times and talked. So we will get permission from our mission
President maybe to start teaching them. The one guy I feel really bad for. After his first Child was born here
in Japan, his wife passed away and he couldn't take care of his daughter
so he had to give her up to his friends who took her in. He hasn't
been able to see her much since. He says the last he knew she moved to
Boston and is living there. We will be meeting with him on Friday this week.
Oh I forgot to tell you that everyday here in Ichinoseki a song plays at 5 p.m.
through out the whole city and me and Elder Drenk swear that it slows
down time. Like we knocked on pretty much an entire neighborhood and
looked down at our watches and it said it had been five minutes. We
think the song has a curse in it or something.
Wednesday
was pretty slow, but still a very effective day. We were able to knock
on a lot of doors and talk with people but unfortunately, no one came to
our Eikaiwa class. We want to make that a focus here in Ichinoseki, so we are actually thinking of moving the time and date of when we do
our Eikaiwa and maybe change it to Sunday nights. That way busy people
here in Japan can actually come to English Class.
We get to volunteer at a hospital every Thursday from 9-12 pm
which is pretty fun. We wear some very beautiful pink scrubs and a pink
mask and help old people walk and carry their things. So we look
pretty official yet don't do much... hahaha.
Friday
we had a zone conference in Morioka which was fun except for we drove
there with the Mowers and it was a complete blizzard. We missed the
exit and basically were driving to go to Hachinohe, when we decided
maybe we ought to plug in the GPS and make sure we didnt miss the exit.
Sure enough we did. So we took the next exit and when we went to get
back on the freeway they told us that the freeway was now closed. So we
had to take back streets that took about like 2 hours to get to
Morioka. We missed a lot of the meeting, but its fine because at
least we made it there alive. And I got out of having to give the
opening prayer.
We also got to watch the Meet
the Mormons at zone conference so that was pretty fun. I enjoyed it but
it was more a documentary than anything.
Saturday
we went to a members house and ate dinner with her and her husband,
whom we are currently teaching. It was really fun. He is a good man he
is just super busy so trying to get him to church and stuff is really
hard.
Elder Drenk and I are known as the "Handsome" missionaries in Ichinoseki. They just refer to us as the "Handsome Elders" - Ha Ha.
Well
that was pretty much this week. oh and I will probably start doing the
Prelude music in sacrament. So good thing I got about 2 songs I can play
over and over again! Thanks mom!
Well, Love you and take care.
Elder Nebeker
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