This was another pretty good week, and to answer your
question mother, yes there has been more earthquakes. Currently we have
about one a day. I was talking to some members who told me they are
expected to have another earthquake like they had in 2011. They
said it's supposed to be closer to Tokyo but it is going to be a lot
bigger. So yipee! Adventure! Just kidding, it actually sounds terrifying.
They said that the 30 foot wall of water that came in was going as fast
as a bullet train here in Japan (Shinkansen) You should look at how
fast that is, because I am pretty sure it is ridiculously fast.
So
funny story - I was showing my pictures to the Japanese Elder in my
apartment, Elder Tsushima. We were in Aizuwakamatsu with each other so
we are pretty good friends. Anyway, he saw a picture of the weiner
dogs and said, "I wanna pet dog so bad"... and then he started crying.
It was hilarious! He was like why I am I crying!? What is happening? It
was really funny, but it's weird because there are a lot of times like
that when you are a missionary.
So,
This week we were able to meet with 2 less actives and start teaching
them lessons. They are both really cool. The one less active invested in the Japan Stock Market when he was in his 20's and made millions of
dollars. He built himself a really nice house here in Japan, but
then somehow was burned down. He built it again because he still
had a lot of money and it was burned down again. This happened four
times. He said he thinks it is his old friend who was very envious of
him that burned his house down. He is actually pretty poor now and works as a taxi
driver. It is really sad. But he has a very humble spirit.
The
other less active is super nice! She has so much light about her. She
just can't come to church because of work. She has to travel to Sendai
every single day and usually to Tokyo about once a week where she stays for
about 2 days. Coming to church is really hard so it's a miracle that we
can even visit her. She usually calls us to tell us when she has time,
which is quite nice.
We also met with several
members this week and taught member lessons. One of the Members who
lives by himself said something I thought was very interesting. He said
when you live alone for a long time you start to think of weird things.
And i realized that every mentally ill person I have met here in Japan
has lived alone for a long time. I think you'll remember me telling you there is a high incidence of schizophrenia. We
actually had a meeting with the branch presidency and they instructed us to be careful with the schizophrenic
people because the changing weather can cause issues with their illnesses.
There was a guy last week that
we housed into with the Mowers who knew a lot about the church. He said
when he was in high school he would come every single week. So I asked
the members if they knew him and apparently one of the members recieved
lessons with him at the same time. He was baptized but for some reason
his friend never was baptized but they are still friends to this day. It
has been 30 years since that time. So we are going to see if we can
pick him up as an investigator this week and get the member to joint in
lessons with us. I think that should be really fun.
This
week we played basketball a lot. I found out when I play, my calf
goes crazy and and my leg becomes powerless and feels like I
have a gnarly charlie horse in my leg. It usually goes away in about 2
days, but my back feels fine which is good. There were two
investigators found through basketball this week! yay!
I was also able to go back to Kitakami and introduce the elders
to some investigators that my companion and I had taught. Only one was
home but that was still really fun to reconnect. I think that they
should be able to start teaching them again because they seemed really
happy.
But that was pretty much my week.
Anyways love you!
Elder Nebeker
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