This week was a really bizarre week because it was transfers and
there was the huge I pad meeting, so not a whole lot was accomplished
unfortunately.
This week we were able to go help a less
active clean her parents graves. We went up this really pretty mountainside where her parents were buried and we gathered all the leaves and
burnt some Candle looking things because her parents are both Buddhist. While we were doing that she told us a really cool story about what
happened to her during the big earthquake here in Sendai in 2011. She works in Sendai and she was out in the streets when the
earthquake happened. She didn't think much at first until, it didn't stop. Cars were pretty much bouncing and there was smoke and sand coming
from the foundation of the buildings. She said that she thought she was
going to die right there. But she told us while she was thinking this she
had a feeling come over her and she felt like she was put in a bubble
and was protected. She said also that about 5 minutes before the
earthquake happened she had gone into a convenience store and does not
know why but she bought a ton of bread and and corn flakes. She said she
never even ate them and didn't know why she bought them. But after the
earthquake everything shut down, all the stores and everything. She
didn't have anywhere to stay because her home was here in Ichinoseki not
Sendai. So she went to a taxi lot to see if she could get a ride but,
there was a line that went forever long. She thought it would be a
couple days before she could even return to Ichinoseki. But the cops
came to the taxi lot and told everyone that it was unsafe and they
had people move and step over and she got put right in front of the next
taxi. Even though a lot of people knew she should be in the back of
the line, they let her go because they knew she lived really far away.
When she got home, her house on the inside was pretty much destroyed but
because she had bought bread she was able to live off of that until
relief services came. It was a pretty cool story, and so she says I
cannot deny that God exists. She said she still prays every morning and
night in gratitude for that day.
Now just to get her to come back to church...... hahaha
Well
as you all know I got my wallet stolen..... YAY! It made me pretty
dissapointed in the Japanese race because that is not their culture whatsoever. I had my Foriegner card in my wallet, so I just have to make
sure not to do anything stupid to make the cops find me and arrest
me..... But I reported the theft to the cops anyways. Funny story, when I
went into the police department to report my wallet the whole police
office like stopped working and looked at me and surrounded me because
they finally have something to do other than sit and talk all day.....
I
also got to go pick up Elder Thompson this week. He is from Washington.
Very nice young man. We have been working really hard these last couple
of days, (He came to Ichinoseki Saturday night.) I Feel bad because
I accidentally planned too much and tried to do much with him that I forgot
about dinner. And with his jet lag and lack of food I think I was
killing him. But I will try to remember to do better this week.
Yesterday
we were able to get in a couple of peoples' homes and teach a little
bit, ( Thats really rare in Japan) So I think that was really cool for
me and Elder Thompson.
Love,
Elder Nebeker
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