We went to Kita Kyushu and had district meeting, then Elder
Reed and I stayed and did companion exchanges with our district leader and his
companion. Elder Reed went with our district leader's companion - so it was two
first transfer Americans hitting up the big city talking to people on the
street - and I went with our beloved district leader. Elder Malaska. My
companion for 3 months, 2 months ago. Reunited again!
Our time together was super fun, and actually we met this
older man on the street who had totally been prepared. He joined the Catholic
Church a year ago but as we started talking he told us he wanted to read the
Book of Mormon, before we even really mentioned anything about it, and it just
so happened that we were carrying one on us (such a rarity for missionaries to
be doing that, right). We swapped numbers and left super grateful. Up until now
every companion exchange has been in my own area, so it's been me who has
followed up with the people we find, but it was interesting to be a part of the
other side - I doubt I will meet that man again but that simple experience
really strengthened my faith that there are prepared people who we can find in
such big cities like Kita Kyushu, etc.
We were riding towards this enormous intersection and Elder
Malaska turns and says, "This is called the blitz, ride fast or you'll get
hit." I had never been more scared in my year and a five months of being a
missionary, nor had I ever rode a bike that fast. Guess it makes up for all the
times we got separated when we were companions because I could never keep up
with him (yeah that happened).
Later in the week Elder Reed and I rode out to Usa-shi again
and went to meet our new investigator Fujita-san, but she wasn't there so we
just went finding and met a woman who was really interested in the Book of
Mormon and we scheduled an appointment with her for this week. So something
that may have been disappointing at first turned out to be really special.
Among other things Umeda and Wakamori from Nobeoka came to Nakatsu
and we had a really fun time at the Nakatsu castle, and it was incredible
catching up with them after five months! And two of our English class friends
took Elder Reed and I to a Wysteria garden complete with killer bees!
Enjoy some photos:
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