I had a week, let me break it down for you.
Went to Buzen-Shi, a town to our east which is about a 40
minute bike ride, twice and dendo'd banzai style. The second day was
particularly hard but our last contact was a lady who asked about the meaning
of life, why there are so many Christian churches, what happens after we die,
and whether or not it is really worth believing in Christianity if it means
there is a chance of not going to Heaven as opposed to her current Japanese
Buddhist beliefs. 金人やろう？！
We taught her as simply as we could, testified as much as we could, and gave
her a Book of Mormon and will be going back this Thursday to see what she
thought about Alma 34.
Friday was companion exchanges, and I had the honour of
being a part of Elder Mahler (Cairns, Elder Jakob Rowlings' MTC companion) last
one. We went hard! There was this one neighbourhood we were going around and
talking to everyone in, and the last house had two pretty fierce dogs out the
front and we almost didn't do it! Can you believe it! We were like, "nah
we know better than that," so we went to the window and a young-ish man
came out - and here's the good part. In our planning we made a goal to meet
someone and teach them the message of the Restoration, the full lesson, and
this was our man. At first he thought we were way silly and thought our message
was kinda laughable, but through the testimonies and experiences, he started to
show quite a bit of interest. So much so, that he took a Book of Mormon, and
Elder Powell and I are going to his place again tonight.
On Saturday we went to Fukuoka and received training on how
we can use iPads when they come to our mission next month, from Elder Ringwood
and Elder Russel M. Nelson. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, an Apostle of the Lord
came to our mission and I shook his hand! Haven't had such a nerdy, slightly
embarrassing grin, walking away from a handshake, like that in a while.
Came back, had a Family History - Open House activity at the
church and a few people came along with all the members who put in all their
efforts to make it a success! Then yesterday we went back to Fukuoka for the
best Zone Conference ever. ほら、you have no idea how sweet our Mission President is. For
real.
Learnt a lot, felt a lot, made goals and I look back on the
week and I can say it was definitely a wonderful learning experience!
My companion likes learning weird words. He learnt the word
for "time bomb" and kept mentioning it, saying, "trust me, it
comes up!" as if it's a regularly used Japanese word. During our train
ride to Fukuoka, Elder Mahler was talking to a lady, saying he is unfortunately
going home in a few weeks, and that's right, she said "it's like a time
bomb!"
My companion didn't need to say anything, we just sat their
with our mouths shut.
Here is a photo from last nights Family Home Evening, and
another photo of a lot of missionaries in Fukuoka.
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