It was pretty much just the title. There's a couple extra things that
went into this week but those were the main 2 events.
For those who are still interested, here are the details.
This week there wasn't much going on for the first few days. We
just went about as usual trying to meet people and check up on
investigators and members. We visited a lot of members who weren't
home but we left them notes saying that we love them and are ready to
help them if they need it. Since this could be our last week here we
are trying to meet with the members and get pictures with them and
help them and such.
On Thursday when we were visiting one of these families my back
tire blew out. So we were like 45 minutes away from home by bike.
That's pretty far walking and we had a PMG class to teach so we needed
to get it fixed or catch a ride. Some kids were playing basketball
nearby and started talking to us in English so we were like, "Forget
the bike, let's go talk to them." They were 8th graders and were
interested in the church and English class. We gave them flyers and
invited them to stuff. They were really cool and we were instantly
friends. After that we really needed to fix my tire so we started
calling members and asking people where the nearest bike shop was.
Nobody could tell us anything other than we were basically out of luck
and we needed to start sprinting to PMG class and come back for our
bikes another day. So after about an hour we finally get some helpful
information. Someone gives us directions to a bike store and as we're
walking there...WE SEE THE KIDS AGAIN! It was crazy. They came over
and helped us find the store and waited with us until the tire got
fixed. It was super cool. After that we booked it back to our PMG
class and had a great time teaching the youth.
We had splits on Friday with the Zone Leaders. I went with Elder
DiCastri. He's tall, blonde, has blue eyes, and is Canadian. So he
stands out pretty well. We had a great time riding our bikes around
and talking to people on the way to an appointment when suddenly...my
back tire blew up again! I had it fixed the night before! Anyway we
had to go to the appointment by foot. We got a lot of people to
commit to come to activities on the way. We got me a new tire and
everything all fixed up. The bike shop guy gave us free towels too
because he liked us. It was a good day.
On Saturday we had a BBQ at the Bishop's house for an
investigator named Daigo. On the way can you guess what happened?
I'll give you a hint, it has to do with my bike. I got into an
accident with a car. I put a little tiny scuff mark on the guy's car
and then we made sure to call the police and insurance companies and
what all. It wasn't really a big deal though, he started wiping it
off with his hand. THERE WERE NO INJURIES MOMMA. That made us
fashionably late to our own party and Daigo thought it was a cool
experience. We had a great time at the BBQ and Daigo made lots of
friends. Me and Elder Lewis ate a ton of chicken and birthday cake
because one of the girls there has a birthday this week. We took
Daigo back home and he said he had a great time and was glad the youth
were so nice to him.
Sunday we had 2 new investigators come to church! They seemed to
have a good time and learned a lot. They liked all the members. Then
we did hometeaching with Morishima Kyoudai the Elder for the Furugawa
Family and it was great. The Furugawas have 3 kids, an 8-yr-old girl,
a 5-yr-old boy, and a 2-yr-old boy. They are pretty crazy but very
cute and nice. We gave them some candy after the lesson if they
behaved.
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And that brings us to today. Today we met up with Kazu. Kazu
is awesome. Kazu owns the most popular bar/restaurant in Sakado. He
brought one of his employee friends and took us to lunch. He speaks
English suuuuper well. He practically only spoke Japanese when
talking to his friend. He was very excited to meet us and really
wants to be our friend because he was friends with another Elder
awhile back. Anyway, he took us to an expensive restaurant where he
bought us some delicious eel. No that is not sarcastic it was
amazing. Then he and his friend said they want to meet with us again
soon and they'll be coming to Eikaiwa(English class) on Wednesday! He
Skyped his friend and we set up an appointment with him too. That
makes 3 in one day! Tonight we're having dinner with another one of
our friends at her house with Masaaki Kyoudai. Today is just a really
nice day to go check on everybody and make sure they're doing all
right. Of course we'll share a message too, that is the main reason
we do things. I just really love the people here and I love being a
missionary.
Elder Rogers
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| "BBQ" |
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