This week was a little bit slower of a week but I think we still
did a lot of good. I think I'll just keep this one short, sweet, and
to the point. We had splits with the Tsukuba Elders and Elder Nielsen
and I saw a lot of miracles. We went up to HitachinoUshiku because I
haven't been there since the beginning of the transfer and we thought
it would be a good idea to go up there again. On the way to visit a
less active who lives up there we met a high school student named
Hidetaka who has interest in church. He also really likes English so
he'll probably start coming to our activities. We also were able to
trade phone numbers with him so we can call him anytime. Then we went
and visited a less active member, Imamura Shimai, and she was busy so
she couldn't talk. But, luckily (or unluckily, I don't know) her mom
has cancer and so she wants to have a relationship with God just in
case she dies. So Imamura Shimai said she wants to hear the lessons
with her mom and wants us to come back soon. Later we saw a man that
Elder King and I talked to last transfer who had a lot of interesting
thoughts about God. So we talked to him and he remembered me. When
we first met it was because he left work early and told us if he
hadn't left early he wouldn't have met us, so he thought it was a
sign. Then we saw him again and he was super happy to see us. We
talked to him for a long time on the street and gave him a Book of
Mormon with our phone number in it and he promised to read it every
day and call us if he had questions.
Elder O'Connor and I called Ookouchi Kyoudai yesterday and asked
if we could meet with him this week and he was like, "Can you meet today?" I was so happy because I haven't been able to see him in over
a month. We went over and really built a good relationship. We
talked to him a lot and he was very interested that my dad was raised
in Arizona. I told him about Dad's hometown, Snowflake, and he was
like, "Can we move there? Would it be weird if an Asian family moved
there?" Then we taught his 9-yr-old son the Joseph Smith story and he
loved it. He cheered and clapped at the end. We invited them to come
to church with us today but Ookouchi Kyoudai is still a little nervous
about it. We asked him why he felt nervous and it's because he hasn't
been in a long time and thinks it might be weird. Elder O'Connor
suggested that we bring a member to our next visit so they can make
friends and that way when he comes to church he'll be less nervous.
We're going to try to bring a new member to each meeting so he'll have
people he knows at church when he comes.
We went over to the Combas' house right after visiting the
Ookouchis and had a great time. We just talked to them and built up
trust for a while. They're a really good family and are very happy.
We showed them some of General Conference in Portuguese and then the
family had a discussion about it. It was in Portuguese so I don't
know all of what they said but it seemed good. In the end they
committed to look for the blessings in their life and choose to be
happy now. We told them about the Portuguese class at church and
invited them to come. They didn't come this week but I hope they are
able to come next week.
We rode our bikes a lot this week. We rode approximately
(complete guess) 85-90 kilometers. We rode a 40 kilometer round trip
to a city way out in our area. There wasn't anything there except a
horse training facility and a huuuuuuge track. We also rode to
Tsukuba and back for District Meeting. And then we rode bikes the
rest of the time at a normal missionary pace.
And lastly, we had 2 meal appointments set up for last night, one
right after the other. The first was with the Tobe Family, they
invited Kaoru, the new Eiken student who became a new investigator.
If she had come, we would've gone too and taught a lesson, but since
she didn't we went to the Ikenagas' for dinner with the other Elders
and their investigator. There were a ton of people there and it was
like a multi family FHE with investigators. It was really fun and I
really enjoyed it.
That's about all the important things for this week, love you guys.
Elder Rogers
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