So this week was crazy. President Nagano decided I should become
District Leader and Train at the same time. So this week was pretty
busy.
The first couple days I was still with Elder Purba. We packed up
all of his stuff and then went to the beach town of Tateyama to visit
a member. She made us food and we just talked to her. She was there
when they built the Tokyo temple! And she worked in it for 30 years!
She's awesome and I'm so glad we get to go visit her every week. We
also visited an older lady we met last week and she was so nice. She
let us in and let us teach her a little bit. We're going to go visit
her again next week and teach her some more.
Then Transfer Day came. There was much crying. Elder Purba just
couldn't bear the thought of leaving me (; I dropped him off at Koiwa
and then continued on to pick up my Trainee. I happened to run into
Elder Rhea on the way so we just went together. It was nice seeing
him again. We made it to the Mission Home safe and sound and mostly
on time. We got to introduce our areas and even though I did a poor
job of it and left a lot out, I think it still sounded pretty cool.
Yup, Kisarazu is definitely my favorite area so far. Thankfully I
will stay here for another 3 months while I train my new
companion.......Elder Wilcox! He's a big boy, 6 foot and 180lbs. He
can also grow a beard twice in a day. He's actually so big that when
we went to go buy his bike, they told him they didn't have one big
enough and had to order one. Lol. We're currently using one of Elder
Purba's bikes he left behind.
On his first full day as a missionary we were able to have a
Skype lesson with Jonivar, our Filipino investigator. Not that first
time but the next time we called him, we were able to set a baptismal
date with him! Woohoo! That was super cool.
Like I said, this week was super busy. We had a lot of meetings
to go to. I had to go to District Leader training one day, Zone
Meeting the next, and then they sent out a PDF on how to teach
yourself to be a trainer. Every minute of my day has been packed full
of things to do and everything is fast paced. It's probably just
crazy because it's the first week. Things should calm down after a
little while.
They've been teaching us a lot of new ways to teach and find and
do both at the same time. I didn't know if I could do it, but with
some practice it's really starting to pay off. We've found a lot of
new people. Something they suggested to us was asking people on the
street what they think is most important. It's a good question and
9/10 people I've talked to respond with "family." I think that's
really cool because our church believes in eternal families. When I
tell people about it they think it's really cool and a lot of people
agree to meet and learn more.
This week Moe told me that she was going to a Matsuri. I love
Matsuris so I was all over that. After many confusing texts and much
searching of Google maps, I found the location and we were able to go.
Elder Wilcox had never been to a Matsuri before so I thought it would
be good for him. Matsuris (festivals) are really good for
missionaries because there are a lot of happy people all in a small
space. They're much more approachable and since they're happy, much
more likely to listen to you. We were able to trade phone numbers
with 5 people including an English teacher who may be able to get us
to volunteer at his Middle School! We talked to a ton of people. Moe
was there working one of the game stalls and she made so much money.
She says she just sits there all day and it's pretty boring so we'll
probably try to go again and teach her and talk to her soon. We were
able to teach her a little bit and she said she'd help Elder Wilcox
learn Japanese since he's new. At the end of the day the men got
together and ran up a mountain with the Ark of the Covenant and Elder
Wilcox thought it was pretty cool. I got too caught up in the moment
and forgot to record anything or take pictures. Sorry Mom.
Elder Rogers
District Leader and Train at the same time. So this week was pretty
busy.
The first couple days I was still with Elder Purba. We packed up
all of his stuff and then went to the beach town of Tateyama to visit
a member. She made us food and we just talked to her. She was there
when they built the Tokyo temple! And she worked in it for 30 years!
She's awesome and I'm so glad we get to go visit her every week. We
also visited an older lady we met last week and she was so nice. She
let us in and let us teach her a little bit. We're going to go visit
her again next week and teach her some more.
Then Transfer Day came. There was much crying. Elder Purba just
couldn't bear the thought of leaving me (; I dropped him off at Koiwa
and then continued on to pick up my Trainee. I happened to run into
Elder Rhea on the way so we just went together. It was nice seeing
him again. We made it to the Mission Home safe and sound and mostly
on time. We got to introduce our areas and even though I did a poor
job of it and left a lot out, I think it still sounded pretty cool.
Yup, Kisarazu is definitely my favorite area so far. Thankfully I
will stay here for another 3 months while I train my new
companion.......Elder Wilcox! He's a big boy, 6 foot and 180lbs. He
can also grow a beard twice in a day. He's actually so big that when
we went to go buy his bike, they told him they didn't have one big
enough and had to order one. Lol. We're currently using one of Elder
Purba's bikes he left behind.
On his first full day as a missionary we were able to have a
Skype lesson with Jonivar, our Filipino investigator. Not that first
time but the next time we called him, we were able to set a baptismal
date with him! Woohoo! That was super cool.
Like I said, this week was super busy. We had a lot of meetings
to go to. I had to go to District Leader training one day, Zone
Meeting the next, and then they sent out a PDF on how to teach
yourself to be a trainer. Every minute of my day has been packed full
of things to do and everything is fast paced. It's probably just
crazy because it's the first week. Things should calm down after a
little while.
They've been teaching us a lot of new ways to teach and find and
do both at the same time. I didn't know if I could do it, but with
some practice it's really starting to pay off. We've found a lot of
new people. Something they suggested to us was asking people on the
street what they think is most important. It's a good question and
9/10 people I've talked to respond with "family." I think that's
really cool because our church believes in eternal families. When I
tell people about it they think it's really cool and a lot of people
agree to meet and learn more.
This week Moe told me that she was going to a Matsuri. I love
Matsuris so I was all over that. After many confusing texts and much
searching of Google maps, I found the location and we were able to go.
Elder Wilcox had never been to a Matsuri before so I thought it would
be good for him. Matsuris (festivals) are really good for
missionaries because there are a lot of happy people all in a small
space. They're much more approachable and since they're happy, much
more likely to listen to you. We were able to trade phone numbers
with 5 people including an English teacher who may be able to get us
to volunteer at his Middle School! We talked to a ton of people. Moe
was there working one of the game stalls and she made so much money.
She says she just sits there all day and it's pretty boring so we'll
probably try to go again and teach her and talk to her soon. We were
able to teach her a little bit and she said she'd help Elder Wilcox
learn Japanese since he's new. At the end of the day the men got
together and ran up a mountain with the Ark of the Covenant and Elder
Wilcox thought it was pretty cool. I got too caught up in the moment
and forgot to record anything or take pictures. Sorry Mom.
Elder Rogers
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