Week 86
Mission Log
Everything is still super awesome here. The members here are all really nice and they pretty much all speak English. I never speak in English to any of them, but they would all understand if I did. It`s really weird. In most wards there is one or two people or families from a foreign country (like the US), but everyone else is Japanese and doesn't know English. This ward is backwards. There aren't any foreigners, but pretty much everyone seems to be able to speak pretty good English. In part, I think it`s because there are so many returned missionaries here. A lot of times, Japanese missionaries will end up picking up English on their missions, even if they serve in Japan.
We had a zone conference this week where the mission president and the assistants came and gave training. We`re trying to focus more on finding and teaching families now. Also, we changed the way we add up our numbers each week so that it`s a lot harder to find "new investigators" now. The conference was in a church that is right in downtown Osaka. It was pretty fun going into the big city.
It`s gotten quite a bit warmer now. It isn't even cold normally. I don`t have to wear a coat or gloves anymore. The only exception is when it is windy. The wind is really cold, especially when riding a bike.
I went back to Wakayama on a companion exchange this week. It was really cool going back there. There is a person there named Sister K..... About twenty or thirty years ago, she went less active. She didn't just stop coming to church. She moved and changed here phone number to that the members wouldn't know where she lived. About seven months ago, the missionaries ran into her while tracting, and they started teaching her. She wouldn't go to church or talk to any of the members, but she was fine with meeting with the missionaries. Elder Burhoe and I taught here many times. Right before Wakayama closed, we told her that it was going to be our last Sunday and that she needed to come this week. I think she always wanted an opportunity to go back sometime, but she just needed us to give her a little push. She came that week and we were so happy. Then, we left Wakayama and I didn't hear anything for three months because there were no missionaries there. This last week when I went down to Wakayama on a companion exchange I went to her place and visited her. She was way excited to see me and let us in right away. I noticed right away that on a shelf by the door, there was a framed picture of two missionaries and one of Mary and Jesus that she`d taken from the Liahona. Upon going in and talking with here, I found out that she has been going to church every week ever since that day she came with is. She read the Liahona and scriptures all the time and she is working so that she can go to the temple again. She was so happy when I saw her. It was great to be able to see how she turned her life back around and how happy it made her. It made me happy too.
That`s about all I have for this week. I`ll write you again next week. Bye.
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