I'll start off this email with what we did this week that
was the most fun. The other day we went
caroling in front of a big shopping mall very close to our apartment. It was really fun after we had been singing
for a while, because right at first it was incredible awkward singing to a
bunch of people in English none the least.
But that's not the best part, we handed out cards that had info about our ward
Christmas party and the "Savior is Born" video with the website on
it. We also handed out more of our English class flyers. I had to dress up as Santa and stand and give
out all this stuff to people. It turned
out to be really fun in the end! haha.
Like I said, at first it was incredibly
awkward and a little weird at the same time. But in all reality the best part was
seeing the smile on people's faces when they saw us with Christmas
stuff on and especially me with a big Santa suit. That to me is one of the real meanings of
Christmas. Making someone smile and laugh by saying Merry Christmas to
them.
And don't worry mom I've got pictures from it.
I had yet another experience with the language while
on a split with another elder from a different area. I had to use the language more than I was
used to. So I learned that I do
know more than I think I do. Even though I am still a young missionary with
limited Japanese, and it can be really quite
frustrating, I realized that at times it comes easily to speak in my new language. I keep thinking about how I took Spanish in high school for a
couple years and I ended up not being able to speak any Spanish to be honest with ya. Now, I have been studying Japanese for about 4 months and I am far past what I was able to do with Spanish
in High school. It really is true that
the language will come and I just need to be patient with myself and just use
every second to learn. It will come and I can testify how blessed missionaries are with the gift of tongues.
I heard a funny joke the other day about
missionaries. Missionaries that go
stateside come back scriptorians,
missionaries that go to South America come back bilingual, and
missionaries that come back from Asia come back humble. I am definitely being humbled right now. Also the other day I had to give a training
on obedience in DTM in Japanese so that was really fun. I'm improving.
Also a really fun part of the week was when we played
basketball with the ward and some investigators. It was really fun! It was the first time
I have had the opportunity to play sports since I have been in Japan or really since I broke my foot back in the MTC. The time sports vacation really showed in my play.
That day was also the day we went caroling, so basically we had an extra p-day with
a lot of dendo in it! haha It was really fun, not going to lie. More next week love you all!!
Elder Halverson
ハルバソン長老
Sent from my iPad
Making Izumi T-Shirts with the investigator
Kanji Halverson
meaning horse, spring and humble
Singing outside the mall in downtown Izumi
Santa Halverson
Not lots of protein, but the food is awesome
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