The first two days of the week I was in Hirosaki with
Elder Barton while we waited for our comps to arrive. They were coming from the
bottom of the mission to the top. We had a really good day in 弘前. We
saw a lot of people which was a "long time no see" type of
experience. At around 6 we went over to
the train station and waited for our new comps!
We had about 45 minutes so we decided to get all of the pass along cards
we had and just give them to everyone that would take them. Just 30 quick minutes of passing around
eikaiwa, BOM, and pass along cards. Was really
fun actually.
Wednesday was the first full day with Elder Sato in 大館! Had a FHE lesson about blessings. We shared an article from the 2016 April
Liahona. It's a real good one I would
advise you all to read it! Called
"Measuring blessing in Madagascar!"
So the member we shared the message with has the strongest Japanese accent! My comp who is fluent in both English and
Japanese said that he could understand about 40% of what he said. I believe that's the miracle that I needed to
hear! One day you think you have the
language down and then you meet someone that speaks the "Old Man
Japanese". (that's what they call it) and you wonder what you were
thinking.
Also today I decided to focus on God's hand in our daily
life! Today was a good one. This week starts the new month, that means
that we need a baptism goal for the month.
We decided to fast for the goal.
At the beginning I was fasting for two things and by the end of the day,
before I was to break the fast, I realized I couldn't remember the other
thing. Only the one goal came to my mind
and I believe it was the answer to my prayer. I need to just focus on the work
and others. Everything will fall into
place in its time. Maybe God is telling
me to let go of my personal worries and desires.
April Fool's Day!!
The name of the day is exactly how the day went! Weekly planning and then with the rest of the
day we had 1 lesson and only q searching.
Long story short, we were fooled at every turn. The iPad map was leading us astray all day and
the investigator didn't show up to the lesson.
Human mistakes on top of that made it a learning experience, definitely!
Ok people repentance. What do you think about the word
"repentance". Here in Japan
there are cars that drive around and say "Kuiaretamenasai"
(Repent!!!!!). It's really strong, powerful word in Japanese. But it's not what everyone thinks!! It's a blessing for us so that we can be
better people!! Being a young
missionary, I've made my share of mistakes with language and investigators, and
feeling some guilt from it. Wishing that
I could have said something a little better or opened my mouth sooner. As I was reading recently, I felt I needed to
just get on my knees and asked Heavenly Father to forgive my selfishness and
mistakes. After that, the day was a
great one. We were able to hand out
Books of Mormon and some pamphlets.
Repentance is a great thing, it is a part of the plan of salvation (plan
of happiness) therefore a good thing! Oh
btw Elder Sato and I posted a BOM! Haha
the lady through the kekko box told us to and it fit and we gave a BOM through
the door slot! Haha good day!
We worked hard, hard, hard this week and we got the
Standard!!!
Love you all and have a good week!
神様は皆さんを愛しておられるということを覚えて下さい
Please remember that God loves you!
Elder Halverson
ハルバソン長老~日本仙台伝道部
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