To be honest, I didn't remember that in America this week
was Thanksgiving until I got an email from mom.
However, happy belated Thanksgiving!!
Hope everyone ate a lot, watched a football game and had a good time.
This week was awesome!
I think I will start off with what is on everyone's mind. On Tuesday we had an earthquake at about 6
am. It was off the shores of Fukushima
which is in the mission boundaries. It
was around 6.8 or 7 on the Richter scale.
There is a Japan wide alarm system for earthquakes and natural disasters
that sends an alarm to every mobile phone in the affected area. I woke up to that alarm and felt all that
shaking which lasted about 15-20 seconds.
At that moment I realized that I had forgotten all about earthquake
safety. During the shaking I stayed in
my bed and just waited it out. Ha-ha (sorry mom you are going to read this
and cringe lol) Lucky there was no damage to our apartment and nothing much in
the area. However, I do remember
thinking at that time that all would be ok and there was no need to run or take
cover because the spirit was whispering to me that all would be ok. I want to talk a little more about the spirit
and impressions we receive later.
A couple funny things this week.
-While housing I was talking to this guy though the
interphone and I asked him a question and he says "sorry there is nobody
home" even though I had a conversation with him for about 30 seconds.
-IT IS COLD, been about 0 degrees all week all day. Thanks for mom coming up clutch and sending
me this jacket that could be worn in -25 weather. My upper body has been nice
and warm but my legs have been suffering a little bit.
Going back to the spirit.
Since this week the Sendai mission had another big earthquake, the wife
of one of the councilors in the mission told this story yesterday at a
fireside. This takes place on March 11,
2011. She was coming home after the
earthquake hit the Sendai area because she wanted to see how badly her house
was damaged. On the way home the spirit
told her to turn around immediately and go the other direction. She looked to her right and saw the tsunami
coming in to shore. She described it as
"a huge, pitch black wall of water" and "bigger than most
buildings". She escaped as well as
her family but they lost their home.
I don't know why things like earthquakes or natural
disasters happen. I don't know the
meaning of all things, but what I do know is that God lives and loves his
children. I love the Japanese people,
they have been so kind and accepting of me.
Our Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ live. I testify that the whisperings of the spirit
are real. Don't give up keep trying!
Love you all have a good week!!
1 Nephi 11: 16-17
ハルバソン長老~日本仙台伝道部
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