Went tidepooling (also Shinojima). The other guys weren't sure what todo so I just kinda freaked out and ran around like a little kid andhad a great time.
On Tuesday I said goodbye to Elder Legault and Sister Graviett and
picked up Elder Bradshaw.
火曜日、ブラッドシャー長老を迎えに行き、レゴ長老とグラベット姉妹にさよならをしました。
#bombed
At the clock I got to meet a lot of old
friends and hear about how everyone is doing! Sounds like the
Matsumoto guys are doing well! Elder Horio is going to Hamamatsu for
his last transfer! Which means that now Elder Nakatsuka is the only
one of the clan still left up in Matsumoto. He's loving it though!
Elder Kariya is leaving Toyota and going to Inuyama! A lot of folks in
my Douki spent their first five transfers in one area. I feel really
lucky to have been all over.
Elder Legault, me, Sister Romney and Sister Graviett レゴ長老、私、ロムニー姉妹 そしてグラベット姉妹
#bombedagain
Lots of big things happened with this
transfer!
I'm excited to see where it all leads!
Elder Bradshaw is one of my favorite humans! Haha he wants to work SO
HARD and he is down to try everything! I cannot say enough about this
guy, he is so awesome. We spent the first couple days of the transfer
in the apartment, brainstorming new dendo ideas for the transfer and
finishing inputting every scrap of paper record we have into the
digital system. Phase 3 here we come! Kariya is now Facebook worthy!
On Thursday, we dropped by to see Suzuki Shimai and give her our
"Green Book" papers. She keeps a binder full of fun information about
every missionary who serves here in Kariya (where you're from,
hobbies, siblings, etc). She invited us to dinner for the next night,
right on the spot! Dinner was awesome and we became great friends!
On
Saturday, just as we are heading out to hunt down some less actives
and investigators, we got a call from Inaba (Investigator) saying that
he wanted to hang out today. So we went down to the Tokoname ÆON! The
size of that place is mind blowing. It's the biggest mall I've ever
seen. It could fit several Costcos into it (yes I'm measuring things
in Costcos now). We got to see around half of it before Inaba ran out
of batteries and we took him home. We got to just talk and hang out
and become real close. He's a really nice, genuine guy. I just want
him to be happy! We are going to slowly, slowly introduce the Gospel
while working hard to just keep his trust and friendship a priority.
We'll see what God wants us to do with him. I love this kid! He's
great :)
Sunday, we stayed at church from 8:30am until about 3pm, just becoming
friends with everyone! Elder Bradshaw gave his intro talk in Sacrament
Meeting and that's when I got to hear just how good this guy's
Japanese is. He's gonna be a ninja master in no time!
We got a phone call from an investigator who hasn't met with us in
over a transfer and he wanted to see us all of the sudden! So we
quickly ran home, ate lunch, ran back to the church and got to know
our investigator. His name is Hajime, he speaks beautiful English and
is extremely smart. He wants to come to Eikaiwa and Institute!
That night I got an email from Braden from back home in Idaho and he
told me that he got his mission call! He's going to the Trinidad Port
of Spain mission in the Caribbean islands! When I read his email, I
was sitting in a quiet train on the way back from a member's house and
I might have shouted a little bit. I don't remember. I was so excited!
I hope the sleepy Japanese people in that late night train car didn't
mind. Hehehe.
Anyway we have BIG plans for this transfer and we are super excited to
get working!
I feel great!
Ever since Elder Bradshaw came, we have seen a small miracle almost every day!
I got to meet my grandparents again!! Man it was so cool! They took us out to a yakiniku place where we cooked up a lot of really good meat. My favorite part is where they just told us a bunch of stories. This time I feel like I really got to know them better. It was awesome! I love my grandparents so much!
The Minami Odaka ÆON mall is a sight to behold. It's easily the biggest mall I've ever been in and has EVERYTHING that we went looking for today! There was a Kaldi import food shop, a Krispy Kreme (my first one in SIX MONTHS) and the infamous Village Vanguard! It was GLORIOUS.
We got to attend a special Family History event with Elder Packer (President Packer's son), Elder Rockwood and Elder Yamashita! It was awesome! I got to meet up with a lot of old friends from around the mission. We listened to their words and felt the Spirit as they taught us about the importance of Family History in missionary work.
We had transfer calls on Saturday! I'm staying in Kariya and I'm getting Elser Bradshaw as my companion! WAAAY STOKED to meet this guy! People say he's cool. Elder Legault is going to Meito! He's so lucky! He will get to dendo in one of the biggest wards in the mission, right alongside the mission home and all of the leaders in it. Super stoked for him! We are losing sister Graviet to the Fukuroi area and Sister Romney will stay here and train a new missionary for her last transfer in Japan! Super sad to be losing Elder Legault and Sister Graviet.
Weird things I did this week: bike 6 kilometers while holding a 9 foot
roll of flooring material. That was fun :)
Ate sea cucumber on Shinojima island. It was good! Kinda chewy. Not
cucumber flavor.Went tidepooling (also Shinojima). The other guys weren't sure what to do so I just kinda freaked out and ran around like a little kid and had a great time.
タイドプールに行きました！他の人は何をして良いかわからない様だったので、1人で子供のようにはしゃいで走り回って、すごく楽しかったです。
