I love summer! This past week was filled with meetings and apartment moving so we were in and out and around our area a lot. With sun, rain, and wind, we were left with no dull moment. And, the super highlight of this week, we met our new mission president!
On Monday we had a district preparation day BBQ at the beach. It was so fun! Everyone bought meat, veggies, and drinks. It was my second time grilling out in the mission field. And there was a group of people who were practicing jet-skiing and using hover boards! Turns out they are a legitimate team and they compete in the Kansai area. We talked with them for a bit and they are way cool. They invited us to their tournaments, so nice! After the BBQ we headed to Kobe in order to get to MLC on time the next day.
It was the first time I would have met the mission president so I was excited and a little nervous. But when we started the meeting and discussed some mission stuff the feeling was very friendly and I loved them right away. Their teaching style is different from the Welch's so everything seemed to be conveyed in a way that was similar to a different packaging a wrapping style of a phone. It's the same phone, but it is presented in a different way. Same doctrines and principles, just taught differently. And that is by design. I'm excited to work with the Smoots!
Wednesday was probably the only normal day of the week. We met a new investigator, did an overview of the Gospel of Christ, gave him a copy of The Book of Mormon, and invited him to church. We talked with him a lot about baptism and the Holy Ghost. He seemed to learn a lot and said he would come to church. Then we had an appointment to meet a mother and her daughter at the church to do a personal English lesson. Turns out the daughter has an English test in November and wants to do a home-stay in Canada next April. We have a timeline of goals so we will work with her to improve her English!
Thursday was Meet the New President day. We met in Abeno, Osaka, and had a way good meeting with the Smoots. We also played some way fun games where, in a group of 12, each person draws an paper with an animal written on it and has to act it out. And you are supposed to find the match to you. Then sit down it chairs. Slowly the chairs get taken away so only one pair is left. Way fun! But it was also spiritual because we tried to find how to relate it to the gospel. (Almost) Anything can be related to the gospel.
Then we spent Friday packing up the apartment.
On Saturday we moved apartments.
Sunday was church. We had three investigators come to church! The one we met on Wednesday, one that helped us move, and one that showed up randomly. Glad he came but I had no idea who he was. The Sisters had two new investigators come to church! So many new people! Then we visited a less-active who loves the missionaries. It's always good to talk with him. We talked a lot about BBQing and Moroni 7:38ish. The awesome scripture about charity. Yes, charity is amazing! It was the scripture he remembered the most.
Today we will be doing more apartment stuff and our normal grocery shopping.
I hope you all have an awesome week! Fight the good fight and never give up! 愛しているよ!
Elder Peacock
A missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Serving in the Japan, Kobe mission, Wakayama area
末日聖徒イエス・キリスト教会
日本神戸伝道部の宣教師です
和歌山エリア
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