Good: This week we met with our one of our Korean Jesus investigators after a long time and we had a good lesson with him. He is keeping the Word of Wisdom even though his wife tries to get him to drink coffee and tea like everyday. He would be baptized but he doesn't like how when we are baptized we have to stick to one church and he can't go to the Korean Jesus church. So, we are trying to help him gain more spiritual experiences. Basically we just told him that we would help him out and the Spirit was totally there as we just asked a bunch of questions to help us understand him.
Bad: Our Ugandan investigator yesterday is trying hardcore to have us donate three or four of our nice silk ties to his fund because he is broke and is looking to make a comeback in business. This of course was after he tried to give us some more marriage and non-marriage advice (trying to keep it at least PG-13 in this email...) and went on a thirty minute rant about Donald Trump and the election. On a good note we did teach about baptism more in depth!
The Ugly: We had a lesson with the our favorite hat shop guy but his less active friend took over the lesson right after the opening prayer talking about the parable of the sower and how it justifies him being less active. I shared a scripture from Revelations though!
The Good: We had another really good lesson with our college student friend studying French for no reason Haruhito! The same as Yamanaka San's lesson where we just went in with an idea of what we were going to teach but then just asked a bunch of inspired questions (I think) and the Spirit was there and it was pretty cool. He definitely has some interest and it helped us know where to go with him. He had a question about Adam so we explained the Fall and we exactly felt the Spirit through it! Spirit is the key man.
The Bad: Not really anyone we invited came to the Valentine's Day chocolate making Party but it is okay, it was still fun with members! Also, later that night we had like, twice the attendance at Ping Pong Night then usual and it was AWESOME! Our favorite English Student Takao San (a.k.a. Tack) who likes bluegrass and random English knowledge came. He wasn't that good at ping pong but it was still fun!
The Spiritual: So, the big finish is a story from this week in following the promptings of my companion's stomach. We went to Gifu DTM and afterwards we were pretty hungry and we wanted to get sushi. So, we asked a young missionary serving in Gifu and asked if there is a sushi place close. He said it was so we followed his directions but it took awhile and we were debating turning back so we don't waste time but then we decide to go anyways. We went to a sushi place where you get chances to win a prize after every five dishes. So, we eat 30 plates combined in order to get a prize and we finally did! YEAH! So, we go back on the train and there is a guy sitting across the way from us waving at me. My companion sees him and goes over to him. It turns out Elder Callahan had actually baptized the man waving whose man is Moto Kyoudai a year ago. On the short train ride we found out that he had just moved to a new address and changed his phone number and hasn't been going to church recently. So, in short, if we didn't catch that EXACT train, we wouldn't have been able to get him in contact with the Gokiso missionaries and help him be active. Throughout the day in all these little things the Spirit was guiding us to that exact train! We didn't notice or even think that a crazing for sushi or wanting to eat EXACTLY 30 plates for a prize was the Spirit but it really was! It has been so cool on my mission to see the Spirit guide me as I try my best even if I don't know if it is the Spirit or not. I know that God does lead us as we search for his guidance and be obedient. Sometimes it won't be a burning in our bosoms or something we expect but it will be in his way and his own time. It is so worth it being worthy to be lead by the Spirit! Have a great week and I love you all!
Ponderizing Scripture:
"Pray always, and I will pour out my Spirit upon you, and great shall be your blessing--yea, even more than if you should obtain treasures of earth and corruptibleness to the extent thereof."
-D&C 19:38
Monday Flashback:
"Sometimes, like Alma and Amulek, we have to have the faith to not see a miracle, to not be saved, to have faith that one day it will turn out alright that this experience is for our good in the long run. I don`t know if I will ever find my wallet and its valuable contents but it is worth it for meeting (those two investigators because of it) and finding out again that the Spirit does lead me, even in bumbling Japanese and unconfidence."
- "Youth in Asia" -02/16/205
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The sisters heart-attacked us for Valentine's Day so we took a one-eyed selfie
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