It
was a lovely week. And I don't really remember much of the first part.
Most of this email will probably be stories from Friday and Saturday.
Since I've only been in Japan for 2 months I have a trainer who
essentially makes sure I don't die. She became a leader (STL) and so for
2 days she left me to check in on the other girls on Okinawa. My new
companion, the other leaders bean-chan (new missionary), Sister B.
We were in the MTC together and are like besties. But our Japanese
skills are not quite there yet. But for some reason our trainers thought
it was a good idea to leave us in Naha together. It was a blast. I
spoke so much Japanese and I felt so empowered.
B
shimai came on Thursday night. We went out and dendoed for an hour
together. We were freaking out. It took us 5 minutes to knock on the
first door. But we did! And no one answered! It was so anticlimactic.
We did talk to 3 people. We managed to give away a BoM. And teach
someone about baptism. And it took forever. But the people we met were
patient enough to listen. It was a real confidence booster.
Friday
morning we woke up and mogied [studied?] for like 2 hours straight. And then we
went out into the pouring rain to conquer The World. We talked to so
many people. Normally we talk to a decent amount but not really talk
to them. All of the people we talked to we had like a deep meaningful
conversation with. And like, we were using all sorts of grammar and
vocabulary that we didn't even know we knew. It was nuts. The biggest
miracle is this cute Christian lady we met. We talked to her about God
and Christ. And then she's like "I'm Christian yo! I know". So we show her the "Because of Him" video and she started crying on the street. The
spirit was so strong. We gave her a BoM and she said she would read it
as soon as she got home. As we were trying to leave, she pulls out her
wallet and tried to give us money (this is a first, normally people run
away, not try to pay us for our services). We said no but she kept
insisting saying that no one has made her feel so good and peaceful and
she wanted to give us money because we touched her heart. We kept
saying no but we told her that her gift to us would be to read the BoM.
She agreed it it. It was crazy.
On
Saturday, we planned for (not 1) but 2 lessons. It took 3 hours. It was
so hard. But we planned and entire plan of salvation lesson with
sentences we knew how to say. We were really drained at the end. But
felt accomplished. Then we went to the church to make mochi with the
primary kids. It was way fun. We got to smash rice with huge hammers. It
was like a great stress reliever.
We
had a lesson with S the recent convert and S the golden
investigator. One speakers Japanese so fast natives don't understand
her. The other has a lisp. So, our lessons went so well. The concepts
were taught, the spirit felt. We relied a ton on our member joint (we
picked one who spoke English and Japanese). But it made me realize that I
am not the teacher here. I can help. But our lesson together probably
had 100000 grammar mistakes and the spirit took those mistakes and
taught the people what they need to hear. All God wants us to do it to
work hardest. He will make up he rest.
Then
on Saturday night B shimai left. It was such a good experience to
junkai with her. I learned so much and recognized how much I know. I'm
more confident now and so much more excited to go out and dendo. There
were so many miracles we saw, I can't [even] tell you half of them.
Well,
yesterday we went to S's (the recent convert) mom's house. Her
mom isn't a member but has been coming to church for a month. Together
they are the sweetest people. We shared a message about faith and how
through faith in Christ we can do anything. We showed the Mormon message
"mountains to climb" (so good). After the video, Shimoji's mom said she
wanted to learn more. She wants the happiness we have in her life. I'm
so excited for her! Then we taught them how to make funny faces for
pictures. They loved it. We definitely laughed a lot. And you know, I
think we shared God's love for them through laughter.
It
was a beautiful week. I love being a missionary. I love Naha. I love
the people. And I do it all because I love the Savior. And I know He
will help me do His work.
I love you all!!
Bearman 姉妹
P.S. Grilled cheese!!!!! I cried!!! The fufu brought down REAL CHEESE from base
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