2018 July 29 - A Typhoon Came, Kind of

 Well, it’s been another way busy week. Monday, everyone went to Miyajima, a tourist trap here in Hiroshima. I was way cool and got to see some pretty interesting stuff, they also happen to sell Katanas....... In the evening we went on 同僚交換 with the Kure Elders and it was way fun. 

Tuesday, had a good District Meeting and then normal伝道. Tried to visit some LA but, sadly they weren’t home. There also wasn’t a lot of people at Eikaiwa but, it was still pretty fun. 

Thursday, had cleaning checks in the morning then went to go visit a LA, 宮原 and we were able to share a scripture and pray with him. Then some weekly planning. In the evening we helped out the Sisters by teaching a LA they were planning to teach but, had to go to Saijo for 同僚交換, it went well, the LA’s name is 山田姉妹. Normal day of 伝道, helped the Sisters with a lesson again. 

Saturday, went to Kure again and we were shoveling mud from out of a house for most of the day. In the evening we went to the Bishop’s house and had a meal. It was a blast and we laughed way hard. 

Sunday, Typhoon. Honestly, it wasn’t even a Typhoon, it was just kind of rainy. The real “fun” part was Church was cancelled so, it became another day of 伝道.

We’ve been going to Kure every Saturday now to help
with cleanups. Don’t really have any investigators right now but,
we’re working hard. Honestly, Elder Figi has been doing the cooking
and it is just curry, mabodofu and yakisoba and repeat. His Japanese
is pretty good but, we don’t talk a ton and that is kind of hard.

 

The service project 

Miyajima

Ayaちゃん’s baptism

Miyajima

Miyajima

Miyajima - during high tide these tori gates are under water up to the first  horizontal board

The Service Project - cleaning up after the typhoon

Jackson heard that I was super tired, so he said that he would sleep in my bed to help me be less tired.

2018 July 22 - Flood Relief

 Yep, helped out with the flood relief but sadly, it was just Saturday. 

Monday, went to the Hiroshima castle and looked around, it was pretty cool. 

Tuesday, District Meeting was interesting, Kure couldn’t come up so the Skyped in, had a Sister who had to go home early so, her comp was here and the ZLs were taking her to the bus stop. 

Wednesday, a lot of 伝道 and Eikaiwa was pretty fun, not a ton of people came though. 

Thursday, visited a la, 宮原 and was able to pray with him. Then we went on splits with the ZLs and I went with Elder Weaver and we taught a member a lesson. 

Friday, taught a rc, 古川 and it went pretty good. Then we did some singing practice to get ready for the baptism on Sunday. 

Saturday, we went with some members down to Kure to shovel mud and it was basically all day long. I got really muddy, it was way tiring but was pretty fun to help. 

Sunday, Ayaちゃん got baptized! She is one of the Sisters investigators and is 9. The service was pretty good, she has a fear of water so, it took a couple tries. Then after church we tried to visit Osugiさん but, he wasn’t home.

Sis Gawry, Sis Countryman, Figi, Sis Wolfiden

2018 July 15 - Well, Only For Me

 Well, this week was crazy. Monday, had a lesson with Hidenori, sadly because he wasn’t able to make it to church so, he isn’t able to get baptized on the 28, in the morning and then just went to a bunch of stores. Then we went and did some streeting. Tuesday, a lot of 伝道, we did try to visit 2 LAs and 2 PI but, sadly no one was home. Wednesday, we went to get Figi長老’s bike from the bike shop. Also had Eikaiwa and that was pretty fun. Thursday, so, Friday we have a big 大会 with us and a near by Zone, 山口. Problem, all the trains are down so, they sent basically everyone to our apartment and didn’t tell us a ton about it. Friday, got to met the Macks!!! And they are way great! It was way cool because for the last little bit has been about contacting and talking to everyone and Mack会長 gets up there and talks about the doctrine of Christ and the conversion of the missionaries, it was great. Then we had a little Companion exchange with the Kure Elders and I went with Elder Sagane, way fun. So you guys remember Elder Walbeck? I had the most loving experience of having him in the apartment for 2 days, so much fun. Saturday, went and did a baptismal interview for one of the Sisters investigators, Aiyaちゃん and she passed! But, getting there and back was difficult because the trains were down so, bus it was and it was blazing hot. When we did get back to the church Sister countryman walked into the chapel and passed out because of heat exhaustion so, that was way fun. We called the Macks and they came down and helped us out. Some members also helped out too and she is all okay now. We then went to go visit a LA, the Higas, and taught them a lesson. Problem, they’re Brazilian, my Companion is Brazilian and I am American so, didn’t not understand the lesson. Sunday, church was good, the Macks talked at church and the both spoke pretty good Japanese. We went to go visit Matsumotoさん, someone we went to go visit last week and wasn’t there but, we were able to met him and he still has a lot of interest and also, his name is Osugi but, ya a lot of interest.

The clean up seems to be going, the trains are down for months and it’s going to take a long time to clean up. We haven’t been able to help a ton but, we are trying to figure out how we can

愛しています

- Brinkerhoff 長老

cool statue in front of the Pokémon store

chips and salsa

the art skills of Elder Weaver 

Me, Inamori, and Jordan(all Elder Lyman’s Companion)

2018 Jul 8 - I am Okay

 Hello Everyone! I am alive. As some of you may know there has been

some pretty bad flooding in the Hiroshima area but, I am perfectly
fine and mostly in effect. But, it was a very interesting week.

Monday, fun Pday, went to visit a very far LA, Hasegawa, and a member,
the Yagais, that lived near by. Way good visit, they are both doing
good. But, on the way back my tire died and it took over a half an
hour of running/speed walk home, it sucked. 

Tuesday, fun district
meeting, great to meet the entire district but, in the evening there
was a “typhoon” and had to go inside. It wasn’t bad at all like, it
didn’t get windy. 

Wednesday, went to go visit that same LA, Hasegawa,
with the sisters and Sister Gawrys’s bike got a punk on the way there.
But, we were able to meet and talk with Hasegawa 姉妹 for a little bit.
Then we took the bike to a bike shop to get it fixed.
Then...........on the way home Elder Figueiredo (Figi)’s bike broke,
his derailleur broke. And we had took walk 3 hours to get it fixed, it
sucked, I めっちゃhate bike problems. Then we had Eikaiwa, that was fun.

Thursday, we did a lot of Street contacting and did weekly planning. 

Friday, the rains came down and it lead to the floods. It was raining crazy hard and we started getting a bunch of warnings from the city. 

Saturday, still raining but, not super hard. Taught Eikaiwa in the morning and then did some street contacting at night. 

Sunday, church was only an hour. Also, we had a different area’s missionaries here because they were out of their area when the rain started and the only place they could make it was our area so, 10 Missionaries at church. Then we when to go visit some members in an area that had been hit pretty hard by flooding to seeing if some members that lived there were okay and they were safe.

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playing Uno with stranded missionaries

some of the effects of the flooding

the members gave us a lot of food, yummy

2018 July 1 - New Transfer

Hey, how is everyone? So, I’ve been transferred up to be a District Leader in the Hikari area and it is a blast and probably my last area, I’m here with one of my doki Elder Weaver and it is going to be an interesting 2 transfers.
Tuesday, hung out in Sendai for the day then for the fun of it, me and Elder Chase went home on the shinkansen. In the evening we had a way fun FHE.
Wednesday, finished packing and had Eikaiwa, sad to go but, it was a pretty good Eikaiwa. 
Thursday, had a forever long bus ride to get to Hiroshima, left about 8 in the morning and got to Hiroshima at about 7:30. But, ya that was fun. So, my new comp is Elder Figi(that is not his full name because I can’t say it) and he is Brazilian and not very good at English or Japanese, this will be fun.
Friday, had a lesson with Kato, he is an investigator here that is preparing to be baptized on the 28! Way excited to be helping him out.
Saturday, we taught a English class in the morning. I also wasn’t feeling super great in the evening so, we weren’t able to 伝道 a ton. 
Sunday, church was cool, I did some translating for an American who was visiting. Had a lesson with a guy named Matsumoto and it went way good and he agreed to met with us again! 

1 found Kai Voorhees (past comp)

2 with Takuma(investigator)

3 Eikaiwa class

Bottom: Masa, Foote, Countryman, West

Naoru, Yamaguchi, Mihoko, Masao, Orio, Hiroshi

Miyuki, Kanji, Keito (behind Mihoko) Chase, Me, Takuma, Kimiaki

4 with Kenshin (member)

5 Winchester and Swapp 

6 Campbell 

7 baker

8 lunch 

9 Sister Shinsato

Doki is the word we use for the people you came to Japan with

And this is him

Hakata is a big bus and train station and is about in the middle of the mission so, it is the easiest gathering place. That is why a lot of missionaries, when they transfer, go to Hakata for Transfer