Week 12

What a week! We have an awesome area, lots of great members and it's great getting to know them in our wards. Thankfully we have only two wards. Many other missionaries have more wards than that, so that is an awesome blessing. 

So this past week was the first full week after transfers. And we have learned some valuable lessons. BE AWARE OF YOUR TIME! And for my companion Elder Bodily and I, Facebook thankfully isn't an issue, but man, sometimes dinners and contacts with older folks can get super long. BE BOLD! We've been bad about getting to the whole point of my "we're here, to share the Gospel"! We're finding our conversations are just surface level and we don't get to know them. It also doesn't help we are on bikes and going to appointments, so it's not very natural to speed by someone and turn around and start talking to them. Don't get we wrong, we still have great contacts with non-members, here and there, but we're just finding, the "meh" conversations are happening, more and more. 

We have a good amount of people to work with, but the problem is SO many people are busy right now. We knock on their door and there's no one home. And there's a lot of factors, but just a lot of missing people. The members are amazing, but missionary work is hard and sometimes it's not the most fun. Missionary work in the wards is still awesome, but could be better. 

Funny story, we were at a dinner and it was great. Great lesson and great food :). We ended and I went to the restroom. I came back out and Elder Bodily and I said bye and we left. Outisde, my companion just started busting. Apparently the wife and the husband exchanged some words and were cursing at each other and apparently they didn't know Elder Bodily was behind them. Oops :). But don't get the wrong idea, they're great members and they're getting a bit old. But they were honestly awesome :). P-day was fun and we get around $63 dollars for 2 weeks. I usually got eggs, milk, cereal, yogurt, bread, apples and bananas, etc. I got some eggnog this morning, which was fun :). 

They did not lie about gaining weight! Yes obviously I can refuse food. But it makes the members feel nice and it's a great way to gain their trust, by eating their food and saying how good it is, because it is! So yes, I can reject, but I usually don't. Haha, we'll be playing basketball this week every morning :). And I heard some good news from a couple sources! Apparently Japan is opening up the Visa process! (correct me if I'm wrong) and the US is opening to foriegners! I would love to type more, but we got a dinner to go to. :)

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ロバートソン長老