皆さんこんにちは! Another great week in Japan! This past week we had my first Zone Conference, and it was great! A lot is about to change in the everyday life of a missionary including daily schedule and reporting stats. More info on that soon to come! This past zone meeting happened to be the last for three missionaries in the Fujisawa zone including one of our zone leaders, Elder Leach, who is from Texas. Because this is their last, they were asked to bear a final testimony before going
home. Elder Leach's testimony was particularly inspiring to me. He talked a little bit about becoming a "Renaissance Man". He said a Renaissance Man is basically a Jack of all Trades, and in order to
become a Renaissance Man, Elder Leach would talk to everyone and learn something from every person. He said that when he was younger, he devised a plan for his life and how he would become a Renaissance Man; college, career, wife, how many kids, vehicle, retirement, everything. When he was called to Japan he was excited about learning Japanese and the career options that would open up. He said that his reason for serving a mission wasn't the best reason, but it was good enough to
get him out here. He said that as he has served and learned, he realized that Christ was nowhere in his plan and as he has been away from everything his plan has crumbled to the ground. I think there is
an important lesson to be learned there. He says now that he has reached the end of his mission and is about to return home, he still doesn't really know what he will do, but he does know that Christ will
be the center. Elder Leach's testimony was truly one of the most amazing I have heard. I know that I have received some revelation and new insights from it, and I hope that you can receive some as well
from my condensed version in this email.
We don't have much time to write today so I apologize for the short email, but don't worry! You haven't missed much. Just hours and hours of working our hardest to bring others unto Christ. I am beyond grateful for this opportunity and I am beyond grateful for my friends and family back home. Keep being amazing! 皆さん愛しています!
サドラー 長老
home. Elder Leach's testimony was particularly inspiring to me. He talked a little bit about becoming a "Renaissance Man". He said a Renaissance Man is basically a Jack of all Trades, and in order to
become a Renaissance Man, Elder Leach would talk to everyone and learn something from every person. He said that when he was younger, he devised a plan for his life and how he would become a Renaissance Man; college, career, wife, how many kids, vehicle, retirement, everything. When he was called to Japan he was excited about learning Japanese and the career options that would open up. He said that his reason for serving a mission wasn't the best reason, but it was good enough to
get him out here. He said that as he has served and learned, he realized that Christ was nowhere in his plan and as he has been away from everything his plan has crumbled to the ground. I think there is
an important lesson to be learned there. He says now that he has reached the end of his mission and is about to return home, he still doesn't really know what he will do, but he does know that Christ will
be the center. Elder Leach's testimony was truly one of the most amazing I have heard. I know that I have received some revelation and new insights from it, and I hope that you can receive some as well
from my condensed version in this email.
We don't have much time to write today so I apologize for the short email, but don't worry! You haven't missed much. Just hours and hours of working our hardest to bring others unto Christ. I am beyond grateful for this opportunity and I am beyond grateful for my friends and family back home. Keep being amazing! 皆さん愛しています!
サドラー 長老
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| Our Indo Curry Homies! We are regulars there, we don't even have to order anymore for them to know what we want, lol |
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| Doing Language study right |
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| Beach Dendo |
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| The best American diner in all of Japan |
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| Shokuji with Taguchi Kazoku |
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| Shokuji with Fujiwara Kazoku |
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| Haircut - Before & After Pictures |
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