Well, can’t believe another week, another month, and another transfer has come to an end. The time flies, but it’s been a blast. The past week flew by and I can’t remember too much of it, but I’ll try to hit the big points.
First big point was last p-day. We got together with Hodogaya District and made our way up to Machida to hit up the malls and a local Squirrel Park. Now Elder Jaeckel and I worked really diligently to organize all the plans and make sure the schedule worked out, but as we all know, things never go according to plan. I won’t go into the details of exactly what happened, but I will say that there was some sprinting across the city of Machida to find some lost missionaries and then sprinting all the way back across to catch a bus who’s stops were few and far between. Anyway, everyone ended making it on time. Not gonna lie, I was a little skeptical about the squirrel park to start with but it ended being a lot of fun feeding and holding squirrels. Definitely not something you see every day. Also there was the biggest tortoise I’ve ever seen. It was a good time and we also had fun doing some shopping around afterwards.
Next big event was Fujisawa East Zone Blitz this past Friday. We had the entire zone meet up at Totsuka station and everyone go out and talk to everybody. We saw lots of miracles and had a great time hitting the streets with the other missionaries. One awesome thing that I was able to experience was actually not during the blitz but on the way home. Here in Japan, we do the majority of our traveling on trains and on the ride home I sat down right next to a guy who way playing Shogi on his phone. Shogi is a Japanese game with a similar set up and objective to chess. As chance may have it, I have been able to learn the rules and some of the fun facts about Shogi over the course of my stay here in Japan and that created an opportunity to have a great conversation with this guy. It has been awesome to learn the culture of Japan and be able to connect with Japanese people on more than just a normal conversation level.
Third major event this week was transfer calls. After a not too long two transfers here in Yamato, the adventure will be coming to an end and making its way over to the promised land of Hachioji. It’s gonna be sad to say goodbye but exciting to meet new people and work with my new companion from Northern Ireland. His name is Elder Gill and we were in the MTC together a while back. It’s gonna be exciting!
First big point was last p-day. We got together with Hodogaya District and made our way up to Machida to hit up the malls and a local Squirrel Park. Now Elder Jaeckel and I worked really diligently to organize all the plans and make sure the schedule worked out, but as we all know, things never go according to plan. I won’t go into the details of exactly what happened, but I will say that there was some sprinting across the city of Machida to find some lost missionaries and then sprinting all the way back across to catch a bus who’s stops were few and far between. Anyway, everyone ended making it on time. Not gonna lie, I was a little skeptical about the squirrel park to start with but it ended being a lot of fun feeding and holding squirrels. Definitely not something you see every day. Also there was the biggest tortoise I’ve ever seen. It was a good time and we also had fun doing some shopping around afterwards.
Next big event was Fujisawa East Zone Blitz this past Friday. We had the entire zone meet up at Totsuka station and everyone go out and talk to everybody. We saw lots of miracles and had a great time hitting the streets with the other missionaries. One awesome thing that I was able to experience was actually not during the blitz but on the way home. Here in Japan, we do the majority of our traveling on trains and on the ride home I sat down right next to a guy who way playing Shogi on his phone. Shogi is a Japanese game with a similar set up and objective to chess. As chance may have it, I have been able to learn the rules and some of the fun facts about Shogi over the course of my stay here in Japan and that created an opportunity to have a great conversation with this guy. It has been awesome to learn the culture of Japan and be able to connect with Japanese people on more than just a normal conversation level.
Third major event this week was transfer calls. After a not too long two transfers here in Yamato, the adventure will be coming to an end and making its way over to the promised land of Hachioji. It’s gonna be sad to say goodbye but exciting to meet new people and work with my new companion from Northern Ireland. His name is Elder Gill and we were in the MTC together a while back. It’s gonna be exciting!
Love you all! Hope everyone has a great week!
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| Squirrel Park |
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| Squirrel Park |
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| Squirrel Park |
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| T shirt hoodies we bought in Machida |
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| Zone Blitz in Totsuka |
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| One Year Ago! |
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