Well we had a way good last week. We met a lot of different people and had a lot of opportunities to teach, which would make any missionary happy. We also had the opportunity to go to Shizuoka and meet with the stake president and President Baird.
We had many great experiences this week, one of which was with a man named Kono Kyodai. He was the first bishop of this ward and used to own his own company, and was very rich. But unfortunately he had some problems and his company went bankrupt and now he is very poor, just getting by. But anyway we were talking at the church and he was teaching us about the pride cycle in the Book of Mormon. But after we had that conversation we were going to do this activity that helps people give us referrals. And so like we were about to ask the questions and he just gave us three referrals. We didn't even ask a question. And he said that we should visit Saya who is 20 years old and he met her walking. He said when you have the time go visit them. We went and visited that afternoon and she was way nice. She was confused when two gaijin came to her house and we taught about the plan of salvation and then scheduled a next appointment. The member had already given her pamphlets and a Book of Mormon which was really cool. The former Bishop said that the spirit said he needed to talk to her. The truth is the only time he has ever met this lady is when he is out walking. It is really cool how God puts people in our way to help!!
The meeting with the stake was way good as they expressed their desire for dendo. President Baird says its our duty to help the stake become missionaries then he points at himself and my companion and say we are going home soon and then he points at me and says he is going home REAL soon. It was funny and sad but true. We are here to help the members and What a good experience it has been.
Love
Elder Nelson
What to say?? (January 22, 2012)
It was a very interesting week, we went to Nagoya on Tuesday for training, Wednesday 4 spokes on my bike broke and it took all day to fix. Thursday was planning day and eikaiwa, amoung other things. Friday we went to another area that is further away than Nagoya but in our zone. Saturday it rained all day (which was the first time it has rained all year so that was cool but it was freezing. After being in the freezing rain for 6 hours we came home but it was good. But acutally we met with two part member families but didn't go inside. We just talked at their door for a while, so it was cold and wet. we scheduled appointments and talked about how to help their nonmember husbands. Then Sunday we had meetings until four and then went home and ate a feast. We are trying to help the ward with mutual, which is a slow progress. We are now doing it 2 times a month which is better than 0 times but we still have some work to do. It's hard when there are only 14 total young men and young women and only about 5 are active. But we are in charge of it. We are like young men advisers which is a cool calling. I definitely can't complain. Then Sunday night we met a part member family, They are Peruvians, but the kids speak perfect Japanese. I think we will be able to meet them again. The dad is a member but no one else is. The funny thing that happened was the mom pulled out a hymnbook and started singing for us even though she is not a member, so that was cool.
This morning we taught a lesson to a Peruvian, his wife is a member and he seems to have a lot of interest, he wanted to meet tomorrow but we are busy, unfortunately. So we have another lesson on Thursday, Communication is an issue because our Spanish is not too good and his Japanese is only ok. But we watched a movie and read from pamphlets so it went pretty well, he said a prayer in the end and it was very good.
We have a very busy week ahead of us, We have 14 appointments plus meetings and I think it's the most I have ever had in one week, We will see how it goes. A lot are with part member families where we are trying to do family home evening because everyone loves their family and this can help them all.
That is about it, it was a pretty slow week but the training was really cool. We talked about the 8 lessons to help us become better teachers! My favorite one is the role of the Holy Ghost in Conversion. It is essential that no matter what we do to have the Holy Ghost, espeacially when teaching.
Love
Elder Nelson
This morning we taught a lesson to a Peruvian, his wife is a member and he seems to have a lot of interest, he wanted to meet tomorrow but we are busy, unfortunately. So we have another lesson on Thursday, Communication is an issue because our Spanish is not too good and his Japanese is only ok. But we watched a movie and read from pamphlets so it went pretty well, he said a prayer in the end and it was very good.
We have a very busy week ahead of us, We have 14 appointments plus meetings and I think it's the most I have ever had in one week, We will see how it goes. A lot are with part member families where we are trying to do family home evening because everyone loves their family and this can help them all.
That is about it, it was a pretty slow week but the training was really cool. We talked about the 8 lessons to help us become better teachers! My favorite one is the role of the Holy Ghost in Conversion. It is essential that no matter what we do to have the Holy Ghost, espeacially when teaching.
Love
Elder Nelson
This week (January 15, 2012)
My week wasnt too exciting, but it was busy. We are trying to continue forward but we are so busy we don't know what to do sometimes...haha.
We are trying to work with a part member family, the mom is less active and none of the kids are members, and niether is the father. We have a family home evening appointment a week from Saturday with them so that should be good but the grandfather that lives there hates us. I don't understand but the first time we met him he slammed the door in our face and the second time he saw us he ignored us but yelled to the family wierd foreigners came!!!!! and then walked right passed me as I tried to start a conversation with him. In his defense I am kind of wierd but it was just funny, what can you do. But besides him we are excited for the family home evening. Another active family will join us, so that will be fun, there will be 6 kids and a lesson I hope, haha.
Brazilians are funny because we went and visited one family and they are less active have come to church once since I have come to Hamamatsu and when we got there the dad was just in his garments and they talked about how cool the temple was because they went last weekend, kind of funny but starnge, they gave us cheese fondu so thats cool.
We are starting a missionary class during sunday school. We are going to be teaching members how to be missionaries!! so that should be fun. We will be using pmg and there will be a commitment at the end of every class to spark the missionary fire in the ward. We have a good ward for the most part. There are a few people who just no matter what you do won't help you at all, bu what can you do.
Thank you,
Have a good week
Love
Elder Nelson
We are trying to work with a part member family, the mom is less active and none of the kids are members, and niether is the father. We have a family home evening appointment a week from Saturday with them so that should be good but the grandfather that lives there hates us. I don't understand but the first time we met him he slammed the door in our face and the second time he saw us he ignored us but yelled to the family wierd foreigners came!!!!! and then walked right passed me as I tried to start a conversation with him. In his defense I am kind of wierd but it was just funny, what can you do. But besides him we are excited for the family home evening. Another active family will join us, so that will be fun, there will be 6 kids and a lesson I hope, haha.
Brazilians are funny because we went and visited one family and they are less active have come to church once since I have come to Hamamatsu and when we got there the dad was just in his garments and they talked about how cool the temple was because they went last weekend, kind of funny but starnge, they gave us cheese fondu so thats cool.
We are starting a missionary class during sunday school. We are going to be teaching members how to be missionaries!! so that should be fun. We will be using pmg and there will be a commitment at the end of every class to spark the missionary fire in the ward. We have a good ward for the most part. There are a few people who just no matter what you do won't help you at all, bu what can you do.
Thank you,
Have a good week
Love
Elder Nelson
Sorry (January 9, 2012)
Sorry about getting on late but that is way exciting about Josh. How is it going to work this time? You should skype me when he opens it. just kidding but seriously you should.
It is pretty windy here in Hamamatsu which makes it cold but that is all good.
Everything else is pretty normal. My zone is doing ok. People stress me out sometimes but thats ok.
I had a question but forgot.
O ya yesterday we had a ward marathon activity right...it was fun. I took 3rd place and beat the bishop. haha. And he was a rugby player. No but it was way fun we only ran 5k but it was pretty far because none of us did any training. We are all super soar today. Like anytime any of us move we let out big grunts. I'm going to try to start getting in the habit of running again so I don't get fat when i go to America. Its going to be a forever ongoing struggle.
Well the activity went really well. We had some investigators come and some less actives that we are working with come. The ward was very helpful and be friended them. Two of the families that came had children and the children didn't want to go home. So they ended up staying here for a long time. another family that came lives really close to the church. We have this activity in our mission called pivot and we just invite all the people around our church to the activites once a month. It is more to be good neighbors and friends then to get investigators but of course if we can find investigators that way it would be good...it's more of a long term thing I think. But any way one family came to the Christmas party and the party yesterday and she said that when she was a kid she used to come to the church all the time..now she has kids of her own. So thats pretty cool. At the party we ate mochi. Mochi is just smashed rice and then they put interesting stuff on it. My favorite is kinako because it tastes a little bit like peanut butter...the kids also like that one. The smashing the rice is the best part because we take a giant hammer and smash it...I did it last year and sent pictures but that was really fun!! Everyone enjoyed themselves.
Last week meeting with investigators was a big miss but we were able to meet with a lot of less actives and help them. One actually came to church. So that was cool. He is a really a good guy and like helped half the ward get baptized like with out him Hamamatsu would be really small but he doesn't see eye to eye with the bishop and some members so he stopped coming to church. He is a big help to us though so that is really good. He also came to the party which is good.
Thanks for all the support!!
I appreciate it! Have another good week!!
Love
Elder Nelson
It is pretty windy here in Hamamatsu which makes it cold but that is all good.
Everything else is pretty normal. My zone is doing ok. People stress me out sometimes but thats ok.
I had a question but forgot.
O ya yesterday we had a ward marathon activity right...it was fun. I took 3rd place and beat the bishop. haha. And he was a rugby player. No but it was way fun we only ran 5k but it was pretty far because none of us did any training. We are all super soar today. Like anytime any of us move we let out big grunts. I'm going to try to start getting in the habit of running again so I don't get fat when i go to America. Its going to be a forever ongoing struggle.
Well the activity went really well. We had some investigators come and some less actives that we are working with come. The ward was very helpful and be friended them. Two of the families that came had children and the children didn't want to go home. So they ended up staying here for a long time. another family that came lives really close to the church. We have this activity in our mission called pivot and we just invite all the people around our church to the activites once a month. It is more to be good neighbors and friends then to get investigators but of course if we can find investigators that way it would be good...it's more of a long term thing I think. But any way one family came to the Christmas party and the party yesterday and she said that when she was a kid she used to come to the church all the time..now she has kids of her own. So thats pretty cool. At the party we ate mochi. Mochi is just smashed rice and then they put interesting stuff on it. My favorite is kinako because it tastes a little bit like peanut butter...the kids also like that one. The smashing the rice is the best part because we take a giant hammer and smash it...I did it last year and sent pictures but that was really fun!! Everyone enjoyed themselves.
Last week meeting with investigators was a big miss but we were able to meet with a lot of less actives and help them. One actually came to church. So that was cool. He is a really a good guy and like helped half the ward get baptized like with out him Hamamatsu would be really small but he doesn't see eye to eye with the bishop and some members so he stopped coming to church. He is a big help to us though so that is really good. He also came to the party which is good.
Thanks for all the support!!
I appreciate it! Have another good week!!
Love
Elder Nelson
Happy new years!! 明けましておめだとう (January 2, 2012)
Well, I hope everyone had a nice safe and happy new years. This year has started out with a bang, and by that I mean we had more meal appoitments in the last 3 days then I have had since I came to Hamamatsu. That might not be exactly true but it's close, In 3 days we have had 5 meal appointments. Yesterday it was way too much...all four of us almost died due to food overload. It was crazy, and by the time we finished at the appoitments over half the food was still left. We tried our best but it wasn't good enough. My mom will be happy to know that i have gained some weight this week.
We had a lot of delicious food just too much to describe but one member decided to put the steak and the fish right next to each other on the missionary side of the table and almost all the steak was gone and like almost 0 of the fish was gone. It was kind of funny but I mean obviously who is going to choose the fish when there is delicious steak right next to it...no one. They also had octopus salad which has become one of my favorite Japanese dishes...you can buy octopus in America right?!? If not I'm in trouble...haha. What else did they have, they had like the 3 inch long fish things that you just eat whole, little crunchy but not bad. For some reason like 3 families made this delicious potato cheese cassarole thing that was way good. I haven't really ever seen it in Japan so I was surprised but it was way good. We also had oyster rice which is pretty good. Of course we had sushi, how can I forget that. It was good. There are some foods that Japanese people eat this time of year no matter what and one is mandrin orange (by the way we have over 200 in our apartment so if any one wants one just ask), but another thing is mochi. Mochi is pounded rice. It is interesting but they but this powder on it that kind of tastes like peanut butter...maybe, I don't know exactly but it's pretty good.
Well this time of year is really interesting in Japan, almost everyone goes back to their home and meets all their family and they pay respect to their ancestors. It's a very important time of the year for Japan. Most business men get about a week off work, so I'm sure they enjoy it, and its just a time for families. I think it is interesting how important families are to the Japanese people.
We are working with this part member family and the wife is one of my favorite people ever...(She gave me bacon last week) ya but anyways her husband is less active, mainly because of work and they have 5 children who are all less active and all are married to non members. So they got lost and they live really close to a place we got lost so we went and stopped by and were able to meet the non member son in law for the first time. He looks pretty cool, but some people when they see us run away but he didnt so that was good. We talked to him for a while but the member really wants us to help him but anyway on Sunday her husband and her daughter came to church so that was exciting!! It was a great weekend.
Have a great weekend and have fun, set some good goals for this new year...the year of the dragon!!! haha.
Love
Elder Nelson
We had a lot of delicious food just too much to describe but one member decided to put the steak and the fish right next to each other on the missionary side of the table and almost all the steak was gone and like almost 0 of the fish was gone. It was kind of funny but I mean obviously who is going to choose the fish when there is delicious steak right next to it...no one. They also had octopus salad which has become one of my favorite Japanese dishes...you can buy octopus in America right?!? If not I'm in trouble...haha. What else did they have, they had like the 3 inch long fish things that you just eat whole, little crunchy but not bad. For some reason like 3 families made this delicious potato cheese cassarole thing that was way good. I haven't really ever seen it in Japan so I was surprised but it was way good. We also had oyster rice which is pretty good. Of course we had sushi, how can I forget that. It was good. There are some foods that Japanese people eat this time of year no matter what and one is mandrin orange (by the way we have over 200 in our apartment so if any one wants one just ask), but another thing is mochi. Mochi is pounded rice. It is interesting but they but this powder on it that kind of tastes like peanut butter...maybe, I don't know exactly but it's pretty good.
Well this time of year is really interesting in Japan, almost everyone goes back to their home and meets all their family and they pay respect to their ancestors. It's a very important time of the year for Japan. Most business men get about a week off work, so I'm sure they enjoy it, and its just a time for families. I think it is interesting how important families are to the Japanese people.
We are working with this part member family and the wife is one of my favorite people ever...(She gave me bacon last week) ya but anyways her husband is less active, mainly because of work and they have 5 children who are all less active and all are married to non members. So they got lost and they live really close to a place we got lost so we went and stopped by and were able to meet the non member son in law for the first time. He looks pretty cool, but some people when they see us run away but he didnt so that was good. We talked to him for a while but the member really wants us to help him but anyway on Sunday her husband and her daughter came to church so that was exciting!! It was a great weekend.
Have a great weekend and have fun, set some good goals for this new year...the year of the dragon!!! haha.
Love
Elder Nelson
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