So, Elder Kikuchi and I are working SO hard. I come home so tired every single day. It's a good thing though. We have to carry our bikes in bike bags on to the train every day and then we can't come home for dinner. There is too much work to be done. However, we found a lot of cool people this week. We ONE lesson this week. Haha, it was THE first lesson that has been taught in our area.....baby steps. Things are picking up though. :)

We found a couple this week. They are Lutheran, so they have a good Christian background. They seemed really interested in the Book of Mormon. That was really good. They also gave us really expensive juice. I was happy.

We had English class and I was in charge of the Kid's English class. It was the cutest class. Nobody is older than 12 and they are all very energetic. We did body parts for the class. So, we sang "Head shoulders knees and toes" and played a lot of games. All the moms loved it. Apparently the last missionary who was here got angry easily so they were all super happy last week that there was a new teacher. Elder Tabuchi was so happy that he wants me to teach children's class every week.....Haha, it takes a lot of energy, but I guess I'll do my best.

I don't know what else to tell you. I really just go and work every single day. It's great though. We are super busy, but it's fun. For a lot of people, we are the first missionaries they have seen. It's great to represent the Savior everywhere we go. One of the investigators we found this week was by playing soccer with a bunch of kids in a park. We were finding and they started yelling English words at us so we went and talked to them. They were pretty cocky about soccer so we showed them our skills (haha, I don't have ANY soccer skills). They had so much fun and then their mom came out and asked us to come back to explain what kind of volunteer work we are doing......Haha, it was perfect.

Last thing, living with the other two Elders is the best thing ever!  Elder Nara has a book of 100 Donburi recipes.

He decided that it can be our countdown for when I go home. A new Donburi every single day. It's been so much fun! Cooking in this apartment is SO fun. :)

 

 

Anyway, I love you all. I love this work. It's hard right now, but things are picking up. I'll have more to report next week!

 

Love,

Elder Low 

April 15, 2013

Lots to talk about this week.

First, I told you that the president told us to spread Eikaiwa (English Class). Well, we did, but there was lots of confusion so we weren't able to go to Ishikawa and help the elders down there. BUT on Tuesday we had the Zone Leaders and the Ishikawa elders come up here and they helped us pass out 2200 flyers in 4 hours. It was crazy. We talked to everyone and it was tons of fun.

 

2200 flyers (Click photo to enlarge)

Our sign advertising the class

 

 

Then this last Friday we came down to Futenma for General Conference. There are six Elders staying the the Futenma apartment right now. It's crazy! So fun though. And yes...Conference was amazing. We are actually still down here because we have a Zone P-day today. I'm stoked! It'll be so fun to be with the entire zone.

 

A couple things I wanted to tell you about that were kinda important

 

1: We had Conference and our investigator came down. He's still not retaining a lot but he has such a desire to be part of the ward. On Sunday we ate lunch as a ward and he was just another one of the members. It's the first time that's happened since I met him. He just has trouble learning. We don't set up any appointments or ask him to come to church. He does that on his own.....We just got to keep praying about him and see how things work out with him.

 

2. I got to go on splits with Elder Ogita.....He speaks very little English. It was Awesome! I feel like the language is finally coming along. But anyway, here's the situation that happened. We went to a door in the pouring rain, (in our rain suits of course) and a man answered with a smile. We then told him that we were misisonaries for The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-Day Saints. His smile disappeared. He told us to leave because he knew who we were. I asked what he knows about Mormons. He said he doesn't know who the Mormons are. He only knew Christians. Then I asked him what he knows about Christian Churches. He then yelled at us and told us that we were terrible people that murder and killed people. I was shocked. I said that our church doesn't do that. Then his wife came over and said something along the lines of There are not more horrible people on this earth than us and that we should be ashamed of ourselves and that this world would be a better place if we were gone. Then they slammed the door.

 

That happened last night. It's been bugging me ever since. She doesn't know us. I just wish she could give us a chance. I hated it. She didn't let us speak and until she found out were Christians, she was totally genki. So, I've really been thinking about that.

 

Anyway, no much else happened. Conference was more fun than the Super Bowl though. I loved it. It's weird....I'm kinda sad about Sister Dalton and the presidency being replaced even though I was never in the Young Women's program. Haha

 

How's the house doing? I'm missing the house and my car.....but this is getting to be too much fun. I'm actually speaking Japanese now. It's really broken and sometimes people look at me like an idiot but it's fun. I got a letter from Sarah Parker. That was so nice of her. I need to write her back. I don't have tons of time this P-day though cuz we're about to head over to the zone p- day.

 

Anyway, I love you all and I'm going to buy a new card reader this week. Also, hopefully a Dictionary. I know the one I want now.

 

A really great bowl of ramen

View of Nago

 

I'm doing great. I hope you all are too.

Love,

Elder Randy Kazuhiro Low