I've run out of ideas for subject lines . . .
So I guess I'm here again. Another week down and another week in the books. Time marches on even though sometimes I feel like I'm pleading for it to slow down and I still remember the times when I was in boring classes begging time to speed up. But no matter our situation time keeps going at a steady rate. So our job, especially as missionaries, is to make the most of what we are given. So I'll begin by recounting my week. Monday ~ So we had all of our stuff cleaned and bought and it was a good P-day. That night we headed out to visit some less active members that live pretty far away, so that was pretty much our entire night. But while we were out visiting people I caught a glimpse of one of my favorite stores, Gyomu Super. So we slipped in and bought some peanut butter which for some reason is super cheap there. So we had to rush home because it was getting late and we needed to be home. Tuesday ~ We had some new investigators that we had to visit so we visited all of them and we dropped some of them, because the wouldn't answer or told us not to come back. Those that we did meet with they were way cool. That finished up pretty quickly so we went to this apartment complex that I had seen that I wanted to visit. We housed the apartments and found lots of people who actually asked us to come back. Kind of out of the ordinary, but it was way awesome. We found some really solid people, including a girl that pretty much accepted the whole restoration and wants us to come teach her more about the gospel. So we had a way good finding night. Wednesday ~ So we had the morning line up of studies and that good stuff. Then we had a meeting with a couple in our branch and had a good night with them. It was way awesome. They are such a nice couple and we are hoping the husband comes back to activity soon. From there we prepped for Eikaiwa early and then headed out to meet with a family that we had met the day before. They were way nice and after talking with them. One of the kids asked us to come back the next day but we told him that we would be back next week. He was a way funny kid. Then we went and taught Eikaiwa. Thursday ~ So we did a big planning session for the area, including setting some new goals and then we had to do some other preparations pertaining to our upcoming Halloween 👻 party 🎉. After that we ran to a Japanese class where they were trying to figure out Lyman's Japanese level so they really didn't teach me much, kind of boring. Friday ~ We had DTM (District Training Meeting), but this time everyone came to Ise to receive the training. We had a little trouble at the end because the couple missionaries’, Elder and Sister Salmon, car battery died so we had to get it jumped. So we had a member come and help them out. Then Elder Lyman and I went to one of my favorite restaurants of Manpuku, which serves Karage-don, which is deep fried chicken then cooked in a sauce and then some eggs and onions are added into the mix. It's just way good, but hard to explain. From there I received some emails that were pertaining to my calling in the branch and they need some immediate attention. #branchpreslife. After that we made some Halloween party flyers to handout and then we went housing and handed out a ton of flyers, about 70-80 or so. Way good. Hopefully this party has a lot of people come. Once we ran out of flyers we had to make more so we ran out of time that night making lots of flyers. Saturday ~ So we started by getting some stuff prepped for the big devotional with Elder Bednar that would be happening the next day. I had to figure out how to log in to the broadcast and even figure it out where the broadcast was being sent, all crazy stuff. Then we tried visiting Tetsuya, an investigator, and he wasn't home or maybe not awake. Then we went to visit another investigator with a member and it was the same story, but this time we decided to go to dinner with the member and had a nice night. Sunday ~ So we had a visitor that came to our branch this week. So we picked him up at the station. The visitor happened to be Jeff from Takabata. Jeff was baptized back in May when I was in Takabata and he came down to visit me here. He also spoke in sacrament meeting and he gave one of the most beautiful talks I have ever heard. As always I had the privilege of translating for him. It was a way good meeting. Then after church Jeff went home and then we planned more of our Halloween party. After all was said and done we had time to go home and grab some food and then go back to church to set up for the devotional. It was a way beautiful devotional by Elder Bednar and all of the participants. The big thing that was really emphasized is that joy is one of the gifts of the spirit and one of the requirements of receiving a gift of the spirit is that it isn't used to bless your own personal life, but to bless others. So if we want to feel of the joy of the gospel we need to turn outwards and look to bless others with the joy of the gospel and then you will feel the full joy of the gospel. Anyways hope to see you all next week. Elder Williams ウィリアムズ長老 some other preparations pertaining to our upcoming Halloween 👻 party 🎉. After that we ran to a Japanese class where they were trying to figure out Lyman's Japanese level so they really didn't teach me much, kind of boring. Friday ~ We had DTM (District Training Meeting), but this time everyone came to Ise to receive the training. We had a little trouble at the end because the couple missionaries’, Elder and Sister Salmon, car battery died so we had to get it jumped. So we had a member come and help them out. Then Elder Lyman and I went to one of my favorite restaurants of Manpuku, which serves Karage-don, which is deep fried chicken then cooked in a sauce and then some eggs and onions are added into the mix. It's just way good, but hard to explain. From there I received some emails that were pertaining to my calling in the branch and they need some immediate attention. #branchpreslife. After that we made some Halloween party flyers to handout and then we went housing and handed out a ton of flyers, about 70-80 or so. Way good. Hopefully this party has a lot of people come. Once we ran out of flyers we had to make more so we ran out of time that night making lots of flyers. Saturday ~ So we started by getting some stuff prepped for the big devotional with Elder Bednar that would be happening the next day. I had to figure out how to log in to the broadcast and even figure it out where the broadcast was being sent, all crazy stuff. Then we tried visiting Tetsuya, an investigator, and he wasn't home or maybe not awake. Then we went to visit another investigator with a member and it was the same story, but this time we decided to go to dinner with the member and had a nice night. Sunday ~ So we had a visitor that came to our branch this week. So we picked him up at the station. The visitor happened to be Jeff from Takabata. Jeff was baptized back in May when I was in Takabata and he came down to visit me here. He also spoke in sacrament meeting and he gave one of the most beautiful talks I have ever heard. As always I had the privilege of translating for him. It was a way good meeting. Then after church Jeff went home and then we planned more of our Halloween party. After all was said and done we had time to go home and grab some food and then go back to church to set up for the devotional. It was a way beautiful devotional by Elder Bednar and all of the participants. The big thing that was really emphasized is that joy is one of the gifts of the spirit and one of the requirements of receiving a gift of the spirit is that it isn't used to bless your own personal life, but to bless others. So if we want to feel of the joy of the gospel we need to turn outwards and look to bless others with the joy of the gospel and then you will feel the full joy of the gospel. Anyways hope to see you all next week. Elder Williams ウィリアムズ長老
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