Week 64 - 11/04/18 - Group Email

Last p-day we hit up a mountain call Daibosatsutougei. It was amazing! Definitely one of the best views I have seen. We planned to do a loop where we would go up a steep trail then down a different trail that had road for the second half. Well on the way down we hit the road and had no idea how long it would be. An older couple drove up next to us and asked if we wanted a ride. We happily accepted and they told us we had another 7km or so of road haha that was definitely a blessing because we were able to make our bus time! 

After church yesterday a member couple brought their friend to church and had us do a "practice" lesson with her. It ended up basically just being a real lesson and she asked a ton of tough questions. It was cool to see members make the effort to do missionary work! 

One day we were trying to visit a less active and couldn't find his house so we asked some old guy who was probably in his 80s for help. He ran inside his house, grabbed all these maps then preceded to run from house to house checking all the house numbers. He finally came running back down the street saying he found the people we were looking for! He was super nice. Japanese people are almost always willing to help when it comes to directions!  　

Now to the title of the email. Last night I was walking down a dark street next to the station just minding my own business looking over at the train when all of a sudden the ground disappeared and I fell like 4 feet into a drainage canal full of water! I really don't think I have been so surprised in my whole life. I totally face planted into the 6 inches of freezing water at the bottom and got soaked. The worst part is that I was holding my tablet and dropped it while I was falling! Luckily I got it out pretty quick and was able to turn it off. It's in rice now so everyone pray that it'll work when I pull it out tomorrow! Besides my comp I think only like 2 other people saw me eat is so that is good.  For the next hour I had to knock doors in the freezing cold while soaking wet, it was great. Elder Oe and I had a good laugh afterwards. 

Because of that no pics this week, sorry everyone! 

ディーン長老

Elder Dean