We got transfer emails today. Basically everyone in my district is staying here in Kofu except one sister is leaving. Should be a good transfer!
On Saturday and Sunday a member offered to drive us around as we visited people. He also took us to some of his friend's homes and introduced us to them. It was super cool! He is a bold dude. One of the less active members we visited let us in and we talked for a good 40 minutes about the church and shared a message. He was really nice and ended up coming to church yesterday! We plan to work more closely with him from here on out so I'm excited for that.
Funny side note:
While we were cleaning the ward building a member was talking to me about his brother who apparently hates the church and Americans. He said his brother is left handed (in english) and I was like "Oh no way me too, and so is Elder Suzuki!" He was way surprised for some reason then said he thought left handed people are mostly just in Russia and Japan. I'm like nope pretty sure they exist all over the world. lol. I was confused so I asked him to clarify in Japanese and what he meant to say is "Left Wing" as in politics. I'm still confused as to why he thinks there are liberals only in Russia and Japan but it was a funny misunderstanding.
I'll share with ya'll a little mystery. π΅️
So the other week we knocked an apartment and met a guy named Oe who runs track for college (long distance) and accepted a Book of Mormon from us. Fast forward to the next week and we went back to visit him. Well he didn't answer unfortunately so we knocked the apartment next to him to see if that person was home. He was and he talked to us for awhile. I asked what he likes to do and he told me he's on the track team and that he runs long distance. I figured this apartment housed a bunch of kids from the track team because it's close to the college but then I asked him for his name and he said Oe. I was trippin at this point (because Oe isn't a super common name) and pointed to the next door over and said oh do you know this guy who is also named Oe?? He said he doesn't know the people living next to him and doesn't know another Oe. I asked if we had met the week prior and if he got a Book of Mormon from us but he said nope. Sorry if that doesn't make sense lol but I'm still confused by the "coincidence" of it all.
Some other things:
- I saw an old dude on the street repping an Alta ski resort hat! He said he has never been but just a cool little thing.
- We vistited a place called Minobu last p-day that was super cool. Lots of temples and we hiked a peak with a nice view of Fuji.
- In Japan people clean their homes during the new year so we did lots of cleaning in our apartment and the church. We got our apartment looking spick and span!
- I gotta Skype the fam on Christmas! That was awesome. What's not awesome is that they got a new puppy without me... BUT they gave it a Japanese name "Yuki." haha. It's half Weiner dog half Chihuahua. Yeah I was surprised too.
On Saturday and Sunday a member offered to drive us around as we visited people. He also took us to some of his friend's homes and introduced us to them. It was super cool! He is a bold dude. One of the less active members we visited let us in and we talked for a good 40 minutes about the church and shared a message. He was really nice and ended up coming to church yesterday! We plan to work more closely with him from here on out so I'm excited for that.
Funny side note:
While we were cleaning the ward building a member was talking to me about his brother who apparently hates the church and Americans. He said his brother is left handed (in english) and I was like "Oh no way me too, and so is Elder Suzuki!" He was way surprised for some reason then said he thought left handed people are mostly just in Russia and Japan. I'm like nope pretty sure they exist all over the world. lol. I was confused so I asked him to clarify in Japanese and what he meant to say is "Left Wing" as in politics. I'm still confused as to why he thinks there are liberals only in Russia and Japan but it was a funny misunderstanding.
I'll share with ya'll a little mystery. π΅️
So the other week we knocked an apartment and met a guy named Oe who runs track for college (long distance) and accepted a Book of Mormon from us. Fast forward to the next week and we went back to visit him. Well he didn't answer unfortunately so we knocked the apartment next to him to see if that person was home. He was and he talked to us for awhile. I asked what he likes to do and he told me he's on the track team and that he runs long distance. I figured this apartment housed a bunch of kids from the track team because it's close to the college but then I asked him for his name and he said Oe. I was trippin at this point (because Oe isn't a super common name) and pointed to the next door over and said oh do you know this guy who is also named Oe?? He said he doesn't know the people living next to him and doesn't know another Oe. I asked if we had met the week prior and if he got a Book of Mormon from us but he said nope. Sorry if that doesn't make sense lol but I'm still confused by the "coincidence" of it all.
Some other things:
- I saw an old dude on the street repping an Alta ski resort hat! He said he has never been but just a cool little thing.
- We vistited a place called Minobu last p-day that was super cool. Lots of temples and we hiked a peak with a nice view of Fuji.
- In Japan people clean their homes during the new year so we did lots of cleaning in our apartment and the church. We got our apartment looking spick and span!
- I gotta Skype the fam on Christmas! That was awesome. What's not awesome is that they got a new puppy without me... BUT they gave it a Japanese name "Yuki." haha. It's half Weiner dog half Chihuahua. Yeah I was surprised too.
Anyway,
Love you all!
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Elder Dean
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