This week was pretty busy again, not a huge shocker though, is that? On Monday we went to FHE at the Honbu, we took Sho Shimai, a recent
convert. She is so sweet! At FHE we played some minute to win it games
and listened to a little spiritual message. It is a really
non-threatening environment for investigators and new members. She had
a lot of fun and we were able to schedule a time to meet with her next
week, hopefully we can do one of her after baptism lessons. She's been
putting them off, and lately hasn't been coming to church.
We also did a mogi this week with a member, it went pretty well! I was
able to pretty much say all of the things I had been practicing
before, which is always a win. :)
On Friday, we did splits. I was with a sister named Murray Shimai. She's
on her fourth transfer, and it was really good for me to see her work.
Even though her Japanese isn't perfect she still makes a huge effort
to say as much as she can to people. I need to be more bold! This
gospel is something that can change lives, and I need to make sure I
give everyone I talk to a chance to listen.
I had a few really good talks with Smith Shimai this week, we are
going to work a lot harder on not letting anyone walk past us from now
on.
Kimura san! We still don't have that date yet, she is telling us that
she is having a hard time feeling anything when we're not with her.
She has also not been coming to church because her sons have been
visiting. We haven't quite figured out what to say and do to help her,
besides just getting baptized! Having the Gift of the Holy Ghost is
what she needs, honestly. We are going to meet with her again
tomorrow. We have a few scriptures and ideas to share with her,
hopefully we are able to get that date set. She is so, so close. As
always.
I love Japan. I love the great people here. I love you all. And I
really love Sophie.
Love,
Megan
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Week Seven... (November 3, 2013)
Hello!
So last pday we went and hiked a mountain! It was super pretty! Will
try to stick some pictures in here for you all to see. When we got to
the top you could see the entire city, it was such a sight. I wanted
to stay for awhile, but Smith Shimai was eager to go back down. We
spent the rest of the day at Sapporo Station shopping, it was very
nice. Sapporo Station is super neat!
Transfer calls came as well, but as expected, nothing changed for us.
I wasn't shocked, but so relieved to know what was going on. Its nice
being able to stay in the same place for six more weeks at least.
Our Halloween party was great! A lot of people went and had a lot of
fun, but I wasn't one of them, ha ha. The APs called and asked us to
come to a baptism that night instead, so we did. The man getting
baptized might come to our ward, so it was important that we go and
meet him. The meeting was so great, it's awesome to see someone get
baptized. It was funny because I started the transfer with a baptism,
and ended it with one as well. (none of them being my own, but still
really good) :)
Speaking of baptisms, Kimura san is so close! There are only two
questions left that she isn:t sure about for the interview. Pray for
her, please. We might see her baptized this transfer. :)
Thats really all for this week, I'm loving Japan. The leaves are all
on fire now, Im glad that we got to have a great fall before the snow
comes.. which could be any time! Love you all, have a fantastic week.
Love,
Megan
So last pday we went and hiked a mountain! It was super pretty! Will
try to stick some pictures in here for you all to see. When we got to
the top you could see the entire city, it was such a sight. I wanted
to stay for awhile, but Smith Shimai was eager to go back down. We
spent the rest of the day at Sapporo Station shopping, it was very
nice. Sapporo Station is super neat!
Transfer calls came as well, but as expected, nothing changed for us.
I wasn't shocked, but so relieved to know what was going on. Its nice
being able to stay in the same place for six more weeks at least.
Our Halloween party was great! A lot of people went and had a lot of
fun, but I wasn't one of them, ha ha. The APs called and asked us to
come to a baptism that night instead, so we did. The man getting
baptized might come to our ward, so it was important that we go and
meet him. The meeting was so great, it's awesome to see someone get
baptized. It was funny because I started the transfer with a baptism,
and ended it with one as well. (none of them being my own, but still
really good) :)
Speaking of baptisms, Kimura san is so close! There are only two
questions left that she isn:t sure about for the interview. Pray for
her, please. We might see her baptized this transfer. :)
Thats really all for this week, I'm loving Japan. The leaves are all
on fire now, Im glad that we got to have a great fall before the snow
comes.. which could be any time! Love you all, have a fantastic week.
Love,
Megan
The Big Guy (October 27, 2013)
Hello, hello!
My first transfer is over! (mostly) We are getting transfer calls
tomorrow, everthing should stay the same, but its possible that it
could all change. Stay tuned for next time. :) This last week has been
pretty good!
We had a great lesson with Kimura san, no baptism date yet, but we
were able to understand her a lot more than we did before. I feel like
she is getting closer and closer everytime we meet. Sometimes the pace
is a little frustrating for me, but I realize that its not about me at
all, but her and our Father in Heaven. I need to be so patient, ha.
Since transfers are coming, I've been feeling a little more anxious
than usual, Sister Smith has been really good to work through
little things with me that really shouldn't be such a big deal, but
seem it to me. I am super grateful for her. :)
We got dropped a few days ago by one of our investigators, she had
cancelled and rescheduled our lesson three times, and than an hour
before we were going to leave for her house she called and told us
that she was good, she didn't want to have us come anymore. I was so
sad! We are going to drop by and see her one more time next week, but
I think she really is done with us. :( The life of a missionary, I
suppose.
Last night we went to a member's house for dinner, sushi! It was
awesome. But before we did that we did a mogi, and I was sooo nervous.
We decided to do the baptismal invite, and once I started talking I
was able to get through everything we had prepared. I was really
thankful that it went so well, afterwards, Iwayama Shimai told me that
she thinks my Japanese has improved since just last week! Its possible
she was just being nice, but I'll take it anyway!
As always, I love this work, my 100th day as missionary has passed me
by, and I can hardly believe that its been so long.
Hope you all are well, love you all. And if you haven't ever read
Jesus the Christ, I strongly suggest you do so right now! I'm reading
it right now during personal study, and I am surprised at how long its
taking me to get through. You know me, I fly through books, but while
I'm reading this I take like a half hour on three pages, ha. This just
shows how deep this book is, it is incredible.
Okay, that's really it. :)
Love you,
Megan
My first transfer is over! (mostly) We are getting transfer calls
tomorrow, everthing should stay the same, but its possible that it
could all change. Stay tuned for next time. :) This last week has been
pretty good!
We had a great lesson with Kimura san, no baptism date yet, but we
were able to understand her a lot more than we did before. I feel like
she is getting closer and closer everytime we meet. Sometimes the pace
is a little frustrating for me, but I realize that its not about me at
all, but her and our Father in Heaven. I need to be so patient, ha.
Since transfers are coming, I've been feeling a little more anxious
than usual, Sister Smith has been really good to work through
little things with me that really shouldn't be such a big deal, but
seem it to me. I am super grateful for her. :)
We got dropped a few days ago by one of our investigators, she had
cancelled and rescheduled our lesson three times, and than an hour
before we were going to leave for her house she called and told us
that she was good, she didn't want to have us come anymore. I was so
sad! We are going to drop by and see her one more time next week, but
I think she really is done with us. :( The life of a missionary, I
suppose.
Last night we went to a member's house for dinner, sushi! It was
awesome. But before we did that we did a mogi, and I was sooo nervous.
We decided to do the baptismal invite, and once I started talking I
was able to get through everything we had prepared. I was really
thankful that it went so well, afterwards, Iwayama Shimai told me that
she thinks my Japanese has improved since just last week! Its possible
she was just being nice, but I'll take it anyway!
As always, I love this work, my 100th day as missionary has passed me
by, and I can hardly believe that its been so long.
Hope you all are well, love you all. And if you haven't ever read
Jesus the Christ, I strongly suggest you do so right now! I'm reading
it right now during personal study, and I am surprised at how long its
taking me to get through. You know me, I fly through books, but while
I'm reading this I take like a half hour on three pages, ha. This just
shows how deep this book is, it is incredible.
Okay, that's really it. :)
Love you,
Megan
Week Six, Mee (October 21, 2013)
It's me again! Another week down here in Japan, they keep flying. This last week has been really good too, everything just gets more comfortable everyday. Even the language! I really have been starting to understand a lot more than at first, my speaking is about at the same level. I'll get it though, don't any of you worry. :) (I sure try not to!) I am jealous you all got to watch conference already, I have to wait until this weekend! I am so excited to get to watch it though. Love those men. :)
The biggest thing here is our investigator Kimura San finishing the lessons. Next Thursday we are going to go over the baptismal questions, and hopefully set a date for this month. She is coming to church every week and really enjoying the ward members, she is great. She is also going to come to watch conference with us at the church on Sunday too. :)
We also went to our first member dinner last week. It was really good! We just had our own plates of meat (raw fish) and a big plater of seaweed squares and rice and we made our own little rolls of sushi-like things. It was very Japanese, and very good. The ward members are great. Every week they bring food for us, so we hardly ever have to go shopping. We are blessed. :)
My favorite way to dendo is definitely housing. Talking to people on the street is just plain scary! We do a good mixture of both, but I feel like people are more willing to listen when we come to them at their houses. Most of the houses have little boxes with cameras in them and a speaker, so we talk to them mostly through that, which is the biggest pain because sometimes they just look at us and don't give us a chance to talk. When they do though, it is my favorite.
This last week we went on splits, I went with one of the STLs, it was pretty nerve racking! Her dendo style is pretty intense too, super different from Smith Shimai. It was good to see how another missionary does it though, she is a great missionary. I am glad to have had the trainer that I got though, we pretty much agree with everything. She's super great, I was glad to have her back.
That is it for me, love you all so much. Have a great week!
Week Five! (October 20, 2013)
Hello all!
How is everyone? This next week is my last full one before the
transfer ends, I think I will most likely be staying, but you never
know. Sister Smith might be leaving me, I hope not, I am just getting
comfortable with everything, and I would be really sad to see her go.
Everything is going well here, the people can be hard to interact with
(not just the language thing, ha) but I do love them. Our ward is so
great, they've been making such an effort to help us, and make sure
that they are doing what they can do to help missionary work.
This last week we had zone conference, it mostly was full of workshops
and role play. The best thing happened though, Miller Shimai was
there! They combined our zones! There was much joy all around, ha. It
was really great to see all of the other missionaries, sometimes I
forget that there are quite a few other people doing the same work I am-
pretty close by.
Our investigator is having a bit of a hard time, this week we are
going to really try and figure out what it is that she needs from us.
Oh yes, just so you all know, there is another Johnson Shimai in my
mission. So if you write to me, (and please do!) make sure you stick
my first name in there too. I hope the extra work doesn't prevent any
future letters. :)
Sure love you all! Thanks for all of the love and prayers for me. I
know they've been coming.
Love,
Megan
How is everyone? This next week is my last full one before the
transfer ends, I think I will most likely be staying, but you never
know. Sister Smith might be leaving me, I hope not, I am just getting
comfortable with everything, and I would be really sad to see her go.
Everything is going well here, the people can be hard to interact with
(not just the language thing, ha) but I do love them. Our ward is so
great, they've been making such an effort to help us, and make sure
that they are doing what they can do to help missionary work.
This last week we had zone conference, it mostly was full of workshops
and role play. The best thing happened though, Miller Shimai was
there! They combined our zones! There was much joy all around, ha. It
was really great to see all of the other missionaries, sometimes I
forget that there are quite a few other people doing the same work I am-
pretty close by.
Our investigator is having a bit of a hard time, this week we are
going to really try and figure out what it is that she needs from us.
Oh yes, just so you all know, there is another Johnson Shimai in my
mission. So if you write to me, (and please do!) make sure you stick
my first name in there too. I hope the extra work doesn't prevent any
future letters. :)
Sure love you all! Thanks for all of the love and prayers for me. I
know they've been coming.
Love,
Megan
Week Four, October 13, 2014
Johnson Shimai spent so much time looking at attached pictures of our fall break in SLC, and emailing with Mom and Marissa that she didn't have time to do a "big one"...rest assured, she's doing great.
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