こんにちわ! みんあ元気？先週は素晴らしかったです。
Hello family! How are you all doing?
This
week was great! Not a ton happened. We didn't have a lot of appointments,
but we made some for this week, so I'm excited!
We started off the week by going to the temple on
Tuesday, which was amazing! I love, love, love the Tokyo Temple! Fun fact: it's
the most expensive temple in the world. Then after the temple, I actually got a
pretty big headache from out of the blue, so we stayed home the rest of the
day.
The next day I woke up with
the same headache. Even though my head was bothering me, we continued on as normal.
We went on splits that day, and I was with a newer sister here in Machida.
She's actually going through a pretty hard time with dendo right now too, so we
pretty much just talked the whole day and gave each other advice. It was much
needed because after we finished talking, my head felt better! I guess I just
had a lot of pressure and stress built up in there. My head's felt better since
then, so I'm way happy we went on splits.
On Friday, we went to
Sagamihara (the city next to Machida) for a "Questions of the Soul"
event. It's an event that President Wada puts on around the mission, and we
watch clips of a movie and talk about a gospel principle. This time we watched
a movie about Ghandi and talked about charity and faith. It was great, and the
spirit was really strong! We brought one of our friends who really seemed to
enjoy it.
Saturday was the best day ever! We woke up at 4:50am to get on a train for the
Combined Mission Conference, where Elder Cook (of the Twelve)and Elder Maynes
(of the presidency of the Seventy) spoke to all the missionaries in the both
Tokyo and Tokyo South mission. Before the actual talks thought, we got to spend
about an hour just talking to all of our friends, which was way fun! A lot of
good reunions. In all, there were about 400 missionaries there. The talks given
were incredible! We were so spiritually uplifted. At one point, all the missionaries
stood up and sang, "Hark All Ye Nations," which was so powerful. We
were all ready to talk to all of Tokyo after that! We got
to shake their hands too, which was incredible. We may be getting a new apartment soon! Wahoo!! Can't
wait for that!
Sunday was great too! We
had a baptism for two of our ward mission leaders kids who turned 8! It was so
cute! It reminded me of my own baptism day a long time ago, and it reminded me
of how it's so important for my own kids to be baptized when they turn 8 (but
that's in the very far future).
That's about all the exciting things that happened this week! I love being a
missionary here in Japan. It's changed my life, and I know I'll remember it
forever. The church is true! I have no doubt in my mind about that! I love you
all and miss you! Have a good week! Talk to you next week!
Love,
Lexie
ダンジー姉妹
Monday, May 26, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
The Lord's Hand
Hello family!
Again, it was so great to talk to you last week! I absolutely loved it!
Pretty interesting week this week! I think I've felt a lot of stress in the past couple of days because I've been trying to adjust to being area senpai, which is a little intense, especially because I'm only transfer 4, but that's ok. President Wada said to, "not get too comfortable where I'm at," so I don't know what that means, but I guess we will see! Our mission is really growing, so I suspect I'll be training next or the following transfer.
Sorry, little rant there. As for this week, I know it's been really guided by The Lord. We've done a lot of less active member visits, which has been an adventure trying to find their houses. On Thursday though, I actually got a little frustrated because things weren't working out I planned. We couldn't find one person's houses, we were late, all these things were happening. But guess who I ran into? E! It's been like three months now since I've seen her, so it was a really happy reunion. I know The Lord placed her in our path. It was a really amazing miracle! We talked to her for a little bit, and she might come to an activity we have at the church in a couple of weeks. I hope I get to see her!
Another thing that happened this week was E Shimai's birthday! She's one of the sisters that lives with me. She turned 22 this week, so we had a big party! We invited some of our friends to go bowling with us, so that was way fun! We decorated the apartment all cute too. It was so fun! I think she had a great day!
One other cool thing happened this week. We were out talking to people just yesterday, when the Elders called us. They said they had met a woman outside of the church who had met the missionaries 10 years before. They said she wanted to meet with us that night! So we were went over to her apartment last night! We talked to her for a long time. She had a baptismal date before but missed it because she couldn't stop drinking tea. She said she still had interest in studying this church and being baptized! We are meeting her again on Friday, and we will start teaching her the lessons again! That was a huge miracle that the elders found her! She said she actually was thinking about the missionaries when she saw the elders, so she ran towards them to talk to them. I'm praying that we can help grow her faith so that she can get baptized!
That's about all for this week! I get to go to the temple tomorrow, so I can't wait for that! Also, Elder Cook (of the Twelve) is coming to our mission on Saturday for a combined Tokyo North and South mission conference. Cool, right?
I hope you all have a good week! I love you and miss you! Thank you for all the support! I pray for you all everyday! Love you! 愛しています。
Lexie
ダンジー姉妹
Pretty interesting week this week! I think I've felt a lot of stress in the past couple of days because I've been trying to adjust to being area senpai, which is a little intense, especially because I'm only transfer 4, but that's ok. President Wada said to, "not get too comfortable where I'm at," so I don't know what that means, but I guess we will see! Our mission is really growing, so I suspect I'll be training next or the following transfer.
Sorry, little rant there. As for this week, I know it's been really guided by The Lord. We've done a lot of less active member visits, which has been an adventure trying to find their houses. On Thursday though, I actually got a little frustrated because things weren't working out I planned. We couldn't find one person's houses, we were late, all these things were happening. But guess who I ran into? E! It's been like three months now since I've seen her, so it was a really happy reunion. I know The Lord placed her in our path. It was a really amazing miracle! We talked to her for a little bit, and she might come to an activity we have at the church in a couple of weeks. I hope I get to see her!
Another thing that happened this week was E Shimai's birthday! She's one of the sisters that lives with me. She turned 22 this week, so we had a big party! We invited some of our friends to go bowling with us, so that was way fun! We decorated the apartment all cute too. It was so fun! I think she had a great day!
One other cool thing happened this week. We were out talking to people just yesterday, when the Elders called us. They said they had met a woman outside of the church who had met the missionaries 10 years before. They said she wanted to meet with us that night! So we were went over to her apartment last night! We talked to her for a long time. She had a baptismal date before but missed it because she couldn't stop drinking tea. She said she still had interest in studying this church and being baptized! We are meeting her again on Friday, and we will start teaching her the lessons again! That was a huge miracle that the elders found her! She said she actually was thinking about the missionaries when she saw the elders, so she ran towards them to talk to them. I'm praying that we can help grow her faith so that she can get baptized!
That's about all for this week! I get to go to the temple tomorrow, so I can't wait for that! Also, Elder Cook (of the Twelve) is coming to our mission on Saturday for a combined Tokyo North and South mission conference. Cool, right?
I hope you all have a good week! I love you and miss you! Thank you for all the support! I pray for you all everyday! Love you! 愛しています。
Lexie
ダンジー姉妹
Monday, May 12, 2014
Happy Mother's Day!
Hello! It was so
fun to talk to you all! It made my whole week! I'm glad to know you're all
doing well!
I love you all
so much!
Here's a little bit about my week:
M Shimai transferred to Kawasaki, so T Shimai came to Machida. At M Shimai's last English class in Machida, we had like a going away party and we all had ice cream together. This week's English class had more students than ever! we had like 10 new students come, which was really cool. We had a really fun time together. We also went to a Tapioca shop earlier that morning, and we were able to start to talk to two girls who knew about Sports Night, so we invited them to come to it. That was a cool little miracle!
Because M Shimai transferred, I am now the companion that knows the area the best. We call it "area senpai". T Shimai is an older missionary, she actually goes home in two transfers, but she's never been in Machida before. So it's a little stressful on me because I have to remember where everything is and everything about each investigator and PIs. That's all I could think about the first couple of days of the transfer, which I guess is not a bad thing! It's definitely stressful though. I've learned more about how to rely on The Lord though in order to understand what our friends need. That's been a cool experience!
Not much else happened this week. We rode our bikes a lot, so my legs are really tired, but they're getting strong so no big deal. We also had a new ward mission leader called in our ward from the Philippines, so went over to his house for dinner this week. It's cool too because we get to talk in English! He has a lot of ideas about how to get the ward involved, so we are really excited to have him.
Not much else happened this week. Like I said, talking to you via Skype was great! I love you all so much, and I miss you. Have a good week! The church is true! Love you!
Love,
Lexie
ダンジー姉妹
Here's a little bit about my week:
M Shimai transferred to Kawasaki, so T Shimai came to Machida. At M Shimai's last English class in Machida, we had like a going away party and we all had ice cream together. This week's English class had more students than ever! we had like 10 new students come, which was really cool. We had a really fun time together. We also went to a Tapioca shop earlier that morning, and we were able to start to talk to two girls who knew about Sports Night, so we invited them to come to it. That was a cool little miracle!
Because M Shimai transferred, I am now the companion that knows the area the best. We call it "area senpai". T Shimai is an older missionary, she actually goes home in two transfers, but she's never been in Machida before. So it's a little stressful on me because I have to remember where everything is and everything about each investigator and PIs. That's all I could think about the first couple of days of the transfer, which I guess is not a bad thing! It's definitely stressful though. I've learned more about how to rely on The Lord though in order to understand what our friends need. That's been a cool experience!
Not much else happened this week. We rode our bikes a lot, so my legs are really tired, but they're getting strong so no big deal. We also had a new ward mission leader called in our ward from the Philippines, so went over to his house for dinner this week. It's cool too because we get to talk in English! He has a lot of ideas about how to get the ward involved, so we are really excited to have him.
Not much else happened this week. Like I said, talking to you via Skype was great! I love you all so much, and I miss you. Have a good week! The church is true! Love you!
Love,
Lexie
ダンジー姉妹
Monday, May 5, 2014
Machida Adventure Continues!
Hey everyone!
How are you? We had a little startle this morning as an earthquake woke us up
at 5:15 a.m. It was a little scary, but it only lasted for about 10 seconds. I
think it was about a 4, so we got
shaken pretty good. All is fine though! That's not the first earthquake I've
felt here, so no big deal.
We also got our transfer calls today! I can't believe I'm on my 4th transfer now. It blows my mind! I'm staying in Machida again! I'm so excited to keep working here. I feel like I'll be in Machida for a few more transfers. M Shimai has spent 7 transfers in Machida, so I could be the same as her!
It's been a pretty good week! We had a lot of rain on Wednesday, so we passed our English class flyers at one of the train stops. Then afterwards we went to English class which was great as always! We didn't have Bible class this week because a lot of people didn't come because of the rain.
Thursday was fun because I got to go dendo in Fussa while M Shimai was at a leadership training meeting. I was the senior companion that day, but we talked to a lot of people. Then on the train ride back, we met a church member as well as 6 high school girls that wanted to practice English and took a picture with us. I'm so going to miss being normal when I come back to America! After that, we went to a French Toast/ping pong party at the church which was a lot of fun. A couple of our friends came, as well as some church members. It was way fun!
Nothing really happened on Friday, but Saturday was good. We went to a nearby grand opening of a park, and we talked to a lot of people there. One funny thing for this week, so I've discovered on my mission that I talk in my sleep. Every morning, the sisters always tell me what I said the night before. It's so embarrassing!! Apparently this week, I was talking in Japanese! Weird! I've started having Japanese dreams! I really wish I could control this sleep talking thing, because it got so bad this week that I actually woke myself up from talking! Haha it's way embarrassing! Oh well.
Sunday was good. We talked a lot about family history, which was exciting. We are going to start trying to use family history more with our investigators. We also went to visit the lady in the hospital again, but this time we went with the priests in our ward to pass the sacrament to her. We gave out a Korean Book of Mormon while we were there to her roommate's mom, and the same lady, as well as 2 others, took the sacrament. We hope she joins the church one day!
That's about all that happened this week! I love you, and I can't wait to talk to you next week! Have a good week! Love you!
Lexie
ダンジー姉妹
We also got our transfer calls today! I can't believe I'm on my 4th transfer now. It blows my mind! I'm staying in Machida again! I'm so excited to keep working here. I feel like I'll be in Machida for a few more transfers. M Shimai has spent 7 transfers in Machida, so I could be the same as her!
It's been a pretty good week! We had a lot of rain on Wednesday, so we passed our English class flyers at one of the train stops. Then afterwards we went to English class which was great as always! We didn't have Bible class this week because a lot of people didn't come because of the rain.
Thursday was fun because I got to go dendo in Fussa while M Shimai was at a leadership training meeting. I was the senior companion that day, but we talked to a lot of people. Then on the train ride back, we met a church member as well as 6 high school girls that wanted to practice English and took a picture with us. I'm so going to miss being normal when I come back to America! After that, we went to a French Toast/ping pong party at the church which was a lot of fun. A couple of our friends came, as well as some church members. It was way fun!
Nothing really happened on Friday, but Saturday was good. We went to a nearby grand opening of a park, and we talked to a lot of people there. One funny thing for this week, so I've discovered on my mission that I talk in my sleep. Every morning, the sisters always tell me what I said the night before. It's so embarrassing!! Apparently this week, I was talking in Japanese! Weird! I've started having Japanese dreams! I really wish I could control this sleep talking thing, because it got so bad this week that I actually woke myself up from talking! Haha it's way embarrassing! Oh well.
Sunday was good. We talked a lot about family history, which was exciting. We are going to start trying to use family history more with our investigators. We also went to visit the lady in the hospital again, but this time we went with the priests in our ward to pass the sacrament to her. We gave out a Korean Book of Mormon while we were there to her roommate's mom, and the same lady, as well as 2 others, took the sacrament. We hope she joins the church one day!
That's about all that happened this week! I love you, and I can't wait to talk to you next week! Have a good week! Love you!
Lexie
ダンジー姉妹
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