I was graced by the presence of Shin-shimonseki station
Konnichiwa minasan!
This week has been super busy, but we still ganbarimashita-ed!
Tuesday night we trained down to Fukuoka after dinner for Mission Leadership Council! Elder Ware cut his finger while cutting onions during dinner and couldn't get it to stop bleeding before we had to leave 
So h e wrapped it in a bunch of toilet paper and some tape and we went to the station. It bled through the paper and was an awkward train ride because it was so visible. When we got to the mission home he asked Sister Boss (mission president's wife) if they had bandaids... he shower her his finger and she looked at it, took a step back, and said "Elder Ware. That is not a bandaid cut." In her nice little mildly frustrated but mostly worried mom/grandma voice. She called in Boss kaicho (president) -scout master of 14 years- for some advice, he said it was probably be fine and not free stitches but for a few minutes I thought we were about to go get stitches at 8:50pm. Boss kaicho eventually got it to stop bleeding and then we went over to the APs apartment to sleep. Wednesday morning we had MLC, it was lots of fun! We got to talk about lots of things and council to help our mission. I realized that I need to be more compassionate, my mission has been really ... easy. Like of course I missed my family and Japanese was hard, but I haven't really had any problems (thank you mom and dad for doing so much to prepare me!). But that's not not how it is for most other missionaries. Most missionaries have companions they struggle with, some have serious problems learning doctrine or mission language, some missionaries chronically miss their families, some missionaries are excessively trunky (I call my trunkyness a "perfect brightness of hope"), some missionaries can't physically handle working 12 hours a day (with 2.5 hours of study and 2 hours of meals). But for me, that has all been ok, so when other people struggle with things, its easy for me to just think they can just try harder and overcome it. Of course sometimes that may be the case, but as I saw othe ZLs and STLs so worried about their zones I was a little surprized. I've been thinking about it a lot, about what we can do as ZLs, and my conclusion has come to...not really anything. Of course we can comfort those in need of comfort, mourn with those that mourn, but the only way to overcome those things is to rely on the savior. We must pray always, consecrate everything unto the Lord, and then He will consecrate our effeorts that our preforance may be for the welfare of our souls (2 Nephi 32:9) If we do that, if we forget ourselves and go to work, then our problems will be made small, and our weaknesses will be made strengths. Some scriptures I love that teach about this, please study them :) Alma 34:27-28(27-35 are all good too); 2 Nephi 32: 5, 9; Ether 1:27; Genesis 19:26, Luke 14:21-23; Luke 12:33; Luke 9:59-60
So h e wrapped it in a bunch of toilet paper and some tape and we went to the station. It bled through the paper and was an awkward train ride because it was so visible. When we got to the mission home he asked Sister Boss (mission president's wife) if they had bandaids... he shower her his finger and she looked at it, took a step back, and said "Elder Ware. That is not a bandaid cut." In her nice little mildly frustrated but mostly worried mom/grandma voice. She called in Boss kaicho (president) -scout master of 14 years- for some advice, he said it was probably be fine and not free stitches but for a few minutes I thought we were about to go get stitches at 8:50pm. Boss kaicho eventually got it to stop bleeding and then we went over to the APs apartment to sleep. Wednesday morning we had MLC, it was lots of fun! We got to talk about lots of things and council to help our mission. I realized that I need to be more compassionate, my mission has been really ... easy. Like of course I missed my family and Japanese was hard, but I haven't really had any problems (thank you mom and dad for doing so much to prepare me!). But that's not not how it is for most other missionaries. Most missionaries have companions they struggle with, some have serious problems learning doctrine or mission language, some missionaries chronically miss their families, some missionaries are excessively trunky (I call my trunkyness a "perfect brightness of hope"), some missionaries can't physically handle working 12 hours a day (with 2.5 hours of study and 2 hours of meals). But for me, that has all been ok, so when other people struggle with things, its easy for me to just think they can just try harder and overcome it. Of course sometimes that may be the case, but as I saw othe ZLs and STLs so worried about their zones I was a little surprized. I've been thinking about it a lot, about what we can do as ZLs, and my conclusion has come to...not really anything. Of course we can comfort those in need of comfort, mourn with those that mourn, but the only way to overcome those things is to rely on the savior. We must pray always, consecrate everything unto the Lord, and then He will consecrate our effeorts that our preforance may be for the welfare of our souls (2 Nephi 32:9) If we do that, if we forget ourselves and go to work, then our problems will be made small, and our weaknesses will be made strengths. Some scriptures I love that teach about this, please study them :) Alma 34:27-28(27-35 are all good too); 2 Nephi 32: 5, 9; Ether 1:27; Genesis 19:26, Luke 14:21-23; Luke 12:33; Luke 9:59-60We also had 2 exchanges! I exchanged with Elder Taggart, one of the DLs in Yamaguchi, and with one of the APs! They were both very good exchnages! To go to Taggart choro we had to ride the bullet train to Iwakuni and the trained stopped in Shin-shimonoseki station! It was so happy to be back (for like 3 minutes)! But I get to go back tomorrow for District Council Meeting! Isobe shimai, the senior missionary in shimonoseki told half of the branch I was coming and the other missionaries said they were really excited, so I might get some surprise visitors! I bought Ayumu kyodai some choco pies to give him, his apartment is near to the station so we will just drop it off really quick!
I'm going to start sending KPIs with names so I remember everyone :'|
New People: 6
Tsubasa san (college student, oym) Fukuhara fuufu
2 from housing
1 from sns
Member joints: 3
Sasaki kyodai, imi kyodai, and Egan kyodai (he's from Dallas!)
Church: 3
Ganesh
Tani san
Hazama san
Bap date: 1
Tani san (he is deaf!)
Bap and Conf:0
New members: 2
Ikeda kyodai
Ushirokouji kyodai
I've been ganbatteing on remembering everyone's names, the members were surpised when I knew their names! :)
ok bai bai, aishiteiru yo mina
Elder Rasmussen
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