Hey Y'all,
It is official. I am now in the south mission. This is the very last week of being apart of the Tokyo Mission then next week President Wada comes and I will be apart of the Tokyo South Mission. And here I thought that I would have one mission President for my whole mission. haha how wrong is that. I look forward to serving under President Wada. I know him from when I worked in Shibuya and he is very nice. It will be fun and I feel very honored to be right in the middle of the Lord hastening His work. It is exciting to think about.
So since I am in the south mission this next next transfer is only going to be 3 weeks long because then new missionaries who have been called to the south mission come. I am guessing then I will be transfered and will be transfering. There is one Sister just above me in transfers but next to her I am the oldest Sister missionary. That is weird. They saying in this mission is that missions are not acutally hard but what is hard is the saying Goodbye part. How true that is. Even just to other missionaries. But how grateful I am to be here and working with amazing missionaries. In my mission now there are only about 78 missionaries. It has become so small it is wierd. But it will get to 250 before long I imagine. But whether I see that nor not I am not sure. Wierd to think that I could only have 15 weeks left if I do end up returning in October. Making each of those days count for sure.
So onto this week. Well I have been able to get out of the apartment which has been nice. Last Wednesday we wanted to visit a less active whose birthday it was that day so we got on our bikes and rode. Getting to her house ended up taking 2 hours and the way home was an 1 hour. When we got closer to her house there became less to none hills but on the way home (which I was pretty tired for being on the bike for two hours) we went up many many hills and I was spent. It has been along time since my body has been that tired. My companion has been very nice and gave me a massage. That wil be on one of the first things that I will do when I get home. It felt great.
Friday we met with one of our invesigators whose nickname is Dakko. We met her a few weeks ago. She met the Elders and she came to church and that is where we met her. Anyway we met her and asked her how the Book of Mormon was going (We talked the last time we met with her about the Book of Mormon. She is Christian (likes the King James Bible) but was confused as to why there was a need for the Book of Mormon) She read the assignement we gave her but she still had some questions so I opened up the Book of Mormon to 2nd Nephi 29 where it talks about the Bible. After she read it she said that she understood. Which was great. She then opened up more about her life and what was going on. She is going through A LOT of hard things right now. I had no idea how I could help her so with the power of the spirit burning very hot and bright indise of me I invited her to speak to our Bishop and promised that he would be able to help even if it was just to listen. She agreed and came to church on Sunday and after church she spoke to the Bishop. The Bishop was great. He was very kind and patient and gave her great counsel. Encouraged her to continue listening to our message and to come and speak to him at anytime. When she walked out she looked much better. Like she was free, the burden was taken away. There is certainly a power given to the Bishop and it was great seeing that. And it was great working with him. Him helping her with her life problems and then we helped her with the gospel questions. I love her. She told me that she sees me as a daughter. Isn't that sweet. :D
Last Tuesday was the very last PDAY temple day as the Tokyo Mission. They told us that even though we will be in a different mission we will still be able to go to the temple but last week was the last time we could say goodbye to people because we didn't know who would go to the south or the north. It was fun and a differnt feeling behind it. I will really miss those temple trips. They will be different as well because everyone would go at different times during the transfer. Many wonderful memories. I really am so grateful to have a temple in my mission and to have had the chance to have gone so many times during my mission. What a huge blessing.
Well that is basically it for the week. Not too much has happend. My companion is nice but I have forgotton what it is like to be with a native. Different cultures and mindsets. And she doesn't know ANY english so that has been kinda hard trying to explain my feelings in limited Japaense. My head has hurt this last week I won't lie. haha The last few days have been very difficult for me but I got an answer this morning which has greatly helped me and so I have made a turn around. The Lord knows us personally and knows what we are going through. He will give us answers even if it is not for a very long time and it seems that the Heavens are silent. He hears them.
Well, I love you family.
Be safe and drink a lot of water, July is coming.
Love you,
Kenzie
