Last Monday we played
soccer after emails. Elder Abe is SO SO good. It's unreal. He was a
representative for Akita Prefecture in Japan! Needless to say, we were
all extremely sore after that
day haha. The next
morning was torture getting up off my futon on the ground.
We had Elder Choi
(pronounced chay) come and we had a big conference with him. He is in the presidency of the Asia north area
presidency. He is from Korea. He is so funny! Talked so much
about having fun WITH the spirit. It's so true. You can have so much
good fun. As a Missionary you can have a lot of fun with the
spirit. You don't have to be disobedient to have fun. Disobedient
fun never lasts. It only brings guilt! But had I fun within the bounds
that God has given us brings lasting joy! He told us of a story when
he was the mission president in Seattle. He made his mission a
singing mission. They had to sing like all the time haha. Even in the
shower. One day he got a
call from a missionary
saying, "President Choi! My companion is in the shower but he isn't singing! What should I do?!" President
Choi said,"Don't worry. Just let him enjoy his
shows. When he gets out tell
him to call me."
Hahaha. He called him and he said, "President Choi I'm so sorry! I forgot to sing!" "It's ok elder, just
don't make that mistake again, ok?" Hahaha he was just the
funniest guy ever. He taught us how to be more creative in sharing the
gospel and finding people to teach and it was just awesome. He
spent like ten minutes talking about natto(fermented Japanese sky
beans) and kimuchi ( Korean
fermented cabbage) and
how people don't usually like it at first. But the more you show faith
and eat it the more you love it. Later I used that analogy to connecting
it to faith two times! Also he talked about if we embrace the
culture more, the people will open up to us. It's true! On the train
coming back I said to a guy, "nice scarf!" He didn't answer. I
prayed,"what should I say?" I said to him, "have you ever been to America?" "No"
"do you like
American food?" "I don't really eat it much. " "Do you like natto?" "I love
natto!" "Hey me too!" "What?! How long have you been in Japan?"
From that I was able to
teach him a lot about the gospel!
The next day we got on a
train. And I saw some garbage on the ground. Then I was instantly hit
with a horrible horrible stench. Naturally I went away from it and
sat down. When I sat down I looked over and saw a homeless man sitting
alone. He had a huge bag and he had a big coat and beard, beer, chips
and both feet were in hospital boots. One was in a Shoe the other was
bare in the boot. The other foot was falling apart. . Like literally
it was falling apart and bleeding. I was instantly filled with
love for him. I felt that I should go talk to him. Every time somebody
got in the train they instantly went over there because it was
empty. Then immediately turned around and went to the other end of the car. I stood up and sat right down next to
the homeless man and started talking to him. He
didn't say anything to me but I felt how God loves him and I just wanted
to help him so bad.
Oh and I got transfer
calls! I will be here for at least 6 more weeks with Elder Yoshikawa!
I'm so so excited!
Oh when you send a
journal if you could also send Nutella. Honestly just those things would
be good!
I love you!
Elder Draper
ドレーパー長老
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