Week 61

Here is a taste of the life of Tyler. Didn't write on the 16th or yesterday; got lazy but I'll go back and fill those in.

January 11th, 2016

Today was a slow Pday. It was alright though. Had myself a haircut, got elder Hardy's new bike all situated and cleaned up. Took a small nap. And... Not really sure what else happened. Oh, we went to Youme town while we were waiting for his bike to be fixed and watched the end of Star Wars 3 on the TV in one of the stores. Pretty sweet. But, tonight, we had an awesome tender mercy. I've been thinking about not having a spiritually uplifting mission somewhat lately. Tonight I got a taste! We had a meal with the Yoshimatsu Fuufu which was awesome! And then afterward, we talked and shared pictures and stories and then from that, started talking about where they stand with the gospel and what they think about our message. We shared a talk from the priesthood session of last conference, "Faith is not by chance but by choice." It was just different. It is how and what a mission should be and what I wish everyday was like. Cherish those moments. Little victory.

January 12th, 2016

Happy one year in Japan to me! It's just flying... Anyway. Had a good day; our district is way fun! Meservey, Watt, Johnson, Dibble, me, Hardy, and the Shimai Willson and Millet. It was way fun. Had some good training and then went out to eat at some Endou curry place that is way good. I like the waitresses style; cool Indian style. After getting back, we prepped for a lesson we had planned tonight with a potential investigator. We went, she told us she was Buddhist and tried to give us back the Book of Mormon... We made her keep it, bore some testimony, and moved on. Had faith for her dang it. But, right after that, we saw some awesome stuff happen! Went to an apartment and from that one apartment, got 4 return appointments for next Saturday! How dope. It was like nobody could say no. I'm way excited. We also met a sweet hipster punk Japanese guy with tattoos and a man bun; I want to teach him so bad because he seems like such a sweet awesome guy that could be a homie and find good stuff in this gospel! It's pretty hipster to be Christian in Japan!

January 13th, 2016

Had a lesson today with a lady from a few days ago who said we could come back. She seems like a really awesome lady but after having our lesson with her, she told us that she was Buddhist and wouldn't be able to change the course she was on so as far as following through with commitments, she wasn't going to do it. So we gave her a Book of Mormon, said our goodbyes and were on our way. After that, had a somewhat boring time teaching Eikaiwa to Satomi and Akemi San. We taught them how to make it rain. It was way funny. Also had another really weird "lesson" with saki Chyan and Mitsuko Shimai. She brought her 3 year old son and I gave him some Hotwheels but other than that, if she was an investigator she would have been dropped a long time ago because she doesn't give two shakes about the gospel. Too bad. Our "big lesson" today was with Rena Chyan. Her and Ishibe Shimai came to the church and we taught about baptism. It was pretty fun, talking with Ishibe Shimai is funny cause she is kinda a sassy person but other than that, it was still kinda awkward because Rena says nothing. But she answered the baptismal interview questions so we figured heck, lets get her baptized! But her mom and dad are getting a divorce and right now is "impossible" so... Can't say that we didn't try. Had normal Eikaiwa, it's hard to use all that energy at the end of the night. But, we sang the "I see the light" song from tangled with everyone; you wouldn't think it but they have fun doing it. Americans are too awkward when it comes to that stuff. It was also way cold today... The wind was killer. Other than that, had a pretty normal day. This was probably one of the busiest days I've had in Nakatsu.