This week was good for us. We have two investigators that are really progressing fast towards baptism. One of them will get baptized on Saturday, and we are way excited. On Saturday we had 5 lessons, which is a ton (at least in our mission). Last week we ended up leading the mission in member-present lessons and we were second in overall lessons. We were also number 2 in appointments made. So it was a really good week for us. We are seeing a lot of success here in Higashi.
Which makes us wonder whether or not we will stay together for another transfer or two. We will find out on Tuesday. Exciting stuff.
This week it rained about every other day. It was a pain, but since we were teaching quite a few lessons, it wasn't as bad as rain usually is.
We had interviews with President Daniels on Friday and that was a good experience. I really enjoy getting to talk with the president and learning from him.
On Thursday I met a college kid who lived in Salt Lake City when he was in first and second grade. It was fun to speak English and get to talk about Utah. I think that my companion felt a little bit left out of the conversation, but it was alright.
On Saturday we had our English class with the Royce Chocolate president. The conversation actually turned to our church and he asked the golden question "what makes your church different from other Christian churches?" It was awesome! So we spent the next half hour teaching him about the restoration and a living prophet. It was a good lesson. For now, he still isn't an investigator, but I am hoping that we can teach him bit by bit each week at our English lessons.
After the lesson he gave us tons of chocolate. It was way more than last time we met. The chocolate was probably worth a total of $150 or more. Our refrigerator is full of chocolate now. I love it.
On Sunday there was a member from Canada that came to church, and she brought a friend (who lives in Sapporo). It was some of the best member-missionary work that I have seen in Japan, but unfortunately it wasn't a local member. The local members here are pretty scared to share the gospel. In a country that is mostly Buddhist or athiest, telling people about Christianity is a pretty big thing.
We met a cool lady this week who married a guy from Camaroon and has 3 kids who are black, but speak only Japanese. It is really weird to see a black kid speak Japanese, but it was way cool.
