Ignore the weird pose!
Beautiful sunset!
Finally, taiyaki!!!
Elder Chab served in the Japan Tokyo South Mission from September 2016 to October 2018.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
ZONE CONFERENCE!
皆さんこんにちは！
This week went by super fast! Especially because we had P-day on Tuesday and went to the temple. Nevertheless, it was a great week! To those that don't know Japanese, I hope you find the Japanese translations that I've included in this week's update helpful!
Wednesday was a rough day for 伝道 (dendō- missionary work). We did some street contacting but didn't have any success. Then we went to the 駅(eki-train station) to 配り(kubari-distribute English class flyers). Once again, not to much success. Later in the evening, we went housing. No one wanted to hear our message except for the last person we knocked on. We began explaining the Restoration to him. Meanwhile, I was having a hard time with Japanese; my mind was just blank. Then he told us he didn't want to hear anymore. I felt so disappointed. But I know that's part of life; we learn from our trials.
The next day, I decided to fast. During language study, my Japanese was better than normal. I could understand a lot more while reading the モルモン書 (Morumon Sho-Book of Mormon) in 日本語(Nihongo-Japanese). I ended my fast at dinner. The whole district, Ricard, and Sho went to Katsuya before 英会話. I finally got to eat tonkatsu! It's basically like fried chicken. It was so good! 英会話 was amazing. It was much better than the previous day's events.
On Friday, we had an amazing zone conference at the stake center. President Warnick and Sister Warnick presented some trainings. We talked about the Doctrine of Christ, love, culture, and other 伝道 related topics. It was super spiritual. After the conference, I had a 面接 (mensetsu-interview) with President Warnick. I don't want to get too specific but we just went over some things that I had on my mind. I felt so relieved after talking with him. It just goes to show that mission presidents really do love their missionaries! Later in the evening, we met with Jamar; he hasn't met with missionaries in months because he was busy with work. But he contacted us the day before and said we could meet. We ate at a soba shop and asked what he remembered from last time. We also asked what he wanted out of meeting with us and we talked about some scriptures. Long story short, he wants to learn more so that he can spread it to others! How great is that! Hopefully we meet soon!
Our weekly lesson with Okamoto-san was great! We read from Omni together and then talked about prayer. God will answer our prayers and will bless us. But in order to receive his help, we must show our effort. We must do everything we can. For example, if we ask God to help us do well on a test, we show effort by studying. By showing effort, we prepare ourselves to receive God's help.
On Sunday, we tried to visit Yamamoto-san. He is super awesome! We can't contact him because he doesn't have a phone; he said he would fax us! That's some dedication! Earlier in the week, he contacted us from a payphone and said he wanted to meet. When we got to his house, he was super sick so we couldn't have a lesson. But next week we will try again! We then went to the Aoike family. The son, Katsuya, wasn't home again. But his mom let us in again! We taught her and her husband about the Restoration. She understood a lot of what we explained and said we could come back again. Soooo that makes her a new investigator now!
Soooo that was my week. I noticed that I am always learning new things everyday. Being a missionary truly is a blessing. I hope all of you enjoyed reading about my adventures. Now go out and have some of your own! Until next week!
-Elder Chab
チャブ長老 or 茶武長老
愛しています^_^
Zone meeting! Yokohama North Zone!
I made one of my grandma's dishes: Mint Chicken!
Our meeting with Jamal!
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
SPREADING THAT DENDŌ FIRE
皆さんこんにちは！
Its been an amazing first week in Kawasaki! We went to the temple today with the Machida Zone so there was a lot of missionaries there! I didn't use the translation while I was there; I actually understood about 60%! For being on my 2nd transfer, that's not bad! I hope my Japanese continues to improve! I also got to see a lot of missionaries that were in the same zone with me in the MTC!
We had zone meeting last week and I got to meet everyone. 3 of my 同期 (douki-means they came to Japan the same time as I did) are in the Yokohama zone with me! Davis長老, Jones 長老, and Miyagawa(宮川)姉妹。Its like a reunion! After the meeting, we did some amazing housing! We talked to a bunch of people! Even though the majority of them declined to hear a message, I haven't talked to that many people in so long! New Year made dendō kind of slow; I'm glad it's starting to pick up again.
On Friday, we had a lesson with one of our progressing investigators, Okamoto-san. Ricard 兄弟, a recent convert, came to 同席(douseki-Used to describe a lesson with a member present). Ricard兄弟 was baptized in August; he has such a strong testimony and loves the missionaries! Okamoto-san has been taught all the lessons. However, she doesn't come to church consistently and doesn't have many church friends yet so the bishop advised us to wait. Other than that, she is great! She loves reading the モルモン書 and has a strong desire to learn more!
Another miracle! We tried to visit a less active member, Katsuya; he is the only member in his family. When we got to the apartment complex, a bunch of kids ranging from 4-14 years old were outside playing. They approached us and began asking us a bunch of questions. They were pretty excited to see two 外人(gaijin-foreigner); we thought it was pretty funny. They asked us if we had time to play soccer with them for a bit...so we did! One of the kids was super good! It was a blast!
After about 10-15 minutes, we said bye and proceeded to visit Katsuya. He wasn't home when we knocked. But his parents answered! They told him to try coming back on Sunday. His mom, Carlotta, said it would be okay if we shared a message with them when we came back and he wasn't there. Sunday came and we went back; he wasn't there but Carlotta kept her promise. They let us in and we got to know them better. Then we shared a short video about Jesus Christ and taught a few principles from the Restoration. It was a great lesson!
So that was pretty much my week. There were many more miracles but I never have enough time to describe them to you :( Oh and on Sunday, Davis 長老 and I gave a talk, in JAPANESE!! It was scary! I talked about Christ, how the gospel has changed my life, and testified. It wasn't the greatest talk and I don't know how much they understood but that doesn't matter. The spirit was still there :) And by the way, the Kawasaki church building is huge! It has 4 floors! Although the first is mainly for parking lol Anyway, thank you again for the support! Just a reminder to always include Christ and the gospel in your life! I know it will bless you! Have a great week!
Its been an amazing first week in Kawasaki! We went to the temple today with the Machida Zone so there was a lot of missionaries there! I didn't use the translation while I was there; I actually understood about 60%! For being on my 2nd transfer, that's not bad! I hope my Japanese continues to improve! I also got to see a lot of missionaries that were in the same zone with me in the MTC!
We had zone meeting last week and I got to meet everyone. 3 of my 同期 (douki-means they came to Japan the same time as I did) are in the Yokohama zone with me! Davis長老, Jones 長老, and Miyagawa(宮川)姉妹。Its like a reunion! After the meeting, we did some amazing housing! We talked to a bunch of people! Even though the majority of them declined to hear a message, I haven't talked to that many people in so long! New Year made dendō kind of slow; I'm glad it's starting to pick up again.
On Friday, we had a lesson with one of our progressing investigators, Okamoto-san. Ricard 兄弟, a recent convert, came to 同席(douseki-Used to describe a lesson with a member present). Ricard兄弟 was baptized in August; he has such a strong testimony and loves the missionaries! Okamoto-san has been taught all the lessons. However, she doesn't come to church consistently and doesn't have many church friends yet so the bishop advised us to wait. Other than that, she is great! She loves reading the モルモン書 and has a strong desire to learn more!
Another miracle! We tried to visit a less active member, Katsuya; he is the only member in his family. When we got to the apartment complex, a bunch of kids ranging from 4-14 years old were outside playing. They approached us and began asking us a bunch of questions. They were pretty excited to see two 外人(gaijin-foreigner); we thought it was pretty funny. They asked us if we had time to play soccer with them for a bit...so we did! One of the kids was super good! It was a blast!
After about 10-15 minutes, we said bye and proceeded to visit Katsuya. He wasn't home when we knocked. But his parents answered! They told him to try coming back on Sunday. His mom, Carlotta, said it would be okay if we shared a message with them when we came back and he wasn't there. Sunday came and we went back; he wasn't there but Carlotta kept her promise. They let us in and we got to know them better. Then we shared a short video about Jesus Christ and taught a few principles from the Restoration. It was a great lesson!
So that was pretty much my week. There were many more miracles but I never have enough time to describe them to you :( Oh and on Sunday, Davis 長老 and I gave a talk, in JAPANESE!! It was scary! I talked about Christ, how the gospel has changed my life, and testified. It wasn't the greatest talk and I don't know how much they understood but that doesn't matter. The spirit was still there :) And by the way, the Kawasaki church building is huge! It has 4 floors! Although the first is mainly for parking lol Anyway, thank you again for the support! Just a reminder to always include Christ and the gospel in your life! I know it will bless you! Have a great week!
-Elder Chab
チャブ長老 or 茶武長老
愛しています^_^
Yokohama North zone!
Kawasaki Elders!
Gutierrez 長老 and I! Its super cold outside!
The kids we played soccer with!All of the Kawasaki Elders! Schreiber長老, Me, Davis長老, Konno長老,
Jaeckel長老(Got transferred), Gutierrez 長老, Bradford 長老
FARFETCH!
We got these from a part-member the other day...It reminds us of
Farfetch(A Pokémon for those that don't know)
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