COSTCO with the Sagamihara elders!
Can't go wrong with Costco pizza!
Yea...this is just for breakfast x)
Elder Chab served in the Japan Tokyo South Mission from September 2016 to October 2018.
Monday, June 19, 2017
Monday, June 12, 2017
TRANSFER 6
皆さんこんにちは!
We did a lot for P-day...I finally got to clean my bike and I got a haircut! I bought a couple white short sleeve shirts from UNIQLO(which I love) to prepare for summer as well as a nice sock tie! I'm super ready for summer! Except for the heat and bugs haha.
We weren't able to get in contact with Tanaka-san this week. He didn't come to church either :(
But we did have a lesson with Taisei-san again. We talked about Joseph Smith and the First Vision. Pretty smooth lesson!
On Friday morning, we helped the office elders and Elder Morgan move the rest of the stuff out of the sisters' old apartment. Moving is way 大変(taihen-difficult). But we had fun! We even replaced some of the old furniture in our apartment! Our apartment looks pretty fresh now!
I was on splits with Poff長老 on Friday as well. I got to teach their investigator, Yoshida-san. We talked about the priesthood and read the BoM together. He's a great guy! We streeted later on near 武蔵中原駅. We had some pretty good conversations with he people there; one of them said he would come to church and 英会話! It was a lot of fun with Poff 長老!
We had district blitz in Tama Plaza again on Saturday. We did the English challenge again and it was pretty effective! Lot's of people came up to us and said they weren't interested in the candy we had but they just wanted to go to 英会話 and took a chirashi(flyer)! We ate at Cabrillo's, the new Mexican restaurant again. Those beef and fish tacos were sooooo good!
Now, about transfers.....I am going to Atsugi in the Fujisawa West zone!! So I've spent 3.5 transfers in Kawasaki! It sure was a blast! I love the ward members here soo much! I told them I'd visit in a a little over a year haha! My new companion is Kennett-Brunsdale長老. I don't know too much about him, but when I first saw him during a conference, I kind of felt like he would be my companion some day! Interesting! I'll be leaving on Thursday!
We had church cleaning with the YSA on Saturday night. It went pretty well and we were able to talk to the YSA a bit after. After everyone left, we stayed behind to lock up. Before we left, we decided to check Facebook. Shortly after, we got a knock on the door. She spoke in Japanese first but then switched to English. She told us she was from Indonesia and has been looking for a church to go to. Her name is Angel! As we explained church, she got really excited and said she would come this Sunday....Sunday came and she showed up! We introduced her to the 姉妹たち and now she is taking lessons from them. What a miracle!
Church was kind of weird knowing it was my last Sunday in Kawasaki. We got invited to the Nishi family's house for dinner though. They are both converts and their son Taku-kun is super 元気! He's the same age as my baby brother(6) so I told them they could play together when I come back to visit haha! We had them write down a list of non-member friends and blessings they've received from going to church. We asked them to pick one friend and share their experience and invite them to church. But they said they've already been doing that as well as reading the BoM as a family each night! What great examples! The members truly are amazing!
With another transfer down, I'm realizing how short a mission is. Despite it being short, there is so much to learn. I just love it. There won't always be good times. But that's okay. For those that aren't sure about a mission, I recommend it 10/10! For those that aren't members, give it a go! Go to church and talk to the missionaries. I know this gospel is true. また来週ね! See you in Atsugi!
-Elder Chab
チャブ長老 or 茶武長老
愛しています^_^
View from an apartment in Kawasaki!
California Pizza Kitchen in Kawasaki!!
The Nishi family!!
TRUTH SEEKERS
Kawasaki district! Schow長老, Poff長老, Me, Brimhall長老, To姉妹, Patch姉妹!
Got our boy band picture.. the TRUTH SEEKERS
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
WILL YOU MAKE ME MISO SOUP EVERYDAY?
皆さんこんにちは！
Everyday, I am given the chance to learn something new and improve. It's a great, yet humbling experience. This week was pretty packed and I definitely learned a lot!
After our glorious trip to IKEA for P-day, I had splits with the zone leaders from Monday night to Tuesday evening. IT WAS SOOO HOT during the day! I had to buy a couple water bottles while 伝道'ing. We even had some popsicles in their apartment. We rushed back to our area in the evening for a lesson with 大誠(Taisei)san. We planned on reviewing the Restoration and giving him a BoM but he had some concerns about prayer. We had a really great discussion about prayer and how it has helped our lives. He said he will pray because he wants to feel the Holy Ghost! How great is that!
On Wednesday after personal study, we decided to clean our apartment complex's hallway. We sweeped, mopped, and cleaned the air conditioner boxes and windows, which were full of dust. I love service! Since it was the 31st of the month, we went to Baskin Robins with the other elders and their investigator, 吉田(Yoshida)さん。吉田さん told us how some people propose in Japan. He said the guy will say to the girl "毎日味噌スープを作ってくれ(Mainichi miso suupu o tsukutte kure)" which translates to "Will you make me miso soup everyday?". For those who don't know, miso soup is a very popular tasty soup in Japan. It is often served alongside the main dish. Anyway, we thought it was hilarious! He told us that people actually do that still. Hopefully my future fiancé understands Japanese because I am definitely going to use that line haha!
We did a lot of travel later on, trying to visit members that we've never seen at church. From the visits, we found out that most of them don't even remember being baptized, not interested anymore, or they are Buddhist now. It's a shame but they do have their agency. One elderly guy was pretty rude to us. We asked him if he was the member we were looking for. He said that he died 4 years ago and that he didn't know who we were. We tried explaining to him that we were missionaries. He said he couldn't hear us and then began laughing maniacally. He mumbled some things and then said "Go somewhere far away and die!". I don't really know what we did to deserve that but we were surprised 😳 . We left after that haha.
We met up with Kenshin-san again on Friday. He had a hat on and was looking like a stud when we saw him, he's the best haha. Aiki兄弟 同席'd for us; they bonded immediately and Kenshinさん wanted to know more about Aiki兄弟's life as a church member. Kenshinさん also wondered why we don't drink coffee, which led to an introduction to the Word of Wisdom. We then taught him about prophets. Because he likes sports, we explained that God and Jesus Christ are like basketball coaches and that prophets are the team captains. He liked that comparison and understood well! We gave him a Restoration pamphlet to read before the next visit. He is excited to meet again! Why is everyone I meet here the best??
Saturday morning, we played basketball at the Yamate church with 田中さん。I was pretty rusty, but better than last time. He enjoyed it and said he would like to play again. In the afternoon, we met 田中さん in 吉祥寺(Kichijoji) and his member friend, 伊藤かずね兄弟 for Polynesian Night! We learned about Polynesian culture and many missionaries shared some of their family history. We got to see some pretty cool dances, including the "Haka". We then had dinner together at the usual abura soba place; I love it so much.
On Sunday, 田中さん showed up a bit late to Sacrament meeting but we are glad he came anyway. We went to the YSA class for the second hour. The teacher, たこがわ姉妹, had prepared a lesson on the Plan of Salvation...It was perfect because that was exactly what we wanted to teach 田中さん next! She taught simply and made it pretty entertaining; she taught all of it with in 15 minutes! 田中さん loved it and said it makes sense! After church, 田中さん came to the 山下 family's house for dinner. We had a great time and unfortunately he had to leave before the message. But it's good that he was able to build connections with the members! He is really improving a lot!
As mentioned before, lot's of great things happening this week. Kinda hard to leave it all out. Anyway, until next week!
-Elder Chab
チャブ長老 or 茶武長老
愛しています^_^
THE IKEA BUS!
Found an awesome statue this week!
Saturday morning basketball at the Yamate church with Tanaka-san!
Monday, May 29, 2017
REAL SUSHI
皆さんこんにちは!
How's everyone doing? Summer is coming up!! Are you ready? I know I'm not ready for my first summer in Japan! It's already way hot!
I had 交換(koukan-exchange,splits) with Brimhall長老 on Tuesday. He is on his 2nd transfer. We went to city hall and in my mediocre 日本語, we asked for a list of places we could do community service at but they had no idea what we were talking about. In the evening, we taught Taiseiさん again; it felt different teaching with someone else other than my companion, but it was good. I definitely learned that I am not as prepared as I thought to be senior companion, even if it was only for a day. More room for improvement!
Before 英会話 on Thursday, we went to BALG, a burger restaurant. Hands down, one of the tallest burgers I've ever eaten. Way worth it though! To add to that, the sisters gave us a box of Girl Scout Cookies, more specifically, SAMOAS!! Too much goodies!
On Saturday, we had district blitz in Tama Plaza! We had whiteboards with "English Challenge" written on it. The challenge was simple; people just had to answer two questions in English and then we give them candy and an 英会話 flyer! It was so much fun! President told us to do activities that would make people come to us instead of us going to them and it's definitely working! We also ran into a member, Suzuki姉妹, during the blitz and she helped out!
After the blitz, we scrambled over to 新丸子駅, about 20 minutes away. We met with Satouさん again. Previously, he had fed us deer that he shot and killed. This time, he took us to a sushi restaurant. I finally had REAL SUSHI! I've been told California rolls aren't "real" sushi; I don't know what that means because they definitely are real haha. I ate things I would never even think of eating before I came to Japan. But I figured it'd be best if I just go for it. I had oyster, crab, shrimp, salmon,tuna, and many more! If you can name it, I probably had it all in one night! Including sea urchin! Which wasn't very good; flavorful yes. But not good. I almost gagged as I put a smile on my face and said "おいしい"(oishii-tasty, good). Satouさん isn't interested in changing because he thinks he's too old. But I feel bad for him because he lives alone, wants to talk and loves missionaries. He ended up paying for us; it definitely wasn't cheap. But he insisted because we are "Gaijins who haven't had real sushi". He's a great guy! I hope he will accept the gospel some day!
Quite the adventure today. We went to Poff長老's home...IKEA. We ate there for lunch and just walked around the store. The Swedish meatballs were pretty good. I also know what kind of style I want my college dorm/ house to be haha! Reminds me of when I went with my family about a month before I left. Anyway, I'm super excited for this coming week! As of today, we have 3 planned lessons coming up! Until next week!
-Elder Chab
チャブ長老 or 茶武長老
愛しています^_^
The tallest burger I've ever eaten!!
SAMOAS!!
District blitz!!
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