Whale, whale, whale. Spring is here and it is beautiful. To
start out, as missionaries in Japan we have to follow certain dress standards,
which means we cant wear short sleeve shirts until May 1st. Well, today is the
glorious day that my forearms are allowed to see sunlight.
So this week was super eventful. The maiden voyage of our
tour took place; the Wyld Stallions are about to go platinum. We performed at
the old folks home and they absolutely loved it. Literally had a crowd of old
Japanese people shaking their fists and yelling "Encore" at us. It was just overall a lot of fun. After the
crowd died out, we sat down with the people who work at the place and they just
asked a bunch of questions about what we do as missionaries. On that same day we
went out to kubari and a random guy ran over to us, gave us same coca colas,
said thanks, then took off. Real good day.
Post concert pic with the owners.
While out and about on Saturday, we were walking past some basketball
courts where some kids were kids were hanging out. Since we didn’t want to
disturb their peace, we decided to challenge them to a game of basketball. I
don't think they were aware of the fact that the rim was short cause apparently
dunking a basketball automatically makes you a pro out here. They were pretty excited
about it and wanted to take pictures with us after the game. But after having a
good time on the court, we invited them out to a bunch of events and they were super
down to come. They all played handball so we asked them to come to our sports night
and teach everyone how to play. Hopefully we'll see them again. Good group of
kids.
The Toon Squad!
Transfers calls happened. I'll be staying in Fujisawa, but
Elder Poff is getting transferred to Kawasaki. My new companion is a really tall
guy named Elder Harrison. All I know is he's from Texas and proud of it. We'll
be having a lot of fun this next transfer.
Elder Poff's last DCS Meeting
Last thing, we had Stake Conference this past weekend for
the Fujisawa stake. Elder Choi of the Seventy and his wife came this past week to
speak to us. Elder Choi is honestly one of the funniest church leaders I have
ever met, but his wife, Sister Choi, had an incredible talk. She mainly talked about her marriage with
Elder Choi and the challenges she's had to overcome with him. In the beginning,
she was just kind of burning him about a bunch of stuff, but then it really
turned around. She talked about how it is her privilege to have him as a
husband because he is willing to change. When they were first married, he would
come home from work, and watch TV while she worked in the kitchen. He rarely helped
with cleaning, was kind of mean to her sometimes, and just fit the definition
of this stereotypical husband from movies. But over time, he humbled himself,
and he changed. He helps her with tasks at home, he even cleans her shoes, he makes
dinner every once in a while, and tells her "I love you honey” every
single day. I mainly want to liken this to each of us individually, although it
is important in a marriage setting. I want to focus on how important it is for
us to change. Every day, little by little. I think we can all agree that none
of us are perfect, but that's the best part. That means there's something new
we can discover about ourselves everyday. We can always improve, and do a
little better than the day before. Whether it's our words, or our actions, or
even our thoughts. Personally, I believe that everyday requires a little
change.
Thanks for all the support everyone!
Live the dream or dream of living,
カフ長老
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