Hey everybody! So I didn't have time to record a message
this morning so it's going to be an email one
today! But I hope all of your weeks were great and since mine was pretty
interesting this week, it'll hopefully be a good email! ;)
So Monday: Today we went to Seminary at 6 at the church!
There's only one young man who goes, so we try to go on P-days to help out and
support that whole thing. Then we ran to the beach again which was way fun!
After we showered and got ready for the day, we went to email which was good,
and then shopping. We didn't really have a ton of super cool stuff happen, but
it wasn't too bad! ;)
Tuesday: Today was the First DTM (District Training Meeting) of the transfer and we
had a ton of fun! Here in Hakodate a bunch of the members come to DTM to help
out so that is way cool! Then we went to a place called Lucky Pierro(clown) for
lunch which is very well known among missionaries so that was fun! We then met
with a few investigators so that was good as well! They are pretty cool people
so it's fun to teach them and get to know them better.
Wednesday: Today was a day where we focused on some
NA's. We started with this NA who hasn't been to church for a long time, but
she can't hear very well, and does sign language which is interesting. But we
talked with her for a while and invited her to some church activities. Then we
had a Mogi lesson(practice) with another NA who is usually super busy with
work, but Wednesday is his day off so we were able to meet with him. He's 22
and is way cool so we're hoping he can start coming back to church! Then we
went to a member's house to teach a recent convert his AB(after baptism)
lessons which went well! He's pretty old, but he understood it all and showed
that he really is learning a lot from the church. He also studies Hebrew so
that's pretty interesting!
Thursday: Today we had DKK (companion planning meeting) which went well and we got a
ton figured out. Then we went to play basketball with some investigators and
the other missionaries, and wouldn't you know, I fractured my pinky before we
even started it. But, I thought it was just a jammed finger so we played
anyway. But it turned out really fun, and it was nice to get to play basketball
again. Then we went to the church for the YSA Family Home Evening at the church
which was fun!
Friday: So today we had some good lessons with
Investigators so that was great! We started off with going with a member to an
investigator who we think is interested, but not super focused... ;) but that
was interesting, and then we ran to another investigator who is a really funny
guy! He loves English and is super nice to us by buying us a bunch of food, and
giving us drinks and stuff to take home as well. Then we went to Eikaiwa which
went well! Eikaiwa is always fun, so we had that, and then talked to people,
and since I still thought it was just a jammed finger, I asked a few members
who came whether I should go to the hospital or not, and they said I should
just in case, so I decided to go tomorrow!
Saturday: Today I went to the hospital to
get my finger and back checked out. They said my back was just tired, but no
major problems so that was good. They also took x-rays of my finger and found
that a small piece of bone had fractured off of my little finger on my right
hand. So they gave me some medicine and a splint to get it healed up. Then we
went and housed for a little while, and then we had a lesson with JJ san who
has a smoking problem, but we were able to make a ton of progress with him so
that was great! Then we had Ping-Pong for about 30 minutes, but I couldn't play cause of my finger, and then we had to run to go to a member's friend's
house to try to get permission to continue the lessons, which we got, which was
good.
Sunday: Today was church and I had to answer about my
pinky a ton of times, but I appreciated the care everyone showed me. But church
was good and I learned a bunch. Fast Sundays always just seem so great! Then We
went to go say sorry to a member cause of a little misunderstanding that
happened about us visiting and she forgave us and everything worked out just
fine. Then we went to visit a few different investigators and an NA who is
fluent in English and it all just turned out to be a good Sunday!
So that was the week. It had a few great things. The pinky wasn't the most fun thing, but they said that it was in a
good position and should heal quick and so I'm praying for that. But I love you
all, hope you have a great week, and I'll talk to you soon!
Love,
Elder Bickel
