Email #27 April 28, 2015
Dearest Family and Friends,
I have basically no time, but this week was truly amazing. First thing
first, I'm transferring. I'm going to.... Oyama!! And my new companion
is Nihonjin and his name is Elder Shimoji! He is apparently an animal
and works incredibly hard and this will be his last transfer, so we're
going to make sire he goes out with a bang. I am incredibly excited,
especially because he doesn't speak any English and it is really going
to help my Japanese. I have been hugely blessed with amazing
companions! Second, we had branch conference on Sunday! It was a huge
miracle. As you know, the whole zone has been busting our butts to get
100 people to branch conference. We all prayed and fasted and worked
as hard as we could with the members, and WE DID IT! It was amazing.
15 minutes before it started, we only had 40 people or so, and five
minutes before it started we had 75. But by the time the sacrament
started, we had 103! We weren't going to make it, but a van full of
english teachers who had flown into Japan less than 24 hours before
came to church. There were 6 of them, and they put us over! No one
knew they were coming, and they won't ever go to church again because
it's too far, but they came! It was truly a miracle. I am so thankful
for Heavenly Father and how he watches over this work and directs it.
I have no time to include anything more, but it was an amazing week!
Next week I'll email from Oyama and with a new companion! Super
exciting! Love you all, have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Calhoun
I have basically no time, but this week was truly amazing. First thing
first, I'm transferring. I'm going to.... Oyama!! And my new companion
is Nihonjin and his name is Elder Shimoji! He is apparently an animal
and works incredibly hard and this will be his last transfer, so we're
going to make sire he goes out with a bang. I am incredibly excited,
especially because he doesn't speak any English and it is really going
to help my Japanese. I have been hugely blessed with amazing
companions! Second, we had branch conference on Sunday! It was a huge
miracle. As you know, the whole zone has been busting our butts to get
100 people to branch conference. We all prayed and fasted and worked
as hard as we could with the members, and WE DID IT! It was amazing.
15 minutes before it started, we only had 40 people or so, and five
minutes before it started we had 75. But by the time the sacrament
started, we had 103! We weren't going to make it, but a van full of
english teachers who had flown into Japan less than 24 hours before
came to church. There were 6 of them, and they put us over! No one
knew they were coming, and they won't ever go to church again because
it's too far, but they came! It was truly a miracle. I am so thankful
for Heavenly Father and how he watches over this work and directs it.
I have no time to include anything more, but it was an amazing week!
Next week I'll email from Oyama and with a new companion! Super
exciting! Love you all, have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Calhoun
We hiked Yahiko Mountain today and at the top there was an interesting guy doing interpretive dance. Elder Barnes and I hauled down the mountain to make a train and made it, then slept through our stop and lost like 2 hours. It was a super fun day!
Most of the elders in our zone and a couple of investigators. #bluesteel.
In Japan they have these sweet potatoes and they have this really iconic call for them that they play from trucks and at markets and such places. It's in a minor chord and is really haunting sounding and just repeats the word for sweet potato, yakiimo, over and over again.
Branch Conference after a lot of people had left. It was amazing!
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