#40 July 27, 2015
Dearest Family and Friends,
This week was awesome! It's almost time to sleep so this will
(probably) be brief. It was transfer week, so we had a lot of work. It
went well, we knocked it out quickly and were able to teach the most
lessons we have yet here in Nakano, which was a huge miracle for
transfer week. We played dodgeball with the arriving and departing
missionaries and it was roughhh this time. I threw my arm out pretty
badly on Tuesday so the next day when we all played together my arm
was killing me and I couldn't throw and I kept getting out and it was
the worst. I hate losing so much. Transfers were fun though, 3
missionaries got delayed so we had to train twice and got twice the
amount of leftovers from the mission home. And there are a few
missionaries going home early for BYU that arrive tomorrow so it's
been pretty crazy around here. The best day of this past week was
Thursday. Elder Bischoff worked with us because he was going home and
needed a companion for a day and he used to be tech staff. He's 6'6
and a big boy, not skinny, like in good shape. He's a gentle giant,
super kind and loving and gentle. We went and visited a less active
with him and it went super well. The less active committed to church
and to play basketball. It ended up being too hot for him to come, but
that was big progress. Kind of a lame excuse but we had a really good
lesson. Then we met with Sugimoto. Sugimoto kind or dropped us three
weeks ago, and we didn't know why. We talked it out and had a super
spiritual lesson. It was incredible! He's back! He came to a summer
festival we had on Saturday and then came to church on Sunday! He
believes the Book of Mormon is true and we haven't even taught him
Moroni 10:3-5. So cool! Elder Bischoff is a miracle worker. It was an
awesome week. I'm loving the work and Japan and everything about life.
Life is good! We didn't really have time to study this past week, so
it'll be a quick spiritual thought. One of my favorite scriptures now
is Mosiah 2:41. I love this gospel because of the happiness it can and
will bring to every single person. I'm a missionary because it makes
me and other people happy! Have a wonderful week everyone!
Love,
Elder Calhoun
This week was awesome! It's almost time to sleep so this will
(probably) be brief. It was transfer week, so we had a lot of work. It
went well, we knocked it out quickly and were able to teach the most
lessons we have yet here in Nakano, which was a huge miracle for
transfer week. We played dodgeball with the arriving and departing
missionaries and it was roughhh this time. I threw my arm out pretty
badly on Tuesday so the next day when we all played together my arm
was killing me and I couldn't throw and I kept getting out and it was
the worst. I hate losing so much. Transfers were fun though, 3
missionaries got delayed so we had to train twice and got twice the
amount of leftovers from the mission home. And there are a few
missionaries going home early for BYU that arrive tomorrow so it's
been pretty crazy around here. The best day of this past week was
Thursday. Elder Bischoff worked with us because he was going home and
needed a companion for a day and he used to be tech staff. He's 6'6
and a big boy, not skinny, like in good shape. He's a gentle giant,
super kind and loving and gentle. We went and visited a less active
with him and it went super well. The less active committed to church
and to play basketball. It ended up being too hot for him to come, but
that was big progress. Kind of a lame excuse but we had a really good
lesson. Then we met with Sugimoto. Sugimoto kind or dropped us three
weeks ago, and we didn't know why. We talked it out and had a super
spiritual lesson. It was incredible! He's back! He came to a summer
festival we had on Saturday and then came to church on Sunday! He
believes the Book of Mormon is true and we haven't even taught him
Moroni 10:3-5. So cool! Elder Bischoff is a miracle worker. It was an
awesome week. I'm loving the work and Japan and everything about life.
Life is good! We didn't really have time to study this past week, so
it'll be a quick spiritual thought. One of my favorite scriptures now
is Mosiah 2:41. I love this gospel because of the happiness it can and
will bring to every single person. I'm a missionary because it makes
me and other people happy! Have a wonderful week everyone!
Love,
Elder Calhoun
Elder Aiken: Alex Henderson and Spenser Miller's friend from BYU
Natsumatsuri, or Summer Festival. They send cold noodles down the pipe thing and you catch them and eat them in sauce.
A really blurry photo from zone meeting a week or so ago.
We cleared Ipads and found this awesome photo of Elder Cannon. He's the man!
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