Email #46 September 7, 2015
Happy Birthday James!! We love you so much!! Mom, Dad, Abbie and Lu
Dearest Family and Friends,
This week went super well. It was awesome. Thank you so much for all
of your birthday wishes. Today was a really great day. All of the
people here were so kind and really made it a good one. I wouldn't
want to be anywhere else. I didn't do a ton of emailing today, so if I
didn't email you, I'm really sorry. Life is hectic but oh so good.
This past week was transfer week so we did a lot of things for
transfers. On Tuesday, we prepped for transfer week and had a really
good lesson with Sugimoto San. We are going to try to set a baptismal
date with him tomorrow, so please pray for him and for us! He is truly
a good man. I don't think I have ever seen anyone who loves Jesus
Christ so fully for having been a Christian for such a short amount of
time. On Wednesday, I parted ways with my beloved companion Elder
Alder. I am grateful for the time I had with him and the friendship we
were able to form through the sweat, tears, and computer time. He's a
man and I was blessed to learn from and work with him. I also met my
new companion Elder Harrison. He's a beast. He was a massage therapist
before his mission and made music and loves computer stuff. It's like
pretty much 100% that I'm going to look for my wife at the massage
school at BYU. Hopefully they have one because I would seriously love
to marry a masseuse. Wednesday was good, we did a lot of transfer
stuff and then had a good Eikaiwa. Thursday was boring, weekly
planning and meetings and lots of long things. Friday was awesome.
Elder Mobley's parents missed their flight, so I had the privilege of
getting to work with him one more day. We made him do all of the tech
stuff and then we went to volleyball together and taught Raja. We got
back and his parents were there and his dad has the most manly,
powerful beard I've ever seen. Like Santa but more manly. Elder Mobley
is the man, I seriously love him and couldn't have asked for a better
trainer. On Saturday, we had all you can eat sukiyaki with Takada
Kyoudai. That man can POUND food. He's like 50 but he out ate me.
Except I ate more ice cream than him. After that we went to this
seminary event where they had members and missionaries each say a
scripture mastery and they did all 100. It was pretty fast but so
boring. They had 4 of us doing one scripture so we just did it in
parts even though we all knew it and all the members thought it was
hilarious. We had ping pong night that night and it went well. We were
able to teach a great member present lesson to Hiroki, one of the
Eikaiwa students we teach. He likes ping pong so he can and it went
well. He's a stud. Sunday was really good. We were able to talk about
doing a Book of Mormon challenge, where each member gives a Book of
Mormon to their friend, with both the family ward and the YSA ward.
The family ward thought that the members wouldn't have enough
missionary fire, so they're going to do a fireside about it before
hand. So cool! Both wards are going to do it. Sunday and today were
both answers to prayers. I was getting a little frustrated because
I've been busting my butt trying to work with the members and see
success here in the honbu and I thought that we haven't really been
seeing anything. But today and yesterday like three different members
told me that they appreciated the work I've been doing and that they
like who I am as a person. The older I get, the more I appreciate
little acts of love. I guess that's my spiritual thought this week.
Love everyone. Be kind. Show your love, no matter how small it is or
how small the gesture is. It really meant a lot to me this week. Thank
you family and friends for all of the shared memories and TLs. As much
as I loved getting cake in my birthday package, I loved getting all
your messages more. I will send pictures tomorrow. I love all of you,
truly, and I am so grateful for all that you do for me and for your
friendships and kindness.
Love,
Elder Calhoun
This week went super well. It was awesome. Thank you so much for all
of your birthday wishes. Today was a really great day. All of the
people here were so kind and really made it a good one. I wouldn't
want to be anywhere else. I didn't do a ton of emailing today, so if I
didn't email you, I'm really sorry. Life is hectic but oh so good.
This past week was transfer week so we did a lot of things for
transfers. On Tuesday, we prepped for transfer week and had a really
good lesson with Sugimoto San. We are going to try to set a baptismal
date with him tomorrow, so please pray for him and for us! He is truly
a good man. I don't think I have ever seen anyone who loves Jesus
Christ so fully for having been a Christian for such a short amount of
time. On Wednesday, I parted ways with my beloved companion Elder
Alder. I am grateful for the time I had with him and the friendship we
were able to form through the sweat, tears, and computer time. He's a
man and I was blessed to learn from and work with him. I also met my
new companion Elder Harrison. He's a beast. He was a massage therapist
before his mission and made music and loves computer stuff. It's like
pretty much 100% that I'm going to look for my wife at the massage
school at BYU. Hopefully they have one because I would seriously love
to marry a masseuse. Wednesday was good, we did a lot of transfer
stuff and then had a good Eikaiwa. Thursday was boring, weekly
planning and meetings and lots of long things. Friday was awesome.
Elder Mobley's parents missed their flight, so I had the privilege of
getting to work with him one more day. We made him do all of the tech
stuff and then we went to volleyball together and taught Raja. We got
back and his parents were there and his dad has the most manly,
powerful beard I've ever seen. Like Santa but more manly. Elder Mobley
is the man, I seriously love him and couldn't have asked for a better
trainer. On Saturday, we had all you can eat sukiyaki with Takada
Kyoudai. That man can POUND food. He's like 50 but he out ate me.
Except I ate more ice cream than him. After that we went to this
seminary event where they had members and missionaries each say a
scripture mastery and they did all 100. It was pretty fast but so
boring. They had 4 of us doing one scripture so we just did it in
parts even though we all knew it and all the members thought it was
hilarious. We had ping pong night that night and it went well. We were
able to teach a great member present lesson to Hiroki, one of the
Eikaiwa students we teach. He likes ping pong so he can and it went
well. He's a stud. Sunday was really good. We were able to talk about
doing a Book of Mormon challenge, where each member gives a Book of
Mormon to their friend, with both the family ward and the YSA ward.
The family ward thought that the members wouldn't have enough
missionary fire, so they're going to do a fireside about it before
hand. So cool! Both wards are going to do it. Sunday and today were
both answers to prayers. I was getting a little frustrated because
I've been busting my butt trying to work with the members and see
success here in the honbu and I thought that we haven't really been
seeing anything. But today and yesterday like three different members
told me that they appreciated the work I've been doing and that they
like who I am as a person. The older I get, the more I appreciate
little acts of love. I guess that's my spiritual thought this week.
Love everyone. Be kind. Show your love, no matter how small it is or
how small the gesture is. It really meant a lot to me this week. Thank
you family and friends for all of the shared memories and TLs. As much
as I loved getting cake in my birthday package, I loved getting all
your messages more. I will send pictures tomorrow. I love all of you,
truly, and I am so grateful for all that you do for me and for your
friendships and kindness.
Love,
Elder Calhoun
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