Email #79 Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Beloved Family and Friends,
I didn't have time to write on Monday. Thesepast two weeks have gone
I didn't have time to write on Monday. Thesepast two weeks have gone
really well. I transferred! I left Narita andam now back in Tokyo, in an area
called Senzokuike. I love it. I'm working with Elder King again! He was one
group ahead of me in theMTC, and I remember seeing him once there.
He was Elder Unsworth's and my companion for a week in Kasukabe. I
think President Nagano forgot we had already worked together, but I'm
pumped to be working here with him. My last week in Narita went well.
The last day was the best. We went out to eat with Kosuke. We had raw
horse! Ever since I heard people eat horse here, I've been trying to
find a place that sells it, and was finally successful. It was
delicious. I will include pictures. Please make sure Abbie sees them.
We had a good talk with him. Kosuke looked up our beliefs and found out
about the word of wisdom and the law of tithing, which is great if he
can build his faith. Please pray for him! That same day, we also had
two people walk up to us and then give us their numbers. It was pretty
crazy. I transferred the next day, last Wednesday, and said goodbye to
Elders Higashi, Aleman, and Hipps. I love those Elders and will miss
them. I am loving Senzokuike though and the Elders I am living with.
Elder Broberg is from Utah, Elder Snyder is from Pennsylvania, and
Elder King is from Perth, Australia. Living with them is a blast. Our
area is doing well right now. We have an investigator getting baptized
this Saturday! His name is Yuuta Tateyama. He's 19 and a super kind,
good guy. He's the best. He was found in the South mission six weeks
ago and then referred up here. He's been to church all six weeks and
has accepted all the commandments and everything taught to him. Please
pray for him! Right now he's trying to get his mom to sign his
baptismal form, but I think he's a little nervous to ask, so please
pray that he will and things will go well. The last few days have been
full of visiting less actives, teaching, preparing for the baptismal
service, and meetings. We are actually over two wards, Senzokuike and
Tokyo 2nd. Tokyo 2nd is an English speaking ward for foreigners. We
have six hours of church every Sunday, but it's cool and also weird to
go to an English speaking ward. Ilove both wards, they both have some
think President Nagano forgot we had already worked together, but I'm
pumped to be working here with him. My last week in Narita went well.
The last day was the best. We went out to eat with Kosuke. We had raw
horse! Ever since I heard people eat horse here, I've been trying to
find a place that sells it, and was finally successful. It was
delicious. I will include pictures. Please make sure Abbie sees them.
We had a good talk with him. Kosuke looked up our beliefs and found out
about the word of wisdom and the law of tithing, which is great if he
can build his faith. Please pray for him! That same day, we also had
two people walk up to us and then give us their numbers. It was pretty
crazy. I transferred the next day, last Wednesday, and said goodbye to
Elders Higashi, Aleman, and Hipps. I love those Elders and will miss
them. I am loving Senzokuike though and the Elders I am living with.
Elder Broberg is from Utah, Elder Snyder is from Pennsylvania, and
Elder King is from Perth, Australia. Living with them is a blast. Our
area is doing well right now. We have an investigator getting baptized
this Saturday! His name is Yuuta Tateyama. He's 19 and a super kind,
good guy. He's the best. He was found in the South mission six weeks
ago and then referred up here. He's been to church all six weeks and
has accepted all the commandments and everything taught to him. Please
pray for him! Right now he's trying to get his mom to sign his
baptismal form, but I think he's a little nervous to ask, so please
pray that he will and things will go well. The last few days have been
full of visiting less actives, teaching, preparing for the baptismal
service, and meetings. We are actually over two wards, Senzokuike and
Tokyo 2nd. Tokyo 2nd is an English speaking ward for foreigners. We
have six hours of church every Sunday, but it's cool and also weird to
go to an English speaking ward. Ilove both wards, they both have some
incredible people in them. I'm super excited to be working here!
Recently, I've been incredibly grateful for the parable of the
laborers in the vineyard. There is so much that I am just learning now
that I wish I had known and applied so much earlier in my life and
mission. As I've been thinking about this, the laborers in the
vineyard, as well as this quote from Elder Renlund's conference talk a
year ago "God cares a lot more about who we are and who we are
becoming than about who we once were" have helped me a lot. I'm really
grateful that even though there are so many things I wish I were
better at or had started doing earlier or had realized earlier in my
mission, God is grateful that I am working on them now. This is a
wonderful gospel! Elder Snyder also had a thought that I really liked.
Elder Bendar has a talk from the MTC where he talks about the
character of Christ, and how Christ always turned outwards when he
could have turned inwards. Elder Snyder said there was a point in his
mission where he judged every decision he made by the question, "Am I
about to turn outwards or inwards?" He then did it if it turned
outward, and didn't if it turned inward. I liked that a lot and am
going to be trying to apply it. I love you all!
Love,
Elder Calhoun
P.S. We are going to do a barbecue on July 4th. Can you please send me
some good barbecue recipes, especially some classic North Carolina
barbecue recipes? Like how to make North Carolina barbecue sauce and
all that goodness? Thanks so much!
Here we are with Yuuta (pronounced like Utah. He's sitting) and the
Kawamura Family. They're a huge miracle I'll tell you about next week.
The dad, who is holding the baby, is going to be doing the baptism.
Recently, I've been incredibly grateful for the parable of the
laborers in the vineyard. There is so much that I am just learning now
that I wish I had known and applied so much earlier in my life and
mission. As I've been thinking about this, the laborers in the
vineyard, as well as this quote from Elder Renlund's conference talk a
year ago "God cares a lot more about who we are and who we are
becoming than about who we once were" have helped me a lot. I'm really
grateful that even though there are so many things I wish I were
better at or had started doing earlier or had realized earlier in my
mission, God is grateful that I am working on them now. This is a
wonderful gospel! Elder Snyder also had a thought that I really liked.
Elder Bendar has a talk from the MTC where he talks about the
character of Christ, and how Christ always turned outwards when he
could have turned inwards. Elder Snyder said there was a point in his
mission where he judged every decision he made by the question, "Am I
about to turn outwards or inwards?" He then did it if it turned
outward, and didn't if it turned inward. I liked that a lot and am
going to be trying to apply it. I love you all!
Love,
Elder Calhoun
P.S. We are going to do a barbecue on July 4th. Can you please send me
some good barbecue recipes, especially some classic North Carolina
barbecue recipes? Like how to make North Carolina barbecue sauce and
all that goodness? Thanks so much!
Here we are with Yuuta (pronounced like Utah. He's sitting) and the
Kawamura Family. They're a huge miracle I'll tell you about next week.
The dad, who is holding the baby, is going to be doing the baptism.
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