So a week has come and gone, and transfer calls along with them. The news
is that there is no news. I'm not going anywhere and neither is my companion. We
will be staying in Komatsu for another 6 weeks. We're actually pretty stoked to
be working together for another transfer, but we're in kind of an after-baptism
daze of "what do we do next?"
Carla is doing great and glowing. We still get to meet with her whenever
she is free and we continue to study together and help her to be able to find
the resources she needs to study on her own. She sets such an amazing example to
me. She will be moving either this week or the next, so we will only have a
couple more days with her. I'm really going to miss her glowing face, and her
big hugs. (She gives awesome hugs). She has such a strong desire to continue to
grow and learn more about Christ, that I no longer worry about her being able to
find what she wants. She's one of the strongest people I know.
After she leaves, the Komatsu sisters will have a lot of free time on their
hands. People have been "dropping" us right and left, and so now we are down to
one investigator. We teach Kaede chan and her two younger siblings, Anji chan
and Hinoki kun, English and basic gospel principles. Their parents are not
interested in our message, but the grandparents are Mormon, and said it was okay
for us to teach them the basics. This week we plan on teaching them about prayer
and I cannot wait! They are so much fun and so cute, I just want to hug them
all the time.
Besides that one weekly appointment, we will otherwise have a lot of time.
We need to do some "finding", but that can be a difficult task in
Komatsu. It either rains or snows here, and it is still pretty cold, so people
don't like to come out of their houses, or if they do, they go by car, and
there's just something about talking to a car that is pretty one-sided... We
talk to people as we go to and from other appointments, but there is really no
one on the streets in Komatsu. That's why "I'll be done seein' about everything
when I see an elephant fly", or when I see someone walking around who would love
to hear about Jesus Christ.
I told my companion we could just run around yelling "Who wants to learn
about Jesus?!" But somehow that isn't a very good method of "finding". Go
figure.
For now, I'm just happy to be in Komatsu for the next six weeks. I'm happy
to be in this small, but loving ward. I'm happy to be with Sister Grant. I'm
happy that today is actually sunny. I'm happy that my Japanese seems to be
improving (although seems is the key word there). I'm happy to be a missionary,
and I'm so grateful for this opportunity.
Well! I will just have to keep working hard and see how this next week
goes. If there is one spiritual thought I have circling in my head it would be
that God will hasten His work in His time. He knows what He is doing, and He
knows that I'm here. He's gotta plan and, if I'm lucky, He'll let me in on it
little by little.
