tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20455203965072896262024-03-13T03:42:47.535-07:00Sister Jordan Wunderli: Mission Blog - Tokyo, JapanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-51748429882298957832017-12-17T16:05:00.001-08:002017-12-17T16:05:15.727-08:00The Last OneI've been waiting for this for about a year and a half. As I reflect on Jordan's time serving the Lord as a missionary in the Japan - Tokyo mission, I am very proud of what she has accomplished in terms of her hard work, her perseverance, and her faithfulness. <br />
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I missed her more than most people can ever imagine - we talked twice while she was gone - last Christmas and on Mother's day. I loved seeing her in pictures and anticipating being back together. That will happen in less than two days (assuming her flights are delayed). She didn't get a P-day this week because she's traveling from Sanjo to Nakano (Tokyo) where the mission home is. It's Monday morning at 8:47 a.m. as I write this. She'll spend her last few hours in Japan at the Mission home and have a nice dinner with several other missionaries who are going home with her as well as the Mission President, his wife and a few other people. Soon after I wake up tomorrow, she'll be getting on a plane to come home. As you can imagine, I can't wait. Here is her last email from the mission. Thanks for your prayers while she has been gone - please say one more that she'll return home safely. Thanks for reading and enjoy.<br />
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To my faithful readers that have stuck with me through this year and a half,</div>
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Well this is it. This is where it all comes to a close. Just a warning, but this email is about to get real sappy real fast.</div>
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I have loved every second of my mission. My half Japanese/ half English brain can't even put it into words how much I love my mission. Were there rough times? Oh yeah. Were there times where I didn't know how I was going to make it through? Yup. Were there some heart breaking times? Yes, those too. But through it all I learned so much, and what's even more, is that while there were rough times/sad times/stressful times, some of the best moments of my life were in this past year and a half. Some of the happiest moments ever were in these past 18 months.</div>
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So let's recap.</div>
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<b>Sado:</b> Where it all started. I came to Japan, not fully knowing what to expect about the country or being a missionary in general. Sado was completely different than anything I had ever known. And missionary work was pretty different from anything I've done. It was a humbling time and it was a huge part of why I am the missionary I am today. There were a lot of rough times on Sado; we didn't have any real investigators for about 3 months. We housed all day in the cold winter and our main focus was teaching English. But through our faith, humility, and hard work, God was able to really work miracles through us. We ended up building the church's English program quite a bit there and it's still going strong and is a wonderful service to the people in Sado. We also ended up seeing a baptism (Yamaji shimai who is one of my eternal friends). That's what I learned on Sado: work hard, have faith, be humble, and the Lord will do the rest.</div>
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<b>Kumagaya:</b> I was here for only a short time, but it was probably the place I felt at home the fastest. This is where I met my Japanese (or rather Filipino who lives in Japan) mother, Engrid. I think I learned more from her than she did from me. She was an incredible example of putting Christ at the center of her life. All she needed to hear was "Jesus Christ did it" or "Jesus Christ tells us to do this" and she would do it immediately, whether it was not drinking alcohol or tea or if it was telling her Japanese boss she couldn't work on Sundays. She and her daughter ended up getting baptized and are working towards a temple sealing (another two of my eternal friends). I loved the people in Kumagaya so much; I really felt like part of one big family. The ward members were amazing examples of true Christlike love. In Kumagaya, I think I really learned how to love the people.</div>
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<b>Nakano:</b> The place where I was the longest. Also the place I was the busiest. As a missionary, you're always busy, but I felt a whole new level of busy here in Nakano. I really felt like I was giving my all to my heavenly father and it made me so happy. All of my areas hold a special place in my heart, but I think there's a little bigger place there for Nakano. Nakano was interesting because it was up and down the whole 5 transfers I was there. If my time in Nakano were a graph, it would be extremely inconsistent. Probably some of the best times on my mission, and also some of the worst times of my mission, were both in Nakano.<br /></div>
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Nakano is where I was in a leadership position and really learned the way to become a Christlike leader. I learned how to more fully give of myself and how to serve with all my heart, might, mind, and strength. I learned that the Lord will bless you as long as you're trying your best.<br /></div>
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I met so many eternal friends in Nakano. I think my two best friends I met were Nabeko and Ryoko. Both were incredible examples to me. Ryoko canceled her baptism the day of (one of those lows I was talking about), but boy did it teach me so much. We had to find out how to get out of the absolute lowest point, we had to figure out how to get Ryoko back on track. (Update: Ryoko now has a baptismal date for in the month of January). </div>
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Nabeko was the epitome of what it means to be humble. She wanted so bad to have the light that all the church members had; little did she know that she did have it. In my last week in Nakano, she told us that she wanted to get baptized and she would try and stop drinking alcohol. She was baptized on December 17th.</div>
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<b>Sanjo:</b> The place where it all ends. This was also the area I was in the shortest. I met some of the most devout members of my life here in Sanjo. They are who I want to be like as a member after my mission. I had the opportunity of training a new missionary here without knowing anything about the area myself. We really had the opportunity to fully focus on our missionary purpose without getting side tracked on anything else. I learned how to find joy in the little things here in Sanjo.</div>
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I couldn't be happier that Heavenly Father called me on a mission. And I feel extremely privileged to have gotten to serve in the Japan Tokyo mission. I think one of the biggest things I've learned on my mission is that heavenly father truly loves and knows every single person individually. I have felt His love for His children as I talk with them on the streets, when I'm teaching them, when I see them keep the commandments, when they are sharing their testimony, so many different times. It's a love that is infinite and special and a love that as mortals, we can't fully comprehend. It has been the coolest experience getting to feel the love our heavenly father has for the people that I also love so much.</div>
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So that's it everyone. That's a year and a half wrapped up into one email. I'm grateful for all the eternal friends I met, the places I've been able to call home, the members that have become like 2nd families to me, the amazing food that I've been able to eat, and for my heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and the stronger relationship that I now have with them.</div>
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I hope this email will last y'all until I come home. Maybe by the time you're done reading it, I'll be in America lol. See y'all soon.<br /></div>
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愛しています、<br />Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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That's it. No pictures this week. We are very close to be ready for her - the Welcome Home signs are up. All the gifts are wrapped - we'll celebrate her birthday on Wednesday (her birthday is 12/14) and get ready for lots of family to descend upon us for her homecoming talk on Sunday, the 24th. Thanks for your emails, snail mail, and prayers - we all appreciated them very much. Less than two days and I'll have my baby girl back. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-50358487946081627712017-12-11T07:20:00.006-08:002017-12-11T07:21:22.813-08:00Beloved Sanjo2nd to last email. 8 days. Jordan doesn't have a p-day next week because she'll be in the mission home the day before she flies out. This is a great email with lots of good details. Next week will be a nice re-cap of her mission. As you can imagine - I'm VERY excited for her to come home. I'm also very proud of what she has done in Japan - her effort, her perseverance, and the love she has shown.<br />
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As always, thanks for your emails, snail mails and prayers on her behalf - we all appreciate it more than you know. Make it a great week. Thanks for reading.<br />
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As the transfer comes closer to the end, I've been reflecting back on this short 5 weeks I've been in Sanjo. My bean and I got to Sanjo and we had no idea where we were going or who anyone was, where anything was (even our apartment), and we had to try to not get too lost because the trains only come maybe once every hour. Whitewashing, reopening an area, and training was way harder than I thought it would be. We did know one thing though and that was our purpose: to invite others to come unto Christ. We hit the ground running and got right to work.</div>
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There were moments, even days, maybe even weeks where it was so hard to see the miracles that were right in front of us. There were days where we would go from house to house for hours talking with everyone telling us the word missionaries never want to here, "No." There were days where it has been so cold that people will say no, but then tell us how sorry they are for us. There were moments where I felt so alone because my bean is a brand new missionary and I had to talk to more people, translate more, do more. There were so many days where I was just absolutely exhausted at the end, so excited to get some sleep. However, reflecting back on the five weeks we've had here, it's now that I really see how much the Lord has blessed us. We have been blessed to find about 2 investigators every single week since we got here (some have stuck, some have not). We have been blessed to work with some of the best members I've ever met. We have been blessed with so many learning experiences wrapped up in a short 5 weeks. The Lord has blessed us so abundantly in so many ways!! </div>
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<b>Our investigators:</b></div>
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•<b>Yui: </b>22. She is a member of a part member family (her husband isn't a member, but his family is). She has the cutest baby ever (Masato), who has the chubbiest cheeks I've ever seen. She came to church yesterday!!</div>
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•<b>Kobayashi: </b>She has been an investigator for quite awhile, but is just now starting to progress. We had a lesson on repentance and she wants to repent. She told us that completely stopping the bad thing is the hardest step for her, but she committed to praying to God and asking for his help with it. We also taught her how to do a kneeling prayer and she loves it, we ended the lesson with a kneeling prayer and she said she felt sooo much peace.</div>
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•<b>Saki: </b>She is part of a different Christian church and according to the members is super devout to her own beliefs, but she recently stopped going to her church. She still hasn't come to ours, but the members are elated.</div>
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•<b>Sui: </b>The mom of a member and wow she is the most genki (happy/energetic) 89 year old I've ever met. She listens to the book of Mormon every single day and prays every single day.</div>
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•<b>Honoka:</b> We met her while housing this last week and shared the light the world video and she told us she wants to learn more about Jesus Christ. She also gave us some apples :)</div>
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•<b>Fukuyo: </b>We met her while housing on one of our first weeks and she was so excited to see us! She speaks really good English and wants to learn more about our church. Her mother died a few years a go and she told us that she regrets not having a good relationship with her.</div>
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•<b>Yoshiko: </b>We also met her while housing and she loves Christians! She wants to come to church sooo bad. She is going to come to the Christmas party this week.</div>
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I love Sanjo and the people in it. I've learned so much over this transfer and have met so many a amazing people. Sanjo definitely holds a special place in my heart. Also, fun fact about the Sanjo branch, there is only one family in the whole branch (about 25 people) that isn't a part-member family. The missionaries have work to do!</div>
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Find joy in the moment peeps.<br />
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Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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1. Okonomiyaki </div>
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2. Masato <img alt="😍" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f60d" goomoji="1f60d" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f60d" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="😍" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f60d" goomoji="1f60d" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f60d" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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3. I love chino shimai </div>
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4. Sanjoooo </div>
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5. I met this lady on the train this week and complimented her frog gloves and then she gave them to me!! She was such a sweetheart</div>
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6. Spaghetti party with the okuzawa family </div>
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7. Hoshino shimai and her mom (sui) </div>
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I hope you enjoyed the email. Thanks for your support throughout Jordan's mission. Don't forget that there's one final email next week. Her homecoming is December 24th at 9:00 at our ward building: 7075 S. 2245 E., Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-52080355483602420642017-12-04T07:55:00.002-08:002017-12-04T07:55:29.790-08:00What's Niigata?After this post, there will be two more before Jordan get's home. As you can imagine, I'm VERY excited about this. Here is her email. Thanks for your support and thanks for reading.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />
Hello hello. No time to waste. I only have 2 weeks left. Ahhh here ya go!<br />
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<b>What's Niigata?</b><br />
There's a sign that moves around the niigata prefecture that says "what's niigata" on it. I don't really know what the real meaning of the sign is or why it's there, but I'll give my meaning of what niigata is.<br />
•the furthest zone in the whole mission from the mission home<br />
•the coldest zone in the mission and the only zone where it snows<br />
•the countryside of countryside<br />
•home of my bean area and my dying area; where I started and where I will finish my mission<br />
•the place where a member of the seventy promised there would be a temple one day<br />
•the place where I've probably grown and learned the most in my entire life<br />
•the place where I've been for both winters on my mission (God really has a sense of a humor sometimes, I'm from Vegas and am not use to the cold at all yet I get sent to niigata for both my winters haha)<br />
•famous for its delicious rice <br />
•the place I've spent 6 months, 1/3 of my mission<br />
•the most talked about zone in the mission<br />
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<b>OYM:</b><br />
In my mission, we have developed a culture of OYM, or open your mouth, which means to talk to everyone you possibly can about the gospel. So this week, we were at a members' house. She is the only member in her family and has 3 kids that are around 20 years old. We were asking about her family a lot and she told us that she is scared to death to talk to them about the church. She told us that her husband is pretty anti so she doesn't want anything bad to happen and is just too scared to talk to her kids. She then told us that WE have talked to her daughter before. I did not remember this so I asked her when. She said that we talked to her daughter on the train and that her daughter said that she had met missionaries from her church and that we were really nice (she didn't tell us her mom was a member). This member was sooo grateful that we decided to open our mouths and talk to her daughter. She then gave us full permission to talk to any of her kids about the church :) Now we just have to meet them! We're working on having her invite them to English class so we can take over about talking about the gospel.<br />
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The rest of my week is in the pictures :) love you all. Remember you can OYM to share the gospel too!<br />
愛しています、<br />
Wunderli姉妹<br />
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1. My last Zone conference ahhh.<br />
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2 and 3. The Sanjo church is in a strip mall! How cute!!<br />
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4 and 5. We had zone blitz where all the missionaries in the niigata zone went out and proselyted together and it was on a night where it was pouring snow and rain so it was freezing :) barely survived. Also the what's niigata sign is in the background.<br />
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6. Our investigator, Kobayashi san<br />
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There you have it. She began her mission (the Japan part, anyway) in Sado (the island north of the main island of Japan), the northern most part of the Niigata zone and the mission in general. She is finishing her mission in Sanjo - also in the Niigata zone. I think it is a brilliant move by President Nagano since it will prepare her for the winter season in Salt Lake City and it will help her want to come home - she was loving her mission too much in Tokyo. :)<br />
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Thanks for your prayers - please keep praying for her safe return - and your emails. She loves them all. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-68923597099793946912017-11-27T06:12:00.003-08:002017-11-27T06:12:59.817-08:00Full of GratitudeI'll just say that Jordan is REALLY my mini-me - in addition to so many other things, she has my taste buds big-time.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />Hope you all had an amazing thanksgiving!! I sure did. Because it's the time to give thanks and tell everyone what you're grateful for, I'll take this email to do just that.</div>
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1. I'm grateful for my mission. Holy cow I have learned so much in this short year and a half.<br />2. I'm grateful for Sado, Kumagaya, Nakano, and Sanjo (all of my areas). I have learned and grown in each one.<br />3. I'm grateful for all of my companions. I have also learned from each one of them and now I have so many more amazing friends.<br />4. I'm grateful for all of the members I've met on my mission. They are truly inspiring and I hope to emulate their examples of having Christ at the center if my life.<br />5. I'm grateful for Japanese food. The sushi bowls, rice, chocolate, convenient foods, cream puffs. They have all made my life a little better and a little sweeter.<br />6. I'm grateful for my family. I seriously couldn't have asked for better parents or a better brother or anyone else.<br />7. I'm grateful for the Book of Mormon. I feel closer to God and Jesus Christ every time I read it and it has helped me so much in my life and my mission.<br />8. I'm grateful for my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. They have given me everything!!<br />9. I'm grateful for Japanese stores. I have never found so much cute, modest clothing, so easily, in my entire life.<br />10. I'm grateful for tender mercies. I see so many everyday and it's what gets me through the hard ones.<br /><br />This short list doesn't even begin to tell how grateful I am for everything, but there ya go. Be thankful for my short email ;) </div>
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<br />愛しています、<br />Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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<b>Pics:</b></div>
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1. Made cookies with the young women for less active families</div>
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2. Best. Facemasks. Ever.</div>
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3. Thanksgiving dinner :)) these mashed potatoes were bomb!</div>
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4and5. We got out the Christmas decorations at the church!!</div>
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6-8. We hiked a mountain today</div>
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9. This is a train station!! What in the Japan!</div>
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22 days - 3 weeks and 1 day. Jordan will be home soon and I can't tell you how excited I am to see her, hug her, and hang out with her for a couple of weeks before she gets back into the full swing of school at the University of Utah. She's excited. As always, thanks for reading, thanks for your support and your prayers.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-56818901374477877042017-11-20T09:15:00.001-08:002017-11-20T09:26:47.746-08:00It's Cold in Sanjo but the Members are HOT!!Less than one month and Jordan will be HOME!! I can't wait. Here's another good email from her. Not many left. As always, thanks for reading and thanks for your support.<br />
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I can't believe I'm writing yet another weekly email! It seems like just yesterday. Time is seriously flying!!! I have a month until I go home, and well that's insane. It's getting pretty freezing here in sanjo... it's been raining everyday and snowing as of yesterday. Lots and lots of layers! :) well anyway... </div>
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<b>The future of Niigata:</b><br />
A few months ago, Elder Choi, of the seventy, came to the niigata zone for a conference. He told the missionaries and members that Niigata will have its own temple and mission one day. Well ever since then, the members have been absolute fire. We have a conference call with the sanjo branch every single morning at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_46016117" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7am</span></span> where we say a prayer together. All of the Sanjo members get in the call and we say a prayer to help us with missionary efforts and so that we can see a temple in niigata. Every single morning, without fail, the members get on the call. After church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_46016118" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span>, the members wanted to go out and do missionary work! In the freezing cold and rain! They got a stack of fliers for our English class and asked if we wanted to come with them! We broke up into little groups and then we went and handed out fliers for our English class. I love these members so much. 20 of the most solid members in the world. :)</div>
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<b>Yui:</b><br />
Yui is part of a part member family. Her husband's family are members, but he is actually not, so she technically married into a part member family. She hangs out with them all the time and she comes to church events all the time so she has a ton of potential. We've been wanting to bring up the gospel, but weren't exactly sure how to since she's been around the missionaries so much. Well she came late to an activity and there were no other women there so we decided to go into another room and study. We were reading the book of Mormon when she came in. She asked us what we were doing and then how we studied the book of Mormon. One thing lead to another and we ended up teaching her the plan of salvation!! She has a ton of interest, she's just super busy with her baby. She ended up coming to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_46016119" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span> and she even dressed up for it and cut her hair for it!! So excited for her! She's going to be the key to getting her husband baptized as well :) on top of that her baby is absolutely adorable.</div>
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<b>Lol of the week:</b><br />
My companion and I went to go visit this less active that lived semi close to us and the church, but she wasn't home so we decided to house around the area. We rang the doorbell of this apartment (note: in Japan you ring this doorbell that is connected to a speaker think so you can speak back and forth through that, and then the newer apartments even have a video with it so they can see you, but you can't see them) and a man answered. We told him that we were missionaries and since Christmas is coming we wanted to share a short video about the real meaning of Christmas. We asked if he had 5 minutes to watch the video and he did what no Japanese person usually does, he said yes!! We asked if we could share it with him on his front step, but he told us that he wanted to watch it from right there (through the video camera). Well when you're a missionary you do what you gotta do, so I pulled out the video and held it up to the video camera. I felt pretty dumb, but it was for a good cause. Fast forward to after the video and we end up asking if he wants to learn more about Jesus Christ. Then he said that he is already learning about Jesus Christ! We thought he was a kinjin (golden person). We ask what church. He says the Mormon church! We thought he was the elders' investigator. We ask his name and the speaker thing cuts out.. Then the door opens. It was the elders!!! We accidentally housed into the elders.. Welp. There's that.</div>
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1. Yui's baby!!</div>
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7. Zone pday. We went bowling. They had the two dying missionaries (soon to be returning missionaries) sit on the two stools in the front. Yup it's me and Kema shimai. Cool. We felt special.</div>
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We had a special stake conference yesterday where Elder Stevenson from the Quorum of the 12 spoke. He said that one great way for us all to get involved in missionary work was what he called the stair-step method - one step at a time. He said that the first thing we could do is pray for the missionaries. The next step would be to pray for missionaries by name. Then we can pray for the investigators and then pray for them by name. The step after that would be to invite the missionaries over for a lesson so that they can practice - kids often have lots of questions so it will keep the missionaries on their toes. Then we can invite the missionaries and have them bring an investigator. Finally, we can invite the missionaries and a friend who isn't a member. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-59543523047082819922017-11-13T07:08:00.001-08:002017-11-13T08:02:44.940-08:00I'm Not In Tokyo AnymoreI'm so happy that Jordan gets to keep in touch with the investigators she grew so close to in Nakano. I'm really happy for the great news that you'll read about as well. As always, thanks for your kind thoughts, prayers and general support. Enjoy her first email from Sanjo.<br />
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Coming at you live from SANJO. Well I am definitely not in Tokyo anymore... holy cow. The difference is so real!! The trains are few and far between (they come once every hour, compared to every 5 minutes in Tokyo), and the trains are so sketchy. They are so loud and every time the train stops or starts, it actually sounds like it's going to just break down. Not to mention the doors aren't automatic... you have to open them manually! Haha the 7-11s and convenient stores in general are also far and few between. It's a pretty rare thing to see them, as opposed to Tokyo where you can stand at any given location and see about 5. The people too; far and few between, which is also completely different than Tokyo. It's definitely a lot different, but I'm adjusting and adapting, something that all missionaries have to do and learn.</div>
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<b>NAKANO UPDATES</b><br />
I've learned on my mission that just because I transfer out of an area does not mean that I'm necessarily done with that area, and I am so grateful for that. I'm also so grateful for technology because it has allowed me to keep in contact with Ryoko, Nabeko, and some of the other amazing people I met in Nakano. Okay... but with that..NABEKO HAS A BAPTISMAL DATE. Wow I was soooo happy when I heard this. And who did I hear it from? NABEKO! In my last email, I told you all that on the train she told us that she wanted to get baptized, well it's now happening on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2112568331" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">December 17th</span></span>. Holy cow to say I'm so happy is actually a complete understatement.</div>
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She messaged me on LINE and told me about her hard day and how prayer helped her and how the elders helped her. Then she said, "I'm so grateful I could meet you and the church members." Then she said that she is DETERMINED to receive baptism on her scheduled day. Wow. I'm so happy for her. I'm so happy to know her.</div>
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<b>THE SANJO BRANCH MEMBERS </b><br />
Wow they are amazing! They are so willing to work with us and more than that they want to work with us. They are so dedicated to the church and its so humbling to see. The Sanjo branch is about 20 people and the church is just a little building in a strip mall. There is so much potential with this area solely because of the members. There are so many part member families in the branch and they all have such a strong desire to share the gospel with their families. At church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2112568333" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span>, a member came up to us and told us that she wants us to teach her mom and that her mom has been praying everyday and listening to the book of Mormon, and on top of that, the remember also told us that she would set up an appointment with us and another investigator to introduce us. </div>
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<b>MY BEAN</b><br />
Sister Thompson is her name. Dendo (missionary work) is her game. She is fresh out of the MTC and had a bad case of jet-lag the first few days (this is her first time out of America). She is from Kansas City, Missouri. She is so excited to be in Japan and to be doing the Lord's work! We are working hard together and trying to find our way around Sanjo.</div>
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Until next week. Read the blue book!<br />
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1. Picking up our beans (new missionaries)</div>
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4. the branch presidents family. Wow I love them so much.</div>
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5. Last pday in Tokyo with my bff. We just had to try these on. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-73300969257642205912017-11-06T17:28:00.001-08:002017-11-06T17:28:05.649-08:00The Church is TrueWell Jordan has been in Nakano for the last five transfers. We got the word on Jordan's last transfer and she will be serving the last 6 weeks of her mission in...<br />
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Is she staying in Nakano or is she going to be serving somewhere else? Read on and find out. It was another challenging week but I think she got some good answers and had a fair amount of good stuff, too. Enjoy this week's adventures with Jordan on her mission.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />If I'm being completely honest, it was another hard week, but I also had so many of those, "wow the church is true" moments, so that is what I want to focus on.</div>
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<b>1. RYOKO </b><br />After Ryoko cancelled her baptism the day of, and after a few days of hardly any contact with her, she messaged us asking us if we could meet. She apologized again for canceling her baptism and then she told us how much she loved this church and Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. She then said that since her parents are Buddhist she is trying to be Buddhist. We found out that she still hasn't told her parents anything at all about her even learning about a Christian church let alone being baptized into one. The more we talked to her, the more we realized how strong her testimony is and how much she wants to follow Jesus Christ. She told us that she wants to keep reading the book of mormon and praying. She told us that lately she has been having a hard time deciding what to do because she feels like all the decisions she has to make are big ones (she is 22 and about to graduate college). As she was telling this to us, and kind of letting her frustration out, she stops and says, "I think the reason God is giving me all of these hard things is to make me stronger and so that I can learn." SHE GETS IT. She completely gets it. She then went on to say that the only time she feels strong is when she's with us and feels that peace. She even showed us her favorite scripture in the book of Mormon that helps her - Alma 34:40. The only thing holding her back is her family. She loves her family so much, so she doesn't want to be baptized without their approval, but she is terrified to tell them.</div>
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<b>2. NABEKO</b><br />Nabeko is so prepared. She doesn't know anything about God or Jesus Christ or anything involving religion in the slightest, yet somehow she just gets it. We had a lesson about baptism with her this week and were going to commit her to be baptized, but then she really opened up about how she doesn't know how to make decisions for herself. She explained that her whole life, she hasn't has to make any decisions. She is from China and moved to Japan 2 months ago, and up until then, her whole life had been decided for her. She told us that the Chinese government controlled everything they did, and if it wasn't them, it was her parents. She is really struggling with just making any decisions right now, so we are helping her to make her own ones, and because of all this, we didn't feel right about asking her to be baptized on a certain date, even though it is still her decision. However, throughout the lesson, she would reference her getting baptized. She would say things like, "If or when I get baptized, it's going to be hard because I love drinking alcohol."</div>
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Well fast forward to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1993057861" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span> night (she had come to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1993057862" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span> too), she hung out with us a little on p-day because I was transferring. On the train ride home, we were all just goofing off and having fun and then she gets serious and she says, "I think want to be baptized. I want that same light that you two have and I really like the way I feel when I'm in the church." She told us that she needed some time, but she really wants to get baptized. She even told us that she's been trying to stop drinking alcohol!! This is amazing!! She loves alcohol!! Also, we haven't even taught her the word of wisdom, so she doesn't even know the blessings of keeping it! She just knows you can't drink alcohol from a member who told her. On a completely different note, when she saw that sister Morelock and I were stressed about something, she told us that we needed to pray. You're right, Nabeko! She amazes me.</div>
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<b>3. TRANSFERS</b><br />This whole transfer I had been feeling like I would be transferring (I mean I've been in Nakano for 5 transfers so....). I didn't know where I would be going (like every missionary), but this last Friday night, BOTH Morelock Shimai AND I had a dream that I was going to be transferring to Sanjo. We had transfer calls a couple days later and it turns out that I will in fact be going to Sanjo!! We also later found out that the assistants and President Nagano had solidified that I was going to Sanjo the night before we had the dream. Crazy, right?</div>
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Now Sanjo hasn't had sister missionaries recently so I will be reopening the area, whitewashing (missionary term, me and my companion have never been to the area and know nothing about it), and I will be doing it with a brand new missionary! I'm training!! Sanjo is in my first zone that I was in when I came to Japan so I get to go back for my last transfer. I'm pumped. This zone is also the coldest zone in the mission so yay.</div>
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I'm so grateful for a daily dose of testimony builders and tender mercies. Through the highs and the lows, I just love being a missionary. Next week I'll be reporting live from Sanjo, Niigata. The church is true. </div>
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<br />愛しています、<br />Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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1. This store though.</div>
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2. Thus is nabeko. She loves drinking plain tomato juice with every meal.</div>
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5and6. Last Sunday in Nakano with my two favorites: Ryoko and nabeko.</div>
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7. Last English class with my two favorites </div>
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8. I love the Nakano young women <img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /> they all want to go on missions!</div>
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As always, thanks for your positive thoughts, your prayers, your snail mail and email. Jordan really loves them and appreciates them...as do we (her parents). There's not many of these left. The time is drawing close to when I'll get to see her again and give the biggest hug I can possibly give someone. We'll be back next week with more.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-68942036390118742322017-10-30T21:05:00.003-07:002017-10-30T21:05:48.243-07:00He Knows...Jordan has always been strong. She was strong in her work ethic when it came to working out for swimming and improving every season. She was strong when she had some pretty tough hurdles to overcome in high school. She was strong when she made her decision about the role the church would play in her life as she entered college and she has been unwavering in her commitment to work hard on her mission since she made the decision to go. This week and what she went through will make her stronger, even if it's not a good thing to have to live through. I'd say to enjoy reading her email but this isn't the kind of email that's very enjoyable. Thanks for reading.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />I'm going to just cut right to the chase; this week was probably the worst week of my mission. It seemed as if I literally fell from cloud 9. While missions are the best thing ever and there are so many happy times, there are also some really heart breaking times. This week was full of those heart breaking times.</div>
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<b>When I was on Cloud 9:</b><br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_222634329" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Tuesday</span></span>, we went to dinner with Ryoko, a member and another investigator and it couldn't have gone any better!! They all became bffs and made plans to hang out again! Fast forward to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_222634330" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Thursday</span></span> and Ryoko passed her baptismal interview with "flying colors" according to our district leader. We planned the baptism with her after the interview and she was so excited. She filled out the baptismal form right then and there! Fast forward to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_222634331" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> and Ryoko comes to the ward Halloween party. She had so much fun with all of the members and fit right in. What could go wrong?</div>
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From there on out everything became so much harder. We went out and smiled and greeted all the members. We had to tell everyone the baptism was canceled. We had to be nice when someone asked us that day, "how is the work? Do you see any baptisms? How many baptisms have you seen?" We had to report on the baptisms and confirmations that took place in our zone. Everything just hurt a little more. </div>
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I can't put into words how hard this was. I can't put into words how I felt. However, through all of this hard there is good because we have the gospel. I'm grateful for the things that I learned and am still learning through this experience. I'm grateful for the simple truths the gospel has such as, Jesus Christ knows exactly what I'm going through; He knows. I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love Ryoko. I don't know what's going to happen with Ryoko within the next week, but I have complete faith that someday, maybe not this week, or next week, but someday she will get baptized.</div>
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Sorry for my somberness and not-too-happy of an email today. Now you have a glimpse into what every missionary feels at some point: heartbreak. And let me tell you, this heartbreak is the worse kind!</div>
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"Jesus, who suffered the most, has the most compassion for all of us who suffer so much less," Elder Bednar. He knows. </div>
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<br />愛しています、<br />Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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Today I'm grateful for Yagi kyodai, zone p-day, my district leader's personal goal pray for Ryoko all the time, cream puffs, and avocado socks. </div>
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1. Zone pday @ harajuku </div>
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2. This ice cream doesn't melt! Even in hot chocolate!!</div>
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3. Puri kura land </div>
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4. Harajuku </div>
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5. This is normal in Japan </div>
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6. Halloween party</div>
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7. The look of satisfaction after they won the mummy wrapping contest</div>
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8. Missionaries aren't allowed to dress up in costumes so we switched name tags and became each other </div>
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9. I love Japan </div>
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10. Puri kura with my favorites</div>
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After this week, Jordan can use the support of your positive thoughts, prayers, emails and snail mail more than ever. Thanks for reading. Hopefully next week will have happier news including some good progress with other investigators.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-42392840477663039362017-10-23T19:27:00.001-07:002017-10-23T19:27:21.032-07:00Coming Out With the WinJust a short email this week since she had a late p-day last week but there's still lots of good stuff in it. Thanks for reading and ENJOY.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />Long time no see ね? oh did you all know that sarcasm is not a thing in Japan? One time I said long time no see to a member that I just saw as a joke and they didn't get it at all, in fact they thought I was going crazy. So there's that fun fact for you. Anyway, this one will be a short one because my last P-day was just a few days ago soooo not toooo much to say.</div>
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<b>Busy, busy, busy.</b></div>
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We have been crazy busy lately. We are literally working from the moment we make up to the moment our heads hit our pillows. Even on pdays!! I'm slowly dying, but I'm dying happy so it's okay :) <br />Here's a glimpse into our pday mornings:<br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926083" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6:30am</span></span> get up and get ready and bike to church<br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926084" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7am</span></span> weekly call in with sisters<br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926085" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7:30am</span></span> weekly call in with sisters<br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926086" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8am</span></span> district leader weekly call in<br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926087" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8:30am</span></span> district leader weekly call in<br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926088" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9am</span></span> district leader weekly call in<br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926089" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:45am</span></span> Tokyo west weekly call in with the assistants<br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926090" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">10:30am</span></span> Tokyo east weekly call in with the assistants<br />Sooo many calls and this isn't even half of it :`( gotta love it :)</div>
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<b>GAME-DAY</b><br />Okay not the game day you're thinking of ;) but go utes. For missionaries, our game day is church!! We spend all week trying to get our players ready for game day or our investigators ready for church. Sometimes the players play a bad game and we, as the coaches, are pretty disappointed, but sometimes the whole team plays way good and we win the championship bowl. Yesterday, the second one happened. WE HAD 4 INVESTIGATORS AT CHURCH. We were so busy; sister Morelock and I had to go on splits and we were just running around trying to get members to talk to our investigators and also making sure our investigators were getting taken care of. It was amazing.</div>
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Also, there was a baptism for the Elders' investigators after church and <b>3</b> of our investigators stayed for that. One of the investigators said that the baptism was "magical." This Sunday was her first time ever at church and she loved it. Nabeko (our Chinese investigator) loved church and the baptism and stayed after we even left to have dinner with the members. And then there's our MVP, Ryoko, she loved church and the baptism and is so excited for her baptism this <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926091" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">coming Sunday</span></span>. She told all of the members that she was getting baptized next week, and she talked to the bishop for 20 minutes about her job. Her baptismal interview is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926092" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">this Thursday</span></span> and if all goes well, her baptism will be this <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1131926093" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">next Sunday</span></span>.</div>
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Choose the right y'all.<br />愛しています、<br />Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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PS. I'm safe from the "super" typhoon. Haha it was just a little more rain than usual. Nothing we couldn't bike in ;) </div>
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4. The "we all hate natto" club at English class</div>
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Thanks for reading and thanks for your support. Jordan really appreciates your kind thoughts, emails, snail mail and prayers. Keep them coming so that she has the strength to finish strong. Back with more...next week.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-47096685880832239432017-10-19T20:37:00.004-07:002017-10-19T20:37:34.430-07:00My Tribute to My Eternal FriendWell this is <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">WAY</u> later than normal, but I'll let her tell you why in the email. Today is a very COOL day because two months from today, my Jordan will be home. I can't wait. Time hasn't slowed down yet, but it will, especially as we get within a couple of weeks and I anticipate that last day to be MURDER. At any rate, this email may be among my top 3 favorite of hers if it's not my favorite because of the tender mercies she listed. Thanks for your support and enjoy reading it.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />Gomen (sorry) y'all! This weeks email is wayyyyy late. We didn't get a pday at all <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_283721548" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Monday</span></span> and when we told our district leader that he told us to take another day for pday. The only problem was we had exchanges the next day, interviews the day after, a lesson and weekly planning the next day, MLC the next, and then by that point having a pday would be pointless. So today, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_283721549" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Thursday</span></span>, were squeezing in some pday hours.</div>
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<b>Ryoko, Ryoko, and more Ryoko ♡♡ </b><br />Basically this whole email is just going to be me telling you all how awesome Ryoko is so bear with me. We've had three lessons with Ryoko this week and she is right on track for her baptism next week.</div>
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<b>•Lesson 1 - The Word of Wisdom: </b>Before we even taught the word of wisdom, she knew that it was a commandment to not drink coffee and tea and she told us that she didn't know if she could do it. We told her not to worry and that we would talk more about it today. We read D&C 89 (the word of wisdom in the scriptures) with her and after we read it, we asked her, "What do you think?" She looked down at the scriptures with wide eyes and a smile on her face and tells us that she knows she needs to do it. We asked her why and she said that God has asked us to do it and he will bless us if we do it. She then said from now on she would keep the word of wisdom.<br /><b><br /></b></div>
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<b>•Lesson 2 - Law of Chastity and eternal marriage:</b> She didn't know that you could kiss, hold hands, have a boyfriend, etc., until the end, but still was willing to keep it. Is that some strong faith or what? She said that she thought the law of chastity was so important. She wants an eternal family and soaked up everything.<br /><b><br /></b></div>
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<b>•Lesson 3 - Law of Tithing:</b> Agreed to keep it before she even knew what it was because "it's from God." Her only question during this lesson was, "how can I and how often do we pay tithing?"</div>
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Ryoko has been keeping all of the commandments, praying everyday, reading the book of Mormon everyday (she even asked some members what chapters they would recommend to read), and this next week she will have her interview to be baptized. The only "problem" we've run into with her is church attendance. She loves church and wants to go, but it's been so hard with her job.... sooo what does she tell us?! She is looking for a new job so that she can get off work on Sundays for church and to get off Fridays for English class. What. Yep. That's Ryoko in a nutshell. I can talk about her for dayzzz.</div>
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<b>Tender mercies from the week:</b><br />• We had a dinner with an investigator and a recent convert (we secretly want them to get married) and in the prayer the recent convert said, he goes, "I really want nabeko to be a member so please help her to get baptized." :`) melts my heart.<br />• We had 3 full day exchanges and we are still alive.<br />• Managed to learn so much about the sisters and myself on exchanges.<br />• Had interviews with President and sister Nagano.<br />• Found 10 new investigators :)<br />• I tried pig ear. Taste was good, texture was weird.<br />• A girl that we had just met bought us ice cream and then became a new investigator. <span style="font-size: 19.2px;">I'm tired, but wow I just love being a missionary. LET'S GOOOO DENDOOO! See ya in a few days! Read the blue book. BYEEE.</span><span style="font-size: 19.2px;"> </span></div>
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愛しています、<br />Wunderli Shimai </div>
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1. Shibuya </div>
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2. Nakano</div>
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3. Lesson w/ Ryoko <img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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4. The investigator who bought us ice cream</div>
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5. Guess who??</div>
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6. They're going to get married</div>
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7. Pig ear</div>
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8-12. #nofilter</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-13723614392816050812017-10-09T21:38:00.002-07:002017-10-09T21:38:42.694-07:00Miracle-Go-RoundLots of good stuff in this week's email. Jordan was hit a bit hard last week with the tragedy in Vegas - she lost at least one friend that I know of and had some others who were injured or otherwise impacted. It was a bit distracting but she told me that while she's looking forward to coming home and getting back to a normal life, she also wants to redouble her efforts and finish her mission strong. She has such great resolve and her heart is in the right place. Thanks for reading and enjoy.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />What a miracle-seeing, conference going, delicious food-eating week it's been. I know I say this a lot...but....I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY.</div>
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<b>愛するRyoko:</b> Wow she is doing so good. We were finally able to have a member come to her lesson! We started teaching her the commandments and it couldn't have gone more smoothly. First of all, the member that came is literally perfect for Ryoko. They are going to be best friends. It's been decided. They have the same voice, say the same things, have the same hobby, and Akira (the member) even served as a missionary in Ryoko's hometown. Doesn't that just sound like a recipe for best friends? So anyway, the lesson... well we taught her the simple commandments, one of those being prayer, and Ryoko, not the member, but Ryoko bore her testimony on prayer!! She said she loves the peaceful feelings she gets when she prays. Next was the book of Mormon.. Ryoko has been struggling with this one, but luckily Akira had the perfect explanation of the book of Mormon to go along with such a sincere testimony that made Ryoko want to read it. We talked about baptism and confirmation, which we has talked about before and we asked Ryoko if she had any questions and she goes, "just one.. How long is the prayer for the confirmation?" She sighed with relief when we told her that it's only around 3 minutes hahaha. Ryoko said the closing prayer and in her prayer she told her heavenly father that she wants to repent more and to keep the commandments and asked for his help. Wow. Her prayers get me in the kokoro (heart) every time.</div>
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Miyuki: Holy moly, it's always an adventure with Miyuki. We were again not able to meet with her this week because she was too busy to meet. But the good news is she came to general conference the whole time <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2067699309" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span> and loved it! In between sessions, we had lunch with a ton of members (the whole YSA group provided lunch for the missionaries and our investigators). Well during the lunch, members had to introduce the investigators after talking with them for a little while. The member that introduced Miyuki, said that Miyuki said that she's excited to get baptized. Hahaha oh miyuki. We have to meet before you do that! She has a strong desire, but is unbelievably hard to meet with. Pray for Miyuki.</div>
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<b>God's timing:</b><br />There we were, at lunch with an investigator and it went an hour longer than anticipated. We didn't know how we let that much time go by!! We quickly ended our lunch and went to pay for our food. Well that was when I ran into Kirin. If anyone remembers Kirin, props to you because it's been awhile, but Kirin is Chinese and she's 22. She is super interested in the gospel, we had a lesson with her and she said she would read the book of Mormon. The only problem was, the day after that lesson, she went back to China for 3 weeks and then we were never able to get into contact with her after that. But now here she was! She recognized me, ran up to me and gave me a hug! She told me that she wanted to meet. So we will be meeting with her next week. But if we had left the restaurant any earlier, we would've missed her! God's timing! Also, we originally weren't going to go to that place to eat. Our investigator originally wanted to go to somewhere else, but then found out that place was closed for lunch (what kind of place is closed for lunch?), so she picked this one instead. Craziness. </div>
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<b>Other highlights that I don't have time to go into detail about: </b><br />We also had zone conference and general conference (we watch it a week late because we have to wait for translation) this week and both were so spiritually uplifting. Also, all of our other investigators are doing great! We had 3 people come to church this weekend, woohoo! I also had sushi bowl again incase you were wondering. :)</div>
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Love you all, but God loves you even more.<br />愛しています、<br />Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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1. Tokyo zone conference.. dang I'm short</div>
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2. Comp pic <img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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3. Instead of parking lots for cars... Japan has parking lots for bikes </div>
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4. Two on the right are Bffs Ryoko and Akira.. How cute are they??</div>
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5-7. We went to a members house for pday and to sue taught us how to paint with ink. So cool.</div>
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8. By yours truly :) </div>
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9&10. You can buy the weirdest things in Japan.. like individually, peeled corn, and a notebook that is also a pillow. Love Japan :`)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-90109115959067140972017-10-03T07:05:00.002-07:002017-10-03T07:05:27.999-07:00Mama Mia<div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">
Well...again it's later than normal but who knows what normal is anymore. She explains why her email is late in the email along with some other good stuff. Today, 2 is my lucking number. Not that I'm counting, and thankfully, time is still going by pretty quickly, but today Jordan is 2 months, 2 weeks and 2 days from being home. Anyway, thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy this weeks update from her.</div>
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Wow what a week. My mind is going about a thousand miles per hour right now, so forgive me of my bad writing skills, and lack of an email today. Also, forgive my lateness; we changed our pday to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1986101639" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Tuesday</span></span> because of how crazy busy we were <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1986101640" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Monday</span></span>. </div>
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<b>Ryoko:</b> We had a lesson with her this past week and taught her the plan of salvation. She came to the lesson and looked a little sad, and told us that her friend had passed away of pneumonia while she was in her hometown. What a perfect time to teach the plan of salvation. The crazy thing is, we had originally planned to teach her the plan of salvation the week before and then begin the commandments this week, but due to the shortness of time we had to rearrange it and teach it this week. Well that was completely God's timing! He new exactly when Ryoko needed to hear the plan of salvation. After the lesson, Ryoko told us that it was ,"the perfect lesson" and, "exactly what she needed to hear." We're starting to teach the commandments from here on out so please pray for her!! </div>
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Mamma mia Miyuki: About 99.9% of my stress comes from Miyuki. Love her, but wow. Now I know how my parents felt/feel about me! Well she finally decided to message us back after a few days of not responding to us last week. She messaged us <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1986101641" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Tuesday</span></span> saying she was coming to church. We messaged her back and asked if we could meet before <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1986101642" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> for a lesson. She said she was busy but asked if we could meet before church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1986101643" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span>. Great. We texted her back and Sked her if <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1986101644" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9am</span></span> worked. No response. Messaged her again <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1986101645" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>, no response until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1986101646" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8:45pm</span></span> (15 minutes before curfew), she said yes she could meet. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1986101647" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Sunday</span></span> morning, we rushed to find a douseki (a member for the lesson), and we called the elders and told them we wouldn't be able to go to DCS (missionary coordination meeting). At <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1986101648" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8:55am</span></span>, we got a text from her saying that she has to cancel and she's so sorry and she wants to meet some other time. Ughhhh. We haven't been able to meet her in forever. Well luckily sister Nagano (the mission presidents wife) came to our ward today and we were able to talk with her about it. Long story short, we started a group message with Miyuki and sister Nagano and because Miyuki has so much respect for sister Nagano she actually replies. Sister Nagano has got our backs, everything is going to be okay.</div>
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There were more things that happened this week, but I can't focus and you're all probably bored of my emails by now ;) </div>
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I also heard about the shooting in Las Vegas. Wow. I was speechless when I read my mom's and friend's emails. I'm praying for everyone in Las Vegas that was effected by the shooting. It's times like these where I am especially grateful for the gospel and the hope and light it brings. </div>
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Wunderli姉妹</div>
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1. MLC (missionary leadership council)</div>
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2. NABEKO came to church :) </div>
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3. Sushi bowl. I have an addiction.</div>
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4. I love Sara so much. Also kou kyoudai has been a member for 2 months but he's the best member present ever. What a homie. </div>
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As always, feel free to share your thoughts or questions in the comments section and thanks for your support. Jordan loves the emails, snail mail, and thoughts and prayers on her behalf. Next week the blog post will likely be later than normal since I'll be on my hunt for an elk to put some fresh meat in my freezer. Make it a great week.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-29658656884584904422017-09-25T22:22:00.000-07:002017-09-25T22:22:09.376-07:00I've Hit Double DigitsWell once again it's later than normal. I actually got her email a few hours ago in the early evening on Monday (not late Sunday night or early Monday morning like we have been getting them most of the time). I got sidetracked by a few things and now I'm ready to hit the hay but I thought I'd get her email up so that you can see what's going on with Jordan Wunderli in the Japan, Tokyo mission. Thanks for reading and enjoy.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />I'M STAYING IN MY BELOVED NAKANO!! I am blessed to have another transfer in Nakano. And to make things even better, I'm staying with Morelock shimai for another transfer! Here's to another transfer full of laughs, hard work, miracles, sushi, smoothies, failed attempts at being healthy, stress, embarrassing moments, and facemasks.</div>
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<b>愛するRyoko:</b><br />Ryoko continues to amaze me. We had a lesson with her and introduced the plan of salvation. Well again, she had her highlighter ready and would highlight her favorite parts. She's also been praying everyday without us reminding her! She had a job interview right after the lesson and told us that she prayed the night before that the interview would go well and she would get the job. Well... She got the job.. and on top of that, she messaged us after and she said, and I copy and paste, "thanks to praying... I got the job!!" Let me write that one more time in case you misread that, THANKS TO PRAYING, I GOT THE JOB!! She makes me so happy!! She's my eternal friend. ♡</div>
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<b>Sara, get baptized!! *eye roll*</b><br />We haven't been able to meet with her at all for awhile because she's been traveling. We were finally able to meet her to go to lunch this week and it was amazing. We found out that she's been keeping the word of wisdom. She told us that she loved tea but hasn't been drinking it because she knows she needs to follow the word of wisdom. She also looked up a church when she was out of town and went!! She was telling us how she loves church and how she believes in Jesus Christ and God and knows that they are there. When the elders were referring her to us (she's been an investigator since January), they told us that she felt super pressured to be baptized and doesn't want to at all, but she keeps all the commandments (except baptism lol), and believes it's all true. I have to admit, we were too chicken to bring up baptism during our lunch appointment, but have no fear, we are meeting with her this week and were going to bring it up. To be continued...</div>
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<b>Our child has gone down the wrong path:</b><br />Okay kind of bummer, but miyuki, the one who wanted to get baptized just last week, dropped off the face of the earth. We have not been able to get in contact with her at all. We will see that happens this next week, but we might have to drop her. Sad, but it happens. #faithtofind #faithtodrop</div>
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So pumped to be in Nakano for another transfer. This is also my 10th transfer, but who's counting. Time isn't slowing down! And luckily for me, the work isn't either. </div>
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1. TASUKU. He's a genius. </div>
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2. Smoothie bowls. Yum.</div>
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3-6. There's this app called snow in Japan. All the Japanese girls are doing it. </div>
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7. Live at Takdanoababa. The most popping English class in Japan. </div>
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8. Can you read this? </div>
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9. I made a cake for Morelock shimai's birthday.. it was the most legit cake I've ever made. It even had coconut frosting. It was sooo good. </div>
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10. Oh yeah and I made it in a rice cooker #noovens </div>
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11. Sushi with Sara</div>
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If you've read this far, there's one more surprise email that we got from on of Jordan's companions. We got it on Sunday evening and were a bit shocked by it just because we hadn't had any communication with her before. She is going home this week so that's an exciting time for her and I'm sure she was thinking back on her mission and felt compelled to share her feelings about Jordan with us. Here they are:</div>
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Her subject line was "About your incredible daughter." Here's the body of the email with names removed:</div>
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Hi brother and sister Wunderli!</div>
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I am about to finish my mission and go home this week, and I just wanted to email you two and tell you how amazing Jordan is and what an amazing missionary she has become! </div>
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I've known Wunderli shimai from her first day in Japan and I've gotten to work with her throughout my whole mission:) she is one of the most dedicated, hard working, talented missionaries in the entire mission! That's why she was called as a leader so young. President Nagano trusts her so much and has given her so much responsibility. I and so many other missionaries have been so blessed by her love, humor, and example:)</div>
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Jordan has truly become converted to the Lord on her mission and is blessing so many lives. She is going to do some serious work in the lords kingdom during her life. I'm so so grateful to be her eternal friend. Thank you for raising such an amazing missionary and friend!</div>
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I look foreword to meeting you both at Jordan's homecoming in December!</div>
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That's all a parent could ever ask for. I love Jordan with all of my heart and I'm so proud of the young woman she is and the fantastic, hard-working, loving, compassionate missionary she is. I feel so blessed to have shared her with the people of Japan for this time but I can't wait to she's back home with me. Like always, thanks for your love and support and your emails, prayers and snail mail. Back with more next week.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-17932233876304510172017-09-18T19:24:00.002-07:002017-09-18T19:24:29.755-07:00I'm A MotherWell once again it's a bit later than normal but we just got Jordan's email and there's lots of good stuff in it. I'm so excited for her. It's so much fun when you are living right and working hard and you get rewarded for it. She is seeing the fruits of her labor (and faith). Enjoy and thanks for reading.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />This past week I hit my year mark in Japan. Well if that's not crazy enough by itself, I also realized that I go home <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_78799373" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">in 3 months</span></span>. Woah. I have 3 months to give the Lord all I've got and I plan to literally give it my all! I can rest when I get home! Right fam?</div>
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This week, sister Morelock and I felt like we got a glimpse in the life of a mom. We found ourselves eating a lot more chocolate than usual when one of our children (investigators) was not doing what we would want them to do. We also found that a lot of our stress, happiness, and every emotion came from them!! I feel so sorry for my mom! But no matter their decisions, we love them the same and desire the absolute best for them. I seriously love each and every one of them so much.</div>
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<b>Investigator updates:</b><br />•<b>愛するRyoko (my BFF) aka.</b> The golden child: We met with her a couple of times this past week. We had a lesson on the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We committed her to pray to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet and at the next lesson she told us that she prayed about it and she knows that he was a real prophet of God!! She also sends us messages all the time saying how she always feels at peace and warm when she meets with us. On top of that, she hung out with us today on our pday! We went to asukusa (a huge shrine in Tokyo) and we got a native to give us a tour. She is the best.</div>
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•<b>Miyuki (the up and down teenager):</b> What a crazy week it has been with Miyuki. Previously, I mentioned that she really wants her ancestors to receive baptism but doesn't want to receive baptism herself...at least for awhile. Well this week we had Sister Nagano (our mission president's wife) to come participate in the lesson. We thought that would set miyuki straight! And boy did it! First of all, she was so impressed with Sister Nagano (how could you not be), and she just listened to everything Sister Nagano said, one of those things being to, "listen to the missionaries." That night, we got a text message from Miyuki asking how much it costed to be baptized. We explained that there is no cost, but we do pay donations after joining (tithing). The next day she messaged us and asked if she were to get baptized this <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_78799374" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">coming Sunday</span></span>(the 17th) would she be able to go to the temple for her ancestors (before it closes). We told her yes, but there are still some lessons we had to teach her and that if she wanted to get baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_78799375" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span>, she would have to meet with us everyday. She decided to wait. She came to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_78799376" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span> and after sacrament meeting she was talking with a member about what she needs to do in order to get baptized and they got so excited and just said, "meet with the missionaries!" Miyuki is so excited to learn more. We're hoping to set a baptismal date with her this week.</div>
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•<b>Akane:</b> Akane is probably our most confusing child (investigator) right now. She LOVES church and she LOVES the members, and she LOVES learning about the church. But this week she told us that she can't believe in anything she can't see. She also LOVES LOVES LOVES baptism and what it represents. A companionship of elders had a baptism this last Sunday and she stayed 4 extra hours at church just to see the baptism. She was so excited! She kept saying that it was amazing and it looked like he was glowing. When we asked if she wanted to get baptized, she said no, it's not for her. No Akane, no! It is for you! We're working on her, and praying for her.</div>
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<b>Other exciting news:</b><br />We got to move back into our apartment a couple of weeks early!! The senior couple had to leave a couple weeks early so we got to move back. Our commute is no longer 3 hours and were always in our area. I love being in Nakano!</div>
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I love you all. God loves you all. And Jesus loves you all.<br />愛しています、<br />Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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1 and 2: We had six new girl students at our English class. Can someone say partyyy?</div>
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3. The Martin's (the new couple missionaries) invited us over for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_78799377" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> dinner where we had a roast, mashed potatoes, and apply pie. It tasted like America. </div>
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4. A look into the shibuya apartment (the most expensive missionary apartment in the world).</div>
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5. What a fantastic meal.</div>
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6. My bffs (Ryoko and Morelock shimai)</div>
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7 and 8: Asakusa </div>
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9-11. The skytree </div>
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I'm so happy for Jordan and the experiences she is having. I know it's very fulfilling for her. I can't wait to travel to Japan in 2020 and see the places she lived and meet the people she worked with. </div>
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As always, thanks for your support, your emails, snail mail, and prayers. We really appreciate it all. Thanks for taking the time to read. We'll be back next week with another episode.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-79625532033554615002017-09-12T11:25:00.001-07:002017-09-12T11:25:49.123-07:00Eaten Alive...AND...Living in the Lap of LuxuryThe report is a little late this week because we didn't get Jordan's emails until last night (Monday night). More good stuff in this week's email. As always, thanks for your support and thanks for reading.<br />
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I think I have about 30 bug bites over my body and wow do they itch. Why am I telling you this? I don't know.. but it has been my life for the past month so I thought maybe I'd clue you in a bit. The mosquitoes really seem to like me, but of course Heavenly Father always comes through and I never seem to be itchy when I'm with investigators. </div>
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Speaking of our lovely investigators.. I'll talk about 2 today.</div>
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<b>The lovely Ryoko:</b></div>
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I could talk about Ryoko for hours! She is the best. Ryoko has a baptismal date for<span> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_151567223" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">October 29th</span></span><span> </span>and she is progressing sooo well. She came to church for the first time and the members were so impressed by her. She prayed at the end of gospel principles class without any help from anyone; (she even remembered to pray in the name of Jesus Christ) it was a proud mom moment right there. Earlier in the week we had a lesson on prophets and connected it to the book of Mormon which she's already been reading. We told her about our current prophet, Thomas S. Monson and we showed a picture of him. Well fast forward 5 days and she sees a picture of him at church, points to it, and says, "That's Thomas S. Monson, the prophet!" The members were so shocked. Honestly, she fit right in with the members, I actually forgot a couple of times that she wasn't a member. She even participated in relief society! We had a couple of lessons with her and one of them was a little shorter because we didn't want to move to fast with her and when we finished she goes, "Wait that's it?" She wanted to learn more!! I could talk about her forever, but you get the jist, she's amazing. </div>
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<b>The confusing Miyuki: </b></div>
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Miyuki loves family history and she wants her ancestors to be baptized (baptisms for the dead). We had a lesson with her a few weeks ago where we talked about the plan of salvation and baptism. She told us very clearly that she did not want to get baptized anytime soon. We ended the lesson on a little bit of a weird note, but all was well. She came to church this Sunday with a huge stack of family history work done and in the church's format. A huge stack. We went to the family history class with her and she shows it to the couple who teaches it and asked what she needs to do next in order for her ancestors to get baptized. They were completely shocked at all the work she had done in just a week and asked her if she was going to get baptized and she said no. It was a little strange because she had no interest in getting baptized for her ancestors, she just wants them to receive baptism and she doesn't care by who, but she wants it done in September. We have no clue why, when we asked her, she wouldn't give an answer. Yeah, we are a little confused, so Sister Nagano (our mission president's wife) is going to come and participate in the next lesson. Don't worry, I'll keep you all posted ;) </div>
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I can definitelysee how it's the most expensive missionary apartment in the world. First of all, it's HUMONGOUS. Second of all, it's sooo nice. It has heated floors, and the toilet seat opens when you walk into the bathroom and flushes automatically. We also have a dish washer and no one in Japan has a dish washer because they are so expensive. Third of all, it's in Tokyo like the heart and center of Tokyo. It's craziness. But it is a little hard for commuting back and forth to our area. It makes the days a little longer and a little more tiring, but all is well. </div>
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I love the opportunity I have to teach His gospel and to serve His children. I love being with our investigators and members. I love that I can literally feel His love for them. I love being a missionary. </div>
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1 and 2: the new apartment is nice, but it doesn't have a view like our old one...</div>
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4. TASUKU aka my favorite kid ever<span> </span><img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-30791595117076905772017-09-04T06:52:00.000-07:002017-09-04T06:52:01.701-07:00Coming At You live With...As we get closer to the end of Jordan's mission, I expect that time WILL slow down. I am 100% certain that when she is on the flight home, time will actually stop - at least for me. This week, however, it is still moving at a decent speed and more good, exciting stuff is happening for her and her companion. Check it out and thanks for reading.<br />
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<b>Jimmy Osmond and the Olympian:</b><br /><b>•Jimmy Osmond:</b> For those of you who don't know who Jimmy Osmond is.. ask my grandma.. just kidding.. but Jimmy Osmond was on a famous TV show and he and his family were the Osmond family (pretty famous, don't know much about them), but they did meet the Queen of England and Elvis Presely if that says anything. Well he came to Tokyo this last week and held a fireside in one of the church buildings and the missionaries were allowed to go as long as they brought an investigator, so we brought two! It was a great fireside and him and his family were able to share why they loved the church which was great for our investigators. Also, apparently Jimmy osmond actually had his first hit single in Japan and he was quite famous here back in the day.</div>
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<br /><b>•the Olympian:</b> There we were, doing our normal streeting and talking to as many people as we possibly can. My companion stops this girl and while they are talking I realize that she is super buff, especially for Japanese girl (they usually have pretty thin arms). I was quite impressed with how much muscle she had! Then I noticed her shirt said Rio on it, and on the sleeve of her shirt.. the Olympic rings.. I asked her if she went to the Rio Olympics and she said yes! She was a gymnast for the Japan team! I was not able to watch the Olympics due to the fact I was already on my mission, so I asked her how she did and how Japan did. They got 4th for gymnastics, which is pretty darn good! She told us that she is currently training for the Tokyo 2020 olympics!! But what's even cooler than that, she wants to come to our English class!! We even exchanged contact info!!</div>
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<b>愛するRyoko:</b><br />Ryoko san is doing amazing. She is on track for her baptismal date and has kept every single commitment we've given her. She high lights all of her favorite scriptures and she does her reading assignments the day we give them to her. We taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ this week and she just kept saying "woah, woah, woah" with the biggest smile on her face. She is seriously soaking every little bit in. The day before church, she texted us to tell us how excited she was to go to church. We never have to follow up with her because she will just text her and say, "I read the pamphlet you gave me and it was amazing!" I could go on and on about her. She is the best and we are meeting her <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1983046511" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tomorrow</span></span>!</div>
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<b>Inspiration:</b><br />I won't go into much detail about this one but it's amazing to see the inspiration and direction we've been getting as STL's for the sisters in our zone. A couple of the sisters were having a really rough time and Sister Morelock and I really felt prompted to go to their area to help them. We questioned it at first, because we had just done an exchange with them, but after praying about it and thinking it out, we decided to just cancel our plans and go. I'm so glad we went. We were there for quite awhile, but they needed us, and we were able to be there for them. Everything ended up working out and everyone is doing well. I'm so grateful for the guidance and inspiration that came to me and my companion.</div>
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<b>Just Japan (Tokyo mission) things:</b><br />•The most expensive missionary apartment in the world is in my mission. Kind of cool right? It's in shibuya which is right in the heart of Tokyo and one area over from where I am (Nakano). Well I will be moving there this week!! There is a new senior couple coming to our mission and while they look for a new apartment, they have to stay in our apartment, so President Nagano has asked that we move to the shibuya sisters apartment (that area is currently closed to the sisters right now). Since nakano is our actual area, we will have to commute about two hours in total everyday... We will be losing a lot of time, but the Lord will consecrated the time we do have! We move <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1983046512" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Thursday</span></span>.</div>
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<b>Word of the week:</b><br />Word: muki muki<br />Pronunciation: moo-key-moo-key<br />Meaning: muscular</div>
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If you don't stand for something you'll fall for everything.<br />愛しています、<br />Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-81134584961693988742017-08-28T06:31:00.001-07:002017-08-28T06:33:39.314-07:00Another Day in the Life...Another week is in the books and, thankfully, it was another good one. There are frustrations, as you will read about, but the good outweighs the bad. Thanks for reading and enjoy.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />
Missionary life is great because while there are still ups and downs, the ups are much more frequent than the downs. I love being a missionary!!</div>
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<b>Why do bad things happen to good people?</b><br />
This thought provoking question is the question someone asked me last week. Mizuka, an 18 year old Japanese girl, came to English class and after class we got talking. God was brought up and I asked her if she believed in him. She said, "No, but I use to." This is such an unusual answer so of course I asked why. She told me that her really close friend to abused by her parents and if there was a God then why would he let that happen. She then asked, " If there was a God, Why do bad things happen to good people?" I have been a missionary for over a year, but somehow had no idea what to say. I knew we had the answers, but I just stood there in shock. I composed myself and said that I would love to answer her question. We set an appointment and she was excited to finally have her question answered.</div>
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Fast forward a few days, and we teach her the answer to the soul wrenching question. We taught her the plan of salvation with an emphasis on agency. God gave us this special gift of agency to let us all make decisions for ourselves. Sometimes those decisions aren't good, and sometimes they effect other people, but we have the power to make those choices. However, God knows everything we do. We will be rightfully judged and either rewarded or punished according to our actions. We explained the wonderful plan that God has for us and explained that even though bad things happen to good people, that Christ suffered for them, and knows exactly what it's like. She was mesmerized. Some of the questions she asked actually made me think she was the one who got abused, for example, she asked, "What if my parents did something really really bad and I yelled at them, would that still be bad?" We then explained it's more how she feels after she does it and that there are some grey areas. I won't explain the whole lesson, but it was one of the most powerful lessons I've been apart of. I saw her heart soften in the lesson and I saw the light in her eyes as we told her about the plan of salvation.</div>
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<b>The struggle of getting investigators to church:</b><br />
Okay story of my mission life. As a missionary, we plan and try and help people come to church all week long. Let me repeat: all week. So it can be a little frustrating when someone doesn't end up coming. First you get the investigators that say, "oh yeah maybe I'll come," and aren't too convincing of that fact. Then you get the investigators that say, "Oh dang I have work <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1429696903" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span>, sorry." Dang well then. Then you get investigators that say, "yes, I'm for sure coming." And then they don't show up. So frustrating. Not to mention we have to constantly talk to members to get them to befriend the investigators and it's a little awkward when the investigator doesn't show up. Just thought I'd let you in on a little bit of the daily struggles of being a missionary. When all was said and done though, we had 2 investigators come to church. Not what we were hoping, but it was still good.</div>
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<b>Ryoko has a baptismal date:</b><br />
So we had a couple lessons with Ryoko this week. During the first lesson she said that she never had interest in learning about Jesus Christ until coming to English class. Well not only does she have a ton of interest now, but she also has a baptismal date!! She kept all of her commitments from the first lesson and just thinks everything about the church is amazing. She is coming to church this next week (hopefully) and she said she wants to be baptized. So originally we asked her if she would get baptized on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1429696904" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">October 8</span></span> and then she looked at her calendar and said she would be out of town and then she asked if she could be baptized this next week. We told her that sadly she could not and explained that there are a few steps she has to do before getting baptized -church, the lessons, baptismal interview - and she said okay so we settled on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1429696905" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">October 29th</span></span>. The amount of faith she has is completely mind blowing. She just has the strongest desire and even asked us how she could be a good example to her friends.</div>
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<b>Just Japan things:</b><br />
•Japanese people are obsessed with melon. There is melon flavored soda, melon bread, melon candy, melon ice cream, you name it! Melon flavored soda is sold everywhere, McDonald's, convenient stores, restaurants, vending machines, everywhere. It's a melon world here.</div>
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Loving life, loving the mission, loving Jesus, loving Japan, loving all of you beautiful people. Lots of love.</div>
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1. Comp and smoothies equals happy Wunderli Shimai </div>
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2. Ryoko<img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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3. Tokyo zone conference</div>
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4. Exchanges round 100 </div>
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5. Comp and melon soda </div>
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6. No table no problem </div>
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7. We got a new fridge but it had the mold of a 30 year old fridge so we did some cleaning</div>
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8. Exchanges round 10000</div>
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Thanks again for your thoughts, prayers, emails and snail mail. She appreciates it all. Until next week, make it a great one.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-70579335473181345082017-08-21T07:08:00.002-07:002017-08-21T07:08:29.056-07:00I'm Officially OldWell it was another great week in Tokyo, Japan for Sister Jordan Wunderli, as per her email. Great stuff is happening for her and the people she is serving and she loves her new companion. Enjoy and thanks for reading.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />This week, I think I had my mid-mission crisis and then it became worse when I realized that I'm in fact 3 transfers (4 months) past mid-mission. In normal people terms, it would be like having a mid-life crisis at 70 or so years old. I am now transfer 9 and want more than ever to make the most of this short 18 months as a missionary.</div>
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<b>My cute comp:</b><br />First off, I would like to formally introduce you all to my new companion, Sister Morelock. Sister Morelock is your typical Hawaiian girl (she makes me wish I was from Hawaii). She surfs, makes delicious smoothies, has long blonde hair, she is super good at drawing, she can hula dance (harder than it looks), and is perhaps the sweetest person ever. She is 19 and went to BYU-Hawaii before her mission. We got along right from the second we met and have been having fun and working hard ever since. I'm so excited for this transfer with her.</div>
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<b>The phone call:</b><br />Sister Her and I were in our apartment at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_285032764" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8:45pm</span></span> doing some study when the phone rings. It's a random number. Before my mission, I would've let it ring, but as a missionary we always pick up because well it might be a kinjin (golden person). Well it was a kinjin. We picked up and before we could ask her name or introduce ourselves, she immediately said that she wanted to learn more about Jesus Christ. Before we could answer she says, "So Jesus Christ is the son of God, right? Can you tell me more about Him?" Woah. We were a little in shock. We then asked her name and she told us it was Ikumi and then we asked if we could set up an appointment with her. She asked if we could meet the next day.</div>
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During our first hour of being companions, Sister Morelock and I taught Ikumi San a lesson. We felt super unprepared (we had only been companions for 10 minutes before Ikumi San came), but it all worked out. We taught her about God and Jesus Christ and she loved it and after the lesson she thanked us for a solid 10 minutes. We taught her about prayer and how we pray in the name of Jesus Christ and she also loved that and said that she would do it from now on and thanked us for telling her. To say were excited to teach her more is an understatement.</div>
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<b>The less active that came to church:</b><br />During mine and Sister Her's past two transfers together, we have been working with a less active named Amanda kubo. We've actually only gotten to meet her once and the rest of the times, she either wouldn't answer the door or wasn't home, so we would just leave her notes. Well before church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_285032765" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span>, we get a text from her asking us what time church starts. We texted her back and said <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_285032766" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">10:00am</span></span> and asked if she was coming. She came with her two daughters and the ward members were so excited. The ward mission leader was so surprised when we told him that they were coming and her visiting teachers thanked us so much and started jumping up and down for joy. Apparently the less active hadn't been to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_285032767" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">in 3 years</span></span>. She stayed for all of church and the ward really welcomed her. It was such a huge miracle! I really felt like all of mine and Her shimai's visits and bike rides to her house and time paid off. Please just make the missionaries' jobs easier and go to church because they will visit you until you go anyway!</div>
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<b>Just Japan things:</b><br />-No one wears deodorant here and you can't buy deodorant in the stores. Japanese people sweat but they just carry sweat tells around everywhere. Also, it's not like they don't stink..</div>
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Everything is going great here in Nakano. Investigators are doing good minus some stubbornness here and there but what're you gonna do? Hope you're all doing good in good ole America.<br />愛しています、<br />Wunderli 姉妹<br /><br /><b>Pics:</b></div>
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1. Dinner with some newlyweds - holy cow they are cute and we had pizza and root beer whoa. Yum.</div>
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4. The best young women ever</div>
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We are back from vacation and settled in so I'll be back to the regular schedule going forward with one possible delay during hunting season. I hope you enjoyed this email. Please keep Jordan in your thoughts and prayers - she appreciates them so much. Thanks for your emails and snail mail, she loves them. Make it a great week.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-85166757101015443882017-08-18T11:33:00.003-07:002017-08-18T11:33:36.886-07:00Flying Cockroaches (with lots of good news)As I mentioned in the blog post last week, I might be a little late with my post this week do to our vacation in Canada. While I got to enjoy reading Jordan's email when it came (it came about a day late due to how busy she was with transfers and such), I wasn't able to get to the blog until now - sorry. We got back late last night and I am happy to share a BUNDLE of good news with you. Enjoy and thanks for reading.<br />
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こんにちは、<br />Well well well.. We had transfer calls today and I'm staying in Nakano for another one. My new companion will be Sister Morelock and the funny thing is, she was Sister Her's companion before Sister Her became my companion. She is from Hawaii and is really tall; that's pretty much all I know about her right now so more to come next week about her.</div>
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Okay okay, this week was great. We are continuing to work with the amazing investigators that we have, as well as being blessed to find a few new ones. We also had an American party after eikaiwa and we (the sisters) taught everyone how to shoot a gun (a nerf gun, but a gun nonetheless). They all loved it and the Bishop's wife was actually surprisingly good at it. We also had a water balloon fight with the young women this week - nothing bonds people faster than throwing balloons filled with water at the other person. Other than that we taught lots of lessons!</div>
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<b>Investigator updates:</b></div>
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•Miyuki: Miyuki is the miracle lady who came to church and loved it even though she was super confused. We had a lesson with her where we talked about what we as missionaries do and who God is. She loved it and just expressed her sincere desire to find out if God is there and to learn more. She told us she's going back to her hometown to visit her family for a couple of weeks (way sad because it means we can't teach her for a couple of weeks), so we gave her the plan of salvation pamphlet for some reading on her long trip. She messaged us that same night and told us she read the whole thing, and that she wants to do family history so she can take her ancestors name's to the temple to help them become clean again. I was in shock. When I read Google translate, I thought that it messed up on the translation, but when I checked it, it was indeed right. Woah. We told her that we would teach her the steps to get there when she comes back (for example she had to get baptized first), but she really wanted to get started on family history and the process so we sent her the website.</div>
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•Uyen: From vietnam, 17 years old, moved to Japan 3 years ago with her family, fluent in English, Vietnamese, and Japanese. I love uyen. We were able to meet with her and talk a little bit about the same things we talked about with Miyuki and she just loved it. We also talked about the Book of Mormon (we had previously given her a book of Mormon in Vietnamese). She said that she really wants to read it and that her dad saw it on her desk and said that she should read it and he wants to read it after. She told us that he is really interested in the church and so is she so were hoping that will be able to teach him as well soon.</div>
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•Akane: This week I really learned about teaching to the needs of the investigator. This message is the same in the sense that the doctrine is the same, but how it works with people and how it applies to people makes the gospel so individual and so personal for everyone. Akane loves music and movies so we decided to watch the restoration together and we sang a few hymns together. She loved the lesson and felt like it was exactly for her. I feel that during that lesson she was really able to see the gospel in a way that was closer to her. We taught her the restoration last week as well, not in the same way, and she just didn't connect with it like she did today, and that connection (the the feeling of the Holy Ghost) is so important. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_308593491" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Sunday</span></span>, she came to church for the 3rd week in a row and she even brought her daughter. Her daughter will also be coming to the next lesson.</div>
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<b>ERIKA GOT BAPTIZED:</b><br />Erika is Engrid's daughter (recent convert from kumagaya). She was baptized this past <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_308593492" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> and thanks to modern day technology, I was able to Skype in and be there for the service. It was a beautiful service and I am sooo happy that she was able to make this step to follow the savior. Engrid was also in heaven during the baptism and had the biggest smile on her face the entire time. The next step is for them to get sealed in the temple for eternity! I'm so happy for them. The gospel truly does bless families.</div>
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<b>Just Japan things:</b><br />- The cockroaches in Japan fly. There was a humongous cockroach in our apartment and when we tried to kill it, it flew around the room. We spent 30 minutes trying to kill it. Not to mention, we got a little scared when it started to fly...<br />- There are earthquakes all the time here. I can't even count the amount of earthquakes I've been in. We will just be studying and then our whole apartment starts to shake and we're like hmm, another one. They usually only last 20 seconds or so and we've gotten pretty use to them.</div>
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Until next week my friends.<br />愛しています、<br />Wunderli Shimai </div>
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1. I <img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /> Nakano </div>
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2. Erika's baptism (President and sister Nagano went)</div>
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3. DISTRICT LUNCH sushi woohoo </div>
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4. Uyen<img alt="💕" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f495" goomoji="1f495" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f495" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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6. Just loading the nerf guns </div>
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7. Our cute little kitchen</div>
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There you have it. I hope you enjoyed her email 1/10th as much as I did. I'm excited to go visit Japan and meet the people she got to teach and the ward members whenever we go - possibly next year or in 2020. As always, thanks for your support and prayers. She loves all the emails even if she doesn't have time to respond to all of them. I'll be back at the regular time next week.<br />
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I love it when I read emails like this from Jordan. It sounds like this was her best week yet on her mission. Lots of great stuff happening with a number of investigators. I want to play guitar with the one investigator. :) Enjoy and thanks for reading.</div>
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What a week. Honestly I'm overwhelmed with how much there is to write about. I want to tell you all of it, but I just can't put it all into words. This week we were blessed with so many people to teach. We were able to see God's hands in so many individual lives, including our own. </div>
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I'm just going to give you all a brief run down of all our investigators. I just seriously feel so blessed right now because when I came to this area a short 3 months ago, we had no one to teach and now God has blessed us with so many people to teach. </div>
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•Akane: Remember the cool miracle I told you about last week, about the mission school student who came to church when we weren't there? Well we had a lesson with her this week and we were able to teach her how to pray to her Heavenly Father and then hear her first prayer to him. There is so much joy in hearing someone's first prayer. She also bought a dress just for church (she didn't own a dress before this), and wore it to church in <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_700978496" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span>. She said she absolutely loves church and wants to bring her daughter. On the flip side, Akane also loves rock and playing the drums. There's a drum set at church so she comes to the church to play sometimes and we get to be her groupies. She is so cool.</div>
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•Amparo: Probably the most frustrating lesson of my life was with dear Amparo this week. Amparo is from Columbia but she has lived in Japan for 33 years (she's 55). She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Japanese. We met her at one of our English classes that she came too. She is a hard core Christian and is in love with the bible. Sometimes teaching people with a Christian background makes it easier, but sometimes it makes it about 10x harder. Amparo told us that she's interested in the Mormon church and so we met her for a lesson and introduced her to the Book of Mormon. She would reject most everything we said and was convinced we didn't need the book of Mormon. We then used scriptures from the bible to testify of the book of Mormon and vise versa and by the end of the lesson she said she would read the introduction to the book of Mormon, would meet with us again, and she's going to bring her daughter. I left out more of the frustrating side of the story because well it would take too long to write, but let's just say I'll be praying for more patience before the next lesson.</div>
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•Miu: I also mentioned Miu not too long ago, but we haven't been able to meet with her for a couple of weeks until this week. She is 19 and the cutest thing ever. This week we had a lesson thst explained more of who missionaries were and she thought it was the coolest thing ever. She told us that she wants to become like us. She said she really wants to learn about Jesus Christ (before she came to church a couple of weeks ago, she had no idea who He was). We were also able to teach her how to pray and hear her first prayer as well.</div>
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•Sara: Sara is the referral from the assistants that we received a couple of weeks back. We were able to teach her for the first time this week. She first messaged us and asked us if we could meet up for dinner so we got dinner and then we watched the Restoration with her. After the movie she said that she wants to read the entire Joseph Smith History, so she is currently reading that.</div>
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•Miyuki: Prepare yourselves for a miracle. Miyuki just randomly showed up to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_700978497" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span>. She had no idea about anything revolving Christianity or God or anything, but showed up and stayed for 3 hours of church. During the 3 different meetings, i would ask if her if she new what a word meant, (priesthood, prayer, the millenium etc.) and she would look at me and just shake her head. I would give her a brief definition and then she would thank me. When we were talking to her after, she said she was confused about a lot of things, but she just felt so good that it didn't matter. She said she wants to continue coming to church and we are meeting for a real lesson this week. </div>
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•Kirin: Kirin is from China and she is 22, and she is living in Japan for work. I mentioned Kirin a few weeks ago and how she was so prepared and willing to meet with us again. Well she proved my point yet again. She just accepted everything we said. We talked about the Book of Mormon and she said that she would read all of it. She speaks fluent English and asked what our church's name was in English and goes, "Oh so you believe in the last days?" We said yes and she said she does too. After we explained the book of Mormon, she goes, " Oh so this book will prepare me for the last days and to meet God." She is seriously so prepared, the only said thing is she is going back to China for a short 3 weeks, but then we'll meet with her again. </div>
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Sorry for the extra long email this week, but I just had to share about the people we are teaching. I love each one of them so much and I know that they are all daughters of God. There is no greater joy than sharing this gospel, so please share it with someone. </div>
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Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-68122899797149092292017-07-31T16:52:00.000-07:002017-07-31T16:52:16.849-07:00Apartment Lock-downIt's that time of week again. I'm a little late because I'm traveling and had a few appointments for work. Nonetheless, it's my favorite time of the week and I love sharing Jordan's experiences with the world - or a teeny, tiny part of it anyway. :) Enjoy and thanks for reading. <br />
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こんにちは、<br />Hello, hello, hello my favorite people. How y'all doing? This week was great, but that's only to be expected, after all, I am a missionary!</div>
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<b>Sadojin (person) say what:</b><br />This week we had another new student (Eri) come to our English class. I was talking to her after class, just trying to get to know her, and asked the typical, "Where are you from?" question that everyone asks. Usually, they tell me and I have no idea where it is, so I spend 5 minutes on the Google maps app looking up the place. Well with Eri's answer there was no need for google maps. She said, "Sado, in the Niigata prefecture." WHAT. I flipped out. Holy moly. I have never met a person who's even been to sado on the mainland let alone who is a native sadojin. I told her that I lived on sado for 4 months and she got so excited. We talked and bonded over sado stuff for a solid 15 minutes and basically were instant best friends. She is coming to eikaiwa next week and now that were best friends, I'm going to do her a favor and introduce her to the gospel. Isn't it just so cool, how God knew that I needed to be on sado and now in Nakano, and the time I'm in Nakano, I meet someone from sado who I can relate with? He really is all-knowing!</div>
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<b>Apartment lockdown: </b><br />Her shimai has been sick so <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1492040663" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span> we were on strict orders to not leave our apartment, which means we also missed church (my first time on my mission, sad face). We were pretty bored the entire day and we also had no food so we got real creative with all of our meals and had to eat some of our emergency food... anyway by the end of the night, we were feeling pretty unaccomplished and frankly just plain bored. We get a call from one of the Elders in our area and he told us that one of our eikaiwa students had come to church. Not only did she come to church but she stayed for 8 hours (ended up going to both the family ward and YSA ward), and went to the baptismal service that another pair of elders had in our area. She loved it and all of the Elders and a few of the members fellowshipped her super well. They even set up an appointment with her for us on this <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1492040664" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">coming Wednesday</span></span>, right before eikaiwa! Holy cow I'm so grateful for the Elders! Sister Her and I felt so amazing after this, it was the biggest tender mercy ever. We felt the unity of our district and more than that we felt the blessings from it.</div>
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<b>Investigator updates:</b><br />•Sarah: We were able to meet with her for the first time and talk with her a lot! She told us that her favorite part of the Mormon church is sacrament meeting. What a good answer. We're going to have our first real lesson with her this week.<br />•Aya: We have been in daily contact with her, but because she for some reason has 3 jobs now, it's been impossible to meet with her. Pray for her!<br />•Miu: She has also been super busy but we should be meeting her <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1492040665" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tomorrow</span></span>.</div>
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<b>Just Japan things:</b><br />-There are no emergency rooms in Japan. Instead, if there is an emergency, you just have to go in and wait your turn, or if it's not during the hospital's open hours, then you have to schedule an appointment.<br />-Kids dread summer vacation here because instead of getting a break from school they actually get an insane amount of homework so it's not even a break.<br />-No one says "I love you." It's not even common among family members or couples to say it.</div>
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Have a Wunderful week. Read your scriptures!!</div>
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<br />愛しています、<br />Wunderli Shimai </div>
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<b>Pics:</b></div>
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1. MLC </div>
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2. Dinner with a member <img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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3. Senma. Holy cuteness. </div>
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4. MLC=sleepovers with my bff mod shimai <img alt="🤗" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f917" goomoji="1f917" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f917" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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5. Ramen</div>
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7. Eri. I'm visiting her in sado after my mission.</div>
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8-10. Another member and holy cow she's good at drawing. These are beautiful!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-36446185227865210092017-07-24T12:16:00.003-07:002017-07-24T12:16:50.100-07:00A Day In the LifeSpoiler alert: It wasn't her best week. That said, she persevered and she tried to find the positive. Our challenges make us stronger and if we have the right attitude and perspective, we can learn from them and that's what she tries to do. Thanks for reading and enjoy:<br />
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This week was hard, still great, but hard. We worked so hard this week and really just tried to use our time as effectively as possible, but we just didn't see a lot of "success." But I guess that's life sometimes, right? We just gotta learn how to keep going even when it is hard. </div>
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<b>Discouragement vs. Disappointment:</b> </div>
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This week we had almost all of our appointments fall through on us. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_324092290" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Wednesday</span></span> was an especially hard day. We had appointments scheduled with 2 new investigators, a less active, and a member. Each of them canceled on us. Sister Her and I were so disappointed, but we were determined not to get discouraged. Why? Because when we get discouraged, that's when our faith weakens and that's when we're really in trouble. We kept our faith high and to every "No," or mean face that we got or every time that we just got straight up ignored, we just went on, smiling, to the next person ready to share our message. It didn't work. We didn't find any new investigators. Were we disappointed? You bet! Were we discouraged? Heck no! We were eating dinner when we get a call from the assistants. They tell us that they are going to refer their investigator to us because they think that she will progress more with us. Holy cow what a phone call, what a miracle, what a tender mercy, what a happy moment. We had kept our faith high, didn't get discouraged, and because of that, we were able to see a miracle. </div>
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<b>Sarah (the referral):</b></div>
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We already new Sarah pretty well because the assistants are in the same ward as us, so we have gotten to see and talk with her a fair amount. She is actually already one of my favorite people, and I've been secretly hoping that this would happen ever since I got to Nakano! Sarah is from Taiwan, but now lives in Japan. She originally met the missionaries when she was looking at the Tokyo temple and decided to go into the church next to it where there happened to be missionaries there right at that time. She then told them that she wants to learn more about Jesus Christ and ever since then she's been taking the lessons (this was a few months ago). Recently, she's began to plateau and the elders haven't really been able to figure out the problem or concern, so they thought that maybe we (the sisters) would better be able to understand her female emotions and thoughts. Holy cow I'm so excited to start meeting and teaching Sarah. </div>
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<b>Just Japan things:</b></div>
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I realized I haven't done a cultural segment in awhile and boy are there some good cultural differences that I just have to tell you. I love Japan and being able to experience a different culture!!</div>
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-no one says "how are you?" The translation is "genki desu ka?" But only the missionaries say it and people look at you a little funny and then chuckle when you ask it. </div>
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-people hate getting tan here and I'm pretty sure they will do anything they can just to not get a little darker. They use umbrellas when it is super sunny outside and everyone either wears long sleeves (yes long sleeves in the summer, I was confused too) or short sleeves and then they buy these sleeve things (that they sell at the dollar stored here) to put over their arms. </div>
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-there is no way to say "I miss you," or "I miss so and so," in Japanese. I actually asked one of our investigators how you say it and she said that there really wasn't a way. The closest thing is saying "Kazoki ni aitai," or in English, "I want to meet my family."</div>
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That's all the cultural facts for this week. Stay tuned for more fun facts about Japan next week!! </div>
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Wunderli 姉妹</div>
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1-5: just some pretty Japan scenery, enjoy</div>
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6. Exchanges = sleepovers <img alt="🎉" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f389" goomoji="1f389" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f389" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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7. When your bike chain falls off and you have to fix it</div>
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8. Movie night with the youth and bishop </div>
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9. Okay okay sorry this is so scary. These are Japanese face masks... mine was suppose to be sully from monsters Inc. Even though I actually look like a serial killer... and sister her was suppose to be chip or Dale not a clown. Major fail. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-75190352326455414592017-07-17T08:06:00.002-07:002017-07-17T08:06:51.802-07:00Kumagaya's BackIt sounds like Jordan's week was fantastic and I love it when she has such great weeks (don't we all want that for our loved ones?). She wasn't supposed to be able to go to the Temple again before it closed for an extensive remodel but it was awesome that the mission president let her go with a member from her previous ward; what a great experience for her. I'll let you read all about it. <br />
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こんにちは、<br />What a wunderful week it's been here in Nakano (aka the promise land). I love Japan. I love being a missionary. I love Jesus. Okay anyway...</div>
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<b>New investigator:</b><br />We were on our way to visit a less active and felt prompted to stop this mom watching the trains pass with her little baby boy. We started talking to her and found out that she actually just got back from living in England for 6 years and she is fluent in English. We talked to her about her family and her life and the gospel got brought up. We asked her if she would want to live with her family forever and she said yes! We told her that she could and she looked so happy. We told her that the church building that we go to was pretty close and then she asked if she could have a church tour!! We said yes, set up a return appointment, and exchanged contact information. She messaged us later the same day, saying how excited she was. The church tour is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1188705414" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">this Wednesday</span></span> and we're praying so hard that it will go well!</div>
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<b>Miu:</b><br />So here's a brief background on Miu: She came to the Jenny oaks baker concert a couple of weeks back and we met her through Momoko (another investigator/English student). She couldn't come to English class this week because she had work so she asked if we could have a private one <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1188705415" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span> we asked if <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1188705416" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3:30pm</span></span> at the church would work for her (conveniently right after church) and she said yes. We then asked her if she wanted to come to church since it was right before anyway and she said yes!! She ended up coming to the whole 3 hours of church and absolutely loving it and we set up another appointment with her for this next week. We also talked to her about America and she kept saying how she wants to go to prom and how she wants to ride a yellow school bus haha oh how I love people who aren't from America. Never thought yellow school busses were cool until now. She also had never heard of Jesus Christ until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1188705417" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> school class. This just amazed me! But I'm so excited to help her come to know her savior.</div>
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<b>Kumagaya reunion:</b><br />Engrid got her temple recommend and on top of that I got to go so baptisms for the dead with her in the Tokyo temple for her first time! What a happy moment that was. It was sooo good to see Engrid again and she is just doing better than ever. She is such a big example to me and she just kept saying how much she loved the temple and wants to come back before it closes to do her own family's names. Along with getting to see my 2nd mom, engrid again, I got to see a few other kumagaya members as well that came to support her. Holy cow, it was such a happy reunion. Kumagaya definitely holds a special place in my heart. I feel so blessed to be in Japan and to get to know all of these truly Christlike people aka the members!</div>
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<b>Kobayashi Shimai: </b><br />One of my favorite parts about being a missionary is getting to know the members. I seriously love the members so much. The members here are such an example to me in all different ways, but it just truly amazes me how they really make the gospel the center of their lives. We met with Kobayashi Shimai this week. Kobayashi Shimai is a mom of two kids in the Nakano ward. Her husband isn't a member, but she brings her kids to church every week and really just lives the gospel to the fullest. She also loves the backstreet boys, in sync, and new kids on the block. Did I mention how much I love getting to know the members? Haha she cracked me up. I told her that we will go do karaoke together after the mission and sing some backstreet boys songs (I actually don't even know if I know any..). She is so cool.</div>
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Lots of other good things happened this week, and lots of tender mercies were seen, but this email is already getting long and I have to have some stuff to tell y'all in person ;) So until next week! Read your scriptures peeps.<br /></div>
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愛しています、<br />Wunderli Shimai </div>
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<b>Pics:</b></div>
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1. Celebrated 1 year as a missionary with my favorite coconut drink and ordering dominos pizza for the first time in Japan (let me just tell ya..its way easier to order pizza in English)</div>
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2. Backstreet groupie aka Kobayashi Shimai</div>
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3. Temple with Engrid <img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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4. Went to the international store after the temple. Also got a burrito. Life is good. </div>
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6 and 7. The coolest Disney store ever. It's Andy's room from history!</div>
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8. Heaven on earth. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-15637356001500865312017-07-10T06:13:00.002-07:002017-07-10T06:16:04.343-07:001 YearWell on Thursday of this week, my baby girl will have been on her mission for one year. I'm very proud of her work / service that she's performed over this time. I knew she'd be great because she has such a great attitude and she works really hard. Japan is lucky to have her and she's lucky to have this opportunity - it's a win-win. I'm really excited that they have two investigators. Hopefully they will gain a testimony and decide to get baptized. Enjoy this week's blog / email. <br />
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Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! I love America and I love you all!!</div>
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<b>Two flat tires:</b><br />
At the start of this past week, I got a flat tire two days in a row. One of the days was p-day so we had to take a good chunk out of p-day to walk in the dying hot heat to take my bike to the bike shop. It was pouring rain when I got my other flat tire. This time we had to walk about 30 minutes in the pouring rain to take it to the shop and when we showed up to the church afterwards, my companion and I looked like we had just gotten out of the shower...with our clothes on. There's not really any lessons that I learned form this, just fun mission experiences that I'll remember forever.</div>
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<b>Momoko:</b><br />
Momoko is another English student from the teaching station. She comes every <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_657117009" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span> to learn English and is really good, diligent and dedicated. This week she became a new investigator!! We went out to dinner and ice cream with her and talked to her about her beliefs. She told us that she believes in God and that she prays everyday. We were able to relate it to our church since what she does is more part of the Shinto religion. We asked her if she had interest to learn more. At first she said that she was was really busy this next week, but wanted to learn more. We felt prompted to say that even if she made time for short 20 minute lessons she would be blessed, and she got so excited and pulled out her agenda and scheduled us in for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_657117010" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span> at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_657117011" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6pm</span></span>. The thing I've been realizing with talking to English students is that the gospel will come up with whatever conversation you have. The gospel is our lives, so naturally, it will come up in conversation. It makes conversations so much easier and natural when you just realize that all you have to do is really be yourself and almost, as if by default, the gospel will come up, the light of Christ will shrine through.</div>
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<b>Aya:</b><br />
During Aya's last lesson Sister Her and the sister that she was on exchanges with committed her to meet with us once a week. She's busy with two jobs and barely has time to sleep, let a lone time to meet with us. However, we know that she won't be able to progress if she doesn't meet with us, so they committed her to meet with us once a week and she kept that commitment!! She told us that she was really busy this week and probably wouldn't have time to meet, then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_657117012" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Friday</span></span>, we messaged her and asked her if she could meet us at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_657117013" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8:30pm</span></span> at the church. She originally told us she couldn't and so we made other plans. We got a call from her at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_657117014" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8:40pm</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_657117015" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Friday</span></span> and she said that she had finished work early and she was at the church. We, however, were a 30 minute bike ride away from the church and couldn't make it. We were devastated because of how hard it is to meet with her. She ended up going to the sports night at the church and having fun there, but we were so sad we couldn't teach her.</div>
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We messaged her the next day and asked if there was anyway we could meet with her (we still hadn't met with her this whole week). She messaged us back and said she couldn't and told us that she has an interview for a 3rd job at night. Wow Satan is really trying hard to get her not to meet with us. She messaged us again a few hours later and said that she actually can and that she moved some stuff around. She made time to meet with us twice this week even though she's insanely busy because she knows how important this is! This is salvation!! We met with her and were able to teach her about the Restoration and at the end when she was reading about prayer and the Book of Mormon and through those two things you can know if it's true and thus our church as well is true, she said, while pointing to the pamphlet with a smile on her face, "This is what I have to do! I will do this!" Needless to say I'm so happy to see that even though Aya doesn't know a lot about this church and even though she's crazy busy, she knows the importance of it and she's following that feeling. What an example of faith she is to me.</div>
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This next week I'll be hitting my year mark as a missionary and it's so surreal. I'm so grateful to be a missionary in Japan and I'll be serving with all my heart, mind, might, and strength for these last 6 months. Have a righteous week! </div>
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3. Miki Shimai <img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /> one of my favorite YSA members </div>
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4. Modersitzki Shimai and mango lassi, two of my favorite things <img alt="😁" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f601" goomoji="1f601" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f601" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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5. Jenny oaks baker (Elder oaks daughter) and her family performed a concert this week and we got to go and wow it was amazing. I love music and how strongly it brings the spirit. </div>
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7. No better way to celebrate the 4th of July than eating corndogs from your local 7-11. Let freedom ring. 🇺🇸 #murica </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435234313687137524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045520396507289626.post-52131267197634236602017-07-03T08:10:00.001-07:002017-07-03T08:10:24.906-07:00Raw Horse Meat...Another week has come and gone and this week was filled with a lot of exchanges which means chaos (see below). I'm proud of how Jordan handles challenging situations and how she is open to new experiences and goes with the flow. That along with her creativity is a big key to the success she is having. Enjoy and thanks for reading.<br />
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Another transfer ends, and another one begins. I am now a transfer 8 missionary. What. The. Heck. Well the good news is that I'm staying in Nakano with Her Shimai!! We're the only companionship in our zone that didn't change..so many changes happening this transfer and so many missionaries going home!! </div>
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This week was absolutely filled with exchanges. We had 3 exchanges this week and now I'm absolutely dead!! <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_281657940" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Tuesday</span></span>, the Urayasu sisters came and I got to be companions with my MTC companion, Kema Shimai!! Then <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_281657941" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Thursday</span></span>, we went to Senzokuike and I went on exchanges with Schuh Shimai who is a transfer 2 missionary and she's from Brazil. Last but not least, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_281657942" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Friday</span></span>, the Koiwa sisters came and I went on exchanges with Robinson Shimai. It was actually Robinson Shimai's first exchange so it was so fun to go with her!! Exchanges are amazing because we get to learn so much from the other sisters as well as just get to know them better!! The only sad thing about exchanges is sometimes you miss out on lessons and cool miracles. This time it was a lesson with Aya! I heard it went super well and Aya committed to meeting with us once a week even though she's crazy busy with work. I'm sad that I didn't get to be with her and participate in the lesson, but I'm also so thankful that she was able to meet because she's been so hard to meet up with. </div>
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Saki is the person who did a homestay in Las Vegas a few years back and had lots of good experiences from that. We were able to meet with her this week and we really just testified on how this church can bring happiness to her family and strengthen them. I feel like the spirit lead the entire lesson which was so amazing to witness. She told us how her husband works from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_281657943" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8am to 2am</span></span> everyday and that she never gets to see him. She asked how Mormons did it because "they always seem to have enough time for their family, but they're still rich." We told her it was because our first priority is God and our families and then work after that, but since we put God first, he blesses us. She thought that was really interesting and really seemed to want to learn more. We really just centered the whole lesson on her family. At the end, we invited her to learn more to which she said that she would talk to her husband about it. She messaged us the next day and said that she's very grateful for meeting us and us making time for her, but she doesn't feel like she should learn more right now. Her mother is a Jehovah's Witness and her husband is Shinto, so she doesn't want to choose a different religion than them. We were so sad, but we know that this is all in the Lord's hands and that eventually saki will want to hear this message. </div>
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Ai is a English student from the takadanobaba teaching station and we met her for lunch this week. She told us about how she wants to travel all over and we just got to know her better. She then asked a little bit about missionaries and so we were able to tell her why we were in Japan and what our purpose is. We invited her to learn more and she said, "Yes, thank you for asking me." That's when it really clicked that literally all we have to do as missionaries is invite!! It's so simple and it says it right in our purpose, "Our purpose is to INVITE others to..." I always new that this was my purpose (I mean I had to memorize it in the MTC, but the simplicity of it was made clear in that moment. I'm going to invite everyone and if they say no, we move on and if they say yes, then we help them. </div>
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-We had the most members at mission school this week.</div>
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-We got to visit the bishop and his family at their house and share a message. </div>
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-We ate raw horse meat, and lived to tell the tale. </div>
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- We haven't died from the humidity yet!!</div>
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Be on the look out for all the tender mercies you have! </div>
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愛しています、</div>
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Wunderli Shimai </div>
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1. Nakano </div>
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2. Our bishop is the one in the middle, what a cool cat</div>
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3. The bishops family!! I fit right in <img alt="😊" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f60a" goomoji="1f60a" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f60a" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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4. Exchanges = sleepovers </div>
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5. Raw horse meat - it's a delicacy in Japan so we had to try it, tastes like chicken!! Just kidding, it didn't really taste like anything actually..</div>
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6. The Dibbles (the office couple) , they took us out to sushi and it was sister dibble's first time ever eating sushi!..she didn't like it. </div>
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7. Caution: not real sushi, gummy sushi made out of powder and water. Wow it fascinated me. </div>
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