There was a massive concert put on by the choir of BYU Hawaii
that missionaries from our entire missions AND the Tokyo South mission came
to. It was an amazing experience. I haven't been to a concert in a
year and it put me into an utter shock: I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LOVE A GOOD
STAGE! One of my favorite things in the world. And man, they were
amazing performers. Beyond that, they invited the spirit so powerfully,
it was just something else. I love every minute of it, especially their
rendition of "Homeward Bound" which is still one of my favorite songs
(it's one of everyone's, I know.)
After the concert I ran into Elder Clark for the first times in
somewhere around 8 months and it put me into shock. I hugged him and
didn't have nearly enough time at all to talk, but it was just so good to see
each other. I still consider him an amazing friend. He was so kind
to Elder Taylor, just as I knew he would be! Not only Elder Clark, but
all of my MTC district was there! Sister Riggs, Sister Moore, and my twin
Sister Chinain! It felt just like the MTC and we were all overjoyed to be
reunited for even just under a minute (everyone was very busy taking care of
their friends they brought!)
And then, after the concert, guess who came to spend the night
at our apartment? None other than.... ELDER SHION LI. I'll send the pic
next week when he gets it to me, but man, it was possibly the funnest night of
my mission talking to him about our investigators and where they are, what's
changed, what we've both been through (especially him on that little island,)
and what the future holds for both of us. He's my brother, and one of my
all-time best friends. I didn't think I'd see him for another 3 or 4
transfers, but it was a wonderful surprise.
Another thing that happened at the concert! We learned
that Shingo hasn't been able to meet with us because he's been meeting with
other missionaries.... WHAT!? We had no idea! We met the Elders
from Tokyo South at the concert with him, and talked about it. Haha,
it was awesome, we all had fun talking about our wonderful friend, and Shingo
seemed enchanted with the clashing of worlds we didn't know existed for nearly
a year. We hope to see his testimony progressing as we continue to work with
him!
Xia. He's from China, his Japanese is pretty good, but he
doesn't do English. He's coming to the japanese ward, even though most
Chinese members are in the English one, and so we do lessons with him AND the
missionaries from that ward who are both from Taiwan (Elder Cho and Elder Lin.)
They are so fun. We've gotten Ramen and played Ping pong with Xia, and
just gotten to know him. He's so funny and sweet, and he loves the gospel
and knows God is there. He is particularly excited to learn how to create
a relationship with God!
Kiwamu and Hiro are best friends who we go out to lunch with
once a week after Eikaiwa on Saturdays, and talk about the gospel with.
They both love it. Kiwamu hopes to become fluent in English, and prays
multiple times a day for that help, and Hiro has seen many tragedies in his
life and has become interested with what happens after this life and how he can
be reunited with those he loves. They are both so golden and not only do
we have fun learning together, we're just really good, true, friends.
All of the wonderful people I'm working with I will continue to
be friends with after my mission, and I can't wait to visit them and surprise
them one day when I'm able to return! :) We will be friends for Eternity, and I
know that without a question in my mind.
We had dinner at the Nailions ;)
You'll never guess who I said goodbye to on his last day as a missionary last week!!!! Elder Crosby and I will be good friends the rest of our lives! :D
Sorrry, I should've taken more... I'll try to send more pics next week! I love you! :)
I saw an old friend from high school.
Alright, I've gotta go about now! :) Thanks for always caring
about me and being the best! I pray for you all the time. It's
going to be overwhelming joy for us to be together again for eternity. But
you know how important this work is. Duty calls. (Haha, that was
cheesy..)
Alright, sorry I was late this week, we cleaned the temple
yesterday. It was an amazing experience, but we had to move P-Day forward one
day. I'll write more promptly next week ;) I love you so much! Take
care!
スタウト長老! ^o^
Elder Stout! :D
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