Switching It Up

Well, well, well..... What a week!!! It was such a blur that I can barely even remember it all, but that's what we have journals for right? Let's see here...

*flips through pages*

Aha! Heres the stuff!

This week we pulled the double switcheroo by having exchanges two nights in a row! Exchanges are an easy way to stress me out, especially when you throw in the abject terror of my past companion being the one we were exchanging with. Seeing past companions in the mission, I've come to discover, can result in one of two meetings. It can be like seeing an old friend you haven't seen in years again, or it can be like running into your ex girlfriend at the shopping center and awkwardly talking to them even though you don't really want to, because you're trapped in the same check out line and it's packed. Maybe some of you out there understand what I'm talking about, but either way I'll just move forward. The second exchange was with me and Elder Durrant, and it happened on every Nintendo fan's favorite day of the year: March 10! (Mar 10) I celebrated the great day by whistling aloud the grand sounds of Super Mario Bros, but other than that, not much to do within the mission boundaries. That exchange was actually pretty hard on us for some reason. We felt unable to really work that hard, like there was some kind of hazy darkness over us, but we did our best to push through it, and that's when things got interesting. After working hard despite the adversary trying hard to get us not to, we were rewarded for our efforts in a remarkable way.

We met an amazing man who loves to play Nintendo games. His whole family does in fact. It was so cool to meet him, his wife, and his grandson and get the chance to speak with them! It brought back many a childhood memory, and as the grandson is unbaptized, well be visiting more often it seems.

Our Japanese teaching appointment is this Saturday. Wish us luck.

Going to church twice in a row, an equivalent of 6 straight hours by the way, is difficult to get used to, but because we're finding so much success, it's not been as hard as I thought it would be. We actually have a baptism this week! It's for our investigator named Solomon and he's super solid! He aced his baptismal interview and is ready to go! And he's not all! We actually have 3 more baptisms coming up in the near future, so stay tuned for that great news!

Stay warm out there. I hear there's a bad storm in your neck of the woods.

Later!

Elder Taka