Winter came, and it
might have passed!
This past week has been warming up, ever so gradually, until
yesterday, when the liquid that fell from the sky was rain, instead of
snow! That's really, all the weather updates, I have, and this week
brought a couple of other big announcements that are more intriguing.
First, to start of with the smaller of the big pieces of news, we took
a road trip! It was a while in the making, but to help George figure
out what church was actually like we had been trying to get him to the
Iwakuni military branch, about 90 minutes away. Yesterday, everything
fell in place, and Brother Hidaka drove me, George, Elder Osborne,
Sister Fukumi, and Sister Nozomi up. It was amazing to be at church in
English, and to see so many Americans in one place! But more than just
the experience of going to an English branch, I loved the members that
took us there. They went knowing they would understand next to
nothing, but out of the kindness of their hearts knew it would help
George and took us. And, on top of just driving, they made us amazing
food! I love the chances we have to work with genuinely good people.
Which, in its own way brings us to the next big piece of news, the
worldwide missionary broadcast from from Thursday. Without boring you
with the details, missionaries have now been giving more freedom. For
example, the schedule has been replaced with one that gives us the
chance to study whenever we feel is the least productive, and gives us
the chance to find people whenever. For us, it's crazy to think that
we are being trusted with the keys to guide this work. But at the same
time, to have the freedom to really connect people, even though it
shouldn't change much, it just feels better. I'm excited to see how
much good we can do going forward.
Sorry if that doesn't make any sense, but I'm obviously still a touch
disoriented. Love you all!
Elder Woodhouse
This past week has been warming up, ever so gradually, until
yesterday, when the liquid that fell from the sky was rain, instead of
snow! That's really, all the weather updates, I have, and this week
brought a couple of other big announcements that are more intriguing.
First, to start of with the smaller of the big pieces of news, we took
a road trip! It was a while in the making, but to help George figure
out what church was actually like we had been trying to get him to the
Iwakuni military branch, about 90 minutes away. Yesterday, everything
fell in place, and Brother Hidaka drove me, George, Elder Osborne,
Sister Fukumi, and Sister Nozomi up. It was amazing to be at church in
English, and to see so many Americans in one place! But more than just
the experience of going to an English branch, I loved the members that
took us there. They went knowing they would understand next to
nothing, but out of the kindness of their hearts knew it would help
George and took us. And, on top of just driving, they made us amazing
food! I love the chances we have to work with genuinely good people.
Which, in its own way brings us to the next big piece of news, the
worldwide missionary broadcast from from Thursday. Without boring you
with the details, missionaries have now been giving more freedom. For
example, the schedule has been replaced with one that gives us the
chance to study whenever we feel is the least productive, and gives us
the chance to find people whenever. For us, it's crazy to think that
we are being trusted with the keys to guide this work. But at the same
time, to have the freedom to really connect people, even though it
shouldn't change much, it just feels better. I'm excited to see how
much good we can do going forward.
Sorry if that doesn't make any sense, but I'm obviously still a touch
disoriented. Love you all!
Elder Woodhouse
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