So it's 2017 like where does the time go? I only have about 6/7
months left. Crazy! Well this week was busy and we have a new
investigator and it's awesome. We were able to meet with Andrew and
Arielle this week because they were moving but they still came to church
the members reached out to them so well and it was honestly great. Such
good experiences. Then Tamashiro didn't come to church after he
promised me he would. We haven't been able to contact him for a bit so I
said forget it we are going to visit him, and so we did and we shared a
great message with him and I was like "Tamashiro, when you aren't
answering us we get worried man, what's going on?" And he says that his
health just hasn't been good and he hasn't been in contact with anyone. I
made him promise to answer us through the classic guilt trip (not
really) but a couple days later when I texted, he replied really fast
and honestly he's just got a hard time right now. He can't stop drinking
and we're trying so hard to help but there's only so much you can do
when you can't really stay in contact.
So my
mom asked me what was up and I told her straight up the problems in my
life right now and I figure I want to tell everyone what's going on
because I ain't no sugarcoating kid and anyone that really knows me
knows that I say things how they are so if you're interested in reading
what it's like to be a district leader to a threesome of sisters and two
are American and one is Japanese then you can keep reading. It's pretty
long. If you don't care or don't want to you can skip to the pictures!
1.
There's a panel on my iPad screen that doesn't work and it's always
glitching out and I have to send it to the office and they will get me a
new one but that will take a while but I just have to do it, so I
haven't been emailing as much ha. It's really frustrating working with
technology that doesn't do what it's supposed to. It's hard and so I
pretty much just go through the basics haha.
2.
The sisters are again..... going through a hard time. Here's the
rundown. There's two Americans and one Japanese in an area that the
sisters see a lot more success with the Americans. Well so the Japanese
sister, Sister S. is the senior companion and is okay at English
but obviously not fluent. Well the other sisters both suck at Japanese.
So they just talk to each other in English when planning and assume that
Sister S. understands. And then Sister S. doesn't feel like
she's doing anything because the other two do everything even with the
Japanese investigators and so I've had quite a few talks with Sister
S. to help her out and figure out what to do. So I told her she
always has to have her own specific phone, and she needs to become bold
and take charge as a senior comp and then like ugh yeah so like I'm
stressed. We've sat in on a couple of their lessons with English
speaking people and they just do the whole thing and Sister S. has
her part figured out and then there never comes a time to say it and
everything and then she feels like she's useless like man it's pretty
sucky. Like I'm trying so hard and the assistants have called me and
stuff to ask about them and it's just a hard situation. And here's the
thing. If she doesn't figure it out, or rather, isn't "allowed" to
figure it out, then next transfer when it goes to two man companionships
again, it's just going to be a mess. And then here's the thing. One of
the other sisters doesn't like what I'm doing to try to help and is
being a complete hindrance and is all like "this is what we have to do
here in Japan. We don't understand Japanese" and all this crap and I
just want to be like "why does everything have to be about you!?
Freaking have charity and care for your comp that cries whenever I talk
to her because she doesn't know what to do! Stop being a 20 year old
selfish brat!" But unfortunately I can't say that. So I'm just in this
spot where I don't know what to do and well I made plans with Sister
S. and then the other sister doesn't like it and then I try to get
information to them about necessary things and then only the Lord knows
what happens and then Sister S. calls or texts with a question or
asking me to do something and I'm like "I already figured that out" and
then there's this big miscommunication because she didn't know and it's
to the point where I just have to say "they didn't tell you huh" and
she's like "yep" but actually more like now I don't even have to say
anything and just give the face and she's just like gives the nod or
whatever and my goodness gracious if you couldn't tell I'm stressed
about it and pretty much am training her t0o. I pretty much have two new
missionaries.
3.
Don't thing that I'm having a hard time with my comp. Training is so
fun and Elder Stucki is great. I love this Elder and he'll be a great
missionary. The biggest thing with him is Japanese but like that's
normal for new missionaries but it's already gotten a lot better. It's
definitely fun and we get along great.
So the rundown. It's hard to type on my iPad and I have tons on my mind right now. That's pretty much the whole email in a sentence. Besides that, investigators are for the most part doing good. Actually probably going to send this out to everyone because I'm not about that emailing only the good life. I'm about that keeping it real life. But that's it.
Elder Tschirki
シャーチャン
日本最高ヤゼ〜
Sunrise from the apartment
The two cutest babies in the world, the sisters in the front. This
was a meal on New Year's Day. Probably the best meal I've had.
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