This week sure was an adventure! So many things happened, but the biggest things all come down to the journey we've been on this week with humility and pride. We've realized that the world essentially revolves around these two things. (Which is kind of a silly realization actually bc legit this is literally the entire plot of the Book of Mormon.) Let me explain with some experiences.
Edward: So remember how we gave him that challenge to come up with his version of the Plan of Salvation? Well, it was kind of incredibly disappointing. He only kind of rose up to it. And the plan he did come up with neglected the very most important of all questions: why? (also he broke all of the rules of God but anyway). We taught him about the real Plan of Salvation, and weirdly he had exactly zero reaction to it whatsoever. So we inquired as to why and it turns out that he really hates that question. And as we investigated we found out it was because this kid is caught in the Luciferian Tar Pits of Self-Deprecating Pride. It was so sad. He told us that he doesn't need the gospel because he's already perfectly happy because, and I quote, "I have my art, and my favorite book, and my favorite anime." Bagoyo Shimai and I just looked at each other like wow. The level of sadness in this child's face was astounding. He wouldn't even listen when Bagoyo Shimai tried to tell him about the single most difficult experience of her life, which kind of trumps most people's in terms of sheer difficulty. Needless to say, he's not ready yet. So we dropped him with a parting testimony that God will give him so many more chances in the future. Sad, but it's okay because God loves him and isn't going to hang him out to dry. Poor kid is probably going to have to be hardcore humbled. Rip.
Nozomi: Our angel beautiful child. He's the literal exact opposite of Edward. It was way interesting. He's like Shinji levels of humble and it was so beautiful to witness. We did the Book of Mormon challenge with him and right away he already had the humility to ask us an honest question that he was worried about. And then when he read the scriptures we gave him, he immediately applied them and began to repent right before our very eyes! It was so beautiful. He's such a sweet soul, humble and pure and good. He wants to travel the world to learn how to better himself and he has a beautifully positive relationship with his family. He even has interest in Lesson 4, the one all about commandments! Aka, he wants to repent and come unto Christ. We're meeting him again this Wednesday. πππ
But like it's so interesting seeing the contrast between his attitude and Edward's because where Nozomi is so willing to change and admit his faults and lean not unto his own understanding, Edward is very not. So because of this and other iroiro (miscellaneous, but more broad of a feeling) things, we came to realize that we, our investigators, and our branch needs to have humility before we can even begin to start exercising more faith unto repentance.
So we decided to work on humility. And then at zone conference it was confirmed that we need to work on humility. It was great. We were pumped. And then immediately following that we had our weekly planning session, in which the Spirit told me to do something I very much hate: talking to strangers out of the blue. So I argued with Him for a solid 5 minutes, staring off into the distance as I tried to convince Him to change His mind. Bad idea. I lost. Holy Ghost: 10^10. Me: 0. We're talking to more strangers out of the blue now. But it's okay because we've been able to use this experience to encourage the branch members as well!
Tl;Dr listen to Moroni and Alma. Be humble. Don't fight with the Spirit. Love God. Your life will be happier. It's a good time
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Sherwood Shimai
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udon party! We made the udon from scratch
Hayato makes some bomb fries yo
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