On Tuesday we went up to Gifu University and made lots of friends!! :)
I was contacted (haha) by a student in the bathroom, and we had lunch with her and her friend. They were soooo easy to talk to (sometimes Japanese girls can be hard.....like pulling teeth), and they were really interested in doing 30/30 with us (30 minutes English, 30 minutes gospel lesson)! After lunch, we somehow ended up going to their lacrosse club and played lacrosse with them and the other club members.
If nothing else, I think we succeeded in proving that religions aren't necessarily scary and that missionaries are normal people, haha. We got to talk a little bit about the church while playing lacrosse (well....actually just passing the ball around :P), and we passed outmormon.org cards, so that was great (:
After lacrosse, we went to the Gifu University English Club!! Yay (: We met a lot of Americans and Japanese people who are interested in English.
Doing dendo by making friends at first can be really slow, but I really really felt that we were doing good work at Gifu University. Even if our only role now is to show that missionaries/religious people can be normal, I think that even just establishing that much is so important with Japanese people. At least people can have a good impression of the church!
We're going back to the English club tomorrow, so I'll tell you how it goes (:
On Thursday we had interviews/Zone Leader training, which was great!! Yamashita kaicho is the best (:
The only thing I'm worried about, is that President may think that I'm kind of depressed, based on one of my questions that I asked him....haha, just kidding, I'm sure he knows that nothing is wrong (:
President is such a great example, and I'm so glad that he is my mission president!
After interviews we did exchanges and I went to Inuyama again. I love Inuyama, but apparently missed a really great lesson with our Bolivian investigator, which I was super mad about! Haha, well, maybe the lesson wouldn't have gone as well if I were there....:P
Let's see....what else.....
Well, I've still been struggling with OYM, and my companion is so good at it, so I just let her do it. On Friday though, during DKK (weekly planning), we talked about the importance of OYM and why we do it, and I had a little internal panic attack--I felt like there was no way that I would be able to do 100% OYM....
On Saturday night, though, as I was thinking about it, I suddenly realized that I should work at it in steps.... There's no way I'm going from 0% OYM to 100%, but I can do it if I work at it one at a time.
So, my current goal is 1-2 OYM's per day, and I'll keep raising it as I go. I know that sounds like a pathetic goal, but I really have a hard time with OYM, so it actually feels like a lofty goal to me.....
BUT! I did it yesterday (granted, I OYMed to 5 British girls--not even Japanese), and I will keep on working on it this week!
Someday.....someday I'll get to 100%.
Well, my time is up! I love you!! I hope you all have an amazing week (:
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