Oh my, what a week for Randy. I want to just cry and fix his problems and then I want to laugh at his funny "girls" that chase him down. First let me say "What a man he is", he is growing up so fast and learning so much. I am sad he has a companion that he just hasn't "connected" with. I'm thinking this is just preparation for marriage. Learning about each others quirks. My husband says small things can be "irritating habits or endearing quirks". I like to choose the latter of the two. I'm hoping Randy can just be patient and learn. At least his sense of humor is still intact and has had some, well, just plain fun. He is such a good boy. I kind of love him.
Dear Mother, Father, Sisters, Brothers, Family, Friends, Mentors, and the rest of the world
Sooooooooo I`ve been in Shinguu almost 3 weeks now, already approaching the halfway mark of the transfer. Today is also exactly 6 Months since I was ordained a Missionary. Wow... Can you believe that? I`m already 1/4th of the way through my Mission. X.X AND I STILL CAN`T SPEAK JAPANESE!!!! Lol. I`ll start with the bad stuff first and then move on to the good news.
This week has honestly been one of the most difficult weeks I`ve had. The only reason why it wasn`t the MOST difficult was because I had a 3 day vacation for Mission Conference. Anyway, yes It`s difficult here. It`s not the work, or the area that I am in, It`s not even the language so far as I can`t communicate with my Companion. It`s my relationship with my current Companion. In all honesty is not a bad Missionary, he works hard and does mostly what he`s supposed to. He`s far being "trunky" or lazy. It`s mainly me actually! Everyone always has a type of people that just catch on their nerves, and do the small things that bug you. Well I`ve found that person on my Mission. It`s not that I dislike him, it`s just there are a lot of things that he does that just get on my nerves. I Can`t quite explain to him what it is, because, well I Can`t explain it in Japanese.
I will tell you the funny part about this though! It seems that everytime I get down on my knees and say a prayer for patience and to endure these little problems, well... My companion seems to pull another thing that gets on my nerves out of his hat. So what`s the Moral here? Don`t Pray for Patience! Lol. I won`t list any of the things that get on my nerves, just suffice to say me and my current companion have almost know relationship with each other. It seems far to often that he sits in one room and sleeps and I sit in the other and study. Little is said between us, and only when it is necessary for the work.
The Good news! I had a 3 day vacation up to Kobe, All expenses paid, except for food. We left on Wednesday morning at 10, Met up with the Tanabe Elders, hit Wakayama that night at 6, taught the English class for the Wakayama Elders, Passed out, woke up at 4 AM on Thursday Morning, Got the 6 AM train, hit the Honbu at 9:15 and had Conference at 10. The Conference was AWESOME! I got to meet with my old MTC Companion, and a couple of elders and a sister from my MTC group that had gone to Hiroshima and are now in this Mission. We had lots of fun listening to President McIntyre give us a really powerful rededication of the Kobe Mission and the other instructions he gave us.
After Conference we headed back to Wakayama, got there at 9. Next morning we left at 9 and got back to Shinguu at 6. The problem was, it was pouring down raining here and they had to stop the Train about three stations away from Shinguu. We waited two hours before the train company provided a taxi for us to get back, it was another hour after that and we were home. That was a long day.
Alright, so get this. I am apparently attracting the crazy older ladies here in Shinguu. My first week I met a crazy Phillipino Lady that kept pinching my cheek and calling me cute, Told me she used to be a dancer, well more specifically a "Sexy Dancer." I kept trying to get out of there, and especially after she told me to give her a kiss. X.x The next week we saw her again, and she kept telling me she had an 18 year old daughter. Again I left as quickly as I possibly could, while still being polite. The second crazy lady I met comes to English class..... She`s actually a pretty good student, and speaks very well. But I swear she was flirting with me, We were going over descriptions of people, both physically and personality. When the word Chubby came up, and I explained that I was a little chubby, she said "O but cute chubby!" Then she started calling me Charismatic. Then Today just before we came to email I saw her again, she ran up to me and waved me down and started saying. "God is by your side!" Along with a few other things about me. So I will simply say, Crazy Old women seem to track me down.....
Anyway, I`ll end there. I will forego the Gospel Message this week, because I don`t really have one to share. Instead I will give a very brief quote that I have seen hanging on the wall in the apartment:
"There is no measure to the a good a man can do, so long as he doesn`t worry about who gets the credit for it."
-Author Unknown-
Your Son, Brother, Friend, and Missionary
Elder Randall KK Tateishi
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