Gaijin Dodgeball

Dear Friends and Family!!

This week went by fast! Didn't have a lot of time to house or anything this week so we didn't get anywhere near our goals. A lot of stuff came up and we were just super busy. We managed to contact 104 people Saturday though! New record!

So funny story. So we were housing this neighborhood and in it the day before we got a return appointment with this lady who had two kids who were twins about the age of 9. So there we were, housing and we saw the twins and they were with a bunch of other kids playing some sort of dodge ball game at the park. So Elder Johnson was like, "Let's see if these kids are down to clown." So we went over to them and asked to play and of course you can't say no to gaijin! Super good opportunity to build a relationship with potential investigators. So we were playing having a good time, then I get the ball and throw it at Elder Johnson. So he tries to dodge it, but doesn't realize one of the twin girls is hiding behind him and so he trips and falls on this girl and just absolutely  wrecks her! I'll tell you though these Japanese kids are tough though and she took it like a champ. She almost cried but then Elder Johnson's sweet heart gave her a piece of candy and she smiled and gave it to her sister. Way cute. Then she kept playing as if she wasn't just crushed by a 175lbs Gaijin. Respect. But yeah let's just say that return appointment fell through... Haha it's OK though I don't think it was because of that though. 

Anyways now on to spiritual matters, this week was rough finding wise, but we are now teaching a former investigator that always comes to our English class. He has trouble reading the Book of Mormon cause it's just difficult so we're hoping that if we can get him to understand then maybe he'll ll be able to grow a testimony. I'm thinking that might be why he never got baptized before. Well see what happens! 

It's been such a blessing to be out here especially during Christmas time. It can be hard work and every holiday feels the same out here in Japan, like any other day. However you learn to enjoy the work and every day testifying of Christ and His Atonement is truly a blessing.

Hope everyone is having a blessed Christmas!! 

Love, 
Elder Lim




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