Week #44

6:30am got to wake up, got say my praaaayer!, or not that would be a pain to do it all in friday format,

but ya that then after fulfilling Thanksgiving to our one true father in heaven, i get up of the hard ground placed foot on which used to be uncomfotable but at some point was lost in the exastion of too many fulfilling days.

 

After folding the bed into threads to clear floor space, i begin an energetic routine of morning workout, pushups sit ups and the like, I think to my self when did I become a morning person? I don't know. The mission has many miracles I suppose, after a quick breakfast of granola cereal, or a variation of toast my turn for the shower comes along, steping into shower room, the initial duck of my head under the door way has be come habitual, moving on from the shower I dress in a clean white shirt, slacks and a tie. 8:00 roles around time to begin study, a prayer to start off, my personal study of thirst the scriptures then on to various gospel topics relating to the things we will teach that day. 9:00 the well known ring of the alarm goes off, time for companion study, but you will have to stay tune for that when i tell the rest of the story.

I'm figuring I'll do it in like 3 or four parts, cuz im slow at typing sorry.

any way, had a fun week leading up to transfer calls today, which could go in any way shape or form, and we have a lesson today, never like having lessons on p-day just hard to stay focust but it's ok, well ganbaru, had a j-dub prosolighted our apartment, fun fun, still hot as ever, but fun as ever too, also had a really amazing dinner at a members house which totaly saved us cuz we dont have a lot of food in the apartment right now, but serviving.

but ya the norm

hot humid, ancestor worship and lots of biking, 

and the gospel doctrine's teacher made me do squats a bunch as part of the lesson, its hard to walk, biking works mussles differant than squats do.

 

my year mark is coming up soon midlife crisis, what do missionaries do for that?

any way, stay strong stay faithfull stay dilligent, J.K.S.

love ya baaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy

Week #43

Yeah, the typhoons here aren't that big of a deal, it was the same strength as hurricane Katrina, and thats just futsu (normal) here , all the buildings are made of concrete so not much phases them, on that note we have another one coming in a few days it would seem it was in the Philippines last I checked, but we'll see.

My week's been good we've been working really hard this week to hit those higher goals and got them most days, on the down side we haven't had any new investigators but a ton of potentials that we really want to start working with here soon.

Weathers been as hot and humid as ever, being soaked is the norm.

Japanese is going good it's mostly just about doing anything I can to keep learning more now cuz I can speak about most all I want to, I'm just going through more vocab and new grammar principles I do need to speak it more with the other elders, then I'll find what I need to learn, if you have any language learning tips, please.

I'll keep up working my best and doing all I can to help these people with the little time I have.

Work your hardest too! We're all part of a wonderful work here, I love you guys and miss you but not too much.

stay strong stay faithful stay diligent, JKS
Elder Kemp

Week #42

So yeah the typhoon, that, well, it's fantastically boring, we spent the night in Yonabaru area in those elders' apartment, cuz its bigger, and we couldn't leave for the whole day, not to mention, after thinking and treating this day as a p-day for the first few hours, we get a txt from Hombu saying, today is not a p-day call every one in your area book, which we didn't have on us, so it was a big long day with nothing to do but we couldn't play the bored games or draw or nothing cuz it was still womp (by the that's the term used here for disobedient, it comes form the word wampaku, which means naughty) but yeah so it was a little boring but, that's the past and we are now, so we had a great day on Saturday, talked to a ton of people and stuff, were really trying to have that same sort of thing all this week.

   

So happy to here about Peter or soon to be second elder Kemp, I definitely want to here more if I can.

Your right about the weather here about the same temp but with 100 % humidity, needless to say I'm always soaked, but it don't bring me down, but no really it's hot, I currently have a 3 leveled farmers tan, upper arm death, lower bicep wight and forearm normal tone, this is the darkest I've ever been in my life.

 

Were still working strong with the investigators we found a bit ago and working to strengthen many potentials, more or less thats what we've been doing and what we intend to do for this week.

Any way love you guys, if you want to know anything specific about any thin just ask, I'm not sure what else to say there.

 

I know I'm out here doing the most important work ever, even if I'm not quite worthy of that honor, I'll keep working my hardest and you all do the same, always remember to stay strong stay faithful stay diligent, and J.K.S. always

 

Love you guys,

 

Elder Kemp

Week #41

Thanks Dad, and to all of you who email and stuff you give me something to look forward to each week not to say that everything here isn't dope but I currently have two homes my apartment in Shuri Okinawa Ishimine 4 address, and 2521 Stadium Blvd Twin Falls, Id, and I like to have a little of both.

So this week was pretty standard we're working with some great people and there really progressing and learning, weather was hot and really humid, I mean, like we go out for an hour and that's all it takes to be soaked, but its fun and even though I'm still white as the driven snow mostly, my exposed skin has now become and average skin color!

The 4th went by without much notice I don't live near any military bases, but the week was still a good one.

Well on the exiting note tomorrow we have a typhoon coming to Japan, category 5, maybe the worst in recorded history, you can read all about it on CNN. Thankfully Okinawa is built for those things and my patriarchal blessing alludes to me having a family so I've got to live through it, right?

But ya, if I'm ok you here from me next week!

But no really I;ll be fine it will be an experience, but Tuesday is an inside day for us, Kicho orders it.

Love you guys so much,

stay strong, stay faithful, stay diligent, JKS

Connor Kemp Chourou