Monday night we flew to Fukuoka for MLC and then got to stay at the Mission
Home, (Just a side note for those that don't know, our mission home is located
directly under the Fukuoka temple) sleep in a BED for my birthday, and then eat
breakfast the next morning underneath the Celestial Room :)
Tuesday was MLC and President and the APs and some people from Tokyo came
and trained us about how to be better leaders and better missionaries and then
we flew home Tuesday night!
Wednesday we planned the Zone Training Meetings that we had to train at on
Thursday and Friday and we went out for sushi and brownies and ice cream with
some members for a combined birthday party.
Thursday we trained our own Zone about all the stuff we learned at Fukuoka
on Tuesday and then we had a birthday party for cute little China Tomi san who
got baptized last Saturday and turned 84! We ate more birthday cake, of course.
We also had our English class that night, and a Halloween Party with all of the
students afterwards.
Friday we went to the southern part of the island and trained the other
zone about the stuff we learned in Fukuoka. (There's only one set of Sister
Training Leaders on the island, so we work with both zones) We also had the
Trunk or Treat for all of the wards that come to the building that night so it
was crazy madness with TONS of people and Japanese and English flying all over
the place. I could hardly keep my languages straight. We missionaries borrowed
the Senior Couple's van and made it into a mouth and passed out candy with
little scriptures saying Open your mouth in proclaiming my gospel. We thought we
were pretty clever :)
Saturday we FINALLY got around to doing some planning so that I could tell
my poor new companion about all the things to know in this area. And at night we
had a movie night with the other sisters and a few investigators and we ate
dinner, more birthday cake, and watched Legacy and talked about Joseph Smith
and had a nice night :)
Sunday was the usual 7 hours of church and half way through the 2nd
branch's testimony meeting, I realized this was my last Fast Sunday on my
mission and decided to get up and bear my testimony. I also mentioned briefly
that it was my last Fast Sunday on my mission. BIG MISTAKE. After that, EVERYONE
and their dog came up to me and started talking to me about how sad it is that
I'm going home and when it was and what I'll be doing and it was AWFUL. Haha.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm totally at terms with the fact that I'm gonna be
home in like a month, but having EVERYONE bring it up ALL the TIME is terrible.
Future missionaries, learn from me, and don't announce from the pulpit that
you're going home soon. Talk about your investigators or something instead
haha.
One thing I have been pondering lately though, as it comes nearer to the
end, is weaknesses. I guess at the beginning of my mission I had this vision of
coming out here for a year and a half, being completely morphed and coming home
as the new and improved Nikki. As I reach the end, I had started to get a little
frustrated at the fact that I've still got SO MANY things that I should be
better at by now. I'm not at all a perfect missionary, and if anything, I'm much
more aware of all my weaknesses than I was a year and a half ago. However,
those weaknesses are from our Heavenly Father, and we NEED them, yes need, them
in order to be humble, and to learn the things that we need to learn. Through
our weaknesses, we can realize that we CAN'T do this along and that it truly is
the Lord's hand in everything that will ultimately bring success. Weaknesses are
a good thing. Any of you wanna look it up, Ether 12:27 has some good words to
say about it.
Anyway, I've still got a full month to see plenty of miracles and continue
in doing the work of the Lord and I am so ready to work hard until the very end!
Thanks again for all the love and support and the birthday wishes! See you in a
few!
Sister Wells
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