Missionary Moments

So, first of all, I am not transferring. That makes it my 4th in Himeji, the longest I have stayed in an area for. In fact, most of the mission is staying put, probably due to the fact that we have a change of Kaichouship. .....

We had the baptism yesterday, it went really quite well, the members were really supportive. Now that that is over, we will need to find something to occupy our time with, a new goal to work towards. We need new investigators!!

During the week I attended a Cooking class, from our AMWAY friend. I can make my own goma dressing (for home, cuz you don't have it and it is delicious), Bavarian Cream, and how exactly to steam and bake (like an oven) using the stove (it is all we have). I have decided that cooking is a solid hobby. I perfected the pizza this week. Using the stove and making the base from scratch. In under an hour. It tasted excellent, and it was all from bulk ingredients, so total cost was probably $4 gurai, but when my apartment mates orded pizza, it cost them $17 for one kinda small cheese pizza... Japan....

Cooking aside, the week has been pretty good. ...... We had various things happen, but nothing too exciting, expect Oame (big rain). We were riding our bikes back from a couple of lessons, and we could see a very menacing almost green rain cloud just over yonder. An old man randomly pulled up beside us and yelled in our face Oame! Oame! and then calmed down and asked where we were from, then yelled at us to get under cover and rode off. We were like... what...? And then started feeling a couple of drops, we were about 7 mins from the chapel, so we started riding for it, thinking the world was about to end. Then it pretty much did. ..... we got to the Church drenched. The storm lasted 30 minutes and then it was clear for the rest of the day. It was kinda fun though......

Elder Rowlings and the other elders in his district visited Hmeji castle during the week

Armour at Himeji Castle

Elder Rowlings and his district