Week 92- Back on island time

 Aloha 皆さん、


So we just had transfers this past Thursday. I moved away from Kumamoto all the way to Miyako Island! As much of a pain being Zone Leader was, I really did love both of my ZL areas so so much. Honestly I could've finished off my mission in Kumamoto and stayed for 5 transfers and I would've been so happy. It was especially hard to say goodbye to all the college students and my 愛する companion. 

I'm super stoked about Miyakojima though! It's a part of the Okinawa zone but realistically we are just on our own out here. The nearest pair of young missionaries are about 100 miles away on another island and both of the islands are closer to Taiwan than to Okinawa. Other than the beach there's not much here and my companion is Japanese so I won't be speaking much English at all. I also became the first counselor and clerk for the branch😅, my companion is the second counsler and the senior missionary Oba 長老 is the branch president. It's pretty interesting but I'll figure it out I guess. 

Anyways life is good, went to the beach today for pday and ate burgers and fries at A&W. Miyako seems pretty fire.

I've been reading in Alma recently and got onto the Strippiling warriors. In Alma 56 it says:

47 Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them.

48 And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it.

Recently I swear all I can think about is home, and post mission life. Sometimes I wonder why I'm still here after so long. But just like the stripping warriors relying on their knowledge they learned as kids from their moms. If I do not doubt, God will surely deliver me in these last 3 months. I'll try as best as I can I guess. But that's all for today.


P.S. God better deliver me from temptation real soon because the water looks so beautiful. Forgive me if I jump in?

Shoots!
愛してます
エリス長老
TheRisingSon

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