How
was everyone's week? Dad said the Super Bowl was this past Sunday. I
forget like things like the Super Bowl happen as I'm here.
Missionary life has been good this past week. I absolutely love
Sister Edstrom, we're having so much fun as we're hitting up the streets
searching for people to teach. It's amazing how many miracles we've
seen. I love it! I'm just trying to work so hard these last few weeks. I
want to make sure I didn't miss anything I was supposed to do or anyone
I was supposed to talk to while here in Senzokuike or Japan. It's like
with cross country. You've run the race, you see the finish line flags,
but you haven't made it across the line yet. All that's left for you to
do is to dig down deep and give it your all, sprinting, pushing against
all pain so that by the time you finish you have nothing left. You do
this so that when you cross that line you can say honestly say you did
your best and you have no regrets. That's what I want to do for my last
little while here in Japan as a missionary. I want to give it my all,
sprint to the end, so that when I'm done I can look back and say I've
done my best, I have no regrets.
On another note, I think you will be proud of me. Why? Topic:
Sushi. So most missionaries when they come to Japan have the chance to
eat sushi maybe 2-3 times. It's expensive so it's not on a commonly eat
list for missionaries. Somehow, however, this is not true for me. I
cannot tell you how many times I have had to eat sushi on my mission.
Today, was no exception. For lunch we went out to eat with some members
and a potential investigator to a sushi restaurant. We received a nice
big bowl of sashimi (slices of raw fish) over rice. And guess what, for
the first time it wasn't horrible. No I still will not go out on my own
to buy sushi, however, finally after over a year in Japan, I was able to
get down a whole meal of sushi without gagging! Count that one for the
record books! As we persist through hard things, miracles happen.
Sometimes, it takes a month, to overcome it, sometimes a year, sometimes
more. But as we persist, we can in the end overcome.
Love
Sister Erin Benne
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