Elder Tripp's Mission Blog

Japan Sapporo Mission -- The Frozen Chosen

May 2026

May photos

Shimokawa Shimokawa Omu Esashi Esashi Shimokawa Shimokawa Shimokawa Shimokawa 1.5cm spider Tree wall to cool elementary school Aesthetic ah school Rice rice baby Ryoooooumaaaa Sports night: right to left in the circle, taiga, welling, ito, kid, momoka, ryouma, me We had like 20 but most of them left b4 this point. This was duck duck goose

Week 41-42

Week 41/42 -名寄 - ( T _ T ) \ ( ^ - ^ )

Is there someone in your life who could use your words of encouragement or advice? Old or young, you know something they don’t or can encourage them in a way they can’t do themselves because none of us know everything or can do everything yourself. Go encourage that someone and grow their light a little more this week. Anyway. This week you got it, get back into the swing of things, make strides to change to be who you want to be.

Week 40

Week 40 -名寄 - ╰ ( ⸝ ⸝ ⸝ ´ ꒳ ` ⸝ ⸝ ⸝ ) ╯

I’ll get more consistent again eventually I think. I made apple crisp twice this week, bread twice, cookies twice. I’m once again not surprised Conference was pretty good and this week no body wanted to talk during Fast and Testimony meeting. What are fast and testimony meetings like in Japan? Do people jump up and rush the pulpit? Is the same crusty people that tell the same stories? Does the bishop/branch president give you the eye, implying that you should come up and share something?

Week 39

Week 38⅞ -名寄 - ^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^

.mlem. I wonder if writing style greatly differs based on time of day of said written thing. Mom: I love your pictures from your trip last week. I’m glad you were able to go and do that. How much time did it take on train/boat to get there and back? About 2 hours on boat. Then 60 or so km by bike and then 2 hours by boat. Apparently they only rent electric assisted bikes out and we did it on normal bikes without the right trails.

Week 37

Week 37¹ -名寄 -( o ´ ・ _ ・ ) っ

ヤホー、(yahoo, howdy) Is next week transfers? Yup. Next Tuesday and Wednesday. Transfer calls are today but I couldn’t share it until after transfers anyway. I’m pretty much guaranteed to be in Nayoro for 4 transfers from what I’ve heard. So the only thing I’m wondering is who is my next companion. What happened to week 36? Ummm. I can’t count. Like… Ever? I think I thought I skipped a week entirely but I’m unsure.