I will definitely admit, I am a bit green with jealousy right now. I am so happy you were able to go up to Utah to see Devin in his Vocal Point concert!!! That is awesome. I feel jealous with news like that for about 2 seconds, then I remember that I'm in Japan and I stop feeling jealous because this is basically the best place on the planet. It makes me feel bad for you all that you aren't here! :) heehee. But really. I love it so much.
This week, we had zone conference. Our mission has 8 zones, and its so spread out that for zone conference, every other transfer, its always combined with 2 zones. Here, it is the Fukuoka and Nagasaki zones. Why, do you ask, is this a big deal? Let me tell ya. I was reunited with Heaton Shimai! There was a bit of screaming and big hugs involved. She's such a gem. It's so fun to be around a lot of missionaries, catch up on some stories, and so on. ZC was great - President and Sister Gustafson are so sweet and I learn so much from them every time I hear them speak. And our APs are super cool. Loved the training and such. One thing that was pretty cool was that the church just came out with this new "Adjusting to Missionary Life" book for all the missionaries - aka how to handle stress. It is fabulous. I am a big fan.
We made biscuits and gravy this week! It was great. Lane shimai's first time having it- and good news; she's converted. On the food topic - now that its getting a little more cold, we've been having a lot more soups. Japanese soups are insanely delicious. I will most definitely be learning how to make these and making them every winter for the rest of my life. So good.
It's still raining every few days, which means we get to wear our kapas (rainsuits) which I LOVE. I feel like a spy. True story.
Here are a few of our miracles from the week!
- We were talking to two girls on the street about what we believe, and gave them each a book of mormon. As they were walking away, a man came running up to us and asked if we had any more of those books. We responded of course! He showed us a flyer (it's an I'm a Mormon flyer that we all pass out to tons of people every day) and said "I got this a few days ago in Chikushino (another area in Fukuoka). I can't wait to go to this free english class!" We told him that we also taught a free english class, in a place about 5 minutes away rather than the flyer he had, which was a lot farther way. He was super excited, thanked us, and gave us his business card, phone number, etc and asked us to call if we needed anything, then walked away. He came to Eikaiwa that night, and we were able to set up an appointment! Then we passed him to the elders. They will be meeting with him tomorrow. Exciting indeed!
-We also say Konnichiwa! To about a thousand people every day. Not really, but we do say it to everyone we bike past on our way to things. The exciting miracle is one that the other sisters in our apartment shared with us. They were out biking one day and a lady stopped them, waved and said Konnichiwa! Apparently we had told her hello the day before, and she really appreciated it. So she stopped the other sisters and told them to tell us thanks for brightening her day! Pretty fun.
-We have a fabulous sense of direction. We discovered that the other day when we were traversing unfamiliar trevain. (sorry. can't spell in english anymore). We both stopped and decided to guess which way was north. Then we pulled out our compasses (which were the best purchase ever) and we were CORRECT.
-We each compiled a small toolkit a couple weeks ago to always keep in our bike baskets, so if we have problems we don't have to rely on other people - we can take care of it ourselves! Also the best purchase of our lives.
-Fun fact! We have a huge hill that leads to our apartment, and every morning when we ride down it I yell WOO HOO and it is way fun. Probably not very japanese ish of me. Just not quite as fun when we are biking back up it at night.
Investigator wiise - this week was a little hard. We don't have a baptismal date with Christina any more. We weren't able to meet with both her and her husband. Just with her one time. There are a lot of shaky things testimony-wise going on, but more info on that next week. We'll keep trying, praying, and working with them! But on the plus side - they're doing great with the word of wisdom, and we're doing great with the sugar fast!
Yukari is in the hospital right now, and we were able to visit her last week. It was great to see her, and we love her to death. She is such a sweetheart.
Lots o time for finding! Woot!
Well that about sums up the week. Love you all, have a fabulous week!!!!!!!!!
Ai shite imasu!!!
Flake Shimai
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