Morisan
Sushi time
Birthday package
Me and Messer Shimai
My birthday Lemon pie
Konnichiwa, kazoku!
Gosh - this week has been one of the craziest yet! I am SO happy for Devin and Heather! I am a little bit sad about missing the wedding but I definitely know this is where I need to be right now. You best believe I will be catching up on every detail when I talk to you all in person. I am so excited for them! And I cannot believe Logan:s mission papers are in - huzzah! I thought of something fabulous the other day. Maybe he will come to my mission - and I will see him! Yep, I would be a-okay with that. And we could speak in our sneaky language for the rest of our lives. But anyway - a bit about the week!
We had zone conference this past week and it was so good. Don:t get me wrong, they are always great, but this one was scary and exciting and just plain awesome. It was very interactive. President Gustafson was doing a lot of interactive things - calling companionships up and having them teach him as the investigator about baptism, or the word of wisdom, or things like that. He also called on every missionary, asking them vocabulary questions, and what they would do in certain missionary situations. Definitely a training we learned a lot from and that we won:t be forgetting anytime soon!
We also were able to have a really great lesson with Uehasan this past week. She is a referral from the APs - they met her housing, so we have had a couple of lessons together with them, but tonight we are having our first lesson with just her and us. She has come to church for the past two weeks, and just loves the members. Last week, we were talking about the plan of salvation and we discovered she has really similar beliefs. That was really exciting to discover, because that is not the normal thing here. We are super excited for tonight!!!! We also were able to have a lesson with Morisan, the genki 85 yr old lady that loves us. She is still very Buddhist, and tells us she is happy just the way she is, and always tells us things about the war because she was a teenager during the war. She has started to read the Book of Mormon, so we are hoping we will be able to help her come to realize how this will help her in her life!
So with the whole girls night idea... it was a great idea. But unfortunately it failed a little bit. We had a lot of people planning on coming but almost all of them cancelled last minute. We had one less active come, but she had to leave early so we didn:t even end up watching the movie. But it:s all good - we tried it and learned from the experience!
Now on to the birthday news - I had one of the funnest birthdays ever!
The day before my birthday, the whole district went to kaitenzushi together (its sushi on a conveyer belt that just rolls by your table - it is way fun and delicious). The reason this is a big deal is because we never have our whole district all together because the office elders are often too busy to come to things. Twas a party!
I decided the best day to have a birthday as a missionary is Sunday. Totally lucked out. Ueha san came to church, as did Sukizaki shimai - and sukizaki shimai was officially reactivated yesterday! Huzzah!
But mom, don:t you fret. The sisters I lived with definitely made it a fabulous birthday. I will send some pics of me opening presents so you can fully appreciate the birthdayness of it. Thank you so much for the package! I absolutely loved everything in it. Tell Dallin he is sneaky. But I will eat a black thunder today, just for him. But really - I loved it! We made fabulous st patricks day smoothies this morning, thanks to the lovely dye. Basically everything in there was super happy. Thank you thank you thank you! We made lemon pie, had super good chicken adobo ( a phillipino food sister lyles made), and lots of good things all day. We talked to some really nice people while proselyting - one lady even gave us chocolate!. Great day indeed.
Last bit of news - there was a bit of an earthquake here apparently. Not really a big deal or anything - the only reason we knew was because at 2 am our phone received an emergency text that they send to all the phones as an alert. Fun indeed.
Last of all - to answer a few questions - the members in Fukuoka are incredible. They are super missionary oriented, and the ward here is so big.
The average work day here is all day every day. Seriously no such thing as 9-5. Every adult is always working, every child is always in school. It blows my mind. I will explain better in more detail at a later time.
And weather wise - it was cold for awhile but the past few days have been so much warmer! We didn:t have to wear coats today for the first time all winter - just a cardigan. So that:s great! Anyway, that is about all for now. I:ll try to send some pics - have a lovely week! Love you!
愛しています！！！
フレーク姉妹
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