Well HELLO. It looks like you have had a fun
week! I wish I could have been there for the bridal shower! It looks
like it was very fun. But, why were all of your pictures blurry? Maybe
they just didn't send right or something? I love getting pictures from
you. :) Everyone looked very cute.
Well, this
is my SIX MONTH MARK TODAY. I have been on a mission for six months
exactly. In three days I will have been in Japan for four months. Isn't
that crazy? I can't believe it. It seems like I have felt the weight of
every single day, but when I look back I really can't believe that it's
been six months! I feel like I should know a lot more by now!!! HAHAHA.
This is the last full week of the transfer too. We have transfers next
week, so, I'll see when I get to email. I'll do my best!! :)
This
week, we had a really great lesson with a new investigator that we
have. We taught her the Restoration, and she seemed to accept it as
true. She took the Book of Mormon and was very firm when she agreed to
read part of it, and pray. We were so excited! And then when we were
trying to figure out a return appointment, she said, "this day or that
day" and we asked if we could do both, and she agreed! We are a little
bit shocked, but we are VERY excited for her and we think she really is a
great investigator. We are keeping our faith strong and doing our best
to show her we care. We even had Haruka Chan as a joint for her lesson,
and it was so amazing to have someone who was baptized only in February,
bare her testimony about her conversion and what it has done for her.
The spirit was really strong! Anyway, we are excited about that.
We
also had another lesson with our other investigator. We invited her to
the church for a tour and she was more than willing to come. She seems
like she wasn't taking us too seriously though, so we aren't sure what
she is really thinking, but she has been keeping the commitments we have
been extending to her and so, with faith, hope, and a little bit of
pixie dust we think she can become a really strong investigator. We just
feel so blessed that Heavenly Father is trusting us so much to find
these really wonderful people to teach. They are fun to meet with, we
feel comfortable, they are young, our age, have great potential... we
are just happy.
Other things we did this week:
Cookie Dendo. We went to the grocery store and bought ingredients to
make cookies! I haven't had cookie dough in a really long time and it
was SO GOOD :) But, that's not the point. Anyway, we made cookies (they
didn't taste exactly like they do at home, but they were pretty close)
and we gave them to people! We actually got our investigator to come to
the church because we promised her cookies. Haha. Well we gave some to
her, we gave some to Haruka as a "thank you" and we took some to the
members here in our area. We had a "mogi".... Have I ever told you about
mogi's? Mogi means like "role-play" so we have to like... practice
teaching to each other, etc... anyway we did a mogi lesson with a member
in our area and she was really nice and gave us lunch to take home, so
we took her some cookies. We were excited to do something different and
we actually felt like we were doing some fun service! We also
"heart-attacked" a Less Active's door, and that was a lot of fun. Layton
Shimai was like trying not to just burst out laughing the whole time,
and we were trying so hard to be quiet, because we could hear someone in
the house, but we made it out without being caught :) Yeah, that was a
lot of fun. We just cut out some little hearts and wrote things on them,
and put them on her door. We really liked doing those little fun
service kind of things, and I think it actually helps to build up
relationships with everyone. ALSO, we had some members drop off a bunch
of drinks and jello at our door and it was so kind of them to give us
those things! They said, because it's getting so hot, they just want us
to be careful, and they are thinking of us. I really love the members
her! They really are the best.
The worst thing
that happened this week, was one of those GIANT, and it was even big
for the type of bug it was, GIANT cicada thingies had gotten stuck on
our porch in front of our door, and when we walked up to the door it
FREAKED out and started flying around and was like flying at us, and
Layton Shimai screamed so loud, and I was just laughing so hard and we
ran as fast as we could down the other side of the apartment building.
Finally, when I gathered my courage, I walked as slowly as possible past
the beast, unlocked the door and then... yeah we were safe, but it was
so scary. Those things are like the size of small birds. I saw my life
flash before my eyes.
Well, I'm doing well. I
constantly have a river of sweat dripping down the middle of my back, my
hair is constantly wet, and I'm pretty sure one day I'll need a few
joint replacements because I'm becoming a grandma, but I'm doing well! I
am enjoying every day for what it is, looking for the good, trying to
become the best self that I can be and I'm having a lot of fun. We are
doing the work that we can do and we are trying our best.
I
hope everyone at home is doing well still! Don't die. Scott, don't
complain about planning, it will be over before you know it.
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Love, Raines Shimai
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