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FUKUOKA TEMPLE AND MESSER SHIMAI (THE MISSION HOME IS UNDERNEATH IT)
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Hello!!
First I will answer all of your questions. My week was good
this week! Nothing too crazy food wise this week! You asked about the
intestines, they were in a soup that I ate my first week here at a members
house. They tasted like chicken, but like super chewy. yum! My shoes are
working out splendidly! Unfortunately all of the biking, have made my calves
increase in size, which mean my rain boots are getting tighter and tighter,
we:ll see how that goes at the end. hahahah Biking in a skirt took some
adjusting, but it:s fine now. Yes, they are all long enough! Yes the children
learn English in school. It usually goes like this when they see us
"hello! how are you?" and we:ll say "we're good, how are
you?" (I FOUND THE APOSTROPHE!!!!!!!!) and they'll giggle and say either
"I'm happy" or "I'm fine" and then they will say "see
you!" It is so funny because it's not like "see ya, or see you
later" just see you. hahah they're cute, and when we pass they all giggle
and whisper to their friends and all I can understand is "kawaii"
which means cute...so ya. ;)
My Japanese mom and grandma are doing good! Unfortunately,
my Japanese mom, it was a hard week. Last week after we emailed we
had a lesson with her, we invited the ward service missionary to come joint us.
It ended in a huge argument because the member went into some pretty deep
doctrinal stuff that freaked her out. So she left and said she didnt
want anything to do with church anymore. BUT she texted us last night and she
had read 101 pages in the BOM since last Monday!! She wants to read the book
just so she can know for herself! And then this morning she called us and
wanted to take us grocery shopping! So that:s why I am not emailing at the
normal time, because we met with her and she gave us a bunch of fruit hahah she
is the cutest. Dad, you asked how she got so wealthy and if she is married. yes
she is married, unfortunately her husband ONLY comes home from work on
Sunday's! Of course! So she usually would stay just for sacrament so she could
go be with him. But they both work, i am not sure what he does...but it brings
in a lot of money. Plus, she is high up in her company, she was on TV and radio
this week for her work! My Japanese mom's mom just died two days ago :( So we
are hoping for a meeting with her in a couple of days so we can explain the
plan of salvation! Good thing she:s not Buddhist, so she doesnt have to go
through the 49 days of mourning or something! We haven't talked to Mayumi San
this week yet, but we are hoping to contact her this week!! Mom, I havent seen any
cute little courtyards, but I have never been to a house yet, only apartment
buildings! Cars are small, but not tiny. Most of them are just normal, but they
drive on the opposite side! No, we never see ATV's :( sometimes I hear a little
scooter and get excited though hahaha
So everyone has asked me why I ate the Nato, and where I was
so here is the back story. Nato is just known for being disgusting, so everyone
always takes their bean (new missionary) to eat nato for the first time. So,
last week when we went grocery shopping we all bought a thing of nato to try.
We just ate it at our house for breakfast, and all were gagging for like ten
minutes. Well, Higashi shimai eats it on a daily bases, so she was taking
pictures hahaha. It is like super good for you, so everyone eats it but
it is so gross!! But i got it over with so I hope i never have to do it again!
ew. Maybe you guys should try some ;)
This week was good, we had interviews with the mission
president, and said to tell my parents thank you for sending me out here, so
mom and dad, Kaicho says thanks! hahaha
We went to a potential investigators house this week and had
a nabe party, nabe is kind of like the chicken noodle soup for Japan, it was
super good, you just throw a bunch of veggies and meat into a soup base, and
you set it on a burner in the middle of the table and just eat out of it! The
girl was super cool, she is 24 and so she was asking us what we wanted in our
future husbands, and if we thought any of the missionaries were cute. We quickly
let her know that they were like our brothers to us. haha but we had a sports
night this week with the ward, where we all just went and played basketball,
volleyball and bad minton and she showed up! we:re hoping to teach her, but she
is super busy with work :( someday!
Oh, so for service here we just offer free english classes.
but since we are in the city, we do THREE english classes! One every wednesday
for just anyone who wants to learn, then one every two weeks for moms, and then
one every two weeks for babies. It is a little insane, but it is fun! We get to
see a lot of chubby little japanese kids, so it makes us happy! Plus, we are
forced to speak english the whole time! it is great!
Mom, we sang in sacrament meeting last week, i thought of you
and your choir, but it was just us four sisters! and at one part I was singing
with just one other girl! I have never done that before! But it turned out
really good! We sang a three part harmony to The Lord is my Shepherd, it was
super pretty! Or at least I hope it was! hahah Well i will try to attach some
pictures now! Thanks for the love and the emails and letters! Ai shite imasu!
Messer Shimai
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