We had to stay inside all day because of Typhoon Vongfong

October 13, 2014

Konnichiwa!

Just for the record, vongfong isn't Japanese. BUT typhoon is! Don't worry, by the time it got to Kyushu (the island of Japan that I live on) it had died down! We were instructed to stay in our apartment all day! But be effective. What does that mean? We cleaned for SIX HOURS!! I didn't even know our apartment could be cleaned for that long. We cleaned and cleaned, finished, filled out records and then realized. Nobody had cleaned out the fridge or freezer. Oh well, better luck next time. hahah. But it was fun! We made nabe (really good soup that is practically Japan's chicken noodle soup) and homemade gyoza! (we at it at the Cooper's house before my mission!) It was way good! There were really strong winds, and it did rain a little. Probably the wind was the worst part. This time we got smart, and instead of putting the bikes in our living room are, we just put it them on our back porch! hahah The things you learn as you mature in mission age. The day ended with Hirata Shimai giving me a message. (after daily planning of course) Best companion award. Plus, she is really ticklish so she didn't even want one in return!

But we got to watch GENERAL CONFERENCE this week! Christmas came early!! It was way good! We had two investigators come. One of them was Kinjo san, who usually wears jogging suits to church, but he promised us to wear slacks, and this week he came in his slacks!! (still wearing his baseball cap, but he made progress!) he has already read from the beginning to Words of Mormon! Gosh I love that little guy! He is amazing! Just have to get him to gain a testimony for himself! We are praying he can pray by himself! But General Conference was way good! We got to go into the "English room" Where we ate popcorn, no bake cookies, and a ward member made us SANDWICHES! Granted, they were Japanese-y but they were good! Oh, I don't know if I have said this, they don't eat sandwiches here. They eat rice balls for lunch, or other things, but never sandwiches like we have! 

This week we were housing a big apartment complex, and there were these 6 little kids who answered the door (one kid, 5 friends), the mom was standing there, we were talking about God but she was just playing on her phone, so we ended up asking the kids if they believed in God one girl in the front did, she was so cute, probably 8ish. But the mom didnt have interest, so we left a flyer and moved on. Two days later we went to the same complex to finish housing, and knocked on this door, the same girl who said she had believed in God answered the door. She got really excited and told her mom she knew us! Hirata Shimai was behind the door, so they couldn't see her, so it was just me teaching them, but I was scared I wouldn't be able to understand their answer if I asked them any more questions. So I just asked if we could come back. The mom said yes! So we are going tonight! We are excited!! People to teach! We hope we can go back again! 

Well I love you all, hope you have a great week! And don't forget those things you learned in General Conference! I LOVE YOU!
Messer Shimai

Receiving massage from Hirati Shimai during the Typhoon lock down

Don't worry, because Hirati is so tiny, the punching actually felt good!