An American investigator-Like, how do I even answer her questions in English?

Companions Messer & Jeffrery Shimais

February 8, 2015

Hey hey hey! 

It has been a great week! We are so spoiled in Okinawa! I can not tell you all of the American food I have eaten this last week! Is that a good thing? I don't know, but it is weird having that food again. 

We have seen a lot of miracles lately! We do this thing where when we plan for the next day at nights, we plan the specific person we want to meet. We be VERY specific, down to the hair style, color, the color of clothes, age, number of kids and everything. Then we pray that we will meet this person. All we want to do is meet this person, and make their image about the church a little bit better than before we met them. It has been way cool. We have met almost every specific person! For example on on Tuesday we met a young mom with two kids, a long sleeve shirt, wearing maroon and had a pony tail. It was SPOT ON! It was crazy! Then on Thursday we met a grandma with a cane, bent over with a hat with some lighter eyes. met her! We met a woman with curly, shoulder length hair with bangs, wearing red, and sweater and no glasses. met her! It is so weird! Those are just some of the examples, we meet prepared people everyday! It is super cool to see the Lords hand in our work! He wants us to see success! 

We had a cool lesson with a new investigator who guess what? Was American! So that was cool. It is so different teaching in English, with somebody who has a Christian background. Li

With Jefferey Shimai in front of the Shurijo Castle in Okinawa

ke how do I even answer her questions? But it is a lot of fun seeing the difference of my teaching style in English and Japanese. But we went on the base a LOT this week getting to know members and having them help us with Recent Converts and what not. It is fun seeing this different kind of missionary work. There have been SO MANY planes flying around! It is so stinking cool! There are these super fast little jet things and I love watching them fly around. Jeffery Shimai thinks I am weird. But they just fly around and keep me entertained.

We have also been teaching Minami. She is awesome, she has been meeting with missionaries for a little over a year and has been taught all of the lessons. She is waiting to receive an answer that this is the only true church. She has been praying to get her answer, and reading the Book of Mormon but has not received her answer yet, or so she thinks. But she is a lot of fun and she came to two of our sacrament meetings yesterday since her English is good enough to come to the Military branches as well. 

But we are having a lot of fun, it is COLD here compared to what the Okinawan's are used to! So they always think i am weird when I dont have a jacket on, but I am becoming accustomed to the "cold" and wear jackets sometimes. Welp I hope you have a fabulous week, I love and miss you all!!! 

愛しています！！

Messer Shimai