What? What are lessons?

March 2, 2014

Hello! 

I hope you all had a good week! We had a great week here in Fukuoka!! We were able to teach LESSONS this week!

What? What are lessons? We actually taught TWO lessons last P-Day, so our p-day was a little non-existant. But that is ok because we took some time off that night, and the work isnt about us, it is about the people of Fukuoka!! Michiko san took us to a SUPER fancy restaurant and bought us all "hamburgers" (hamburgers in Japan dont really have buns) it was crazy. She spoils us too much!! She even took us to another bakery afterwards and bought us more bread! Then we had to leave for our next appointment because it was about an hour bike ride away. It was at this place called Bayside which is a super cool, pier thing. It reminded me a lot of San Fran, it is pretty deserted at this time of the year. BUT it was super cool, and rumor has it that it is a pretty effective place to go during the summer since everyone wants to be by the water! IT was way cool though!

Another super cool thing that happened this week is we got to help Tamada shimai move! She is the less active member we met on the street on my way to go buy my bike! She is moving closer to her work, so we went and helped clean out her old apartment, and she made us dinner which was super good! Her dad used to be a sumo wrestler!! She is the coolest, and speaks English so we lover her even more!! She even came to the church open house we had, and it was awesome because it was the first time she was able to come to church since she was baptized in utah 20 years ago!! We have been seeing tons of miracles, we have ran into 3 less actives on the STREET! How many are there roaming around this huge city? We love meeting them, it is so fun to get people BACK TO CHURCH!! This work is good!

I have met so many great people while being here. IT is crazy to think that I have been in Japan just as long as I was in the MTC! I LOVED the MTC, but it felt like an eternity! I still feel like i got here just yesterday! Sorry it is so short, time just goes by so fast each week! I love all of you so much!! have a great week!!

ai shite imasu!

Messer Shimai

Messer Shimai's weed bouquet 

sakura (cherry blossom) krispy kreme!