Happy February! February is the coldest month of the year in Japan, so I bought a big box of hand warmers today. I would probably die without them, haha! We had a great week! We cleaned our apartment, taught MEMBER PRESENT lessons, and talked to a lot of special people!
Right now, our investigators seem to all be taking an Oyasumi (break). No one will answer their phones or have time to meet us in the upcoming weeks, so we are taking this opo9rtunity to find new investigators! We are praying really hard to find someone who is prepared to hear our message.
I did another Junkai with Doi Shimai! We had so much fun! It was pouring rain, but we saw some cool miracles and laughed a lot. We also walked up some very steep hills in the pouring rain...... that was fun.
I love Chikushino because I can see the stars at night! Ogawa Shimai and i were riding home and she asked if we could stop for a second. I look up and there were shooting stars! It reminded me of Dad! In Fukuoka, the lights were too bright to see the stars. It was so special to see them. I really felt like Heavenly Father was saying `See, I remember you! Look at this beautiful sky I made for you`. Ogawa Shimai said that she loves looking at the stars too. In Japanese, stars are hoshi.
I made lots of cookies! We gave them to ward members, less actives, our investigators, and then still had enough to keep 2 doezen, and give about 4 dozen to the Elders. They were really happy!!!!!!! Have I told you about Elder Kikuchi and Elder Glover? I don`t know if I have. They are the best. I will give them a proper introduction next week. They are both half Japanese.
I had my big interview with my mission president! He asked me to work a lot harder. At first, I felt like `Hey, you already asked me to train a Nihonjin on my third transfer, what more could you possibly ask of me?!` But I learned another lesson- the Lord demands the very best of us. I have so much to improve on. My Japanese needs to be better, my teaching skills need to improve.... so many things. I am thankful for the kick in the pants. It helps me to be humble and to try a little harder!
On a more positive note, as a district, we went to a yummy pizza place after our interviews and had lots of fun! Except the Elders put tabasco sauce on my pizza........ so I put anchovies in their hot chocolate! :) It is fun to have `brothers` out here in Japan!
I am doing great! THANK YOU FOR THE SEFLIES!!!!!!!!!! KEEP EM COMING!!!!!!! I will send a seflie back to everyone who sent me one next week. I love you all!
Have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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