Oh the best part of this week was that Kaicho (President) came to do interviews!!! It was SO subarashii (wonderful)!! Kaicho (President) is awesome. I have kind of a funny story though. So that was on Thursday. All of the chorotachi (Elders) from the whole zone (Ishigaki, Naze, Miyako too) came up for it. So I wanted to play basketball again since the last time was when the AP's were here for junkai (meeting). So Kuroki Shimai (Sis. Kuroki) and I woke up and went and played basketball with all the chorotachi (Elders). Some of them went inside to play ping pong though, so it was probably like half of them playing ball. One of the AP's, his name is Eliason Choro (Elder Eliason), is pretty good at basketball. So we were playing and I'm talking trash...of course. Anyways after we were done, he was trying to dunk it. Oh and we were outside on one of those hoops you can like roll and adjust the height. It was only at 9.5 feet. It took him 3 tries before he got it and I was talking trash the whole time. I asked him if he wanted me to show him how it's done. Ha so he lowered the hoop, and went and got all of the elders to come watch. It was so embarrassing. I crushed it at 7.5 feet though! :) So that's the background. So I went into my interview with Kaicho (President), and Eliason Choro walked past, but Kaicho thought they were leaving, so he called him in really fast. So Eliason Choro comes in and tells Kaicho about their junkai (meeting) plans and stuff, but then he was like "Kaicho, you really have to talk to this girl about talking trash. She talks more trash than anyone I know." When he first walked in, I was going to give him a hard time about basketball, but I decided I better not. After he said that though, I said, "Oh that's funny. I was just about to tell you that anytime you wanted to get beat at basketball again to come on down." Eliason Choro laughed and said, "See what I mean?!" But then I realized I had just talked crap to an AP in front of my Mission President! The Mission President! And this is like his first impression of me because we didn't talk when we first got here. So I was a little concerned. I was thinking, "what have I done?" But I look over and Kaicho is laughing. He said "I like this girl!" And just laughed and whatever, but it turned out ok I guess. Funny right? Oops.
Anyways the rest of the interview was awesome. Gustafson Kaicho loves sports too! So we talked about sports a little, and then he asked me what the hardest thing for me was right now. I told him Japanese. We talked about it and stuff, but the general idea is that he said I need to be patient for two transfers, and then I'll be on my way. He said to stop worrying about it so much. He said I didn't just walk onto a varsity basketball team. I had to work. He said this is the team, and I'm the coach. And you have to earn your spot on the team. I LOVED that!! So awesome! He also told me that if I ran in the mornings I'll start sleeping at night. He gave me permission to go with Kuchar Shimai since no one else will go with me. So Kuchar Shimai and I have been doing that. And guess what...I've been sleeping much better! Yatta!
The bad news...Mako and Akiho didn't get baptized. They have kind of dropped us, I think. They still came to church with us but they don't really want to meet with us anymore. It is depressing! They don't know if they want to have to keep all the commandments for forever. It is the saddest thing!
BUT...we found a new investigator! Unfortunately he is a guy, so we'll have to pass him to the Elders. It's kind of cool though. We found him housing. Kuroki Shimai was like, "How about this apartment complex?" So we stopped and housed it. It was late-ish so we didn't have much time before we had to go home. We didn't have any luck on the top 3 floors. You could see this really cool Japanese castle up on the hill, though. I said I really wanted to see a big, Japanese castle. So we knock on the last door, and no one answered, so we started walking away. Then the door opened and this guy came out. We talked to him, and he actually had interest! Funny thing...his name is Oshiro san. It means "big castle"!!! haha! Funny! We met with him again later in the week and we have another appointment for this week! He also read the introduction to the Book of Mormon like we asked. YAY!!!!
I might get transferred. It's not typical for a "bean" to transfer but I think it's gonna happen. Kaicho (President) told me a little during my interview, so we'll see what happens. There's not supposed to be threesomes and my trainer is an STL (sister training leader). So they're going to put the STLs together. Next transfer is her last. I'll find out next Tuesday.
Oh, and next week P-day is on Tuesday! (that's for Mom so she won't panic when she doesn't hear from me next Monday! :) ...and for all you blog followers...Lacee's blog won't be updated until I hear from her on TUESDAY! :) )
I'm getting really good at making pancakes! Everything here is made with "hot cake" mix. I don't know why it is so big here, but it is. Lots of it is surprisingly good though! :)
Just know I love you all lots!
The bad news...Mako and Akiho didn't get baptized. They have kind of dropped us, I think. They still came to church with us but they don't really want to meet with us anymore. It is depressing! They don't know if they want to have to keep all the commandments for forever. It is the saddest thing!
BUT...we found a new investigator! Unfortunately he is a guy, so we'll have to pass him to the Elders. It's kind of cool though. We found him housing. Kuroki Shimai was like, "How about this apartment complex?" So we stopped and housed it. It was late-ish so we didn't have much time before we had to go home. We didn't have any luck on the top 3 floors. You could see this really cool Japanese castle up on the hill, though. I said I really wanted to see a big, Japanese castle. So we knock on the last door, and no one answered, so we started walking away. Then the door opened and this guy came out. We talked to him, and he actually had interest! Funny thing...his name is Oshiro san. It means "big castle"!!! haha! Funny! We met with him again later in the week and we have another appointment for this week! He also read the introduction to the Book of Mormon like we asked. YAY!!!!
I might get transferred. It's not typical for a "bean" to transfer but I think it's gonna happen. Kaicho (President) told me a little during my interview, so we'll see what happens. There's not supposed to be threesomes and my trainer is an STL (sister training leader). So they're going to put the STLs together. Next transfer is her last. I'll find out next Tuesday.
Oh, and next week P-day is on Tuesday! (that's for Mom so she won't panic when she doesn't hear from me next Monday! :) ...and for all you blog followers...Lacee's blog won't be updated until I hear from her on TUESDAY! :) )
I'm getting really good at making pancakes! Everything here is made with "hot cake" mix. I don't know why it is so big here, but it is. Lots of it is surprisingly good though! :)
Just know I love you all lots!
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