Wow, ok! This week was INSANE! It was so good, but crazy! First off we had the whole travel mix-up thing which put us back a day. We were supposed to spend two nights at the honbu (mission home...which is under the Fukuoka Temple...awesome, right?!) but we only stayed for one night. Kutcher Shimai and I were both heading here to Naha...yatta!! OK, so the thing is that they only let you take a carry-on and one checked bag to Okinawa. And we had to leave to catch our plane at 6:30, so we had to rearrange all of our luggage. We didn't even get to the honbu (mission home) until like 1:00, so we only got an hour of sleep that night too. In more than 72 hours we got less than 10 hours of sleep. It was ridiculous. The Lord was definitely holding us up because there was no way we could have done it without His help!
Anyways, so hai (yes). I am in the Naha East area. It used to be just the Naha area until like a week ago maybe. Then they split it. So Kuchar Shimai (one of her MTC roommates) is in the Naha ward. But we all live in this little 2 person apartment, but there are 5 of us! It's not terrible, but there's not really any room. It's all right though. We sleep on futons...the mat things on the floor. They are pretty great actually. They just fold up out of the way so there's a little more room.
The sister from Utah has been out for a little more than a year, and by the end of this transfer will have been in Naha for 10 months. That is forever! My native companion is on her second transfer. So she's a bean too. I LOVE HER! She is seriously the best. She knows English because she went to BYUH for 3 years before her mission...yes, they are both 22, so I am way younger, but oh well!
The first day we tried to get my bike and stuff, but that didn't work out. So we did some contacting. The last few days have been pretty good. Unfortunately, I have horrible Nihongo and I don't really understand anything that's going on. We have a bunch of investigators, and we actually have 5 with baptismal dates. I've already gone contacting, housing, helped teach a lesson, so much!!!
Church was kind of scary. It was very overwhelming, and people would come talk to me and ask questions but I didn't know what they were saying or how to answer. I am so scared I'm going to offend someone. Everyone is super nice though. I love them all so much! Everyone...literally everyone...struggles with my name. It's kind of funny. One old gentleman before sacrament meeting asked who I was. When I told him he said, "Baputesuma Shimai!" (Sister Baptism) and just started laughing. It was pretty funny! It could be worse!
The food here is weird. Hopefully I will get used to it. It's either super good or disgusting! Either way you have to eat it and tell them how delicious it is. And they make you eat SO MUCH! Dinner appointments are going to be the death of me. I know it!
Also, I don't know if I will ever be dry again! It is SO ridiculously humid here! You walk outside and you're drenched. Hopefully that's also something I will get used to. On the bright side, I now no longer need lotion! :)
Shoutout to Cook Kyodai and Pehrson Kyodai!! I miss you both! Thanks for everything!
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