I still don't know what's going on with the transfers, but I will find out today. I am pretty sure I'm going to be transferring, and it sounds like I will be headed off the island. I don't know that but that's kind of what it feels like. I would LOVE to go somewhere cold for the winter. That sounds strange, I know, but it's true! So I will let you know in my letter next week where I am! Now you get to wonder and guess for a week! :)
I am so jealous that you have seen conference! I have been looking forward to it for weeks! We will see it next weekend, and I am PUMPED!
This week, we pretty much had to stay inside for two days. Two typhoons hit. One on Saturday, and then Sunday was fine, and the other one was on Monday. So we were supposed to stay inside. We did Area Book dendo (missionary planning book), and lots of studying!
We met some pretty cool people this week. The other night, we were on our way to an appointment, and we stopped this lady to talk to her. We talked to her, and she actually seemed pretty interested. I was imagining her in the temple, and I thought, "Teach her about the temple." That seemed a little weird because we were just doing our regular stuff, and I have never taught anyone anything about the temple. So pretty much it could very easily end in complete disaster. I stood there for a second thinking about it, and then told my trainer we needed to teach her about the temple. So I waited for a pause, said a prayer, and started talking. Surprisingly it actually kind of made sense. It wasn't really smooth or eloquent by any means, but I think she understood what I was saying. I asked if she had heard of temples and showed her a picture of the Salt Lake Temple. She said no, so I told her it was God's house, and it is a sacred place...that through the covenants we make with God there, we can live as eternal families. We can do baptisms for the dead for family members that have died. She was like, "oh cool". It wasn't anything really awesome, but she said she liked it. Both of her parents died, so eternal families would be cool. Yay! That was pretty neat. She is going to meet with us again too!
We also met a lady who we asked to get baptized when we talked to her on the street. I said, "When you know these things are true..." and she cut me off and said (in English...whaaa???) "Oh, I know they're true." So I asked if she wanted to get baptized, and she said yes! So her date is for October 28th. Her daughter is in the Junior Olympics though, so she is really busy, but we have an appointment set up!
Did I tell you I ate natto (fermented soybean mash)? If not, I did and it was gross! I also ate goya (Japanese cucumber/squash...depending on where you look this word up online :) ). I actually kind of like it, in a weird way. I would never crave it, but when I ate it, it was decent.
We met with the Tenuya family again. I can't even explain to you how much I love them! The parents are both less-active, but the two kids are both active. They are both planning to serve missions next year. The daughter is 23, and she is AMAZING! I love her dearly. Her little brother is 17, and he is so awesome too! The parents are great parents!...They love the missionaries, though, and they have done an incredible job raising their kids! I hope with both of their kids on missions, they will have the desire to come back! I LOVE them!
I got a flat tire on my bike this week, so I took it to get fixed. The guy fixed it, we went home for dinner, came back out, and my tire was flat again! So the next morning, we took it and got it fixed...30 minutes later when we got to our appointment, my tire was flat again!!!! So I looked at it and there was a big ol' staple thingy in it! So I yanked it out, and we took it back one more time. We told the guy what happened, and he fixed it one more time. Luckily, now it is holding air! Flats are called panku here. So I got three in a day! Good times! Sometimes your tire just has to get flat! We met a girl on the way to the bike shop though, so way to go tire! The Lord works in mysterious ways! :)
Things are going well! I'll probably be emailing you from somewhere different next week. Take some guesses Love you all so much!! Thanks for all the love and support!
Shout out to Z-man! Happy birthday! I thought of you all day yesterday!
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