Ok, so I just have to start with Hamu. This is so cool! We were on junkai Tuesday (companion exchange). I was with one of the STLs (sister training leader). We were out streeting, and went up to this girl. She's probably 15. We started to talk to her, and she said, IN ENGLISH, "I'm Christian." We were like, Great! So are we! And you speak English! We talked to her (in a mix of English and Japanese) about how she learned English and what she believed. She said she learned English from reading the Bible. Whaaa????!! She learned some at school, but that was how she learned more. She said her mom is also Christian and interested in religion. So we explained some to her about the Church, and talked about The Book of Mormon. We told her that she could have a copy of the Book of Mormon to read it she wanted. She was really excited and said that she wanted it, but was it ok if she could have two so she could give one to her mom too? We obviously told her yes! So we talked a little more and asked her if she thought she wanted to learn more. She didn't even hesitate. She said, "Oh, yes, I want to learn more." It was cool! We set up an appointment. She's kinda busy, so we can't meet until this Thursday, but we're meeting with her then!! We traded phone numbers, and then we left. Like 30 minutes later she emailed us asking if it was ok to bring her friend to the lesson on Thursday!!! Stop it!!! We were freaking out at this point. We told her yes! So, I am mostly just super pumped for Thursday! We emailed her the other day to make sure it was still good, so I am hoping they come! Yatta!!! :)
Other than that, we have been hunting down all the addresses on the less-active/former investigator lists. It's been an adventure, lemme tell ya! So I already told you about the lady that had died. Now we have dead, moved, and the building no longer exists! Trying to find some addresses here is a joke. Really, though...it is hard. Even for the Japanese...and they made them up! So we are updating the list. (You're welcome future missionaries of the Fujisaki area!) It's pretty neat.
Also, it's starting to get kinda cold. I had to pullout my fleece lined tights and my cardigans and jackets. It literally rained for three days straight last week. But you just tough it out in the rain. It's not so bad.
We are finally starting to get to know the members too. The members here are seriously awesome. I love them. This is more a family ward. Okinawa was not. There are a few young married couples with babies and little kids. So fun! I love the kids. They're hilarious! I can't understand most of what they're saying, but they're adorable!
We also helped with the Halloween party. That was so fun. We got a potential investigator out of it too!
I love the Bishop and his family. They are amazing! They have two little girls (maybe 10 & 6). The Bishop's dad is his first counselor. They had us over for dinner last night. So fun! The Bishop is totally pera pera (fluent) in English but he speaks Japanese to me. Thank goodness! He loves sports and was talking to me about it. I told him I love baseball, and he was dying. He thought it was so cool. He was talking a little about the post-season and was like, oh but you don't know! But he's really amazing and very involved with missionary work too, which is so nice!
That's about it. We're going to the Fukuoka Tower today. Yay!! I'm excited! And tomorrow is Zone Taikai! So I get to see my friends!
Love you lots!!!
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