Dear family and friends,
What a crazy week, sometimes k don't even know what is going on,
actually a lot of the time, but I am definitely still having fun.
Monday smith Shimai got the call that she was becoming an stl, so I
cleaned the apartment while she packed, and then we finished off our
pday activities. That night we played spoons with tom, and Youko
Shimai, and had a lot of fun. We then taught them the importance of
the restoration with head, shoulders, knees, and toes, and I just love
that tatoe, it had become easier to do as well.
Tuesday right as we were about to go out and dendo, I got the call,
found out I was transferring to Hirakata, and as I had wished, I was
going to have a nihonjin companion. Her name is omisaki Shimai, and we
both go home together in December. She is Senpai, and my second
Senpai, since I've only had one before, my trainer mills Shimai. It is
so weird being the junior companion again. Since I had to pack and
send off my suitcases, we stopped, and I packed, we sent off the
suitcases, and then we got out to dendo. We tried to visit a couple of
less actives, and say goodbye, but they weren't home. We had an
appointment with Youko Shimai for dinner, so we went to that, and said
goodbye, she was so sad that we were both leaving. That night we had
eikaiwa, and that was a lot of fun. The kids were everywhere, and so
were the missionaries. Lots of fun though.
Wednesday we left early in the morning. We got a ride from a couple of
members, they like to say goodbye when missionaries transfer, so we
did that and then went to Kobe, smith shimais results were back, and
she is 100% healthy. It is probably just a hereditary problem, nothing
visible. But at least it wasn't and ulcer. The rest of that day we
spent trying to help the office couple, the bills, and also the
welchs. We did help, but mainly we got treated to stories and Welch
shimais cooking. We were kind of stuck, because we aren't going back
to Toyooka because of transfers, but we had fun doing what we could.
They were really prepared so that transfers could go smoothly, and it
worked pretty well.
Thursday was transfer day, it was cool to see Oswald Shimai, smith
Shimai (mtc comp.), and cannon Shimai. They were all becoming
trainers, so I got a chance to see them. Transfers went pretty
simply, I wasn't too nervous, and I got to teach a cute couple on the
train. I met omisaki Shimai, and after a little bit we headed back to
our apartment. SKK was interesting. It was the normal introducing and
everything, I felt like she expected me to know about everyone, and
who we should visit when I hadn't even heard anything about Them. That
was a little taihen. I didn't realize at first how hard it was, but
definitely is better to learn who the people are. That night we went
to visit kobayashi Shimai, and met her less active daughter that is
never home, it was definitely a miracle. The other cool thing was I
saw yoshiya Kun from shimogamo, which was lots of fun. He was on his
way home from work, and recognized me, and I recognized him. It was so
funny. I'm actually really close to shimogamo again, which is weird
for me.
Friday we had a doseki lesson with kana San and matsusaki Shimai, and
that was amazing. She loves the Book of Mormon, and even though I just
met her, I can tell her faith is increasing. But she needs to tell her
husband that she is meeting with us. We also visited Hara Shimai, a
less active, who has recently realized she needs to be reading her
scriptures, so hopefully we can help her big that habit,and then we
visited akatsuka Shimai and her daughter. I taught akatsuka Shimai in
English, and omisaki Shimai taught Reisa chan in Japanese. Akatsuka
Shimai doesn't speak Japanese, so that is how it worked. Today was one
of the hardest days of my life. Omisaki Shimai got upset at me, for
what I felt was a little thing, but I couldn't explain it, and she was
for some reason really upset. It's hard, because whenever she is
explaining her feelings she acts angry, and I can't tell if she is
angry or not, or if she just wants me to understand, but this time she
was angry, and I definitely felt alone. I couldn't explain anything in
Japanese, and English wouldn't help anything, so I just stayed silent.
The same problem has been going on, off and on, the rest of this week,
and I definitely miss English. I love Japanese, but I miss English.
There is nothing like your native language ever. But I am definitely
relying a lot more on the lord through this. I asked for a nihonjin
companion, and know I don't know what I was thinking, it is way
harder, despite the fact that we really do get along and already love
eachother. So I'm relearning the lesson be careful what you wish for,
but I know I need this experience, otherwise i wouldn't be
experiencing it, so hopefully I can learn the lessons I am supposed
to, and then apply them.
Saturday we biked all day, trying to visit some less actives, but no
one was home, and we biked really far, to the top of the mountain. On
the way home, we tried some people we hadn't planned, and half met
them, but they were busy, so we just introduced me as the new
missionary, and headed home. We biked over 10 miles, 25 kilometers at
least we figured out, especially because we got way lost, and had to
find our way back. I have gotten lost on purpose to get to know an
area many times, but always had an idea where I was. This time I had
absolutely no idea. 100% lost, and omisaki Shimai isn't the best with
directions. Luckily I can read a map, and got her back to an area that
she knew.
Sunday we had to get SKK finished, cause we didn't on Thursday, but
that didn't happen. Omisaki Shimai pushed it off over and over again,
and thus we came to Sunday, but after church, we had ward council,
which was awesome. The first part, which was with the missionaries,
ended up going for over two hours, but it was a good chance to talk
with the ward. We then had lunch, basically making a cake for a
members birthday, rushed by train to visit a less active at her part
time job, which was good, but then we were late to our appointment
with the kawabatas. It was Kawabata kyodais birthday. And they wanted
us over to celebrate. The message way went south, but through the
spirit I was able to fix it kind of, but it was scary there for a
little bit. I was glad I didn't understand everything that was being
said, and could use what I understood to change the topic. Sometimes
not being fluent is super helpful.
So that was my week, definitely an emotional roller coaster, and I'm
pretty sure my companion didn't know I was on it, but that is ok. I
definitely learned a lot through this, and I'm still excited for this
transfer with omisaki Shimai, cause I'm sure we'll see miracles. Plus
the ward is great.
Love you all, and hope you have a great week! I love you all, and I love Japan!
Love, Sister Makin
What a crazy week, sometimes k don't even know what is going on,
actually a lot of the time, but I am definitely still having fun.
Monday smith Shimai got the call that she was becoming an stl, so I
cleaned the apartment while she packed, and then we finished off our
pday activities. That night we played spoons with tom, and Youko
Shimai, and had a lot of fun. We then taught them the importance of
the restoration with head, shoulders, knees, and toes, and I just love
that tatoe, it had become easier to do as well.
Tuesday right as we were about to go out and dendo, I got the call,
found out I was transferring to Hirakata, and as I had wished, I was
going to have a nihonjin companion. Her name is omisaki Shimai, and we
both go home together in December. She is Senpai, and my second
Senpai, since I've only had one before, my trainer mills Shimai. It is
so weird being the junior companion again. Since I had to pack and
send off my suitcases, we stopped, and I packed, we sent off the
suitcases, and then we got out to dendo. We tried to visit a couple of
less actives, and say goodbye, but they weren't home. We had an
appointment with Youko Shimai for dinner, so we went to that, and said
goodbye, she was so sad that we were both leaving. That night we had
eikaiwa, and that was a lot of fun. The kids were everywhere, and so
were the missionaries. Lots of fun though.
Wednesday we left early in the morning. We got a ride from a couple of
members, they like to say goodbye when missionaries transfer, so we
did that and then went to Kobe, smith shimais results were back, and
she is 100% healthy. It is probably just a hereditary problem, nothing
visible. But at least it wasn't and ulcer. The rest of that day we
spent trying to help the office couple, the bills, and also the
welchs. We did help, but mainly we got treated to stories and Welch
shimais cooking. We were kind of stuck, because we aren't going back
to Toyooka because of transfers, but we had fun doing what we could.
They were really prepared so that transfers could go smoothly, and it
worked pretty well.
Thursday was transfer day, it was cool to see Oswald Shimai, smith
Shimai (mtc comp.), and cannon Shimai. They were all becoming
trainers, so I got a chance to see them. Transfers went pretty
simply, I wasn't too nervous, and I got to teach a cute couple on the
train. I met omisaki Shimai, and after a little bit we headed back to
our apartment. SKK was interesting. It was the normal introducing and
everything, I felt like she expected me to know about everyone, and
who we should visit when I hadn't even heard anything about Them. That
was a little taihen. I didn't realize at first how hard it was, but
definitely is better to learn who the people are. That night we went
to visit kobayashi Shimai, and met her less active daughter that is
never home, it was definitely a miracle. The other cool thing was I
saw yoshiya Kun from shimogamo, which was lots of fun. He was on his
way home from work, and recognized me, and I recognized him. It was so
funny. I'm actually really close to shimogamo again, which is weird
for me.
Friday we had a doseki lesson with kana San and matsusaki Shimai, and
that was amazing. She loves the Book of Mormon, and even though I just
met her, I can tell her faith is increasing. But she needs to tell her
husband that she is meeting with us. We also visited Hara Shimai, a
less active, who has recently realized she needs to be reading her
scriptures, so hopefully we can help her big that habit,and then we
visited akatsuka Shimai and her daughter. I taught akatsuka Shimai in
English, and omisaki Shimai taught Reisa chan in Japanese. Akatsuka
Shimai doesn't speak Japanese, so that is how it worked. Today was one
of the hardest days of my life. Omisaki Shimai got upset at me, for
what I felt was a little thing, but I couldn't explain it, and she was
for some reason really upset. It's hard, because whenever she is
explaining her feelings she acts angry, and I can't tell if she is
angry or not, or if she just wants me to understand, but this time she
was angry, and I definitely felt alone. I couldn't explain anything in
Japanese, and English wouldn't help anything, so I just stayed silent.
The same problem has been going on, off and on, the rest of this week,
and I definitely miss English. I love Japanese, but I miss English.
There is nothing like your native language ever. But I am definitely
relying a lot more on the lord through this. I asked for a nihonjin
companion, and know I don't know what I was thinking, it is way
harder, despite the fact that we really do get along and already love
eachother. So I'm relearning the lesson be careful what you wish for,
but I know I need this experience, otherwise i wouldn't be
experiencing it, so hopefully I can learn the lessons I am supposed
to, and then apply them.
Saturday we biked all day, trying to visit some less actives, but no
one was home, and we biked really far, to the top of the mountain. On
the way home, we tried some people we hadn't planned, and half met
them, but they were busy, so we just introduced me as the new
missionary, and headed home. We biked over 10 miles, 25 kilometers at
least we figured out, especially because we got way lost, and had to
find our way back. I have gotten lost on purpose to get to know an
area many times, but always had an idea where I was. This time I had
absolutely no idea. 100% lost, and omisaki Shimai isn't the best with
directions. Luckily I can read a map, and got her back to an area that
she knew.
Sunday we had to get SKK finished, cause we didn't on Thursday, but
that didn't happen. Omisaki Shimai pushed it off over and over again,
and thus we came to Sunday, but after church, we had ward council,
which was awesome. The first part, which was with the missionaries,
ended up going for over two hours, but it was a good chance to talk
with the ward. We then had lunch, basically making a cake for a
members birthday, rushed by train to visit a less active at her part
time job, which was good, but then we were late to our appointment
with the kawabatas. It was Kawabata kyodais birthday. And they wanted
us over to celebrate. The message way went south, but through the
spirit I was able to fix it kind of, but it was scary there for a
little bit. I was glad I didn't understand everything that was being
said, and could use what I understood to change the topic. Sometimes
not being fluent is super helpful.
So that was my week, definitely an emotional roller coaster, and I'm
pretty sure my companion didn't know I was on it, but that is ok. I
definitely learned a lot through this, and I'm still excited for this
transfer with omisaki Shimai, cause I'm sure we'll see miracles. Plus
the ward is great.
Love you all, and hope you have a great week! I love you all, and I love Japan!
Love, Sister Makin
We had a cockroach in our apartment. It was
alive, but somehow we
killed it, but right before this we were both
screeching everytime we
saw it and it moved.
They all finished at the same time, 2,3,4. Fun
at family home evening. :)
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