Dear family and friends,
Often when you aren't in an area for more than a transfer, they say
you gypsied, at least among missionaries. Lately I have been changing
areas really fast money way different from the beginning of my
mission.
Monday one of our potential investigators wanted to take pictures of
omisaki Shimai, for his studio, project, something. Actually turned
out he wanted pictures of both of us, so I got to be in a photo shoot.
Ya, that was awkward. I don't have any of the pictures, yet. He might
be getting a cd to me, we will see. That night we went with the Koyama
to have ramen. It was so good. We got fortune telling ramen, and I was
given excellent luck, and my companion got one that meant marriage.
She wasn't happy, felt awkward about it, cause a server writes it
himself.
Tuesday we met with Aiko chan, a member debating whether she wants to
go on a mission or not, she is super cute! Plus she is coming to Utah
for her sisters wedding not too long after I return, we planned to
meet up sometime while she is there. That night we had eikaiwa, and I
taught the kids class. It was a lot of fun. Played hokey pokey and
head shoulders knees and toes. It was a lot of fun. After eikaiwa, I
got the transfer call, and learned I was headed to Takatsuki. At first
I hoped I was to be companions with workman Shimai again, but alas,
she departed. But I'm with Laswell Shimai, and she is a good
missionary as well.
Wednesday we met Yanai satako chan, who is from my first area,
Kurashiki! Megumi' skittle sister. She is currently less active, but
hopefully the missionaries will be able to help her. We also taught
kyono San, and even though her husband is way hantai, she is
progressing. But she can't tell her husband, and so that's a bit of a
problem. We haven't been able to help her get the courage to tell him,
but hopefully she will, and things will work out. I then worked on
packing and such, and then that night we met our dendoshunnin, and
shared a message with him. Omisaki Shimai thought we were both out, so
she wanted to make sure she could tell him some important things about
some people.
Thursday was transfers I traveled to meet my companion, couldn't find
her, we were both lost, but eventually we found eachother, and once
the other sister arrived, we headed back to our area. That day we
taught Wilma, a wonderful lady from the phillipines who wants to be
baptized, but her family has said no. But she opened up to us, and has
a lot of questions, she is way sweet. We also worked on SKK.
Friday we taught a moms eikaiwa, and a new mom was there. The new mom
and her friend that brought her showed a lot of interest besides the
kids being everywhere, and we were able to connect with them, which
was awesome. We also met shoko, and ended up talking with her about
temples, she thought it was awesome. She is super sweet, and I think
interested.
Saturday we did service at a hospital changing the bed sheets with
some of our members, and then we watched general conference. It ended
up taking most of our day, because the hospital isn't close, but it
was so much fun! I love general conference. The messages are always
what I need, and I have noticed that different people take different
things out of them, according to our needs. We had dinner with yoshino
chan. She is a little shy, but started opening up to us. We taught her
about general conference and prophets. It was a very natural meeting.
Sunday we had more general conference, and it was great. We also had
some meetings with our dendoshunnin, and he is a way cool guy. Really
nice, loves missionaries, and has a Mohawk. That night as we were
biking to visit amano San, a nice traffic guider told me to be
careful. He was telling everyone, in saying thank you, and telling him
he was a hard worker, I ran into a metal pole in the middle of the
sidewalk. I have gotten better at crashing at least. I launched off my
bike,and hit mainly my helmet, and thus my face, but no big injuries.
Just a couple scratches on my nose and legs. The traffic guide felt
bad, I assured him I was fine, and we finished the night at a slower
pace. I had a headache, but was actually really fine. We visited
amano, and she was really sweet. We got to help her with her shop.
Transfers have helped so much. It is definitely a fresh start, and I'm
excited to work hard in Takatsuki. I love you all, and hope you had a
great week. I especially love elder yamashitas talk from conference,
though I have to admit it was a little weird to hear him speak in
English. His English is way good too! Love and miss you all!
Love, Sister Makin
Often when you aren't in an area for more than a transfer, they say
you gypsied, at least among missionaries. Lately I have been changing
areas really fast money way different from the beginning of my
mission.
Monday one of our potential investigators wanted to take pictures of
omisaki Shimai, for his studio, project, something. Actually turned
out he wanted pictures of both of us, so I got to be in a photo shoot.
Ya, that was awkward. I don't have any of the pictures, yet. He might
be getting a cd to me, we will see. That night we went with the Koyama
to have ramen. It was so good. We got fortune telling ramen, and I was
given excellent luck, and my companion got one that meant marriage.
She wasn't happy, felt awkward about it, cause a server writes it
himself.
Tuesday we met with Aiko chan, a member debating whether she wants to
go on a mission or not, she is super cute! Plus she is coming to Utah
for her sisters wedding not too long after I return, we planned to
meet up sometime while she is there. That night we had eikaiwa, and I
taught the kids class. It was a lot of fun. Played hokey pokey and
head shoulders knees and toes. It was a lot of fun. After eikaiwa, I
got the transfer call, and learned I was headed to Takatsuki. At first
I hoped I was to be companions with workman Shimai again, but alas,
she departed. But I'm with Laswell Shimai, and she is a good
missionary as well.
Wednesday we met Yanai satako chan, who is from my first area,
Kurashiki! Megumi' skittle sister. She is currently less active, but
hopefully the missionaries will be able to help her. We also taught
kyono San, and even though her husband is way hantai, she is
progressing. But she can't tell her husband, and so that's a bit of a
problem. We haven't been able to help her get the courage to tell him,
but hopefully she will, and things will work out. I then worked on
packing and such, and then that night we met our dendoshunnin, and
shared a message with him. Omisaki Shimai thought we were both out, so
she wanted to make sure she could tell him some important things about
some people.
Thursday was transfers I traveled to meet my companion, couldn't find
her, we were both lost, but eventually we found eachother, and once
the other sister arrived, we headed back to our area. That day we
taught Wilma, a wonderful lady from the phillipines who wants to be
baptized, but her family has said no. But she opened up to us, and has
a lot of questions, she is way sweet. We also worked on SKK.
Friday we taught a moms eikaiwa, and a new mom was there. The new mom
and her friend that brought her showed a lot of interest besides the
kids being everywhere, and we were able to connect with them, which
was awesome. We also met shoko, and ended up talking with her about
temples, she thought it was awesome. She is super sweet, and I think
interested.
Saturday we did service at a hospital changing the bed sheets with
some of our members, and then we watched general conference. It ended
up taking most of our day, because the hospital isn't close, but it
was so much fun! I love general conference. The messages are always
what I need, and I have noticed that different people take different
things out of them, according to our needs. We had dinner with yoshino
chan. She is a little shy, but started opening up to us. We taught her
about general conference and prophets. It was a very natural meeting.
Sunday we had more general conference, and it was great. We also had
some meetings with our dendoshunnin, and he is a way cool guy. Really
nice, loves missionaries, and has a Mohawk. That night as we were
biking to visit amano San, a nice traffic guider told me to be
careful. He was telling everyone, in saying thank you, and telling him
he was a hard worker, I ran into a metal pole in the middle of the
sidewalk. I have gotten better at crashing at least. I launched off my
bike,and hit mainly my helmet, and thus my face, but no big injuries.
Just a couple scratches on my nose and legs. The traffic guide felt
bad, I assured him I was fine, and we finished the night at a slower
pace. I had a headache, but was actually really fine. We visited
amano, and she was really sweet. We got to help her with her shop.
Transfers have helped so much. It is definitely a fresh start, and I'm
excited to work hard in Takatsuki. I love you all, and hope you had a
great week. I especially love elder yamashitas talk from conference,
though I have to admit it was a little weird to hear him speak in
English. His English is way good too! Love and miss you all!
Love, Sister Makin
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