Mina-san! Konnichiwa!
Well, I'm in Japan! It's so crazy. I can hardly believe it. This week has been really hard... Really hard. I've seriously considered coming home a few times now, but I know it's just because I'm adapting to a brand new surrounding.. It'll get better I'm sure. Everyone I've talked to about their first transfer says they cried every day the first week or so, so I guess I'm pretty normal. ;)
Japan is amazing. It's so beautiful and there are so many people. It's crazy!
DAY ONE:
I've only got 15 minutes so this will be quick.
I arrived at the airport and was hit by this wall of humidity. It was ridiculous how hot and humid it was, but it turns out that's normal for Japan. :P I'm never going to stop being wet. So we arrived and were met by President and Sister Budge. They helped us to get some Yen (Japanese money) and we got on a bus and headed to the mission home. Once we got there we had a quick dinner and then everyone was exhausted so we went to bed. xD That was my first day! ;)
The next day we had breakfast and then we met our new doryo's and got assigned to our first area. Then off we went. My new doryo's name is Kuwahara-shimai. She's a Nihon-jin. She's really sweet, but it's been hard to communicate. I'm hanging in there. My first area is called Urayasu. And get this... DISNEYLAND IS IN MY AREA!!! AHH! I can actually see it from my window. Crazy, ne? The church is true. ;) So we took the train to Urayasu and then I actually had my first lesson as soon as we got there. It was fun, but we got rejected. xD Ah well. After, we had Eikaiwa (English Class). Kuwahara shimai looked at me and said "You teach advance." So I had to teach the advanced English class. Basically I sat there and spoke English with a bunch of people. Woo.
Illiya Kyodai:
So this whole experience would've been impossible if it weren't for our kyudosha... Well, not kyudosha. I guess techincally they're all members or Potential investigators... Illiya kyodai was baptized in May. He is seriously like a character from a movie. He's obsessed with his body. xD He cooks dinner for the missionaries every Thursday night. "I don't make anything that doesn't help your body in some way." I'll be honest. It was disgusting. xP The nice thing is though, he speaks both English and Japanese fluently, so I could ask him questions and he could translate for me. I finally was able to understand my doryo. ;) He's so awesome. I wish I could tell you more about him but I don't know where to start.
Tsuchia-san:
So this is the last thing I'm going to have time to talk about. On Saturday I went streeting for the first time. I was so scared. But my doryo kept coaxing me. "Just say hello! English okay!" -sigh- So there was this lady with a really cute dog she was walking. I went up to her and, in Japanese, told her her dog was cute and asked what his name was. My doryo took over from there. Well it turns out this lady could actually speak English! So she and I had a conversation about what we were doing out here and all kinds of things. We stood there and talked for almost 15 minutes. At the end we exchanged emails and phone numbers and she said she'd call us sometime soon. :-) I really hope she does. That'd be amazing.
Well, I'm out of time. My doryo needs to use the computer to write her family and friends too. Just know I love you all. :-) You're amazing. Write me! I could really use it. :-) I love you guys!
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Christine
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