こんばんわ！！！！
皆さん元気ですか？ 今日はP－DAYです！
So, first off I have to apologize for how late the email is this week. This is the last week of the transfer so this week was our Temple Trip! :-) We're pretty nervous/excited about transfers this time. A lot of things are going to be changing around this transfer because all of my doki (the missionaries who came out with me) are finishing their 12 week training program. Generally speaking, after a missionary finishes the training program they or their trainer transfer to another area. That means at least 22 sets of companions will be changing this transfer. It's going to be very interesting. Likely, I'll be staying right here in Urayasu for the next transfer, but who knows for sure. President Budge (The mission President) is kinda unpredictable.
This week was amazing. We had so much fun. I'm pretty sure I haven't said anything about this in any of my "big" emails, but this transfer I've been... well... struggling with my companion. This week was the first full week we got along. :-) I mean, we had our spurts, but overall we really got along well this week. :-) I think what really helped was that this week we had exchanges. Exchanges were a blast! This time, I stayed in Urayasu and Kuwahara shimai left to the other area. The girl who came to Urayasu to be my companion is named Mizoguchi shimai. Yup. She's a nihonjin. :-) She was SO sweet. I didn't know this at the time, but apparently she has been a trainer for 3 American-jin. She was so patient and SO sweet. So so so so SO sweet. The really depressing part was when I found out that this is her last transfer and she goes home on Monday next week. :/
We also had the Primary Program in church this week. Oh my gosh it was fun. Those kids are so freaking cute. I just can't get over how cute it was. x) The best part was that they sang all the same songs that my primary class was learning before I left. It was so fun to listen to all the songs in Japanese!
Kyudosha Update:
I haven't really done one of these for a couple weeks... Sorry about that... Unfortunately our list of investigators is getting smaller and smaller...
Helen: She was supposed to be baptized this last Sunday... Unfortunately that got put off again. On Monday after I emailed you guys, we went to dinner with her. We talked with her about her baptism and what we could do to help her. She told us again she doesn't want to be baptized because she's not living the Word of Wisdom. She says she doesn't believe the Word of Wisdom comes from God. She doesn't want to follow it because she loves coffee and tea... :/ Taihen. (It's rough.) Luckily, we were able to talk to a bunch of the members about her problem and they were able to find some coffee with no caffiene and some tea with no caffiene. They actually bought a ton of it and gave them to us to give to Helen. :-) We talked with Helen about it on Friday and she said she'd try it out and see. We have her baptismal date set for December 23rd now, so pray for her.
Tamae: YAY! AH! Love this girl. Love her. Love love love love love! x) I think I told you all that she's decided to be baptized... If not... She decided to be baptized! December 23rd. :-) Joseph Smith's birthday. She's such a sweet girl and I love teaching her. One thing about her I don't think I've said. She's actually in Illya kyodai's super advanced fitness class. She's known Illya kyodai for about 10 years now... About a week ago Illya kyodai started asking the missionaries questions about getting married in the temple. He specifically said he was thinking about getting married in about a year or so. That same week Tamae asked us during a lesson to know more about Temple Marriages... Hmm. ;) Maybe it's just coincidence that she'd be temple worthy in about a year...
Catherine: So, sad day. Catherine lives in a different area... She's such a kin-jin. (Golden Investigator). Like really. We taught her Word of Wisdom this last week. During the lesson she said "OH NO! I drink Sake (Japanese Alchohol)... and Tea... -sigh- Okay. I understand. I'll stop." That was it. A slight freak out of "Oh no." and then a "Okay. I'll follow it." Then she asked "Are there any other commandments I need to follow? Tell me now, because I want to follow them." :-) I LOVE her! Unfortunately like I said she lives in a different area, so she's being taught by other sister missionaries and will be baptized out there. She comes to our Eikaiwa (English Class) every week becasue she likes ours more so we teach her then, but she'll be baptized in an area called Inage.
Like I said, our investigator list is getting smaller and smaller... We have a lot of Potential Investigators, but not very many progressing investigators... We're doing our best, but we'll see what happens.
I love you all and I'm so excited to hear from you soon! Keep writing me! I promise I read EVERY LETTER I get from you all. I just never get a chance to respond anymore. Hopefully that will change with this next transfer. We'll see. :-) I love you all. Thank you for your prayers and your love. :-) Talk to you all again soon!
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Christine
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