皆様こんにちは！
How is everyone doing?!
Okay so this
week has been probably one of the busiest, craziest weeks of my mission
so far. First off a quick kyudousha update. :-) Yuki dropped her
baptismal date unfortunately. She's struggling a bit with the Word of
Wisdom and wants to put off her baptism for a while. Naoko is doing
well and progressing slowly, but surely. We met with the Rina's (who
I'm not sure I've talked about before yet...) this last Saturday, but
more on that in a minute. Still meeting with Hasegawa every week and...
yeah! :-)
Let's get to Saturday!
So all week we've been warning
people about transfer calls coming up, and all week we've been saying
pretty much the same thing. "This Saturday is transfer calls. We'll
probably be getting another shimai living with us so we'll call you as
soon as we know who it is!" Friday we had District Meeting where we had
something that we call a "予言会” (Yogenkai: Literally, Prophecy Meeting
xD) We all wrote down our "yogen's for where everyone was going to go
next transfer! Everyone wrote under me and Sister Sasaki "Stay and get
bean(s)" except one person who wrote "Grosland - Open Fujisawa with
Bean". I read that and both Sister Sasaki and I freaked out. Well,
that got me and Sister Sasaki panicked all night long about transfer
calls and neither of us really slept very well. xD
Saturday morning we both paced the apartment and couldn't really
focus on our study. Then the phone rang and it was from Honbu. We
actually received our transfer call this time from President Budge
himself instead of the assistants! I thought it was weird, but shrugged
it off a little bit. He started with Sasaki shimai. "Sister Sasaki!
This is EXTREMELY rare. But you've done a fantastic job so far and are
such a good missionary. I feel it is the Lords will for you to become a
trainer this next transfer!" *Insert screams* "And Sister Grosland! I
have your transfer call as well! Sister Grosland, you will be transfering (ME: WHAT!?) to Fujisawa (ME: EHHH!!?) and opening!
Fujisawa has never had Sisters there before so you will get a brand new
apartment! And you'll be working with someone from your doki! (My
Thoughts: Oh no...) ...Sister Stankosky!!" Both Sasaki shimai and I
died... We were both a wreck after the phone call. She was upset
because she didn't think she could train. (She hasn't even finished
training herself!) I was all upset because I didn't want to leave
Kichijoji OR Sister Sasaki... Life was pretty miserable... and then we
met the Rina's for lunch. I told them that I was leaving and it was
like turning on a faucet... I'm surprised we didn't flood the church. ;)
No I'm kidding, we didn't cry that much... It was pretty bad though. They were really upset that I left...
Well, after a really busy Saturday and Sunday of saying goodbye to all of our investigators and packing up everything I own... Monday morning came! Monday morning we woke up at 5am to get ready for the day. At 6am I called my family!!! (I LOVE YOU GUYS!) then we left the apartment at 7:30 am.
We got to Nakano (Honbu) at a little before 9 where I met up with
Sister Stankosky. We stayed in Nakano for a few hours and then grabbed
all our stuff and began our 2.5 hour long train ride to Fujisawa.
Picture this: 2 gaijin, a grand total of 9 bags weighing all in all
roughly 100lbs, and a bike basket - wandering around one of the biggest
stations in Japan because we can't find our train, rushing because if we
miss the train the next one to Fujisawa doesn't come for 30
minutes..... And then it get's better. :-) We get to Fujisawa and
realize, we have no idea where our apartment is. Luckily we have the
address and a GPS on our phone, but we have to walk the distance to our
apartment, however far that may be. So Sister Stankosky carrying her 6
bags, me carrying my 3 plus the bike basket, began our 3 kilometer walk
to our apartment... We walked for 20 minutes and then our phone died
along with the GPS... So we stopped at a convienience store and asked
for directions... The store worker comes outside and points up a GIANT
hill saying "Go that way!" To make a long story short, we ended up
finding the apartment after an hour long walk. x) Oh my gosh it was
awesome. I love being a missionary. xD
When we got to the apartment we called the Elders to tell them
we're here and they called the Relief Society President. Not much later
we got a surprise visit from them with Food and Toilet Paper and
such... We're being SO spoiled already.
As for Fujisawa it's pretty inaka (countryside). There's a lot of
green which is awesome and the ocean is definitely close by because
there's a HUGE breeze. The apartment is GINORMOUS! 3 rooms, a kichen,
AND somewhere to eat! :-D Oh my gosh it's so nice... and empty. xD We
have nothing right now. Like literally nothing. Luckily,
this morning some ward members took us to Costco (That's right. Costco.
xD) to buy food for the month.
I''m really short on time today so I've got to go, but I love you
all so much! I miss you, but I'm SO grateful to be here as a
missionary. Even when it's hard, I know God is there helping me.
I love you guys!
Love,
Christine
SOTW: Alma 34:8
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