Sept 15

TO THE FAM~

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for your wonderful emails and letters. I read them all~ Unfortunately things are about to get quite crazy for me in the next 3 days so email time is tight. Can you guess why? *drum roll* YES I'm being transferred~ Aomori zone in Hachinohe~ Bigger news *Drum roll* I'm a trainer~ :D My companion is Sister Yim. She's from Indiana, and that's about all I know for now, Haven't met yet. Will meet tomorrow. She's been here 6 weeks less than I have. ^-^ I won't lie, I'm a bit scared, but excited at the same time. We both can't really speak Japanese, but we can certainly Dendo. Let's hope people up there like Americans so we can  talk to people.

 

at the moment there is a giant typhoon going on, and I still have to make it back to my apartment, Don't worry it's like 2 minutes away, but weather here as been crazy this week. This week I was suppose to be "senpai" and lead the trio to meetings, lessons, and other such planning activities. Needless to say it woke me up to how much responsibility someone has to take on when they become trainer. I wasn't too prepared for it, so I suppose this is a sign to learn fast. Can't be slackn' with a bean by my side.

 

This week I spoke in sacrament meeting and bore my testimony. It was a simple talk of course, and I was quite nervous, but just like when we teach, when we speak from our hearts we can't really go wrong. Just need to listen to the spirit.

 

If you're wondering what happened to the oreos... they failed. They just don't have the same mix as they do in America. However, people here in Japan Hate sweets, so it tasted just fine to them. If only they knew... It was hard saying goodbye to all of my investigators... I didn't get to say goodbye to most of them, which is quite upsetting...however I know they'll be OK. I just want them to keep progressing.

 

This week will be hard to write letters to everyone, so be patient. I still need to pack and everything. So, here in Japan there are a lot of rice crackers, we call these senbeis. I eat them almost everyday, I love them to death! at zone conference however we were challenged to sacrifice something for the cause of finding new Q's each week. It could be anything to food, to letters. I am sacrificing my senbeis. *probably should think of something better* however it's still a sacrifice. Along with prayer we will see more miracles and efforts in the missionaries here. Japan will change, there are a lot of gaijin missionaries coming in every 6 weeks. Hopefully I can do my best to be able to learn, train, and serve.

 

I love everyone! and I can't wait to hear from you all again next week.

Please take care! I always pray for you!

-Money Shimai