September 5, 2016

Hello family and friends that I love! Things are going well. I live in apartment with three angels and love every second I get to spend with them, my companion is so genki and a joy to serve with, the members here are amazing, we had an incredible zone training this past week, and being a missionary is still the best. 

This weeks miracle: we met with a less active! I met with him a couple times my first transfer here, but then the past three months he's been ignoring us. In fact we had called him a few times and his friends answered the phone, and when they handed it over to him he hung up on us. BUT, this week he answered! And we met with him!!!! It was so good to be with him again and get to talk together about the joy at the gospeL brings in our lives. 

This week we also had two lessons with an amazing mom and her seven year old daughter. The mom had such a desire to learn the gospel and is progressing so well! A member has jointed I'm both get lessons and they've made friends and it's just all going well. It's such a joy getting to share a the message about Jesus Christ that brings clarity into a persons otherwise confused and difficult life. 

Good news: I've started crying more (In the good feel the spirit cry kinda way) May not sound like good news but I was getting worried because my normal abundant tear production had nearly entirely ceased. But this transfer has just been really sacred, and the spirit is so tangible in church, our apartment, and in our lessons. Our mission president started a new morning schedule a few months of reading the Book of Mormon as an apartment. We finished that challenge this past week and now we get to move on the DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS! We are all so excited to read it together. Before we read together each morning we sing a song, and pray. Sister McCuen, smith, and mcnaughton all have beautiful voices and it's really like angels are in our apartment. I can't say enough about the sisters I am serving with right now. 

I'm thankful for these life shaping experiences I am getting to have, in a country that I love.

Have a beautiful, spirit filled week! 

Made cookie dough for our Eikawa and they freaked out. They were astonished that we eat the raw dough before cooking it, but all loved it in the end!

My sweet companion McNaughton Shimai

ZTM

Went to sushi and this was as American as it got, mini cheese hamburger on top of rice - (dad this may be what you live off when you pick me up)

Sunday fast break dinner with the Bridges!

We were told a typhoon was coming and that we had to secure our bikes. This is the following morning when no typhoon came and we had to untangle our bikes.

Typhoon safety measures