October 4, 2016

Holyyyyyy smokesssss. We just got transfer calls.. And I'm going to sasebo! There is a base there also, but there's a Japanese ward too, so I'll be going to church in English and Japanese now! My new companion is Jorgensen Shimai and we will be sister training leaders together. I've heard so many incredible things about her so I'm stoked to get to work with her!

Rewarding moment of the week: we got a text from our investigator saying that her five year old daughter asked if she could pray and prayed for her little brother and his health. We were all so excited because she had never prayed before or wanted to! But thanks to the ward members incredible examples, and her moms diligence in praying, it has started to rub off on her! I feel like I can't ever explain myself through the emails and that I never make sense, so sorry that didn't make any sense.

We met a cute family housing last week that came to eikaiwa, and then we got to go over to their home and teach them half English half gospel. So for the gospel portion we taught them how to pray. We drew a cute prayer hamburger and talked about all the stuff you can pray about and it was so fun. Teaching people how to pray, and that they can converse with their Heavenly Father is my favorite thing. They all prayed at the end of the lesson and it was so sweet. Teaching children is my favorite.

I'm sad to be leaving iwakuni and my comp mcnaughton Shimai. I've grown to love this area so much, and have made so many lifelong friendships that I'm forever thankful for. I've gotten to work with incredible people here, and am so excited for the new adventures and experiences in sasebo!

I was reading from conference talks earlier this week and wanted to share this simple quote from elder packer: "The Atonement, which can reclaim each one of us, bears no scars."

I know that is true. I love you all!

All my love, Sundell Shimai

Cute boys we taught

Went to the famous "chicken shack" with some members this week,

My best friend Naoko came to church for my last Sunday.

It was our cute mission leader's birthday yesterday so we took him out to lunch! And he spilled on himself.