3 February 2014 Oyumino, Chiba, Japan
Good Morning
everyone!!
Today one of the
Sisters in the apartment told me that we are already half way through our first
transfer! I can't believe it! Time is flying by. I totally understand what
people mean when they say that the days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like
days. At the end of the week I have no idea where it went! But days can be very
long sometimes...usually the cold ones...
Our new apartment
finally has all the furniture in it! We put together our desks and tables and
book shelves. It's great ‘cuz now everything that was on the floor is now where
it should be. It is great. Certain people in the apartment are much happier now
too...
So, I don't have much
to report on. We did a lot of streeting and housing. There wasn't a lot of
successful finding though. Everyone loves to talk to us because we are American,
but they aren't so interested about church. They are usually interested in free
English class though! I love teaching English class. Last week we had a class
full of women and they are all so fun. I was also informed that I look like
Lola...I'd never heard of her until now. And the girl who was telling me told
me she was "moderu." I didn't know what that was, and so she tried to
say it in English. Modern. Lola is Modern. And I am modern too apparently. The
next day I saw moderu used again and Orton shimai told me it means model! So
lola is a model! And I look like one too! That makes a lot more sense! This
week at Eikaiwa I'm going to tell Rida I figured it out!
Funny story of the
week: We were housing on Saturday (i think) and rang lots of peoples door bells. Here in Chiba, it
isn’t really a thing to actually answer the door. As we walked away I saw some
motion in a window on one of the upper stories of the apartment complex. I took
a step back and made eye contact with a lady peering out of her window! Boy was
her face funny! She'd been caught! Her eyes were huge and her mouth dropped
open and she quickly closed her curtain. Maybe she thought I didn't see
her... I got a pretty good laugh out of it though.
Oh, also at Eikaiwa (English
class) we were talking about fall and autumn. I pulled out my pictures to show
them what fall looks like in NY. The picture next to the trees is of my
brother, Kristoffer (the one serving a mission in Tahiti). The teenage girls
thought he was pretty "kawaii" and when I told some of the older
ladies who he was I said oto san. Well, I should have said ototo. What I said
was "Kristoffer is my father." And I spent the next 5 minutes telling
them "yes, really he is" hahaha then I realized what I had said and
their disbelief made much more sense haha
Japan is great. I love
it here. All the trees and plants have buds, and I saw our first robin a few
days ago! I'm so excited for spring! I love the Church members here. They are
amazing! They love missionaries and they love missionary work. They have what
we call "dendo fire". I am really excited to work with them while I
am in Oyumino. I love going to church on Sunday too! Even though I don't understand much, I can still feel the
spirit and the ward members are so nice to me too.
I hope everyone has a
wonderful week!
Sister Molinari
