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| Mount Fuji |
Oh my goodness it is November! Ahh!
Today was transfer calls. I'm
staying! I wasn't really expecting that I would leave though, our whole
apartment..actually our whole district is staying. That, is very, very rare.
Sister hall thinks it's cus someone is gonna be baptized. I think it's cus our
district is living under its potentials. Time for us to get our act together,
unite, and see miracles! I'm really nervous/ excited to see what happens next
transfer. One of the four sisters in our apartment is going home, along with 28
other sister missionaries!!! That means 14 less companionships in the mission.
Ah! Sakado is a four sister area right now...but there might not be enough
sisters left after next transfer and we could go down to two sisters!
We did lots of fun things this week but, here are my favorites.
Sunday is just a really fantastic day. An investigator surprised us
by coming to church and Yahagi Shimai, for the first time in 20 years, came to
church in Sakado! We were all really excited and the ward members were soo
welcoming. I love Yahagi shimai. It takes a lot of courage to come back and she
did it! She asked if we could change our weekly lessons to Sunday after church which means she is planning on continuing to
come. Ahh! I'm still happy!
After church, on our way to visit a
less active we ran into our miracle girl from the Philippines. We hadn't been
able to get a hold of her at all all week and there she was waiting at a stop
light. Meant to be! Hopefully she will come to church on Sunday. During our less actives lesson we laughed so much.
Nishibori shimai is a hoot. She is just so honest. We asked if she reads the
Book of Mormon every day. She stops, looks up and thinks and then says
"nope!" It was kind of funny. She's so old and cute, and the way she
phrases things are priceless. We asked her to read every day from here on out,
even if it is just a verse a day. And her reply was "ok, a page a day, I
will do that." What a goof! We told her to pray that we'd stay here since
transfers were the next day. We meant later, when she prays before bed but she
says "hai" and just starts praying! Sister Hall and I had to try
really hard not to laugh. It was a really good lesson. She is making
progress!!!
We received lots of help from the
members this week. We had an awesome lesson with the Kimoras. Kimura kyodai
shared how he joined the church, and I think it was the first time our
investigator really enjoyed a lesson. It was great! Aida shima, and sooo many
of the single adults in our ward were a help too. Aida shimai was a doseki for
us Sunday night. We made pizza, shared a video and She did a wonderful
job taking the 'awkward' out of our lesson. And the single adults here are so
full of DendÅ fire. We had a mogi lesson with a single adult, Hikari shimai,
who wanted to know how she could teach/ speak by the spirit so she can share
the gospel with her friends. At our Halloween party All the YSA talked with our
investigators too. They are so great!
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| Halloween |
At our Halloween party I dressed up
as Princess Leia. While on exchanges I had found a baggy white dress in the
other sisters apartment. It was perfect! Well, that's what I thought....I got to
the party and I was asked multiple times "Kirisuto sama desu ka?" In
English that translates to “Are you Jesus?” Oh boy. I got asked so many times!
Only one member knew right away who I was and a few did after I told them. But
our Halloween parties were so fun!
On
Friday there was a ward dance party. Dance
parties are very different here. Nihonjin don't dance. All the American sisters
just sat giggling. It was so funny. Really made my week.
We are teaching a less active member
from Peru. I love her and I love listening to Spanish. The longer I am there
the more I understand, and the more I can speak! I feel so blessed. Sister Hall
and I are going to start studying Spanish together. Ganbarimasu! Anyways, we
stopped by their house a little later than we usually do, and it was dinner
time...oops. But she didn't even mind she invited us in for dinner! It was
delicious. And we had so much fun. The grandfather is the cutest little old man
who speaks no Nihongo only Spanish. And even though he knows we can't really
understand he talks in Spanish anyways! When we walked, he was all bundled up
because of the cold, and he had something on his head..it looked like a leg
warmer. He also had leg warmers around his ankles, a scarf and lots of layers.
Later, during dinner we found out it was in fact a leg warmer. I busted out
laughing and his daughter, the one we are teaching joined in. We laughed so
hard. It was pretty funny.
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| While I dint look the best in this picture I find it funny. It looks like Aida shimai is comforting me cus I'm not nihonjin like everyone else! |
Ok well that's all for now folks. I
really love being a missionary. So much! The gospel is true and it really
blesses lives. I've found peace and happiness that I know you can find nowhere
else. I love it.
And I love all of you!
And I love all of you!
Sister Molinari
