Hello Friends and family!
This email goes to show you that I don't know what is going on half the time. We are just emailing and shopping for food today. Then we're working! Woo! We're going to Tokyo Tower with an investigator on Saturday; that will be our P-day.
The zoo was fun last week! It was soooo cheap! It was like $5! :P However, I felt so bad for those animals! They looked so sad! It was still fun; I saw some native Japanese animals and asian animals.
Funny Moment: I went on splits last week with the zone leader, Renfroe Choro. It was so fun! We talked to so many people! Well anyway, we walked around this corner and ran into this older lady caring a guitar and violin. We just said hello and she started speaking English to us. But she slurred and spoke really slow. She sounded like she was from the deep south. That combined with what she said was perfect: "WOW! You... two... are... haaaandsommmme. If... yoooouuu had a Japanese gu'friend that would be good." The wow was the best part, because she openned her mouth soooo wide. Renfroe Choro and I laughed about it for the rest of the day. We kept saying, "WOW!" O, good times.
Cultural Tidbit: You don't wear shoes in the house. All houses, even apartments, have a little square in the entryway that is the lowest part of the house. You take off your shoes, leave them in this little section, and then step up into the house. You can wear slippers, and sometimes people have a couple extra pairs for visitors. Just an interesting, fun little cultural thing.
Ah-ha Moment: I don't know how many more times this concept is going to have to be pounded in to my thick head, but I'm not going to die. :) The Lord let's us struggle, but as promised He delivers us just before we can't bear it. That is a repeating cycle, especially this transfer. I will feel completely overwhelmed, and then something happens to relieve the pressure. The Lord keeps His promises. He will not give us more then we can bear. I feel that sustaining every day. Literally, I feel something holding me up when I want to crumble and be swept into the corner. Thank you for your prayers. I feel them and your love. Thank you. I also feel my Savior's love for me, too.
Spiritual Moment: Mom, please schedule a chiropractor's apointment for when I get home. :) I am going to need it really bad. I crashed on my bike this week. Yes, it was embarrassing (Dallin, stop laughing). It broke my bell. :( I am fine though just a tweeked shoulder and a bruise I don't even feel. But the awesome part was that I wasn't hit by a car. Japanese roads are super narrow, yet the crash timing was perfect. If I had done it 3 seconds before or after I would have hit the cars. Matono Choro told me I should bear my testimony about it in sacrament meeting yesterday; so I did. That's when it hit. I realized how coordinated that crash was. The Japanese ward was really touched by it, too. Tender mercies, perfect timing, and blessings of protection are real.
Well, Elder Holland is coming next Tuesday, so P-day is on monday. That is for sure. I will be emailing next Monday. :)
Our investigators are Nandi, Vijay, Emi, and Rikay. Three of those are English speakers. :D And we recieved two referals on Sunday from the Yokata Branch (more English speakers :D). So yeah. :) Busy busy! Just pray that I can know what I need to do because this is hard with a native and all these Enlgish lessons. Thank you for your prayers and your love! I love you all!! Have a wonderful week!
Forward, pressing forward,
Jenkins Choro
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