Week Twenty-three.

Konnichiwa minasan!
O genki desu ka? Kurisumasu wa do datta? Watashi no Kurisumasu wa subarashikatta desu! Ice cream tabemashita!
So I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas! Dad I am sorry you got sick. That is the pits especially during the holidays. If it makes you feel any better, I ended up going to the hospital for something this week, too! But my circumstance is a little different.
So one day this week I was riding my bike to the church for district meeting and when we got there my nose started bleeding. I didnt think anything of it because this always happens to me especially when its cold so I plugged my nose and ran into the church to the bathroom. It was then that I realized that this wasnt just a regular bloody nose! It was pretty bad! I know this is kinda gross to talk about but some pretty weird substances were coming out of my nose... so I called the Nihonjin sisters into the bathroom to diagnose me and they said to go to the hospital. Dont get too freaked out when I say hospital. They dont really have simple doctors offices here, only hospitals. Anyways, we went and the doctor checked me out. It was terrible! She used a scope and stuck it clear up my nose and out my throat and it was so painful! I cried... but on the brightside Im okay! She didnt say what caused it but she told me what to do if it happens again. So I think Ill be okay. Unfortunately I missed district meeting ha ha.
Sister Tui and I had a pretty cool experience this week! It was blizzarding and we had time so we decided we wanted to try to find some less active members to visit. We knew the general area in where they lived but not the exact apartments but we thought we would try it out. So we start walking and walking and walking and we get pretty far from everything and it was snowing so bad and it was cold and we realized that if we kept walking trying to find this house that we wouldnt get home until late so we knew we had to turn back unfortunately. We were probably 2 hours from our apartment by foot in a blizzard! We started walking back and as we were walking back we ran into an old Japanese guy that spoke perfect English! He told us that he is a Christian and so we thought that was pretty cool. We asked him where he was going and he said to a cheap Chinese food restaurant. Then he proceeded to tell us how he hates the Chinese because they are Communists but he loves their food! It was quite funny. He was hilarious. We kept walking and talking and eventually we all decided to just eat dinner together at this restaurant! This guys name is Ito san and I guess Ito san is a regular at this Chinese place so when we walked in he kept saying to the workers things like, Oh look how lucky I am! I found two young beautiful girls on the street and now we are eating food at the best restaurant in town! We just laughed at him and said, Oh yeah, quite a blessing huh! He might sound crazy but hes actually not. We were able to talk about his family and beliefs and things. We offered him a book of Mormon but he wasnt interested but thanked us for sharing something so dear to us with him.
He was a kind man and we gave him our phone number. I will never forget how he called Britains fat and the Chinese terrible Communists...
We are still teaching the Arai family and unfortunately they are not on track to be baptized on Jan 25th. It is hard to teach them right now because who we really want to see progress is the 15 year old girl Yuria and the dad... but they are always in and out of the lessons so really all we are doing is teaching english to 4 little kids, and when it is time for the message they are always everywhere and dont pay attention. We arent quite sure what we are going to do about this situation yet but we will see. They are pretty much our only real solid investigators and they arent even progressing though so its tough. We really need to do more finding here in Aizu.
I did have the opporutnity to go to a Shuwa class with one of my other investigators though. Her name is Hirano san. And Shuwa is Japanese Sign Language! Isnt that crazy how I am learning another language through Japanese? I can say simple sentences like My name is Robertson and other simple words like I dont understand or I cant. Its pretty cool! We were able to advertise our free English Conversation Classes too and the people there seemed way interested! It was a great finding activitiy.
I got a package this week from Abby and Emily Wilding! Thank you both so much! It really made my Christmas wonderful.
Mom, I did get everything in the package you sent me. Thanks for the meat!
Today I am way excited because we are getting facials which I need so bad. So this will be a fun experience for me :)
What are everyones New Years plans? I am going to go to a Buddhist shrine! I also have two meal appointments and I plan on doing service and shoveling snow. It is also on my agenda to read all of 3 Nephi and set goals for this next year. New Years is the biggest holiday in Japan so it should be very fun!
I hope you all have a wonderful New Year. It is a great time to recommit yourself to Christ and really think about what it means to be born again. I am grateful that we have a merciful God that always gives us second chances.

Happy New Year to you all!
Love Sister Robertson