Week Thirty-three.

Dear Mom,
I am so happy! Akita is great. When I first got here it was pretty cold... just as Aizu was getting warmer I got transferred to more winter. Thats okay because Akita really feels a lot like home to me. The town looks a lot like Idaho Falls to me and the weather is an exact replica. It was a breath of fresh air when I got off the train! I loved Aizu so much but there are so many bad feeling connected with it that it feels good to just be somewhere new and I really feel like something is going to happen here in Akita! I want to find someone! The girl who became Tui Shimais companion is Matsumoto Shimai. She is Japanese.
Tuttle Shimai is amazing! I loved her from the moment we became companions! We are the same age and have similar personalities. She loves healthy things and running too, yeah! She is so sweet and she loves her mission and has always wanted to serve. That is so inspiring to me. I am so blessed I get to work with her. I can tell that this is the beginning of an eternal friendship. I know that we will continue to be friends after our mission.
I cant see the sea from where I dendo but I guess some members have taken missionaries to the Aquarium and things which is right by the sea so I am sure I will get to see it at some point.
So since the sisters rent their bikes, when they transfer they just leave their bike for the next sister to inherit and I got the old bike of Tuttle Shimais previous companion. We just have to take our helmets with us when we transfer.
The traveling can be different for all areas but mostly you just take buses to get to your new place. It was a 3.5 hour bus right from Sendai to Akita. But it is pretty common to take a train or bus just to get around in your area if you need to go somewhere kinda far especially if the weather is bad.
We have a few investigators but they arent really progressing. They dont have a sincere interest to change their lives, but they think the missionaries are nice so sometimes they will let us meet with them but not really consistently. We had one progressing investigator named Hitoshi san and we actually taught him a lesson the other day. He has a sincere desire to learn about our message and our church but since he is a boy, we had to pass him over to the Elders. I dont know what happened exactly but after we told him that the elders could teach him he told us all these excuses like gas is too expensive and the roads are too dangerous and he has a research paper due at the end of the month he has to do so he cant meet anymore. He was actually progressing and had a real desire is what Tuttle Shimai told me from their other lessons! It is so sad. When he texted us and told us he cant meet anymore, we both got so sad. I already love him even though I dont know him that well. But we really want to find a new investigator that is just so ready to actually listen and hear our message! It would be nice to teach a lesson for once and have them ACTUALLY be interested in it.
The members are great here. Before I got transferred everyone said that Akita is the best area because there are a lot of gaijins(foreigners) and the members are awesome. There are a few tongan families in our branch because the dads play for the Akita Rugby team! One of the members is named Lita and if she hasnt contacted you already mom, she probably will. She is all about the missionary moms stuff and likes to keep moms updated and send pictures about their kids. The other day for Litas birthday she took all the missionaries out to all you can eat food. How nice! It was really fun.
I cant believe you got free tickets to see Hunter Hays in concert! I am SO JEALOUS! Sister Tuttle and I were just singing his songs the other day and then I opened this email and saw you were going to see him! Aw man. Have fun.
I am doing way good and I am really happy to be on my mission right now. I am healthy too, but because of the humidity I am having a few itchy swollen feet problems. Nothing serious though, dont worry.
皆さんを愛しています！イエスキリストわは私たちの救い主です。キリストを覚えて下さい。
I love everyone! Jesus Christ is our savior. Please always remember him.
Love, Sister Robertson

pictures 

A potential investigator named Tom drew this picture of me. Pretty good huh!

Me and little Reon Kun!

This was a LOT of food. Before I transferred I went out to lunch with some members.

In Aizu the day before I transferred we had a music talent show. I was forced into playing and singing a song on the guitar. I was so nervous because I cant really play the guitar! But everyone said I did really good afterwards.

We went out to an all you can eat place for Lita Shimais birthday and there were all these young squirly girls there that came up to me wanting to know where I was from and my name and other things like that. It was so adorable. I asked them if they wanted to take a picture together and they were more than happy too. It was like my own little fan club!

At dinner! The boys sat at a different table.

Me and Tuttle Shimai!