So whenever there are missionaries that go home, they always stay in Kamisugi or Nagamachi on Wed night. Oh man, it was a wild party at my new apartment. TONS of sisters (I think 14ish total) all slept in the Kamisugi apartment on Wednesday. My girl Sis Tui was there and it was soooo good to be with her. She is my favorite companion (yo, Tui if you are reading this... I love you man. Hows America?) we laughed and talked and even cried a little too. I also got to talk a lot with Sis Johnson and others. It was sad saying goodbye to all of these girls... and it was weird going from that many girls to just 2, me and Sis Iwasa... still working away... but I am glad I got to spend one more night with all of them. There are only 5 people going home the same time as me (3 sisters and 2 elders) so it wont really be that much of a party.
At my first Eikaiwa in Kamisugi on Wed night I met a 20 yr old girl named Yoshimi. It was her second time coming to English Class and we hit it off pretty good. She is Athiest, but thats better than being Buddhist ha ha... anyways, we set up an appt to go to this import store and look at American treats. It was pretty fun! She also came to ping-pong night that we have every friday. She is interested in English so we are going to do the 30 min English/30 min church message program. I will let you know how it goes. We dont really have any strong investigators here in Kamisugi to be honest... so I am really hoping that this girl is my miracle and both me and Sis Iwasa can see our first baptism. Sis Iwasa has only 1 month left though so we will see what we can do.
We met one of our investigators- Ishibashi san- this week. It was both mine and Sis Iwasas first time though, so it was kinda awkward. Because Pres Smith transfers people so much there was a 2 month gap where some sisters got transferred and then 2 sisters that dont really know the area got put in and dont know any of the investigators and stuff. So even though Sis Iwasa was here a transfer before me, she has hardly met anyone. She has only been in Kamisugi for 1 month so we are both trying to figure it all out. But Ishibashi san is... nice! She really likes history and she already knows everything about the church so I dont know why the heck she isnt baptized yet but we will work on that. She also has a pet rabbit named Dolche. So here I am petting cute little Dolche (well actually Dolche is pretty huge) but she was all calm and sweet and she even put her ears down while I was petting her. Well next thing I know Dolche goes crazy and attacks me and either bites or scrapes my finger and I start bleeding pretty bad but I didnt want to freak out Ishibashi san so I just played it cool... and acted like nothing happened... but in reality I HAD JUST GOTTEN ATTACK BY A RABBIT. When rabbits put their ears flat against their head, that means they are ANGRY not CALM. THAT is the biggest lesson Ive learned on my mission thus far. Dolche......
Also we had a lesson with 3 spunky grandmas this week. Me and Iwasa and the 2 zone leaders, Iida and Malmrose, went to this way fancy house and taught English and the restoration. At least one of the ladies seems to have interest... the other 2 just want to learn English. But the owner of the house(one of the grandmas) has little PUPPIES!! I got to hold them and they were only 3 weeks old and so cute and ahsdjfhksj I want a puppy now! Everybody. Puppies are much nicer than rabbits.
We also had a big activity at the church on Saturday. It was the annual fall carnival. There were food and games and prizes. Lots of people came and for the first time ever my only responsibility was to just TALK to others and I didnt have to plan anything or run anything. I love wards. We set up like 2 or 3 appointments with non members. YEAH MISSIONARY WORK! Thats what Im talking about!
Sunday was good! Everyone was so nice to me! Kamisugi is used to having 6 sisters but now there are only 2 (and I heard the area is closing soon for sisters... I will prob be the one to close it actually) so me and Sis Iwasa got a lot of attention. We had a big luncheon thing after church because it was ward conference and at the luncheon the bishop did a special '' get to know the new missionaries'' activity thing... we stood at the front of the room and people could ask us anything they wanted. I felt really special. No one has ever tried to get to know me like that before.
Oh so one thing that every Japanese person ever has been telling me lately is that I look like a character from a Japanese Drama that just came out called Massan. You should look it up and tell me if I look like the girl on that. It is a drama about a girl from Scotland with blonde hair and blue eyes (ha.. yeah similar right?) and she is in love with a Japanese guy and they go to Japan and its all about her getting used to the culture or something. I have seen a little of it here and there at members homes, and the things she experiences are like EXACTLY what I experienced so I am totally going to be watching that when I get home.
In order to find Kamisugi on a map, look up ''Aoba-ku'' the kanji is ''青葉区” if you need it. So its like the City of Sendai is like a "stake" and within a stake you have wards, right? Aoba is a "ward." There is also a "ward" called Izumi which is in Sendai but a different proselyting area and there are missionaries there right now. I can ride my bike over into Izumi area actually if I wanted. Its not far at all. But Kamisugi is like a "neighborhood" within the ward (Aoba)... within the stake (Sendai). Its kinda hard to explain but that is just kinda an example to help you understand.
I love youuuuu!
Love Miranda
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