Miss Maddy in Japan

getting ready for the holidays! こんにちは！ It feels like i was just talking to you all! Since Thanksgiving we have had a lot of fun! We went on splits with a member (she is getting ready to go on a mission), learned to make origami Christmas trees, and had a crazy sacrament meeting. Everyone is doing good. For those of you keeping track of my injuries, you can add tendonitis to the list. To clarify, I didn't do anything this time. It just happened...no biking still and too much walking does not make my foot happy! KOZUE SAN CAME TO SACRAMENT! Now this was interesting because I was going to give a talk in the American Branch and she is Japanese and a member had brought her (he is also Japanese), so I was sitting next to this cute family and I hear the brother asking about me and I turn around and they are there, in the American branch! So they came in sat by me and I spent all the time except for my talk translating for them... I really don't have the Japanese skills (at ...

こんにちは！ 愛しています！ Okay so this week has been a long one. We didn't have p-day until T hanksgiving.  Happy Thanksgiving! Last pday we went to the beach! Just as we were stepping onto the sand, a part-member family saw us and ended up kidnapping us for ice cream and ramen. Super yummy and so nice! Then Tuesday we had DTM and institute. Wednesday we we met a cardiologist and he was pretty nice. Thursday we had a lesson with Uema Shimai in the morning and later one with Kozue San. She is a new investigator that was referred to us by a returning member. She is awesome and is on a baptismal date now! Amazing miracle! Friday we had exchanges in Naha. We headed down there. I was on splits with Baquinquito Shimai. She is amazing! We had so much fun! Then Saturday we had a lesson with Tamahara San and she accepted that when she knows more she will be baptized! Right after her, we went to the Hanashiro famiky and had dinner. Okonomiyaki! Then Sunday we only went to the Japanese ward (the ...