week 71: the first of the lasts

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Cause if you have a Hiroshima baseball jersey,
it's definitely time for a photo shoot!

こんにちは！HELLO Family and Friends 

This week was awesome and way fast. On Monday, member met us at Costco and we got lunch there with the elders and them. Then we heart attacked one of our Eikaiwa students. Tuesday we had zone conference.  It was amazing and so much fun. I was able to meet so many old friends and see my son and grandson! (Mission lingo: son--he was being trained and I was the oldest in the zone, grandson--the elder my son is training). Wednesday we went to an Okonomiyaki museum with our Japanese class and made Hiroshima okonomiyaki. (Some more practice and I will be a pro!) Then we played basketball with a bunch of potential investigators. Thursday we had junkais! I got to go with Watanabe 姉妹I love her. We first met when I was transfer 4 and she was transfer 3. We taught a lesson together and had eikaiwa that night. Then Friday we taught english to a member and later had a lesson with Soejima san! It was a good lesson. Saturday we were gone literally all day with so many appointments . We had a dance concert for one of the members (it was her last one, she is a senior in high school). Her friends were all so excited to see us and they killed it. Then we went to lunch with all the members. We also went to a way fancy Italian restaurant with the mom gang and kentoro (an eikaiwa student). It was fun and we ate so much food! Sunday we had church and I gave a talk. It probably was my last official talk in Japan. Also Okinaga san came to church so that was way good. A bunch of members had gone to the temple this week so we had a lot to talk about. 

Funny keiken: Okay so Sunday night I usually start my load of laundry because the washer/dryer takes forever. So I was starting my load and an error came up that said CF so we figured it was "clean filters". So I cleaned them and it started. I hopped in the shower and when I got out, there was another error. This one was FE... no idea so I just cleaned the filters again. It started again and got way full of water and the error popped up again. So I asked sister Berg and she had no idea. So I cleaned the filters again and let me tell you that water was freezing!! My arm was so cold! So I tried again and got the same error. We called our beloved elders and they had no idea. Then my amazing companion began to randomly push buttons. And some how she got it to drain and possibly work... we'll find out when we do laundry this week! 

Spiritual keiken : So zone conference is always way special and spiritual.  This one was way special because it was my last. At the end there is a spot for missionaries to bear their testimonies and of course, I needed to for my last time. I definitely cried. I have come to realize how much I love this work and the life of a missionary.  It has grown my testimony so much! I love this gospel so much! 

New words:
にんき (ninki): popularity 
きえる (kieru): to go out, to vanish, to disappear  

I love you all! I love Japan!  

Love, 
Thompson Shimai







making our own healthy, fancy food!


hanging with the mom gang and yes we are in a mercedes!





American food just isn't going to seem right in a few weeks!




giving gifts to the young women


 Costo in Japan! Things even seem bigger!


It's a Hillary Clinton barbie...in Japan! haha!



Hiroshima Zone Conference


My son: Elder Ebert
My grandson: Elder Martin
Some of the best elders I know.


dance concert for one of the members



fanciest Italian dinner I've ever had..with Kentoro and the mom gang of course!








Okonomiyaki Museum:
We toured the museum and then learned how to make Hiroshima okonomiyaki














YUM YUM






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