Can anyone
believe it? I know I can't. The weather got a little colder this wee (by
colder I mean 60's. It was rough, I had to wear a cardigan because it
was so windy). Fortunately, it's back to being warm today. Back to
Japanese paradise. All is well. No much happened this week but here it goes...
Tuesday:
Was pday but something funny happened in the evening. We were talking
to this high school girl and showed her the new Christmas video (my
favorite thing ever). Then some random lady's came and dragged her from
us to "save" her from the Christians. Probably because we were looking
particularly scary that day. Also, the STL's [Senior Training Leaders] came over in the evening
(for junkai (splits) [The trainers each take one of the missionaries and go do missionary work / training separately]). They live in Okinawa near base so they brought us
AMERICAN ICE CREAM! TWO TUBS! And pretzels. And peanut butter. And
Nutella.
Wednesday-
I tried my first Okinawa food. It was good. I'm not actually sure what
it was. But there was noodles. We had Eikaiwa [English Class] and basically we talk in
English the entire time with the advanced people. We talked about
Christmas this week and read a story from the Liahona [Magazine].
Thursday-
My first Junkai!! I went with M shimai. She's from New Zeland.
It was scary to begin with but it was way fun. She made me speak like
all the time. She'd just look at me and say prayer and expect me to talk
about prayer. It was actually a good experience even though it was
stressful. We talked to a crazy oba-chan [older lady] who gave us tons free mikan
(like the cuties [Oranges?]). We also walked around an abandoned apartment looking
for a less actives house. It was kind of creepy. I learned a lot from
junkai-ing.
Then at night I ate NATTO (you can look it up [Fermented Soybeans). I'll send a
video of the experience.
Friday-
I GOT A PACKAGE!!!!!! THANKS FOR THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. I hung them up
immediately. Our apartment looks so much more festive!! I love
Christmas so much!!!!
Saturday- We had a
surprise party for L shimai. Her birthday's actually on Sunday but I
got to shove a pie in her face. Also, I had Japanese apple juice for the
first time and my life has been changed. It tastes like REAL APPLES!
Sunday-
So fruit baskets are a thing in Japan. Every fast sunday [Sunday you don't eat breakfast and dinner and donate the money you would have spent to the poor], the members
throw something together for us missionaries. You think of a fruit
basket and you think of this little thing of yummy snacks. No. WE got 8
large grocery bags FILLED to the brim with food. We had so much food we
didn't need to go shopping today. It's nuts. The members LOVE
missionaries. Everytime they see with they give us snacks. It we visit
their house we leave with a bag of food. I'll probably gain 100 lbs out
here but I don't even care because the food is sooooooo good!
I
love that it's the Christmas season. For the most part, people in Japan
run away at the sound of Jesus. But since we can talk about Christmas,
people actually take a chance to listen. The Christmas vidoe the church
put out is so good. I've watched it 50 times and it still makes me feel
warm and happy inside. You can watch the video here- https://www.mormon.org/christmas.
Christmas is the perfect time of year to share Christ's love with
everyone. So Bearman family (annd everyone else who reads this), I
challange you to think about how you've felt Christ's love and then
share that love with someone else! It's not that hard. And you even get
to do it in English. Iesu Kirisuto wa minasan o ai shitte iru to shitte
imasu. Iesu Kirisuto ni yotte warui keiken o kokufuku suru to shitte
imasu. Iesu Kirisut o shitagau toki ni shiawase ni naru to shitte imasu.
Iesu Kirisuto wa sukuinishi da to shitte imasu. Watashi wa Iesu
Kirisuto honto ni ai shitte imasu. [Um, not exactly sure, but definitely something about Jesus Christ, Charles or other Japanese speakers, any help?] Now go share His love with others
LOVE LOVE LOVE
Bearman shiami
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