Teaching people about ice cream, tofu, and rich people with cheetah skins on their car

Favorite Ramen Store wasn't open

Tuesday: we met up with someone we met last Friday. H san. He's really nice. We talked about prayer and he prayed for us! It was a one liner but God isn't too picky about length. He just wants to hear from us. Then we had a lesson with T Shimai (recent convert). We just showed her the church websites and resources. After, we decided to go get ice cream because she's been working so much and doesn't have time to do fun things. It was raining but we enjoyed a good ice cream together. I think she was happy we did it. We were. We love spending time with her. She just makes us indescribably happy.

Showing some type of super power?
Wednesday: we met a lot of fun people today. First off, we met some members from Hong Kong and their precious daughter. They came to us and started talking. We had no idea that they were members. But their daughter was really excited to see us. Eventually they told us they were members. Then we saw K and S (recent converts) who
we haven't seen in over 2 weeks and they haven't been contacting us.  We were able to chat with them and pray with them. Then we were off to the doctor, where the biggest miracle happened. It was a normal doctors visit. He fixed my back. He said everything should be good. And then we were chatting with him in a mixture of Japanese and English. And he spoke to us in a mixture of Japanese and English. He wants to learn more English so we told him about our free English class. We asked where he lived (the hospital is not in our area, it's in Fukuoka Fukuoka) and he named off a neighborhood in our area! We told him to come to our Eikaiwa. He said he would try when he can get off work. He has interest in what we are doing in Japan too! The only way we would have ever met this guy who lives in our area (he works and studies from before we get out in the morning to after we get back in the evening) is if I hurt my back. Wow. Big miracle. Then we had Eikaiwa and we played pictionary with the kids. They had to say the answer in English. One kid drew tofu and when we said it was tofu he said "you have to say it in English!" He didn't know tofu in English is tofu. It was way funny.

Thursday: we weekly planned. Then we had another lesson with T which rocks. She has
Emma's District (or missionaries in her area)
the gift of interpretation of tongues because she understands our Japanese even when it's all over the place. She was way tired from work when she came but after the lesson she was really full of energy. We asked her why that was. She said "I know whenever I'm tired and I come to church or meet with you guys or pray I get more energy from God." She is the bomb. Then we went out and dendoed. People literally ran away from us. It made us sad. But then we were walking along and the other sister come running up to us to say hi. It made our night. Because most of the people were doing the running in the opposite direction.

A package arrived!
Friday: we made cookies for K shimai because, despite running into her on the street, she's been avoiding us. She want home but we left cookies and a note. Then we went out and stopped literally every female we came across. And everyone seemed to want to listen. It was awesome. Then we got to the place we wanted to house. And we decided to run dendo. We ran from house to house. It was way fun. And the block
got done way quicker than usual. If we hadn't ran we wouldn't have had enough time to finish the block. And the last house we knocked on in the block was a Christian lady who when we asked to pray with her, she prayed for us. What a miracle. We also met a lot of college students. And when we stopped them, we started off by talking about ice cream. We asked what their favorite ice cream was and talked about how eating ice cream makes us happy. It was way fun. Then we talked about how God gave us these happy making things because He's like our father and He loves us. It was really effective and really fun.

Saturday: today we were lead by the spirit to do things we hadn't planned on. We were biking on our way home for dinner and my lovely companion, W shimai, suddenly stopped and said, we shouldn't go to home for dinner. So we decided to pray to find out where to go. We both thought of 7/11. Well, since 7/11 has food we decided to go. We had no idea why. So we get to 7/11 and we both feel like we should go
in and buy food and sit outside and eat. So we do. We were way lost and confused. We had no idea why we were doing what we were doing. But we felt good about it so we continued. Then we remembered a less active who was on the way home from where we were and decided to stop by. We've been trying to meet with her for 2 transfers but she always sends family members to tell us she's busy. But we met her!!! And
we're able to share a short message!!! God's plan is greater than mine.

Sunday: I didn't write much in my journal. I was so tired I went to Ben right after we were done planning. But church was fun. It made me really tired.

Monday: I had rice for breakfast because we had no cereal. I felt very Japanese. We biked up a mountain and met this VERY rich guy with cheetah skin by his high end cars. But he came out and talked to us and he said he loves Jesus. He told us to come back and talk to his wife. We're going today. I'm excited. We also met this cute Vietnamese girl. With a combination of English and Japanese we communicated. And she said she wanted to meet again!!!

Today we're going to the beach. I'm way excited (even though there won't be swimming involved). The beach is one of my favorite places. No word on transfer calls yet [She or her companion might be moving this week]. I'll let you know...

Love you all. Enjoy the pool. Get a tan. Don't wear a watch in the sun because you get an atrocious tan line. Not speaking from experience.

LOVE
ベアマン姉妹


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Prayers, Promises, Blessings, Mexican Food, Better Back, and Finding the Lost

Dressed up for Conference

Family, up you better be feeling really blessed right now. An apostle of the the Lord promised me that my family and those I love will be eternally blessed from my service in Japan. Do you feel those blessings coming? Also, in all of the many priesthood blessings I've received, you're always mentioned. How through my mission, I will bring my family closer to Christ. So, you better feel all the blessings coming! (It may take 2-4 weeks because sometimes the mail service is on the slower side).  [absolutely are feeling the blessings!]

We'll start at the beginning of the week even though the end was the most exciting.

Tuesday: we were Streeting in the evening and no one was talking. They all said no after we said hello. So we decided we needed to change something. So we started talking to everyone in English. It was so weird. But it worked. People stopped and listened. Sometimes just changing things up a little, doing something different helps a ton. Also, I bought a new journal on pday. It's a ninja. It's awesome.

Wednesday: we went to the doctor again. He's so nice. And cheerful. And speaks English was well. It was nice talking to him because he speaks Japanese English and I speak English Japanese so we were basically speaking half of each language to each other and we understood. It was wonderful. He said my back was way better than it was the last time we went. But it's not completely healed. I go back next week where he said it should hopefully be my last visit. He also stretched and pulled my back again which was just heavenly. This time he asked what we were doing in Japan so we got to chat a bit a bout the church. It was pretty cool. At Eikaiwa, a ton of kids showed up so we taught them. Their the funniest class anyway.

Thursday: today we had companionship inventory. Because of it, we saw so many miracles after, when we went out to dedno. I felt a lot lighter as I dendoed. And we made an appointment with this really cool dude who had a cross necklace.



Friday: we biked to a really far to a members house for a lesson. It was a really good lesson (we practiced lesson 0 (God, prayer/families, baptism (10 minute lesson))) After the lesson, we ate MEXICAN FOOD (that doesn't exist in Japan) with the member. It was amazing. Guacamole guys, guacamole. On the way there we made an appointment with a really sweet girl. Then, for the first time in my mission I shared the First Vision out loud. It was in English with our Korean less active. It was a way powerful experience. I felt the Spirit so string in the air as I talked about God and Christ appearing to an awkward 14 year old boy who finally asked the right question. And I knew it was true as I spoke. It was a really cool experience. Another miracle, our lesson with the K family was canceled and we were worried because we hadn't seen them in 3 weeks. But as we were out dendoing in the evening, we decided spontaneously to turn right and we crashed into them getting ice cream!! We were able to pray with her and her daughter (the moms having a rough time with the son that ran away to his grandmas) and help lift her day. It lifted ours too! 

Emma's original companion
in Japan - she saw her at the
Conference
Saturday: today there was a huge miracle. And it's sort of silly. But it just shows how much God loves us individually. I lost a back to my earrings that my trainer gave me the day I left her. And they are clear and small. At first I wasn't worried, I could use another earring backing but I discovered none of them fit. So now I was a little upset. I searched our room diligently. I looked in every possible nook and cranny. Nope. I was really upset now. So I kneeled down and prayed that I'd be able to find my earring back. I opened my eyes from the prayer and there it was, on the floor right next to where I was kneeling. I was so happy and immediately said another prayer of thanks. God does love me. A lot. Because praying over a lost earring back is rather silly. God doesn't really care about the earring back. But He cares about me. And I cared about that earring. So He helped me. I love God.


Sunday: we biked to an appointment we made on Friday. 40 minutes a way. She was a no show. But we got to see lots of farms. And rice paddies. Then we biked back 40 minutes. It was WAY hot so we were WAY sweaty. We got back and had an hour to look nice before the Cook
taikai (conference). I wore red lipstick dad. It was a special occasion after all. I sat in the 2nd row back. It. Was. So. Cool. I shook an apostles hand. Elder Yamashita was here again (he came in February) and I just feel like we're best friends now. It was an
amazing conference but the coolest part is when he testified of Christ. I know, and so does Elder Cook, that Christ lives. And that everyday, we can receive strength from Him. I've got so much help recently. I'll be biking down the street and I pray that I'll have
strength to talk to the next person even though it's so hot. I'll pray that I'll be able to bike to the far away appointment even though my back hurts. I pray that my back won't hurt as I dedno so I can be happy and cheerful as I meet people. I have received all the help I've asked for. And more. And so can you.
Emma's 2nd Companion
in Japan at the Conference
Well,

Next week is transfer week (oh no!!!! How did that go so fast?!?!) so
pday will be on Tuesday. Just like last week I guess.

I LOVE YOU. 愛しているよ（＾∇＾）
ベアマン姉妹

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Family, physical therapy, mensetsu (interviews)

It was an exciting week family! First off, I chatted with you guys and I think you're basically the best people ever. Thanks for eating that fish Camille.  [There is a really gross dried fish trail mix that Emma sent us]


It might be a crazy scattered letter (the Japanese word for scattered is so much better than the English word).

Tuesday: I went to the doctor again. He still didn't know what was wrong but he sent me up to the rehabilitation center where the physical therapists reside. My favorite! So I saw the PT. He spoke enough English and I spoke enough Japanese we managed (he was way good at English). He moved me around a bit and then looked at my range of motion for different joints. Then he put me on the stretching table and stretched me out for a good solid 20 minutes. But he wasn't stretching my upper back much so I was confused. But when he had me sit up, there was no pain. Magic. Then he explained the science (the fun part). There's a joint in my hip near my lower back that only moves a couple millimeters normal but wasn't moving at all. That obstructed joint caused the rib joints in my upper back also to not move (which explains why it hurt to breath so much). He stretched out that little hip joint and it made everything wonderful. As the days past it has started to hurt again but I'm going back tomorrow to visit. I will now point out that my lower back injury that I got in college happened in the same area he said there are problems now. So yeah. This week, back wise, was a lot better. There is still pain (residuals tight muscles, sitting too long, etc) but I am getting better when before there wasn't any real improvement. I love PT's!  They know what's up. In the evening, our less active we teach hosted a relief society activity and taught us all how to make Korean
food. Yum.


Wednesday: we got to dedno! Not as much as usual, we still needed break time, but it was nice to get out. We stopped by a less actives house to talk to the mom but only the less active son was home. He's Evan's age and we chatted for a bit. We shared a brief message and he shared his testimony and it was crazy cool experience. He said he can't come to church because of school activities but then he said something I really liked. He said "even though I can't make it to church, I never forget Him." He just summed up the gospel so beautifully. Sometimes we fail. Sometimes we can't do it, or make it. But if we remember Him, it's ok. He will make up the difference. Then we had Eikaiwa [English class] and my FAVORITE family came. They have a daughter Camille's age and we're basically best friends. We had fun playing
games and teaching English, as always.


Thursday: crazy miracle. I got a flat outside our apartment. And we have this super fancy pump and no directions so we couldn't figure out how to use it. But these 2 guys were in our little area by our apartments putting fliers in mailboxes. They got to ours and we asked if they knew how to use the pump. "No," they said, "but we'll try." So they tried and couldn't figure it out. We were sad but grateful they tried. They drove away. Then, 5 minutes later, they drove back, really excited. They looked up the instructions on their phone for the pump and figured it out and fixed my bike! They were so nice. Then we got on a train and went to junkai (splits with the STLs [sister training leaders]). I went to their area with 1 STL and my companion went back to our area with the the other STL. It was slightly weird seeing as during junkai we normally are in the same area.


Friday: junkai. I got to junkai with H shimai again and it was the best. She made me rest a lot because of my back. She also ordered me to take a nap. On a fun note, we used Star Wars as an example in our lesson. We were talking about agency. We compared like and his choices and Anakin and his choices and the end results. We then talked about how small bad choices lead up to bigger bad choices. It was awesome. Also, I learned a lot more about how to be a good missionary. She's not awkward at all when she stops people on the street. One day, I will be as smooth as her.


Saturday: we were crazy busy. We biked quickly from one place to another. We had kids Eikaiwa (English class) in the morning. Seriously, my favorite part of the week. Then we had another kids English class at a members house with all their friends. Which was also a blast. They made us scones after. It was delicious. Then we had a American cookie baking night (an activity we planned as missionaries). We taught people how to make American cookies and gave the directions in English. The we played card games and ping pong. Lots of our kids English class families showed up and so did the YSA (young single adults) from church. I think it was a successful activity. Everyone had so much fun.


Sunday: I got another blessing for my back. And in the blessing he said that I would be able to dedno without pain. Then we went out after church to dedno and I dendoed all day and there was only a little pain in my back. It was amazing. The priesthood power is truly the power of God.

Monday: not pday. I forgot to tell you guys. Sorry. We had mensetsu's with Kaicho (interviews with the mission president (and his wife)). They are stellar human beings. It poured rain all morning so as we biked to the train in our nicer than normal appearance (we dressed up nicer than normal) got damper and damper. But I got a new kappa (rain coat) so I was drier than expected. 


Interviews was exactly what I needed. Shimai is an angel and Kaicho is an angel as well. They're some of my favorite people. Kaicho and I read Ether 12:27 together. And we substituted my name and her and she in it. It was powerful. Christ promise that IF I humble myself and trust in Him, His grace will be enough to make my weak things strengths. Which is definitely something I'm interested in. I have a lot of weaknesses. I am not a very profitable servant. But God is ok with that. As long as I trust in His Son. After interviews we had some famous Fukuoka ramen. It was delicious. Also, I got a new name tag (finally, I ordered it like 20 years ago). My name has changed. I am no longer ベアーマン姉妹. I am ベアマン姉妹. [I really can't tell the difference] My identity has changed!!! Ahhhh!!!!

Well, this Sunday we're having a conference with Elder Cook [one of the 12 Apostles or senior leaders in our church]. Count me excited!!!

Love
ベアマン姉妹

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Futons, futons, futons

Children's day

This week, was not too exciting. I spent most of it laying on a futon. And taking really hot baths. And stretching.

Tuesday: was pday. We ordered pizza from dominos and we ordered 2 medium. They were tiny! But it tasted so good it was worth the over expensive price we paid. Then we played lots of different card games watched "Meet the Mormons".

Wednesday: another inside all day sort of deal. We were supposed to have dinner at a members but couldn't go. We were sad because we really like the member and the members family who invited us. Also, because we were getting tired of sitting inside all day. But around 7 someone rang our ping pong. We looked at the camera to see who it was and it was the mom and dad of this awesome family. They had brought us over huge plates of food. And little plates of dessert. It was so sweet.


Thursday: Kaicho (president) said I could go out in the evening. Well, in the evening we had dinner at a members house with our recent converts, the K family. I should give the reason there's all these dinners. It's Golden week in Japan. This week there was 4 holidays and everyone had off work and school. Thursday was kids day so we celebrated that with the members. It was really fun. We made those fish flags out of origami to put our chopsticks in. We made samurai hats. It was way fun.

Friday: I am now a PMG [Preach My Gospel] lesson master in the Japanese language. I passed off my last lesson. I am so happy! We also got to go out and dendo today! Happy day! It poured rain all day. Except for when we were outside. Then it stopped. Huge miracle. We had quite a few unplanned lessons. We visited a friend of a member from India. We didn't know what to talk to her about (gospel wise). She's Shik, which I believe is a type of Hindu. But at one point in the conversation she
Proof Emma Passed
Teaching in Japanese
said that men don't cut their hair after their born as a promise to God. Well, we just whipped out the story of Samson. That idea was totally given to us by the Spirit. We dedno-ed for only a bit but it was nice to get out of the apartment.

Saturday: we had kodomo Eikaiwa [childrens English class]. We played lots of fun games. We played "do you love your neighbor?" It was a real hit. They thought it
was the funniest game. We went dedno-ing and the weather was really nice. It's getting really warm and sticky now... We met this awesome college student. We talked about school and how textbooks for school really help you in class. Then we said we had a textbook for life. And we pulled out a BoM. She really liked the idea of receiving personal advice from the BoM. We took a break for my back in Micky D's. Their ¥100 soft serve ice cream and apple pie together are the bomb. After Micky D's we dedno-ed a bit more. We knocked into the most cheerful happy-go-lucky person I've ever met. He 
Important Holiday
opened the door beaming and was just so welcoming when we explained who we were and what we were doing. He genuinely listened. It was so kind. After we left his house I think I walked with a skip in my step. And I decided I want to be like this man. I want to ooze happiness and kindness so that all the people I see and met can walk away feeling a little bit more of God's love. It's a work in progress.

Sunday: Sunday was good. Since W shimai skyped her family before church and then we had DCS-(dedno chōsei shukai (ummmm, in English? It's where we meet with the Ward mission leader and RS president and chat...)). So by the end of sacrament meeting I had been sitting for over 3 hours. Which my back did not like one bit. So we went home after sacrament meeting. The elders have been killing it recently and each week, they have ladies they've invited to church show up. I don't know how they do it. I'm impressed. Since their ladies, we get to sit with them and take their contact information to meet again. After church we did more laying down. Egan shimai said to take it easy. So we played go fish in Japanese and watched "meet the Mormons" in Japanese. I'm way worried I'm going to start losing my Japanese if I stay in more. I also read a lot of Alma (my favorite book). I'm towards the end with the the armies of Helaman. I really liked Alma 57:25 at the end. It's after a huge battle the the army of Helaman fought. It says "nevertheless, according to the goodness of God, and to our great astonishment, and also the joy of our whole army, there was not one soul of them who did perish; yea, and neither was there one soul among them who had not received many wounds." And I just was thinking about how we're in a war too: against right and wrong. and if we choose the good and choose to follow God, we've been promised that we'll be protected, just like the armies of Helaman. However, just because we're protected doesn't mean it's easy. Doesn't mean we don't get a little beat up on the way. We'll receive wounds (physical, spiritual, emotions, mental) while we are on earth. But God promises that if we follow Him, those wounds won't be the end of us. We will be able to overcome them. Because of my hurt back I like this. Because I am on His errand, I should expect to get wounded. But those wounds can be overcome through His son, Jesus Christ. And even though this week has been really hard, I've had a lot of time to think about my Savior and recognize all the help I've received from Him. I know that the Savior will help me through this trail. Because He's promised to and He always keeps His promises.

Well, that's all for now folks. In just a few minutes, I'll probably skype my wonderful family [yeah!  it was so fun to talk to her.  Her back is still bothering her a bit, but she is able to do missionary work again.]. See ya soon fam bam! 


Remember, don't make fun of my English. I love you all! I love this work! I love the Savior!

Don't forget to be awesome 🖖🏽🖖🏽

Love love love
ベアーマン姉妹

Japanese hospitals, finding jobs in Japan, mustaches

Well family. This week was nuts. We were supposed to go to the temple today but now we are not. My back is broken [figuratively] and I've been sentenced to bed rest and limited movement for the next few days. The other shimai [sister missionaries] in my apartment rock. They decided to stay back from the temple too so that I could have a fun pday [preparation day]. If that isn't charity I don't know what is. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Monday: after the pday festivities ended we pray dendoed [proselyted]. All 3 of our lessons canceled and we didn't make back up plans so we walked out of the apartment and prayed at every single corner to know which way to go. At first it seemed silly, but it worked out real well because we crashed into some awesome people and got some phone numbers from people who want to meet again. The coolest lady was towards the end of the night. She loved the idea of baptism and was asking all sorts of questions about it. Her mom came out was like "who are you talking to?!?" And she chatted to her mom a bit and we were afraid she wouldn't come back out to talk to us. But she did. She said "my families Buddhist (of course, everyone is. And that's the excuse people use not to meet with us) but let me give you my number so you can call me. And then she took our phone out of hands and put her number in. It was beautiful. Prayer works guys!


Tuesday: we went to the helpful Japanese class. I was paired with another student from China. We learned how to find jobs in Japan. I know all sorts of Japanese work laws and how to call for an interview and workplace vocabulary and I figure out what stuff means on a paycheck. Well, if I ever live in Japan, I'll be set. It was pretty funny. We dendoed in the afternoon. No one was interested. But a couple of dogs answered the ping pongs. Obviously, they wanted to learn more about the gospel. Then we went visiting teaching with the relief society president. And the relief society president found an old missionary helmet for me to use!!! So we can bike again!!! Hallelujah!!! Walking is the worst.


Wednesday: today was a sister in the apartments birthday. It torrential down poured for the first part of dendo and then it was sticky and hot. So we sort of dried off. No one was in a listening mood but we did run into a lady who meet with missionaries 20 years ago. Unfortunately her up husband came and picked her up before we could make an appointment. But she was fun to talk to. Then us, the elders, and the other sisters went out for a birthday dinner. Right before the dinner (we got there early) we talked to this lady who was currently going to a Christian college. She was way nice and totally willing to take a BoM. Eikaiwa  [English class] was fun (as usual). We taught beginners and our 2 high school girls came and we just had a blast with English and playing fun games.

Thursday: we had zone training. Over in Fujisaki. W shimai and I went early so I could pass off a lesson mastery. Lesson mastery is a program to help us non-Japanese people get comfortable teaching in Japanese. We teach each lesson in a 5 minute time limit, a 15 minute time limit, and then a 30-45 min time limit. In Japanese. And you
teach by yourself, no companion. I have only 2 left now. I passed off one to my zone leader and one to my district leader. Soon I'll be a lesson master! And I'll get a cool Moroni pin to wear. And a kanji PMG to study from [Japanese Preach my Gospel]. I'm Finishing them all this week. Seriously, I love lesson mastery. At first it was so hard. But now I can whip a 30-45 minute lesson out at anytime. Man, Japanese is the best. Warning: family, I'll probably talk really weird over Skype. And make weird sounds. And speak some Japanese. We had a lesson with T(recent convert) in the evening. She's stellar. We retaught her the plan of salvation. I used a fun ice cream example/lesson/analogy (I know the word in Japanese and I don't know which one fits best in English). The plan of salvation is my FAVORITE lesson to teach I think.

Friday: we weekly planned in a restaurant with a drink bar that included the most delicious and fluffy hot chocolate. No one wanted to talk today but the last girl we talked to was way interested in Christian history. We chatted about it for a while and gave her a BoM (because it is a great book on Christian history). I complimented her jacket as she was leaving and she tried to give it to me. It was way cute. Don't worry, I didn't take it.

Saturday: the start of the back problems. Well, not the start. I've had them for at least 2 or so transfers. But it was the first time they were so bad I couldn't go out. We went to kodomo Eikaiwa (kids English class) in the morning and after that, I laid on my futon because it hurt too much to sit or stand. I got a blessing from the
elders. In it, here was no promise of healing. Only that I would be able to endure. But God said things that I needed to hear. It was a weird day. I didn't do anything. I took hot baths and stretched. I felt like I needed to be doing something but there wasn't actually anything for me to be doing. It was a weird weekend.

Sunday: went to church. My back wasn't doing the greatest. I was siting next to the K family (recent converts) during the fast and testimony meeting. I felt like I should ask K shimai if she wanted to bear her testimony. She said she was too nervous but I should. So I made a deal. I would bear my testimony and then she would
bear hers. She agreed! Which was absolutely terrifying because Japanese. So we went up together and I bore my testimony. And then she bore hers. And she was so happy when she came down. After church, T shimai (recent convert) got a temple recommend! [She's doing so well it makes me so happy. Then I was spent. My back died. So me and
J shimai (one of the other sisters who was feeling sick) stayed in all evening watching church movies and talking about Jesus. It was good. But also weird to not be doing something.

Monday: not pday but we had district meeting. I passed off another long lesson mastery. Then me and R shimai went to the ER. Because my back was not happy. But we only went to the ER because it's a holiday week and every single other Doctor is closed. Since R shimai is half Japanese and grew up in Japan she speaks English and
Japanese fluently and she translated for me. She's an angel. We were in the ER for 5 hours. Nothing's wrong with any bones. Just really inflamed and irritated muscles. I was ordered to rest. So I called Shimai (presidents wife) to see what that meant about dendo [doing missionary work]. She told me to call the mission doctor in Tokyo. He told me to call Kaicho (president). So we chatted. It was a rough phone call. For lots of reasons. But I know what he said was inspired. We talked about dendo and how I felt. He told me I couldn't go to the temple and had to stay
in all night on Monday and Tuesday as well. Then he would call again and we'd go from there. I was a bit of a mess after that phone call, so we called the elders and asked for another blessing. And after that blessing, I felt ok and at peace with my situation. Then they stopped by later in the evening and dropped off ice cream (they even brought my favorite kinds).

So yeah. This is a sad email. ごめんね。who knows what will happen but I know today will be fun at least. My awesome apartment planned an awesome pday that includes forts, splurging on pizza (it's so expensive), playing games, and watching church movies. They rock.

Well fambam, I'll see you next Saturday or Sunday (your time) via Skype. Get excited to see super awkward me.

Love love love
ベアーマン姉妹

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