Hello everyone!
Hope all is well in the land of
America. We had a crazy crazy
week.
First, we got in a car
accident. Don't worry, we are totally fine. Here is the story: The senior couple's
drivers license expired and so the shimai asked Furue s if she could drive her
to an appointment with a member in another area. After practicing driving in
the snow (she is from Kagoshima), she said yes. So off we went. On the way
home, we hit an icy patch and then hit the snow bank. The car wasn't damaged
very bad but it just enough that we had to call a tow truck. Poor Furue s was
in shock and wasn't handling things well and the senior shimai didn't speak any
Japanese. Soooo I got to do all of the calling. Imagine me holding two cell
phones, calling the insurance company, tow truck company, our appointment that
we wouldn't make it to, the hombu, the commissarian, and translating for the
police knocking at our window. I was blessed with the gift of tongues as I
handled everything for the next two hours. Furue s was still kind of in shock
so we took it easy the rest of the day. Evans s told us to go to the onsen [public bath] so
we heeded her advice and went. The whole accident though was truly a miracle.
No other cars were involved, no injuries, and although it was the day of new
missionary orientation, no new missionaries came so the hombu elders had time
to help us. I'm so grateful things worked out the way they did. And needless to
say, there wont be any more driving.
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| Waiting for the tow truck... |
Second, transfers. We actually
got to know transfers 3 days early since we planned exchanges hehe :) Furue s
and I both stayed and we are still the STLs [Sister Trailing Leaders]. Planning kokans [missionary splits]was crazy. Imagine
juggling 40 shimai and their dendo schedules and bus/train times. Holy moly.
One of the more challenging things and stressful things I've ever done but we
made it out alive. Transfer spot was at a church this time (normally at the
eki) and we had music practice for 4 hours. We are having 2 concerts this
transfer, just like the cd you got for christmas. Looooooooots of music
practice.
Third, dendo is slow. We have
hardly any investigators and the ones we do have aren't progressing. So its a
work in progress. But we are meeting with a member referral tonight so I'm
excited for that. We are going to Kitami this week (4 hours away by bus) for
kokans [missionary splits] and I get to see one of my beans, Gibbs s! Yay!
I love this gospel and I love
the work. Church is true! Thank you for your love and support. Please please
please pray for our investigators!
Love you all!
Love,
Sugihara Shimai
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