Dear Family, Friends, and Missionaries,
I don't have much time this week, so sorry if my thoughts
are all over the place!
I bought some Pokemon Candy this week. All of the members
love that I love Pokemon. They also love that I like JPop, but none of them
have heard of Kalafina...
We did exchanges on Tuesday, and I got to work with Tausinga
Shimai in Kamagaya. Tausinga Shimai is on her second transfer. They had no investigators,
so we spent the entire day finding. It was good speaking practice, but it was
so cold! People here don't even open their doors when you ring the doorbell.
They either yell through their door at you or they look at you with their
camera and speak through the intercom. So weird. The apaato in Kamagaya has a
heated floor. It was so nice to lay on it after our daily planning.
About the title of the email... My first day in Japan I was
surprised to find that the toilet seat was heated! I definitely want one in my house.
It was quite a pleasant surprise. This last week we were using the bathrooms in
the church, and while enjoying the warm seat, I was looking at the different
buttons wondering what they did... I accidentally pressed one, and then the
toilet sprayed me! I had heard of toilets that would spray you, but I don't
know why anyone would do that! Luckily, I knew the kanji for "stop."
Otherwise, the toilet would have kept spraying me! It was so crazy.
Teruya Shimai and I have several investigators, but we feel
that they aren't progressing anywhere. They keep all of their commitments, but they
don't seem to be building testimonies. We want to make sure that they know why
we are here, and we want to try changing the commitments to help them progress
more. We'll see how it goes.
Yesterday, I street contacted (while biking, which is crazy)
a girl named Emelyn. She is from Firipin (the Philippines) and showed a lot of
interest in learning about the Church. Teruya Shimai and I have really wanted
to find a kinjin (golden person), and we're hoping that Emelyn turns out to be
our Firikinjin. :3
We took pictures of some of the cherry blossoms today! There
are so many! I'm really excited, because I probably would not have seen them if
I came at the end of April like I was originally supposed to...
I know that the Savior is aware of all of us. He knows us
perfectly. He knows how to help us. I am so grateful for His strength.
I love you all!
Love, Crandall Shimai
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