One Year

Dearest Family and Friends,

As many of you may or may not have noticed, I hit my one year mark this last week. In fact, Sister Wadsworth and I hit it together as we entered the MTC on the same day. We bought cake. It was really good. Elder Harrison also hit his one year mark, so half the district was celebrating one year. Woohoo!

We found our kinjin last week. We got a random referral on Sunday - just a name and an address. There wasn't even a room number - just a building. We decided to go check it out anyway, and luckily all the names were written on the wall (for all 27 floors) and there was only one last name that matched. We rang the little intercom and asked "Is this Furukawa Karin san?" She responded yes, and upon hearing that we were church volunteers told us to wait a second as she came down to talk with us in person. Apparently she did a homestay in America a few years ago and stayed with a Mormon family. She has a Book of Mormon and HAS READ IT TWICE. She sent us her information on Mormon.org and says that she wants to start taking the lessons. What? Who is this girl? Sadly she got the flu and was unable to come to church on Sunday, but we have high hopes for her.

Another lady we met on the street that same day randomly came to church on Sunday. She seemed to like it and might come back next week. She really wants us to meet her daughter, but she is unwilling to try to set anything up for us... She wants us to just call her daughter and act as if her mom didn't tell us to call her... We'll figure this one out.

We went to the temple today, which was wonderful as ever. I always love the peace that comes there. It was a Japanese session this time, which was fun. I always love not having to wear headphones.

I love you all! Have a great week!

Love, Crandall Shimai