Monday, February 17, 2020 こんにちは!
We're nearing the end of the transfer already, and every night Olson姉妹 and I are like, "It's already time to sleep again?" It's going so fast!
On Saturday we got to eat lunch with a new friend, Reika, who is the boy who was baptized last week's friend's younger sister. The friend was baptized about 8 months ago in Utah, and Reika is not a member. Through our conversation with her, which was way fun, we found out that she has been able to watch her brother become a more positive and bright person. It's amazing how the Gospel changes people. She's going to try reading the Book of Mormon, and while right now she doesn't want official lessons, we'll keep meeting and having small discussions while also having fun! Can't wait to get to know her better 
.
The weather has definitely been feeling suspiciously like spring recently. Not that we're complaining, but we've been told by almost everyone that February is the coldest month of the year and we're just looking around like "where?" I'm looking forward to the days when I don't have to wear more than the necessary layers outside. Not looking forward to the days of sweating buckets, though, lol.
Last Tuesday we went out for yakiniku (Korean barbecue stolen by 日本) with 2 ward members, and all of us did this little fortune teller horoscope thing that was just sitting on the table. It was way funny because my "love fortune" portion said that I have 0 chance right now, which we basically died at because it's so accurate. At this gathering we were also invited to a festival in a few weeks that we may or may not go to, but we'd love to if we can because apparently it's literally a festival where men get all done up in traditional women's clothing, makeup, and hair and perform dances and stuff. Supposedly for luck. Gotta love 日本.
On Saturday, 2 of our students who hadn't come to 英会話 (eikaiwa= English class) in a while showed up. They're both Chinese, and when one of them said he'd gotten back from China on February 1st and had just finished the work-mandated 2 weeks isolation period, everyone was like ????!!!!!! It was kinda funny. After the 2 had to leave early, they were all like "we're going to get Corona virus, we have to disinfect!"
My last email was not updated with the latest Corona virus news, as the next day we found out there were more people with it than we thought. Not as bad as it could be, but more than we'd thought. Masks are still sold out everywhere, though we had a box in our apartment and used some as we took the train across Tokyo for interviews (see pic). Also, when we were at the mission home, they told us that the first case of Corona virus in 日本 was actually in Senzokuike, which is the area next to ours and also where Ikeda姉妹 is serving right now. Kinda crazy, but everything seems to be under control. We were still given legit masks with respirators in case our apartment goes under quarantine or we're told to wear them by the mission home/church headquarters.
-hamburg with daikon on top. So good! I love daikon.
-スナ一姉妹
Spiritual Stuff:
On Saturday we got to eat lunch with a new friend, Reika, who is the boy who was baptized last week's friend's younger sister. The friend was baptized about 8 months ago in Utah, and Reika is not a member. Through our conversation with her, which was way fun, we found out that she has been able to watch her brother become a more positive and bright person. It's amazing how the Gospel changes people. She's going to try reading the Book of Mormon, and while right now she doesn't want official lessons, we'll keep meeting and having small discussions while also having fun! Can't wait to get to know her better
Daily Life/Fun Stories:
The weather has definitely been feeling suspiciously like spring recently. Not that we're complaining, but we've been told by almost everyone that February is the coldest month of the year and we're just looking around like "where?" I'm looking forward to the days when I don't have to wear more than the necessary layers outside. Not looking forward to the days of sweating buckets, though, lol.
Last Tuesday we went out for yakiniku (Korean barbecue stolen by 日本) with 2 ward members, and all of us did this little fortune teller horoscope thing that was just sitting on the table. It was way funny because my "love fortune" portion said that I have 0 chance right now, which we basically died at because it's so accurate. At this gathering we were also invited to a festival in a few weeks that we may or may not go to, but we'd love to if we can because apparently it's literally a festival where men get all done up in traditional women's clothing, makeup, and hair and perform dances and stuff. Supposedly for luck. Gotta love 日本.
On Saturday, 2 of our students who hadn't come to 英会話 (eikaiwa= English class) in a while showed up. They're both Chinese, and when one of them said he'd gotten back from China on February 1st and had just finished the work-mandated 2 weeks isolation period, everyone was like ????!!!!!! It was kinda funny. After the 2 had to leave early, they were all like "we're going to get Corona virus, we have to disinfect!"
My last email was not updated with the latest Corona virus news, as the next day we found out there were more people with it than we thought. Not as bad as it could be, but more than we'd thought. Masks are still sold out everywhere, though we had a box in our apartment and used some as we took the train across Tokyo for interviews (see pic). Also, when we were at the mission home, they told us that the first case of Corona virus in 日本 was actually in Senzokuike, which is the area next to ours and also where Ikeda姉妹 is serving right now. Kinda crazy, but everything seems to be under control. We were still given legit masks with respirators in case our apartment goes under quarantine or we're told to wear them by the mission home/church headquarters.
New Foods:
-really yummy pasta with Japanese style flavorings that I really regret not having a picture of because it was so good
-yakitori!
-hamburg with daikon on top. So good! I love daikon.
About the Pictures:
- The day I forgot both my inside and outside nametags and had to get creative until we could get back to the apartment
- Happy Valentine's Day from the Urayasu missionaries!
- The legit masks
- Riding Tokyo metro with our potentially useless masks but it makes us and other people feel better so we did it
- Me with the origami box I figured out how to make by taking apart and putting back together the tiny one I found in the apartment
- Sky Tree!
- Live Mario Kart! None of them are wearing Mario outfits, though they are all in various character outfits.
- More Sky Tree!
- Really yummy creme brulee
- Wall of fake deliciousness
- There is a studio ghibli store. And we went to it.
- Love yakitori
愛しています!
-スナ一姉妹
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