Happy New Year!!!

This week was really fun! We had dinner at members houses almost every day- sometimes lunch too!! Because of the New Year holliday, not a lot of people were very receptive to our proselyting so we just spent a lot of time with our members and less actives. Some fun things we ate were...

-Sushi! There was this huge bowl of rice and then a plate full of different types of fish and veggies that you could make your own roll with. It was so fun!

- Nasty Pizza bread! So basically it was boiled cheese, tomatoes, hot dogs, pineapple, roast beef, onions, and avocado served on white bread...intersting. so much boiled cheese. so much. They like dont really care to chop things into little pieces so its kind of like oh hey do you want some pizza with your onion slab?  Sister Southworth Hates onions so I ate hers. It was fun! We had oreo ice cream for dessert- the elders were not feeling up to eating a lot that day so, yes of course I took one for the team and had three bowls. If you dont eat everything its very impolite. 

- Pizza from costco!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so good! Real peperoni and olives from AMERICA! our bishops mother illegaly sent him peperoni. If the govermnent (seifu) had found that they would have probably been shot or something. DONT SEND ME ANY MEAT ITS NOT ALLOWED!

- A ginormous bowl of ramen followed by 2 different types of okonmiaki followed by kaki (persimmon) followed by Icecream followed by cupcakes. OHMYGOSH. I wanted to throw up it was so much food. That meal was with our Elders quorum president who is kind of like Kuzco from Emporers New groove. Just in the way he talks. He is very nice and loves missionaries and his kids are so cute- he showed us a video about missionaries and gave us the spiritual thought instead of the other way around.

This was at our bishops house- his daughter gave me all of her toys and I was holding her stuff for like fifty minutes it was cute I love her! the awkward boy is elder Alger. Hes really funny!

- Nabe! I love nabe. its a really yummy soup- basically you just put in whatever veggies and meat you want, boil it and then put a nabe sauce in the bowl. so yummy! I make it all the time in the apartment. 

- Senzai. okay so take a piece of toilet paper, soak it in some sugar water, add some refried beans, warm it up and you have senzai! LIterally the nastiest thing I have eaten on my mission. Apparently its a delicacy. Also it would be okay to throw in the toilet.

But it was all good times and laughs- everybody thinks I am a nutball so I guess thats okay. 

Oh yes, before I forget. We had Transfers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im still in Ube. Forever probably. This is my fourth transfer in Ube. My companion is still Sister Southworth. Yay! Sister Sharp transfered to Kagoshima where they have a volcano that erupts every single day- so you have ashes like everywhere and probably nobody has eyebrows cause they get singed off or something.

We have a new sister in our apartment- sister Suzuki! She is Japanese! But she is fluent in English. She is so awesome and cute and I love her! She is on her ninth transfer. She has already inspired me to be so much more obedient and I am thankful for her good example. 

After church yesterday I recorded a new primary song for the primary kids! Its the one about eternal familes. I dont know what its called in english. I had to romonji all of the words because there was a syllable for every note and it was all syncapated and a wierd melody but thats okay it was good practice and good to know Im not loosing all my musical skills!

SO our district split in three ways so now ube is our own district! yayyy ube!!!!!!!!!! Elder Alger is our District Leader.

these are my cleaning shorts! I found them in our house. They are like sweater shorts...They sell them everywhere. I guess you wear them over your tights and under your skirt?　I dont know Ive never actually seen anybody wearing them. If this isnt a modest picture you dont have to put it in my blog haha. 

We went through a lot of rejections and appointments that fell through but It made us a stronger companionship and it made me thankful for the blessings I have recieved already. I know that heavenly father answers all of our prayers, it is just in his timing. keep praying even when you dont feel like praying. I just always think of the scripture that says `Father forgive them, for they know not what they do` and I am able to have peace in my heart. 

Some good news is that the Tateishi fufu stayed for all three meetings and they want to come to our mission coordination meeting and they brought their grandchildren!!! yay!!!!!! (previously they didnt want to come to meetings even though they are set apart as missionaries..its a long story but now its happy! wahoo! they are the ones that live out in china.)

Love to you all- hope you have a fun rest of your winter break and a good semester!!!!!!!!!!

Break legs to those of you who are in shows! Ps can I like get a vespers CD or something? how did that go?!?!?!?!?!?!

Thanks for the letters and presents and things! I feel my saviors love through you!

Good luck to KL going into the MTC soon! (I think?)

Sister Nelson