Normal every day goings on...

ANNNNND JAPPPPANNNN TAKES THE GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yayy for figure skating!

that is awesome. I wish i could watch them- everybody has been talking about them here. How is america doing?

Yes of course you can use my sewing machine! i am saddened to hear of bushenkas passing. What should we call mine?

This week we were able to meet with Yoshoka San and Ueda San. We had a huge miracle- Yoshioka san was like yeah totally! when we asked her to keep the word of Wisdom! She is so awesome. I love prepared people. We are teaching about tithing and fasting this week so keep her in your prayers please! Her baptism date is next friday.

She has recognized that since she has started coming to church and praying and reading the book of Mormon that her husbands health has improved. he lives at the hospital and I think had a stroke so they cant talk. Its sad. But she knows that it is because of her faith in this church and in Heavenly Father. When we ask for something with sincerety and real intent he will give it to us!

This week I learned a lot about being thankful for what I have. It is difficlut because we are not very good at Japanese- it is probably the hardest language ever. But I have been so blessed to have recieved blessings like the gift of tounges and stuff. I am doing my best and I need to learn to be proud of myself instead of just beating myself up for not doing better.

We had a suprise- Okada san became our investigator again when the elders contacted into her and asked us to help teach her a lesson. We were able to bond over cats and art. We explained to her about tithing and fasting and she seems to understand way better. We are meeting again this week.

It has been METCHA SAMUI!!!! *so stinking cold!  But its okay.

We had a fun ward activity- a Mochi tsuki. We made mochi and pounded the rice and stuff. it was fun!!!! A bunch of investigators came so that was awesome. Mochi is nasty. but i like it if you just eat the chocolate that you put inside and not the mochi. so mostly I just hung out by the chocolate table.

People were really disinterested this week. I would love to say that being on a mission is happy and fun every day but its not. you can make it fun if you want to though! I am so thankful to have a good companion who is supportive and funny and makes me laugh.

We deep fried oreos last night after a hard day. SO GOOD. Dont judge. if you ride your bike for a billion hours and walk around in the cold for fifteen days and dont crave some deep fried oreos, then you can judge. if not, keep your comments to yourself. thank you. I also made some cornbread an honeybutter that was so good- it reminded me of the casa grill corn tortillas and honeybutter. yummmmmm

So Ueda san is kind of a hippie. We were talking about baptism and she was like oh yeah! one day I dressed up in a white kimono and went down to the river in the middle of winter!.....um okay? haha

Yoshioka san was actually at ueda sans lesson so she was able to teach her about the gospel it was awesome! they are neighbors- udeda san is a referral from Yoshioka san. She was like yeah I am sixty but when i get baptized it will be like i am 1!! she totally gets it. this is so cool.

When is general conference??????

How is the ward doing? anything interesting? I heard seminary is totally changing and is way pmg based- awesome!!

I am happy you all are trying to have missionary experiences! it is a good idea to come up with things to do as a family and have a family mission plan. Like reading the BOM in public places or using Mormon words around friends like mutual or seminary or sacrament. In family night you could role play things or play games like who can explain a certain gospel principle in 5 sentences or less? Stuff lie that is really good preparation for missions because often we don't get a lot of time. Youre right mom, people love to talk about themselves. But if you listen with love they will tell us something that we can use to help them relate to the gospel! Thanks for being a good example Mom!

Thanks for your prayers and stuff- love you!

Sister Nelson