Happy Almost Thanksgiving

Well! Guess what! Thanksgiving is this week!!!! And since I am spoiled and I live in the same city as the Mission Home and the Temple, we get to go to the mission home for thanksgiving dinner, and the temple this Saturday!!!! I CANT WAIT.

so have a happy thanksgiving, eating pie and whatnot. Today I am going to try to make some form of apple crisp without sugar....and in our little microwave oven thingy hahaha. It will be great! I make hot apple cider all the time though. makes me feel at home!

By the way its getting colder here!!! Which made me realize that when I went to Japan, for some reason I didn't think it would be cold haha I have heard rumors of tights with fur on the inside. They sound like a dream haha we are going on a search today. I love love love the cold though. Warms my soul!

 

Our recorder is the best, and he gave us a ton of Christmas music because we didn't have any. He did however put I`ll be Home for Christmas sung by Michael Buble on there. When it came on it nearly tore my heart out hahaha just kidding. But really haha we just skip that song.

MICHIKO SAN IS SO FUNNY!!!! She is learning English, and shes super into it so she will text us in english. Here are a couple funny things shes sent us haha -- "The paper that I wrote a question, the paper that you wrote an answer- lets change it"....and in another one she referred to us as "Sister Raine and Sister Freake" hahahahahaha I laughed soooooo hard. She also referred to an Elder Hammond as "Elder Hormond" hahahaha its the best. She just brightens my day, every time she texts us hahaha. Anyways, sufficeth to say- decoding her messages- I constantly feel like a spy. She continues to read the Book of Mormon EVERYDAY. She just absorbs each page, and she is such a deep thinker. I LOVE her. She is one of the coolest people I have met here.

The other day we were streeting, and we generally smile at everyone right? So this old man passes by on his bike, and I smiled at him, and then he stops and stands there, and winks at us. I thought it was his eye twitching, but no. He did it again, and again. This wrinkly old man with no teeth-- it killed me hahahahahaha Sister Flake didn't see it cause she was talking to someone else. So I told her about it and she laughs a bit. THEN we keep walking down this street, and 20 minutes later he passes again, only this time it was Flake Shimai who saw him first hahaha. She was scarred haha we couldn't stop laughing. We have named him the wrinkly winker, and hope to never see him again hahaha

I got a letter this week from Bennett and Dad!!! THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH! They were so good! No worries! I will reply as soon as I can!!

I read this story this week- it was in an old ensign, and its just the cutest thing ever. So! I am going to attempt to summarize it. So this Mom has three little kids-Posha, Merriweather, and Wilma* (names have been changed to protect identities...and because I just love naming things) anyways, so Wilma is in kindergarten and the other kids are younger. So Mom drops off Wilma at kindergarten and goes grocery shopping with the other two. In the middle of her shopping trip she felt like she needed to ------actually never mind, I just found it on LDS.org so I will just give you the link---sometimes my stories end up being longer than the actual event, so I figure its better this way haha here it is, read it!! Its just a quick story but I think its the cutest :)

https://www.lds.org/liahona/2001/05/latter-day-saint-voices-look-to-him-for-every-gift/go-check-on-wendi?lang=eng&query=check+on 

I have just realized more and more how much prayers can make a difference. You will never know that for yourself unless you pray! Miracles can happen. Sometimes those miracles are just within our own mind- praying for comfort, praying for patience, praying to be happy. But they make all the difference. 

This is my 4th transfer! Its crazy. Feel like I have been here forever, but I also feel like its been no time at all. I feel kinda like a little kid whose parents threw them in the swimming pool to learn how to swim haha. But I think Heavenly Father knew that this is the way I would get the most laughs in haha and right He is!

I need to get off soon. Well! Have a great week! Drink lots of hot apple cider, listen to Bing Crosby and that lady, read lots of good books, have walk abouts in the middle of the cold nights, find adventure, eat lots of food, make even more, have fun, and LOVE EVERYONE!!!!! I love you all!

Sincerely,

Lane Shimai

ps- Ill try to take more pictures this week maybe