This week was wonderful!

5/25/2014

1 year

Heather's 1 year mark

This week was wonderful!

Full of some of the most awkward moments of my life that all turned out for the best! haha

Some stories I will just have to leave for after the mission. They are too long. But don't worry, I write about them in my journal, so if I ever tell you I don't remember any stories from my mission...tell me to get my journal out. its jammed packed.

In one day we found a new investigator, ate at the fanciest restaurant I have ever been to in my life, got a referral for the elders in the form of our french waitor at a little bakery a CRAZY less active lady took us to, and held hands with an old woman all the way through the shopping center.

It has been a whirlwind of a week. It all molds into one week, and I don't know how to separate the weeks much less the days.

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had a nightmare that three of my toes fell off. BOY was I happy to wake up. I have never been so grateful for each individual toe in my life haha.

Suen is progressing along swimmingly. I will tell you her full story the week of her baptism. She is SUPER excited to be baptized, and she picked a time too! June 14th, 10:00am!!! The only problem is......she told us that because she is coming to church for three hours every Sunday, she doesn't have any time to meet during the rest of the week....WE STILL HAVE THINGS WE NEED TO TEACH HER! Anyways, we tried to negitiate but she couldnt. SO PLEASE pray for her, pray that we can teach in a simple way that she will understand very well and not get overwelmed. If we dont teach her everything in time we will obviously just postpone the baptism, but she really wants to be baptized on the 14th so we are gumbaruing through it! She is amazing. I love her to death! If you all knew her and got the opportunity to teach her, you would all be better people haha she teaches us so much. her favorite scripture is alma 32:21. I love her.

Aiko.

Aiko aiko aiko.

She wants to be baptized on the 7th, right now it looks like thats not going to happen BECAUSE she still needs to figure everything out. I really don't know what else to say without explaining everything, but I don't have time to explain everything so this will have to suffice!!

MOM AND DAD!!!!!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you! man Im lucky to have you two as parents. And goodness im happy im alive. thanks for being awesome beyond belief.

My bean. I love her so much haha (you call a new missionary a `bean` here. Who knows why). Anyways, we were talking yesterday and she was commenting on something- and I told her that a lot of missionaries dont wake up at 6:30 like they are supposed to....

she started crying.

you gotta love the green beans! So pure and precious haha. She said she had no idea. She is adorable.

So Cook shimai told yamamoto shimai that purple was her color, right? Yamamoto shimai took that as Cook shimai being able to see into her soul or see her aura color or something like that....anyways, super funny. Yamamoto shimai wears purple every.single.day now.

Gotta love Japan!!!!!!

ps. Kimber Lee Lane is the most beautiful, pure, adorable, fun, loving, hard working person in the whole world. Nobody mess with her. I mean it.

Go read Jacob and Enos for Fathers Day. Its adorable. Talks about how much Enos loves and respects his father, and how that influenced his life...

Fathers day is quite a ways a way...still.

Enos is amazing!

I will start sending quotes again. Sometime.

I love you all so much! I am praying for you! Be genki! If you ever want anything from Japan, just let me know! Thats kinda where I am right now!

LOOOOOOOOVE,

Lane Shimai