I...just...I'm still trying to - I don't think I was dreaming...

SGG was fun. :) I'll be giving a thirty minute speech tomorrow on "any subject I like." Silly. There's only one thing in this world that I love. It's called salvation, and it's free. And I would love to speak to you for thirty minutes about it. (But all the same, I'll probably speak to them on American and Utah history as well. By the way, it's not written yet. Neither is my fifteen minute talk in Japanese on receiving personal revelation. That's how I roll - through gnat clouds.)

Friday, we went to a district meeting by train. We also did more service / weed pulling.
Saturday was fabulous. We were getting on a bus to go to Oomishima and I read Japanese like a pro. Feeling pretty great about that. And we saw a familiar face. It was the adorable high-schooler we met coming back from greeting a recently returning missionary about a month ago. I don't know how I recognized her, but I did, and my companion, F. Shimai, did too.

Me: (to F. Shimai) "We know her. We know her. What's her name?"
F. Shimai: flips through her planner where she had written it, like a pro!

So we sat next to her and her friend and had an awesome conversation.
Later, we were treated to lunch by a church member and talked with his friend and her extraordinarily energetic son, then returned and met my favorite tsundere!!! She's so cute and really softening up, I think. She bestowed more presents upon us, and said that my hair color is the same as Super Sayan, We shared a message with her mom.
Sunday was fantastic. We had the shokujikai, and even though literally no one who we invited came, we had a surprise visitor, a less active church member come to my Old Testament class! Super fun. I hope they had fun too.
Do you remember that family I talked about meeting last Sunday? We made banana bread and hijiki, and dropped by. They weren't expecting us to actually come, I think, Haha. Silly wonderful family - we're missionaries. We would come even if we had to climb a sheer cliff to do it. (I'd climb up two, now that I've gotten to know them better.)
They. are. perfect. I don't know if I've ever met a more Christlike family. They sat us down and gave us food and drink and talked to us, and then when it got dark, invited us in, gave us hot milk when we explained that we don't drink coffee or tea, were totally interested in our family pictures, were so BEYOND kind, then gave us mikan juice when we left. And let us pray for them. I can't describe how wonderful they are. I...just...I'm still trying to - I don't think I was dreaming...
It was a good week. Thank you for your prayers. Please keep it up. I think I'm kind of starting to feel the gift of tongues working.
Love, Sands Shimai