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Tis the season to be weeding. Tralalalalaa la la la la.

Today, I decided to make a rendition of "On My Own" from Les Mis

"On my own,

My companion’s not beside me.

All along

I'd thought that I'd gone slowly.

Evidently, that must not be the case now.

'Cause all I see are bikes and cars and no white telltale helmet..."

It's still a work in progress, but I think it's coming along nicely.

Laaast week,

Tuesday, we had fun at kodomo eikaiwa! Unfortunately, our co- teachers are going on vacation for two months. And there's no one to fill the hole. So we won’t be having it again for awhile and that's really sad, but it's sure to free up our day. After kodomo eikaiwa, we went to one of the SGG members' houses and pulled weeds for her. Then we taught our increasingly amazing recent convert (I LOVE it when recent converts get even more amazing.)

Wednesday, we moved really big bags of dirt for one of our members. That was fun. It was tiring. Then she treated us to lunch.

Us: *large tray of sushi*

Her: *bowl of soba*

Us: ...

Her: ... Oh my gosh, I am so full! I don't even know if I can eat this little bowl of soba!

Us: ... *grabs the check*

Her: Ah! No!

It was... outrageously (maybe not outrageously, but quite) expensive. One of our plates cost as much as three bowls of soba. Geez. Needless to say, we paid her back and ran away before she found the money.

Eikaiwa was really fun. I don't know why they keep coming. I go off on so many tangents. But it's really fun. I have a lot of fun. One of the women told me that I look like her daughter. Haha. I was touched.

Thursday!! We met with one of our favorite guys!!! He. Is amazing. We came in and were like, "Hey, did you read the scriptures we assigned you?"

Him: Sorry, I had tests--

Us: *bracing for the usual "so I didn't have time and didn't read it."*

Him: --so I didn't get to read as much as I wanted to.

Us: ... :)?

Him: *has read a third of the homework* (and we gave him like 3x what we normally give people)

Us: :)? ... :DDDDD

So he's rocking. And his mother, is getting involved with the lessons, too. :D

Saturday, we weeded for a woman who recently started coming back to church. She's super cute and she loves loves loves us. (Mostly my hands and P. shimai's hair.) Then we went and weeded for our SGG member again. Then we ate at Ooshoos :D

Sunday, we saw a woman who I been hoping to see. She couldn't talk long, but we prayed for her and when we were done, she was so touched that she was crying. :D Good feelings. That's what we're here for.

Then we biked around and met again with a guy who was interested in family history.

Him: Do you have it all back to Adam and Eve?

Us: No, not--wait, how do you know Adam and Eve?

Him: Just read some stuff. There are so many Christian churches, but none of them really clicked for me. I've heard a lot of stuff that I think is true, but none of them made me go, "Oh, this religion is true." So, I'm just kind of searching.

Us: ...

So. We have his phone number. Pray for him and the BBQ family and our dear Thursday friend! And that we can help them find what they are searching for!!

That's it for today.

Love you,

Sanzu