The perfect set for a horror film

This week has been an exciting week indeed. Here are some of the highlights.

Today we cleaned out our cupboards :D And there's still Ume-flavored (Plum?) soda in the combini's (similar to 7-Elevens):D Best find of the last two weeks: Ume Blossom Mitsuya Cider. It tastes... like ume. Hm. I'm not sure if the flowers taste just like the fruit, but the soda tastes just like normal Ume soda.

Preparation day, was super productive. We had left our bikes at the church, so we walked everywhere. We taught a few really good people, and one lesson in particular had the spirit stronger than I've felt it for a long time. They refused a return appointment, but we all walked away having had a really good experience. We also did like, 1 1/2 hours of paper work because we taught so many lessons last week... Downside of teaching.

Finally got into contact with a woman we’ve were trying to contact.
She was like, "Do you know Aiba chourou?"
Me: Aoba chourou? :D
Her: Aiba chourou.
Me: ...Aiba chourou?
Her: ...How did you get my phone number? Aibason chourou?
Me: OH, IVERSON CHOUROU. I know him – yes, yes he gave us your phone number!

But it would seem that we otherwise left a good impression.

The next day, we went outside running for the first time in a really long time. And by "we", I mean my companion, M. shimai, ran and I played with the jump rope. But a lady who always goes to Taiso nearby noticed us "Oh, you're still here." :D
Us: :D Hisashiburi. (Long time no see).

So that was fun.

Also had imitation crab on toast with cheese for lunch :D M. shimai's body revolted, though. Nothing gory happened, but she felt awful, so we'll hold off on that for now.

A. chourou also gave us cake. :D CAKE POWERS, ACTIVATE.

This week, we also went to Suminoe, but the farthest part of Suminoe. Like, the edge of our area. We had to change trains two or three times, and we sat in the front, so it felt like a rollercoaster :D. But when we got to it, it looked like a city but it had a sparse number of people, like in the countryside (This is Sydney’s mom – I think I translated that right…?). That was really weird. It was super cute, and looked supernatural. It would be the perfect set for 1.) a Romcom 2.) a children's book 3.) a horror film.

The escalators were weird, too, in the subway. But anyways, we got to meet a lot of interesting people like, a Vietnamese woman (SUPER CUTE), a gaijin (foreigner) Christian, a single mother who was toting around her kid's helmet, and a bunch of other fun people.

We also met a group of really beautiful Australians. It was kind of crazy. There were at least 15 of them, they were all tall, and all straight-up gorgeous. And they were all lost in Japan. Huh. So we helped out.

Then, on the way to the church, we went past an old man who was like, "Wait, do all you missionaries speak Japanese?" So we stopped and had a really good lesson with him. On that note, my beloved companion has gotten to the point in Japanese where she understands when I don't use masu (polite) form. It would seem that the time has come for me to repent.

Also had a couple more really solid lessons, but they took forever. This week was the week of really, really, really long lessons. Never again.