"Oh, I prayed. It felt uplifting/good."

Jun 8

So, Tuesday, we passed the post office. There was a gaijin there, so we said hello. He looked up and looked very startled. As we were waiting for the light, he pedaled up to us and said, "Do you speak any Japanese?"

Haha! Who do you think I am?!

I don't speak Japanese.

But we offered to help him, anyways. He was having trouble with his card, and couldn't understand the custoner service people when they tried to help him. (The language that customer service speaks is so complicated, and very different from conversational Japanese. Ex:

   Everyone at home would say:  “Hey, do you want me to send this letter for you?”
   Japanese people: “If I sent this letter in your stead, would it be alright?”
   Japanese customer service people: “May I humbly partake of thee kindly allowing me to send thine honorific letter in thy stead today?” And it actaully uses a different vocabulary (form.)

 On the bright side, I’m getting much better at understanding it and only have to ask for help every now and then, but this was one of those times.)  So we called the W. couple, who can speak customer-service Japanese, and the husband answered.

Me: *asks for help*

WC: Sorry, I'm a little busy right now. I'm at the post office.

Me: ...The one by Imabari Ginza?

WC: Yep, that's the one.

Me: ...We'll be there in five minutes.

So we went with this guy to the other post office, and everything worked out really well. At the end, he asked us a few questions and took a picture with us. (Us: *positioned to show name badges* :D) So we gave him a chirashi and told him to call the missionaries if he ever had any troubles in Japan, because they’ll help if they can. Then we said goodbye and have fun, and shoved off.

Wednesday, the wife of the BBQ family showed up at the English class we teach! YAAAAAY!!... Also, one of our people we’ve taught about the gospel followed up with us on his own. He's so great. We walked into his mother’s shop and he looks up and goes, "Oh, I prayed. It felt uplifting/good." on Thursday, we had another lesson with him. It worked out really well. Actually, on Thursday, we had five lessons. In Imabari. I felt REALLY, really good. And we got like, twenty cucumbers from another of our favorite people :D Saturday, we picked lemons, and ate salt ice cream, which is actually really good.

So this week was really great.:D

Love,

Sanzu shimai