Transferred to Mini America

I've switched to a new mission! Surprise! Just kidding, but that's literally what it feels like! I'm now in Okinawa which is a small island down south off of mainland Japan. And, we have 2 American Military Branches that we are over! As well as one Japanese Ward, but I speak English and hang out with Americans like ALL THE TIME these days. I seriously feels like a different mission entirely. I had no idea that I was coming down to an area with an American branch, so you can imagine my surprise when I arrived at the airport here to be picked up by a blonde haired blue eyed member that was speaking English to me! She also then proceeded to take Pinzon Shimai (one of my roommates) and I on to the military base for some dinner consisting of pork roast and mashed potatoes and delicious rolls with real butter! It was the first really American meal I'd eaten in about 8 months. Then we came and met our companions! My companion is Sister Miller and this is her last transfer! She's from Utah and studied art before her mission. She's half Native American and people ask her all the time if she's half Japanese. She's super funny and we get along great! We're just trying to keep her from getting too trunky and stay focused for these last few weeks! On Sundays we attended all three branches that we are over which equals 7 hours of church. WHOOT. It's quite the day. I'm still actually pretty awkward when it comes to talking to American families. It's a good thing I've got my companion who has been assigned to military branches literally her entire mission, so she's quite skilled at it. I'm hoping I learn quickly though. What's worse is when we go out finding and happen to meet an American and I just kind of stare at them and hope they don't talk to me. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIND IN ENGLISH! Haha it's the weirdest thing EVER. I am determined to improve though! Anyway, there's a lot that I could write but I'll just add a couple of random details of the past week. This past Thursday, we found 6 new investigators in one day! I couldn't believe it. But people just kept saying they would meet us again! I don't even know how that happened, but I'm ready to start seeing tons of miracles here in Okinawa! On Saturdays, we go on base and play soccer with one of the military branches and whatever non member friends they happen to invite. So it's basically a bunch of super athletic military men and women who treat these games like life or death situations, and then there's me, the non sporty missionary who's never played soccer in my life aside from when I was five and even then I only did cartwheels while standing in front of the net waiting for the ball to come. Lets just say, I feel bad for all my teammates because I have NO IDEA what I'm doing haha. BUT out of some miracle, I did actually happen to shoot a goal in last weeks game! Anyway, that's one of my main goals while I'm here. Get better at soccer so I'm not so useless on Saturday mornings :) Life is great, the church is true, and Okinawa is beautiful! (And wet. It's rain season right now) Thanks you for the constant love and support! Wells Shimai