Always Serving!

This week was awesome. I don't really remember what happened so I'm just gonna go through my planner and tell you day by day. Monday: PDAY! We went to the recycle shop and bought some super fly Japanese clothing. Then that night, we attended the YSA FHE on base where we played games, listened to a nice message about faith and ate Zucchini bread! It was totally Utah Mormon Style. Tuesday: We started out our morning by helping one of the military families pack up and clean their house because they are moving! Then we went to district meeting and got super inspired by our district leader to be better missionaries. Then we all went out to lunch and enjoyed some Indian Food, followed by another Service project in which we got to go to a local hospital and clean wheelchairs. That night we took the 40 minute bike ride down to a place called Awase and checked up on and found some new Americans to teach! (American housing is still SUPER SCARY. Especially when the occasional good-looking young military man answers the door. I tend to freeze up a little and forget what to say...Yes I am a missionary, but I am also still human!) Wednesday we got to do another service project that consisted of helping our investigator Takeshima San weed his yard! Took like 2 hours in the super hot Okinawa humidity and we loved every minute of it! We then went and visited a LA that happened to run into the Elders one day on the street who's husband recently got deployed to Quatar. (Still not sure exactly where that is, despite having been told 3 times now.) She is one of my new best friends here because she is so stinkin cute and friendly and totally wants to come back to and get re involved in church! Thursday was weekly planning, a lesson with Takeshima san, and English Class! After English class we always do sports and stuff in the gym here to get to know people better and I ended up just hanging out over at the stage with Mrs. Nakama, the professional opera singer, who was playing the piano and I was singing along with the 5 year old who was making up all her own words. Good times :) Friday morning we woke up and did cross fit at the church taught by a less active to some of the relief society women here. Then studies, then visiting the English Class opera singer, not being able to meet her, and instead meeting a bunch of her super nice neighbors, a few of which said we can come back! Saturday morning started out with soccer, as usual here in Okinawa and ended with us going down to a super American populated part of town in hopes of housing some Americans, but realizing that Americans actually do things on Saturday nights and NO ONE was home, we quickly switched over to Japanese housing in the same area and then biked the long hour ride hill home! (This area keeps me in shape whether I want to be or not.) Sunday started out at the church at 7:30 with a branch council, then 3 blocks of church taking 7 hours, and then having another ward council after church and FINALLY leaving the building at 5:30 to go home for some dinner. Sundays here are absolutely EXHAUSTING. But they are also one of the best days of the week. And now you know in a nut shell the life of us missionaries here in Okinawa Japan! Gonna send some pictures now so hope you all have a wonderful week! Peace and LOVE!