The Typhoon

This is how it happened: Friday people start saying a storm might come to Okinawa. Saturday it looks like the storm is picking up. Sunday it's a typhoon and its definitely coming towards us. Most of the military men were missing from church because they were on base doing typhoon prep. Monday, its supposed to be the biggest typhoon in the last 50 years! Everyone is supposed to spend their Pday making sure their apartment is ready for the typhoon and making sure they have food and water. Tuesday we aren't allowed to leave the apartment all day. So we just do extra study and sit inside and watch the wind and the rain outside. Wednesday we get the ok to go back outside and be normal missionaries again! And that, my friends, is how a typhoon goes. Nothing too exciting. Some people lost power for like 24 hours. But we were just fine. Thanks for the concern and prayers! After losing a day this week, we got right back on track and started working hard to make up for the lost time. Some mentionable events include: 1. We had a companion exchange with the Sister Training Leaders down here on Friday and I got to work with Sister Maynes who was in the MTC at the exact same time as me, so I actually knew here before. It was super fun to work with her out in the field and we saw tons of miracles. 2. We played soccer again this past Saturday and I actually had people tell me like 3 times "Good job sister" ! I think I'm actually getting better! Or at least getting better at being in the way of the other team members. I'll take what I can get though. Who knew sports could actually be tons of fun? :) 3. At church this past week one of our investigators who has been coming to English class here for over a year now finally made it to church for her first time ever! Granted, she came like an hour and half late, and missed the sacrament meeting that she had planned on going to, but lucky for her, we've got 3 sacrament meetings in this building and she was able to make it to the Japanese Ward's sacrament meeting. Over all, she said she really liked it, and we are hoping and praying that she will come again! 4. I spoke in sacrament meeting in English for the first time in about a year! Goodness, you would think it'd be easier since it's my first language, but I'll just say it's much scarier than speaking in Japanese. In English, I don't have the excuse of it not being my first language if my talk doesn't make sense! However, it ended up going really well. 5. Our investigator, Takeshima san who has a baptismal date is doing really well. He also came to church again, and is getting more and more involved with the members and making more friends. Please continue to pray for him! Thanks for the love and support. Everyone enjoy your week in America! Love you all!