Mikunigaoka--三国ヶ丘

This friendly man is hiking through all the states of Japan

A darling primary friend from my ward!

Dearest Family,
 I love you so much!
TRANSFERS. I am staying in Yonago! Yippee!! But Tojo shimai is leaving. :(  It is so sad...I love her to pieces and I have learned SO SO much from her! DeKlerk shimai will be my new companion. She has been in the mission for almost the same time as me. This is her first transfer as a sister training leader. She has been in the same area for almost a year now, so Yonago will definitely be something new for her! All I really know about her is that she is a good dancer, she likes to run, and she has helped more people than my fingers can count to be baptized during her mission. I am excited for the new adventure! 

We were able to go on exchanges with the Kurayoshi sisters last week. I worked with Zamani shimai, and I was SO impressed with her!  She is on her first transfer, and she has so much dendo fire. She has had barely any experience at all street contacting or housing or speaking Japanese in lessons (her trainer always did it for her), so I pushed her quite a bit on the exchange, and we had a blast together! I learned a lot from her and I hope she learned a few things from me too. 

Things have also been going well in Yonago. The Takekawa family is praying together every day! AND. The kids are the ones who initiate it...the Lord keeps preparing them younger and younger! They showed really strong interest in the Book of Mormon last time we met, so tonight when we visit them we will be teaching them about the Book of Mormon. I am so excited, because you know what the Book of Mormon can do to help in conversion! 

We had a great lesson with Ayako chan on Tuesday. She texted us randomly and said she wanted to meet. We did not have any lesson prepared for her because we had just taught her on Monday, and we had two lessons in a row before hers, so we had no time to prepare. Tojo shimai asked me to take charge of the lesson and she would fill in the gaps that I missed. The Lord stepped in and it ended up being one of the best lessons we have had with Ayako chan. We talked about the road after baptism and the happiness that comes from ordinances, and her desire seemed stronger than ever. Last step: parents permission! 

Speaking of parents permission...do you remember Arisa chan from Mikunigaoka? She is the 19 year old girl who we met who was a GOLDEN investigator. Well, she turned 20 last week and she was BAPTIZED!!!! Yay!!!! Now out of all the people I taught in Mikunigaoka, Matsuzaki kyoudai, Mai chan, Masumoto shimai, Deguchi kyoudai, and Arisa chan have been baptized! And more are on the way. It is great to see results of people I prayed and worked for so much almost a year ago. 

I hope to continue to help people here in Yonago. It will be different doing things without Tojo shimai...it is nice having somebody who understands investigators and who knows how to get what needs to be done done. But I know this is the Lords work and it is continuing on at full speed! I am excited to be so immersed in the work for this short time!

Thanks for your prayers and support. I love you more than you can imagine! 

Love, Krissy

Pops: How are you?? It sounds like you have had quite the adventurous summer. If you want to have an even more adventurous winter, you should come to Japan. There is a nice ski resort about 40 minutes away from me.  

Mums: Congrats on your hard work at the tennis tournament. Your pussy, bloody toes create a fabulous image in my mind. Dont you just love the pictures of Japanese kids?? I am so lucky to be in Yonago!

Jas: Did you make it to Georgia? How was the ride?

Becca and Cameron: How was the plane ride? I bet it is so nice to be back in your hometown next to your family. Good luck with the house hunt!

Peach and Jan: How is school? People just love looking and your pictures. They are convinced I just took pictures from a magazine of celebrities. Is it true that you might move to Texas?

Ty: Thanks for the weekly email! When will you go back to school?

Saud: You look so happy with Abs. She is the best friend you could have, right? Keep having fun with her!!!

Dan: Thanks for the email! Japan is great! Yonago is the 2nd hottest place in Japan apparently. I love it. Did you know the school kids have less than a month for summer vacation here? Sad huh! I love you!!

Joe: Why do you want a 3 wheel bike? In Japan, only the 100 year olds ride that bike because they can not do it with just 2 wheels. But the down syndrome people ride 2 wheel bikes. Just so you know. Also down syndrome Asian people and American people look the same. I love you!!