Hey everyone!!
I'm so sorry to hear that you all have
been sick. :( That's NO FUN! I know how that is though, I had three weeks of
it. :P
So yes, the news is out, I
transferred. I am now in Otofuke, central Hokkaido, and my companion is Elder
Kozuma, a Japanese man from Fukuoka, which is the farthest south island of
Japan. And he speaks next to no English, so yeah, that's fun. ;) I have a good
feeling about this transfer though. I think we're going to see some good
things, and have lots of fun. Elder Kozuma is a goofball, and we get along well
enough now, so hopefully that continues. The ward here is huge. About 100
active members. They want to split it into two wards, but they just need a few
more Melchizedek priesthood holders in order to do that. The bishop is another
young guy, and he's way cool, so I'm excited to work with him. :) The ward
mission leader is a guy who just got back from his mission to Brazil four
months ago, and as a result he speaks Portuguese, Japanese, AND English. Learned
English from his comps. And he's WAY COOL. Such a stud, I love him
already. Otofuke is pretty cool, and Obihiro is way cool too. It's much
different from Muroran though. As far as the scenery goes, it is VERY lame in
comparison. It's flat, and out in the middle of nowhere, but that's ok! I have
only heard the best of things about the members here and the area from other
missionaries, so I'm very excited to be here. And my Japanese is going to be
amazing by the end of this transfer. ;) I've already learned a TON just being
with a nihonjin comp for 3 days. It's going to be great.
So Thursday was transfer day, and we met up in
Sapporo. We had a huge music practice there for the music night, and then we
went our separate ways. It took us 4 hours by bus to make it to Otofuke. Man
was that long. Sitting on a cramped bus for that long, but we made it! The
apartment is pretty new, and it's very nice. I'm still working out the routine
here. Otofuke is like an extension of Obihiro, and so we're constantly going to
Obihiro to do things. The church building is in Obihiro, so we have to travel
for that, and we stay overnight a lot too, so I get to see the other elders
which is way fun. I'm the only one who isn't fluent in Japanese though! And we
have lots of Japanese missionaries here, so what only gets spoken is Japanese,
which is good for me. Hard sometimes, :P But good!
There really isn't a ton to write about this
week. We haven't done much yet. We've been getting situated with transfers and
what not, and figuring that kind of stuff out. OH! We have tons of snow out
here though, it's been coming down pretty good, and we can't bike anymore. The
boots are working out great, and I've been staying plenty warm. :) Although it
is WAY COLD. This morning Elder Kozuma and I went to a member's house to help
him build a shed ish thing, and we were STUPID COLD. Afterwards though he took
us out to lunch, so that was nice. :) Tonight we're going with another member
to go eat Yaki niku, all of the missionaries. Yaki Niku is basically a buffet
of grilled meat. That's it. And I hear it's the greatest thing in the world. So
yeah, I'm stupid excited. :D
And I may not be in the music night because I got
sent to the boonies. I may end up getting cut, or I could get transferred back
in to the city limits next transfer, who knows, I don't. ;)
Thanks for everything you guys do!! I love you all!
Know that I'm happy, doing well, and loving the work. :)
Love, Mike
P.S. By the way...as of now I
can't dropbox on this computer... : / So yeah, I'll see about next week, but no
pictures from me this week, I'm SORRY!! :(
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