The day I became a sailor 🌊⛵ (Week 39)

皆さんこんにちは! お元気ですか? Hope everyone had a great week! Thing have been crazy here in Kunitachi this past week. Elder Ramos and I have been working hard and trying to finish up this transfer with a bang. We have seen so many miracles this week. Almost all of the people we have been working with a lot recently are seeing amazing progress. Being able to see God come into the lives of those we have been working so hard to help is just an amazing experience. For anyone who has not served a mission, I would recommend 10/10.

This past week has been way busy for us. Last Monday for p-day, we went to Yokohama and went to the Trick Art museum. It's basically a museum full of optical illusions and interactive art which calls for some sweet pictures. We also had the opportunity to visit Dr. Fish. It's basically a bunch of tiny fish in a small pool that you put your feet in and they nibble away. It's a very strange sensation at the beginning, but I don't think my feet have ever been so smooth in my life after that lol. That pretty much took up our whole day, but it was way fun. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we did some finding, taught one of our awesome investigators (who is like 80 years old and was able to pray for the first time in his life (how awesome is that!)), and taught Eikaiwa, which is always a blast. Thursday, we had weekly planning, dinner with an American pilot who is in Japan for a week, and Basketball with our other investigator in Kichijoji (where I destroyed my knee) which was way fun. On Friday, we stayed in all day because I couldn't walk but we got some good study time in. On Saturday, we had a Ward softball activity on the Yokota AF base. I threw the ball around a little bit and hit a couple home runs, but couldn't really do much running. It was fun anyway though. That night, we had dinner with the Makise family from our Ward. He is Japanese and she is from New Zealand. They speak English in the home and have the cutest kids ever. Forgot to take a picture with them, but it was way fun. On Sunday, we had a wonderful time at church and had dinner with the bishop. He also speaks way good English and was companions with Napolean Dynamite on his mission. The members in Kunitachi are the best.

And as for the other major event of this week, we had had Transfer calls! Yaaaaay! I will be transferring to Yokosuka M, which means I'll be working as a base missionary on the Yokosuka Naval base. My companion will be Elder Palomino (we were together in my first area in Fujisawa). Needless to say, I am way excited for this upcoming transfer. Working on the base with a great companion. I am definitely going to miss Kunitachi though. I have been here three transfers and really grown to love the area and love the people. Maybe one day I'll come back and visit. Other than leaving this great area, I am looking forward to getting ship-shape and working on Yokosuka Naval base. Hopefully I don't forget how to speak Japanese lol.

Sorry this email is a little long, we had a very adventurous week this past week. It's a blast and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I love you all so much and look forward to hearing from you soon!