This is a Whopper Burger they are selling in Japan for a limited time to celebrate the "Windows 7" release. Holy Cow!
So unfortunately the library is closed today, and I only have a few minutes on a computer near the train station.
I haven't been cutting anyone else's hair because we don't have the trimmers. In Asahikawa I cut my hair once, but that was it. In Higashi there was a member that owned a beauty salon that would cut the missionaries hair for free.
So, to clear up the confusion: yes, both Elder Thurber and I are senior. And we are both new seniors. So this transfer is full of a lot of new experiences and growing for both of us. But we are having a blast together. I think that right now is the funnest time in my mission. We get along so great and every day we have funny experiences.
This week we found a really good young mother (with a 4 year old daughter), taught her the Restoration lesson, and then she came to church on Sunday. Unfortunately she left before Sacrament Meeting because her daughter was all over the place and she was getting tired. But we are meeting her tomorrow and have high hopes that we can get her back to church this week.
On Saturday I had a great birthday! We were stood up by 3 lessons, which was a bummer, but the Lord blessed us to be able to make 10 appointments! To put that in perspective, usually making 4 appointments is a good day for us and 3 is about average. When we got back to the apartment I put my 16 candles (yes Mom, you only sent 16) on Melon Bread, a delicious Japanese pastry. After blowing out my candles and eating the bread, our Branch President and his wife came buy with a present for me! They brought me A&W root beer, 7UP, and Tim-Tams (Australian/New Zealand cookies). So Elder Thurber and I "Tim-Tam-slammed": basically you drink hot chocolate through a Tim-Tam and then eat the soggy Tim-Tam. It was way good, and it made my birthday awesome.
The next day some other members gave me some SPAM for my birthday. I love the branch here. All of the members are so great.
Well, I am about out of time. I love you all. Have a great Halloween. I will probably forget about Halloween by the time Saturday rolls around.
We were able to read Dallin's companion's letter home and he mentioned to his family that the Branch President and his wife drove 1 1/2 hours to get the Tim-Tam for Dallin. Wow. He also related an experience that Dallin did not include:
Also yesterday we went to a grandma`s house for our appointment to teach her. We started with teaching her how to pray and I offered a simple prayer including a blessing on the grandma. When we opened her eyes, she held hers closed for a few seconds longer and when they opened they were filled with tears. She said thank- you many times in the 1000s of ways that the Japanese language has in it and when I told her what she was feeling was God`s love for her, the tears started streaming. I couldn`t help myself- tears came down my cheeks as well. This was a choice, softened spirit. It`s unfortunate that she has really bad health and is not so good at focusing....I`m sure that she`ll accept the gospel in the Spirit world if not before she`s baptized. Missionary Work is wonderful!
