Dear Family,
This week has been a long busy week! There has been quite a bit going on this week as far as meetings and special Dendo opportunities. However first I must apologize, I haven't opened the first present yet because I rolled out of bed at about 5:30 got dressed and left for seminary at 5:50 so I didn't have much time but I will send another email later after I open it and after I relieve my transfer call and find out my fate *dun dun dun* so that you guys can be updated! Mom, I got my other package the other day so thank you very very much!! Now I've got the good stuff still! Sounds like Christmas is in full swing over at the house, and I am very interested to see how the lights look, so when you can send me a picture please! Thanksgiving looked like it was good, thanks for setting a place for me at the table! It was very nice to see and hear that! Please keep sending pictures, as many as you want, they are fun and if anything help with missing home. Those Christmas trees looked fantastic! Well done, and thank you dad for letting them! I am excited to call when Christmas rolls around!
This week I have done some crazy things, on thanksgiving since we were supposed to treat it like any other day we did that (we had district meeting and we had our 3 hour weekly planning as a companionship) but then because those meetings especially together mean you are cooped up planning and talking about plans for 5 hours we went with Elder Busteed and Elder Simons to a ramen shop that is down the road from our apartment, there you spend 500円 ($5) and you get a bowl of ramen and then you can pay an extra 50円 (50 cents) and they will give you a full refill of noodles. Then on top of that if you get 10 refills ($5 total) you get your money back for the refills so it's a challenge pretty much. So, lo and behold, this guy (me) got all 10 down and got my $5 back! Basically I ate like 2 pounds of noodles! It was insane but I have pictures of it! So that was my Thanksgiving day! We also had interviews with President Wada this week which was odd when my interview was only 2.5 minutes and we were scheduled for like an hour or more. Then he brought Elder Crain back in and basically talked to him about dating when he gets home for 30 minutes, but I got some good Dendo advice too. Then he did a presentation that we were able to bring 2 investigators to. (Kuramochi and Uki) What he does is shows parts of a popular Japanese or American movie and teaches lessons from that. He taught the plan of salvation from the movie we watched called "departures" or in Japanese "okuri bito" and it was very interesting! Uki is doing so well but he still doesn't see the importance of it. He is realizing more and more about what Christ did and how he can help him but he still says that English is his number 1 priority and then he will focus on church after he is fluent. And as always I never know about Kuramochi San. But a crazy thing happened this week.
So a week or two ago I mentioned my hands were cold after a lesson just to make an awkward silence go away and keep conversation and then this week for his lesson he shows up and gives me a nice winter coat that is mission appropriate and everything! He just says here, take this, it's not new but I brought it from home for you to have! So now I have that coat and he has brought me a sweater and vest thingy too and I feel like he is just never going to stop so it is kinda awkward, but he means well. He is way nice to me but not so much to some of the other missionaries, he always calls one of them fat and asks him if he is on a diet and if they say no, then he tells them to go on one. Kinda funny! This week during study I found an awesome scripture, it is Alma 26:5-9. Those verses pretty much show Ammon and the other sons of Mosiah going through D&C 4 and checking off what was done how it was done and what they received from doing those. If I had a mission plaque I would probably put those on there! My companion is getting pretty close to leaving so he brings it up very frequently but it's all good I understand it as long as he still works hard!
I think I answered everything! Now, oh and yesterday I had my first meal at a member’s house. They live forever by bike but all 6 elders biked there (the sisters got a ride from the daughter) and we had dinner and listened to that daughter play marimba and we gave a lesson on eternal families, because the dad isn't a member, but it was loads of fun and we are well and heard a lot of funny stories, they are cool people! I will email again with my transfer stuff and pictures of opening my present! I miss and love you all and I hope you have a great week and do some awesome stuff! Thanks for getting the lights up even when I'm not there to put them up with you and put them in the yard! Thanks!
Love,
Elder Gailey
PS - I got my transfer call today! I will be staying in Takao this transfer! For the companion situation Elder Crain, me, and our new companion Elder Bunker will be in a group of 3 for two weeks until Elder Crain goes back to America. So I'm here for Christmas! I also found out today that the sushi I originally had a problem with is actually ridiculously delicious! I had the same type of stuff at a different place and it was really really good, so I had 15 plates! And surprisingly despite eating so much I have actually lost 10 pounds on my mission so far... I weighed myself while at the gym with the other elder's investigator because they couldn't come and found out I have lost 10 pounds but it's probably because I eat pretty healthy now, lots of veggies meat and rice and things here, and not much junk food with the exception of Mountain Dew but I dunno! I'm doing pretty good and I love you guys!
Love,
Elder Gailey
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