March 24, 2014

Hello Mina San!
I am in Tsukuba and it's awesome! There's a huge university and lots of scientists. Kinda random. It's a pretty new city so not a lot of older people live here. Which means there are a lot more open people. It's awesome. Right now we have 1 baptismal date. J**. He's a nine year old Philippino. His dad is inactive and his mom is a recent convert. He is supposed to get baptized on April 6 so pray that goes through! We still need to confirm everything with the bishop and stuff. But he's so cute and so ready. He has so much faith. Then there's A***. She lived in Germany for a year or so and she talks about how it opened her eyes to see more than just the Japanese traditions and things. She also always says it's not a coincidence we met and that she lives here at this time. She is way in tune to the spirit. It's way cool. We're working with her but it's going a little slow for now. She has two little girls. Way cute family who all speak English perfect. Then there's the K** family. The mom meets us for English class but we also teach gospel too and she's slowly coming around. Last night she said she won't become Christian but she still wants us to teach her. She was way into the lesson. They just need some time. Then we have four Indian investigators. They are pretty cool and I'm now set on traveling to India. Yoga in India. (K*** mom is teaching us yoga next week. #holler) but we are finding and teaching and seeing miracles and it's way awesome to see! I love being a missionary! It's an amazing experience!

I love you all and I'm thankful for your prayers and support!

Love, デイビス姉妹

The Sakura are coming!

Photo Booth Japanese Style

March 17, 2014

So my new comp is from Washington and her name is Kelley Shimai. She is way cool and sweet. She is on transfer 5 and I am on 8.  So the area is nice. It's pretty new and big and there are lots of people out and about. There's a huge university and everything is really pretty. There's also a huuuuge mall and I'm definitely going shopping after this. And I'm also getting a haircut for the first time since I left on my mission. Oops. We have a few investigators and it's been way fun teaching them. There is one family the K***. They are so cool. They travel to India and Thailand to do yoga and see the world and I want to be them. Ha the dad has long hair and he's kinda a hippie but we taught them the restoration yesterday and they were way into it. I love Tsukuba! Things are good! Here's some pictures!







K's Baptism

March 10, 2014

Hello everyone! Things are good here in Tsukuba Japan! I got here on Thursday and got my new companion Sister Kelley. It was way sad leaving Togane! I love them so much. I miss it still. But this area has some good stuff going on and it's more city than my last area. Yay for more people out and about! We ride bikes a ton here. I rode 14+ miles on Friday. Be impressed. It wasn't too bad. Until the next day. Tsukuba is way pretty though and it has the biggest university in the mission so that's exciting. School starts end of march so all the new students are moving in soon and I'm excited to find! That's about it for now! Love you all! Have a good week!

Togane friends

March 3, 2014

Nothing new... Just finding, finding, finding. BUT I just got transferred to a new area Tsukuba! I hear it's on fire right now so I'm excited to actually get in the work. White washing (opening an area) is way hard. All of our investigators have pretty much dropped us slash are not consistent so it's been rough. The ward here is so awesome though. I love them so much. Cherry blossoms are coming out slowly. Cherry blossom festivals are at the end of March. I'm excited!

 

 

Baptism in Togane

Yay rain!!



Things are gettin crazy. Transfer 8!

February 24, 2014

Konnichi wa! How's everyone doinnn?? Sorry it's been awhile. It's hard
to type on my iPad so I don't like writing long emails... But today we
went to the temple and I have awhile on the train so I'm gonna write!
This week we did tons and tons of housing. No luck.. But R** is
progressing and so is T** and her daughter M**. Oh we did find this
Chinese guy, K**. He is fluent in English so we chatted a little and
then he came to eikaiwa and we handed him off to the elders. We were
bummed cause he's totally kinjin (golden). The Elders set a
baptismal date with him for next month. Way cool. He keeps telling the
Elders that God led me and Sister Kohler to him. 金人。Temple day was
awesome. I love the temple! I wish we got to go more but I'm already so
lucky that I even get to go on my mission so I probably can't
complain. I'm just happy we have one in Provo so I can go whenever I
want when I get home! Today Kuwahara Shimai (my trainer) showed up at
the temple. Haha she's such a spaz. I love her! Transfer calls are next
week. Crazy. This transfer flew! Are they going faster and faster for
you too? I'm starting transfer 8 next week. Only 4 more to go. 2/3
left. Weird. 早いすぎる！ So yeah... That's about all I got. I'll send some
pictures too.

Love you all!

Kuwahara Shimai

This wall was too cute!!

February 17, 2014

Things here are good. The weather is totally the worst, it's like sleeting rain. Well it's sunny today luckily but all last week it was way rough. We haven't found anyone recently so just finding. We have one investigator with a baptismal date. Her name is Risa. But it sounds like Lisa when you say in Japanese. She's 17 and lives with her boyfriend and dropped out of high school. But she is the cutest thing and she loves us so much. We are teaching her today. I'm excited. We have iPads now. They're nice for studying and stuff. Apparently we are going to be using Facebook pretty soon. Weird!!

February 3, 2014

Hello! This week was good! K** is doing awesome. She totally wants to get baptized but she's a little nervous she won't be ready. We will keep working with her so that she will be! Her baptismal date is Feb 22. She can do it! She's the cutest. We asked her if she has felt the spirit and she told us this story how she didn't know if she should move back to China and be with her mom so she prayed and read the Book of Mormon and she had a feeling she should be with her mom. She was so excited that she had that experience! She's totally awesome. We just need her to be baptized before she goes back to China..! She`ll make it. Other than that, we are just finding. We have an appointment with a family this week and are praying it goes well. They are way cool. They surf, even in the winter. We love them. Okay, well that's about it.


Does this kid not look like Alex? The first time I saw him and every time still, 

I think it's Alex for a second. It weirds me out.



This is the cutest little girl ever in our ward. Love her.

Basically I live for Costco.



Costco baby!!