Hey Family,
Well the first bit of news is an amazing miracle that took place in our area. Last week was transfers and no I didn`t get transfered but there was a change. So before me and my companion were working in two areas, two wards. Well they split the area and so now me and my companion are just working in the Kouhoku ward and two new sisters came and are working in the Kanagawa ward. How amazing is that!!!? So our apartment has become a 4 man and if you think that our apartment is that big I can tell you no. We have been sleeping shoulder to shoulder and my companion has been working at the kitchen table. It is a very tiny apartment but with the amazing miracle that it is I will take it. How amazing it is that I am allowed to witness the Lord hastening His work. He really knows this people and he really knows me. I was getting pretty stressed covering two areas. Now I feel I can give a hundred percent to Kouhoku and see wonderful things happen. I am really excited!!!! It is a wonderful blessing from the Lord. Because of transfers and with 4 people moving in we had to get the apartment ready so that is what we did last Tuesday and Wednesday. And Thursday the new Sisters came and we did weekly planning and then had Eikaiwa that night.
Friday was really fun because we went to a new part of our area with the Elders and did some housing and streeting there. We were able to talk to one mother who seemed to have interest but then she was pulled away by her children. She said that she would call us and I hope she does. On the way home from that area we stopped by Ikea and had some delicious fries and hot dogs. haha That night was children english class and it was great because a lady that elder Johnson and I talked to a few weeks ago about the class came with her son and she brought her friend who has three daughters. They said they had a lot of fun and will come back again. When they do we want to invite them to church and to hear the message. I was so excited about it. :D
On Friday night there was an interesting instance where 6 missionaries were talking to 10 or police men. We met the elders at one of the train stations because we were going to go together to the stake presidents house for a meal. On our way there the elder that was leading the group had a bike accident. There was a family standing near the side of the road on the sidewalk and the children were playing. The 7 year old girl pushed her 3 year old brother and that put in the path of the bike (which was going slow and he did notice them playing a litte rough). Anyway the boy started crying and his wrist seemed a bit swollen but I didn`t think it was broken or anything. But the ambulance was called (that is the thing about Japan over the smallest things they go to the hospital like for a pimple or the sniffles) Anyway the ambulance came then two cops on motorcycles a cop car and a cop truck. Probably about 10 all together but they arrived at different times and kept asking for the same story and same explanation over and over again. They even drew circles on the sidwalk that made no sense but apparantly it was to map out what happend. It was pretty interesting. My first taste of Japanese law. They talked to us for about an hour. My companion was pretty shaken up about it and yesterday was still not happy for a lot of different reasons. The boy ended up being ok just a bruise and the elder who hit him went to the hospital yesterday with Sister Wada to apologize and talk. The parents were nice about it and the father admitted that he wasn`t watching his son closly enough. So I am pretty sure everything has worked out fine and my companion is feeling better about things. I was able to help out the little girl who was crying and freakin out. Who knew that my psychology classes would come in handy. I knew she was freakin out because everyone else was so I just talked to her calmly and asked about what things she likes and everytime she was talking to me and looking at me she too was completly calm. It was only when she looked at her brother and everyone else that she would freak out. I was glad that I was able to help out in some small way. But it will be a memory I won:t forget probably. The Japanese have interesting ways of doing things.
I love you all so much. You are the greatest family ever. Oh and just to give you a heads up. There may be times that I will need to get on the computer early to do e-mails. Right now all 4 of us are at the church e-mailing but just in case I get on earlier I wanted to let you know. I love you all and unti next week.
Love always and forever from across the ocean
Kenzie
