This is my apartment in Senzokuike, Tokyo!!! :)
My head touches every ceiling and door frame 😊😊😊😊
こんいちわ みなさん！
First thing is first, HELLO!! Missionary work is still the best thing ever and I am definitely happier than I was last pday :)
TOILET SPRAY
Okay. The toilets. Here in japan, there are so many possibilities for toilets. They have these crazy buttons on them. And there are words (in kanji and Katakana of course) on them. And one day, I was going to the bathroom in the church... and my curiosity got the best of me.
I pushed one and all of it sudden it started shooting water up my butt!!!! I almost had a heart attack in the stall. You could distinctly hear both of my hands slam on both of the stall walls and yelling...."Oh no.....OH NO!!!!! WHAT?! NO MAKE IT STOP FOR THE LOVE!!!! OH MAN I CANT!!!!!!!!!! SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!! *laughing/crying* ITS NOT STOPPING!!!!!!"
I'll tell ya... It scared me so bad! And the worst part was....I didnt know how to turn it off!!! So I pushed all of the buttons and each button I pushed....it got more intense. Haha
We walked out of the bathroom just dying of laughter! And these 2 old Asian guys were working on remodeling the other bathroom....they say in broken english..."Are you okAY???"
In my mind: *No guy. I was basically drowning from the inside of my body. Haha*
FLU
On Thursday and Friday I was sick with the flu. On Wednesday night I was feeling super crummy...we were at Eikaiwa (english class) and my companion looks at me and says..."oh man... you don't look too good..." i felt like i was just gonna roll over and turn to dust. As we were walking out of the church, Sister Mendoza (The bishops wife) saw us to say goodbye. She saw that I basically looked like death...and took us home. She stopped by the store on the way there and bought us groceries too!!!! And because i couldn't get comfort from my real mom at the time, she basically rocked that temporary mom thing for me. It was so nice of her. ❤
TESTIMONY OR NAH
We spend about 15 hours at the church every Sunday, because we are missionaries for an English and a Japanese ward!! And the Japanese ward is first. We were in sacrament meeting and the bishop is up there saying the announcements in Japanese. And all of a sudden he says my name and my trainer widens her eyes, looks at me and says..."He just said you're going to give a talk." OH.
I almost threw up hahah.
He sits down and I had a moment when I was thinking about hiding under the bench...hahaha but everyone looked at me.
Anyway, long story short....I get up...take that mile long walk to the front, and all the japanese I thought I knew...went down the toilet. I stood at the pulpit and i thought i was gonna poop my pants. It was so scary ahhaha. And I'm pretty sure what I said didn't make sense at all. Haha
My trainer heard one of the young women say..."Although the missionaries can't speak japanese...The love they have for us is amazing. Sister Phelps is so happy!"
That made me feel better because I kinda wanted to dig myself a hole and die😂
ELLIE
Our top investigator is Ellie. She has a baptismal date for Oct 15th. She is Chinese and basically my bff. We taught her yesterday about the Word of Wisdom and let's just say she LOVES tea and coffee. It was kinda rough for her to understand the meaning behind the commandments and just WHY...but the spirit was so strong in that room. At the end of that lesson, we left with a huge bag of all the tea and coffee in her apartment. She committed to live the word of wisdom and she said, "this is so hard for me...but I love God. And I choose him over anything."
I started bawling. She is so strong and she had no idea who God was a month ago. She is my hero. ❤
SPIRITUAL THOUGHT
"To any who may be struggling to see that light and find that hope, I say: Hold on. Keep trying. God loves you. Things will improve. Christ comes to you in His ‘more excellent ministry’ with a future of ‘better promises.’ He is your ‘high priest of good things to come.’ ”
—Jeffrey R. Holland
You can never go wrong with a quote from Elder Holland. I know life gets so hard. And it doesn't feel like it will get any better sometimes. But the amazing thing about the Gospel...is that it gives people hope with anything and everything. There are so many people in Japan who don't have a concept of who God is. Which is SO SAD. Because the gospel has always been a huge part of who I am.
My testimony and love for him has legitimately skyrocketed since I've been here. I truly need him every hour. HE LIVES :)
Time to end, because I'm running out of time. But I love you all so much!! I'm grateful for your prayers and your support.
God loves you!!!❤
-フェルプス 姉妹
