Perfect timing!

A typical Buddist temple

Visiting with a friend

Our mission president, President Gustafson

Being silly and having fun!

Fukuoka Tower in Fujisaki

Sister Carvalho and I 

Sister Messer just transferred near me so we got to work together!

Working for a day with a member who is about to leave for the Missionary Training Center to begin her mission.

So fun to see an "old" friend :)

This week was really great.  Lots of little miracles.  Sister Crump and I were headed back from an activity at the church last week when on our way home we had a motorcycle honk at us.  That isn't the craziest thing 

that has happened on my mission so we just turned around and waved and then kept going.  Well the man pulled ahead of us and hopped off his bike.  I had no idea who it was so I was a little freaked out.  Don't worry my first thoughts flashed back to Miss. Congeniality when Sandra Bullock learns the basics of self defense "S.I.N.G."- sinuous, instep, nose and groin?  Something along those lines.  I was prepared.  Luckily though it turned out to be a former investigator and Eikaiwa (English) student.  He was very nice and so happy that he ran in to us.  It was about dinner time and he invited us to come eat and talk church with him at the restaurant just up the street.  We agreed and said we would meet him up there.  So off he sped and we started biking.  He was waiting for us so we were kind of in a hurry, but we stopped a young girl walking down the street anyway.  She was extremely nice and then I asked her name.  Asami San!  I recognized it as a name that we had gotten recently as a referral from a member.  But it is a pretty common name so we kept talking.  Well, turns out that it was the exact same girl!  Small world.  We had tried to call her, but hadn't gotten an answer and instead we were able to bump in to her.  Perfect timing!  We set up an appointment for the next day.  When we met with her she was just wonderful.  She really has a desire to learn more about God.  We are excited. 

Also, our cute investigator with a baptismal date right now is doing great!   She was able to go see a baptismal service this past week and it went really well.  I was in a different area going on splits with the Fujisaki Sisters but I got a text message that said something along the lines of I went to the baptism and I have interest in baptism!  That was probably the best text message I have ever gotten :)  Please pray for her!  She has a date for November 29th, but lots of busyness going on so we are really trying to meet with her as much as we can.  She is wonderful!  

I am so grateful for my many blessings for the the opportuntity that I have to be a missionary.  I really am just so happy!  Rain or shine missionary work brings out the best in me :)  

I love you all!  Have a wonderful fun and safe week!  

Hawkins Shimai