Hello - This is Sister Rogers and I wrote this email last week but it didn't send...
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| The tri-panionship ^__^ |
I have two companions for at least the next couple of weeks. Tri-panionship! I realize now that there are a lot of things that I never thought would be exciting on a mission... A tri-panionship is one of those things. I mean, Sister Page and Sister Perkins are both super energetic, go-getter people so really it feels like a quad-panionship. It's fun but makes for some awkward situations!
When we are housing, often the porch is too small to fit three of us (darn it mayo bread). On Saturday night, a door opened out, and Sister Page was squished behind it while Sister Perkins and I talked to the girl. It would have all worked out smoothly with Sister Page quietly waiting behind the door, except there was blurred glass on the door, so from the perspective of the girl at the door, you could just make out that there was a creepy darkly-clad figure behind the door. However, we continued to talk about God and Jesus Christ because creepy darkly-clad figures can wait. As we said goodbye to the girl and started to walk away, she was not closing the door, so Sister Page had to bolt out from behind the door to catch up with us. Good thing that creepy darkly-clad figure didn't grab her. ;)
With three people, there's bound to be someone that ruins the party. One time, somebody put our own flyer in our mailbox.
Sister Page: "Wow what a great flyer! The people on it look so happy. I want to be like those people. They have service on Sunday. Isn't that nice?"
Sister Perkins: "Yeah! They have a phone number. I'll call it right now!"
Sister Rogers: "I'm not interested." :,(
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| The flyer we found in our mailbox... hmmm |
I won't follow Sister Perkins if she rides her bike down the stairs by mistake without crashing, but mainly we are united! Speaking of unity, I came across this great passage in Teaching in the Savior's Way: "Some learners are not confident in their ability to learn the gospel on their own. Elder Bruce R. McConkie taught, 'Each [person] has access to the same scriptures and is entitled to the guidance of the same Holy Spirit.'"
This parallels to the idea that when you give a man a fish, he is fed for one meal, but when you teach a man to fish, he is fed for a lifetime. Each of us have been given the tools to be lifelong learners and to receive important revelation. That struck me as something quite amazing. I know each person has something to contribute. I hope you all have an amazing week!
Rogers Shimai
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| Page and Foote Shimai taught these cute 8 and 9 year old boys who are
the sons of a less active lady. Member missionary work equals miracles!! |
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| District picture |
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| Pretending to eat ice cream with empty cups bc we were too hungry to take pictures until it was too late! |
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| A member gave us sponge cake, rose lemongrass tea, ice cream w/ passion fruit seeds. Steki ne. (it's great/nice/trendy, right?) |
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| The women in the Naha First Ward <3 |
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| The elders made us pancakes, and they were pretty good. The leftovers are now about the consistency of a rock. |
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| The Japanese mannequins... welcome to your nightmare (Sister Perkins is smiling, but on the inside...) |
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| I love my Foote (Shimai) bye bye :,( | | | |
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| Mayo bread ruined is heartbreaking |
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