Well *pause for effect* I finally got to Japan!!! Its sooo sick and its been so fun being here. Its definitely not Lincoln Nebraska. Also with the time difference, my emails will come on Sunday night.
Starting with Monday we went to the capital buliding at the beginning of the day. We also went to Popeyes for lunch which is super fire! The rest of the day we chilled at the church and then I started packing that night.
Tuesday we spent more time packing and then we went around to lots of people we were teaching and said goodbye. It was sad to say bye but I knew they were in good hands so it wasn't too hard.
Wednesday we drove up to Council Bluffs and stayed with some missionaries there that lived close to the airport. Elder Wynn from my MTC district also stayed with them so we spent some time catching up.
Thursday we woke up at 3:30am so we could get to our first of 3 flights which was at 6:00am. That flight was pretty quick and we got onto our next flight at 10:40am. This was a düzzy (no idea how to spell that word) it was a 14 hour flight and man could you feel it. I may or may not (but definitely did) have watched some movies on the flight (when I say some I mean 7) also no regrets, movies are so good 10/10 would recommend to a friend.
On Friday when we got to Tokyo we met up with a member that was there and he helped get us onto our last flight which was short but the plane was bouncing around so much and it kinda made me sick. When we landed, we found our mission president, his wife, and some other missionaries waiting for us. President Sano is such a good dude. Like such a great person. That dude has mastered Love and Charity. He is without a doubt, the most loving person I've met in a long time. They took us to the mission home where we had dinner and then from there, we went to some apartments across the street and stayed the night.
Saturday was a looonnggg day. We started the day by waking up and going on a hike with all the new people and President Sano. It was super sick to walk through Japan and see what it's really like. We then got ready for the day and ate breakfast with Sano in the mission home. After eating and talking, some of the senior couples showed up and then a bunch of regular missionaries came. We then got assigned our new companions and areas. My new comp is Elder Hall and he is super sick. I kinda feel bad for him because he has only been out 6 months and he is now training me and this is his first transfer as a district leader. The man is a stud though so he should be all good. We then went over a lot of logistics and then went to our areas. On our way over, we snagged me a bike. After all that, we made some lunch and did some service for a member fixing up the trees outside the church. We also did eikaiwa (英会話) which is when we teach english to a bunch of people. It was mostly members but there was this one girl there named Makoto さん who is super elect and speaks really good english (lets go 👊). After that we went home and made some dinner and ended the night. Here, my comp eats dinner at like 8:00 so that'll take some getting used to.
Sunday we got up and after doing our studies and eating breakfast we went to church which is always at 10:00am in Japan. When we walked in, I had soooo many people come up and introduce themselves and ask me tons of questions which I didn't understand, or know how to respond. Luckily I would tell people that I was new and had been in Japan for like a day and they would just tell me my Japanese was good and start asking my comp questions. My comp also showed me that there is this basket close to the front doors of the church and the members just fill it with groceries for us to take home. There's also this little board with sticky notes so we can make requests. When we got into sacrament, I was given the amaaazing opportunity to give a talk 😐😑😐. Luckily I cracked some jokes and told everyone that I was new to japan and stuff and after my talk everyone one telling me how good my japanese was (not true) But all things considered it went well and could've been much worse. Also our ward is pretty big, especially for Japan. We have like 30 kids in primary which makes sacrament meeting way more exciting. After church we had some meetings and then went home and made some lunch. At the end of the day, I finally got my two big suitcases, which had been shipped from Tokyo (I've been living out of my carry-on which did not have the things that I needed it to have but, we survived)
Sorry its a long email but Japan is sick so you get to hear more about it. Some of the big differences between Japan and America are:
Almost everything is better in Japan. The water, toilets, eggs, apartments, people. You name it, its probably better here.
The people are soooo nice and its way less stressful giving talks in sacrament meeting.
However, the metric system sucks. Good job America on that one.
The water here does take forever to get hot.
Alright that's all I've got. Overall Japan is super sick and I'm pumped to be here. Also now that I'm taking more pics and videos, heres the link to the google photos album:
Context for pics:
Just gonna send one each week in the email... the rest will be on the album
The Sick hike we went on on Saturday morning
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