Konnichiwa! 

I WENT TO TOYOOKA THIS WEEK! It was the best day of my whole entire life and it was just amazing and I can't properly explain to you how amazing it was but I'm going to try. 

So also before I start we got Christmas calls information! And it turns out that this year WE CAN SKYPE!!!!!!! haha but it's also just 40 minutes.  I'm excited to see you!!!!!!!!!!!! (: And we can prepare for the limited amount of time by writing Daniels shimai letters and telling her most of the thoughts of your heart. (; hahahha just kidding, I know you're busy and I just got some letters from you, except Mitchell, so I'm almost satisfied. (;　But I still love all of you anyway (:

So Toyooka! it was incredible and I got to exchange with this amazing sister named Sister Porter and it was seriously the best and it was way fun being with her because she is an amazing teacher and is also super fun and we laughed the entire day which was super necessary because we had a lot of bike problems. But! The Lord helped us get to all of our appointments before we had bike failures so that was a nice blessing. Being back in Toyooka was soooooooo natsukashii-- the most sentimental thing ever. And it's just starting to become cold there and I loved it. We ran around in the morning and visited some PI's and less actives and taught and it was super fun. AND THEN WE VISITED SATAKE SHIMAI! ahahahhah she's turning 90 soon and the sisters wanted to give her a triple combination Book of Mormon so we had the opportunity to visit her and my heart was so happy and when she saw us at the door she had her cute little Yoda smile on her face and told me I looked really familiar but wasn't sure why and we connected that I made the picture books and she got really excited and we caught up and shared a scripture with her and talked about how she's changed since she was baptized. And she's gotten healthier. And she tried to give us 40 dollars because we're her grandchildren but we gave it to her nephew to give back to her. She's still stubborn haha. And then after we left her house my skirt got caught in my bike brakes and we ended up having to cut off my skirt but it was okay because during dinner we made bracelets with it and it was hilarious. And then Porter shimai got a punctured tire going to the church for seminary that night so like the whole branch came to help her and I got to have a fun reunion with them and it was like heaven. 

Otherwise Kobe is amazing and I love my companions and this is Mason shimai's last week so it'll be super sad and busy and also we are throwing an activity this saturday and going on splits twice and it'll be kinda crazy but whenever you lean on the Savior He always provides a way for things to work out. 

I love you all!!! Eliza, I'm writing you a letter today!! thank you for your email! (:

Michigan looks wicked cold! hahah but I'm jealous of your snow. kind of (: 

Have an incredible thanksgiving and MOM- have a wonderful birthday!! I'm sending your birthday card today!! 

Love,

Daniels shimai