Spring is here and so are gokiburi

Minna Konnichiwa!

Yeah, you read that right. Gokiburi. Aka: cockroaches. I've lost count of all the tiny ones I've killed in our kitchen the last few days.. ewewwwww!!

But well, it's starting to warm up some more here in Tokyo! We are up to what they said is 20 degrees celsius today (which should be around 70F) and you can sure feel it! I'm not even wearing my big jacket! But yesterday seemed to be a fluke as it was rainy and cold and I thought it might just snow! But maybe that's because I wasn't wearing my big jacket then either, and we were biking for a few hours in the rain and forgot our gloves so our hands got pretty feelingless... :) Amazingly enough we still had some good conversations on the streets. Actually I still think it's possible some of the best convo's might come on rainy days. People are surprised anyone is even out those days, no less wearing giant rain suits AND then trying to talk to them... about a church!? :) The startle effect works well as long as you keep wearing a smile from the bottom of your heart. But we did have quite the adventure that Wells shimai wants to tell everyone about, that I really wanted to house this one apartment because it looked like the windows were lit up and people were home. So we went up to it, and it looked kinda different... but we went in anyway and went up the 5th floor. Both of us felt really wierd but we tried to start housing, and realized (before anyone opened their doors for us) that lots of the door name plates had names like 'copy center' and 'media processing' and other business-like names. Sometimes you find them in normal apartments, but this was definitely an unusual amount. So... we decided to quit that, put our cappas back on and went back into the rain. Wells shimai is still sure it MUST have been really a business place, but I think it's just a really wierd mixed apartments/ renovated into offices. Maybe if you want to really live at work that's the place..! Either way, it's hard to tell what's what when we are in the middle of city like this! I guess that's why we still to mostly streeting here... :)

Let's see, other than that, this week has been... great! We had General Conference! Oh man, soooo good! So, because we see it a week later here it's a little bummer but we got to watch it all in English this time so I was happy and just taking notes like crazy. Conference as a missionary is just the best thing ever!! It's like all the stuff that you love to hear, and are trying to tell everyone too, and just like a veritable FEAST. I can't explain it, but it is amazing. I hope it stays like this off my mission too... I really thought they talked a lot about families and strengthening the youth, and about being positive and working through hard times. At least, those are the themes that stood out to me.

And we had a member bring her friend to the Saturday session, who really liked it, we talked to her and walked around the park right by the temple, and then today we got a call from her friend (the member) that said they talked and she wants to talk to us more about the church と言うか　lessons! We jumped up and down. Ok, so Wells shimai jumped up and down and I video'd her. :) Member referrals really are just too good. :)

Other than that, not tooo much different. We did have a dinner last night at the Dunn's house, whose dad is one of the top guys at WalMart who's overseeing the Seiyu store (a branch of Walmart for Japan it seems) here and they live in this waay pretty apartment and we could see Tokyo tower from their dining room window. It was cool. And they were a really great example of a good good member meal. They had the food ready when we got there, it was a simple but delicious meal, we had dessert :), had us sit down to give a quick message, and we were out the door all in just about an hour--which follows missionary rules! Yay! They tell us as missionaries to keep dinner appointments to an hour but sometimes it is sooo hard and then as time drags on you just get tired. I felt like when we left the Dunn's I was really more refreshed and wanting to dendo than anything else. That's how you want to leave them, not drained!! So, they were a great example of being able to do that well.

Ok, well time is about up for today. Will Pryor- Thanks for your e-mail! Now that you're graduated where will your address be? I will definitely look up the Sontaggs! :)

Oh! And I fail at mailing packages! I finally got your guys's package out today. So it'll still miss Luke's B-day. But hope you like it. I didn't get the SD card in there I'll send it later. But I did get your guys' packages thank you sooo much! I was soo surprised because we weren't there when it first came, so they put this little note in your box that says who it's from and one said America and one said Hiroshima and I was like... I'm guessing America is an Easter package, but who do we know in Hiroshima???! Anyway, thank you to the Congers for sending it over! And thanks for the book, Dad! I'll have to check with President to see if it's ok to read it, but it's pretty much a Church book right, so it should be fine. If I find time..! ;) Did you read it and liked it or just saw it? It looks cool. :)

I know food is expensive mom, so don't worry about it too much! We have food over here! And what really means the most is just e-mails and letters and such. But we were pretty darn excited about Oreos.... :) There's definitely a few already missing. hehe. And good job on your tests mom and good luck on today's ... if it's not already done... :)

Love you all lots. Minna ganbette ne! We'll have to start talking about Mother's Day call soon too. well, we still have at least three weeks but it's kinda soon. So I'm excited! Time goes by so fast though... I swear I just talked to you like last week for Christmas right? :) OK aishiteimasu!

Love, Sister Katie LeFevre
と言うか　LeFevre shimai