At my OB appointment my Dr told me I needed to get a mammogram now every year. I had one a couple of years ago and I had to stop them halfway through so I could sit down because I was going to pass out. I thought it was because I did not eat that morning before my appointment so I made sure to drink my protein shale before mu appointment this time around, It must just be a weak countenance because eI had mostly the same experience this time around. I thought I was doing ok but about 3/4's of the way through I felt like I was going to pass out so I had the technician stop so I could sit down. I put my face between my knees but I had to move down to the floor because I was not doing good. I laid there for a bit and then asked her how much I had left to do. She said I had two more pictures/positions left and I said ok lets go. I got up was was able to get through one picture/position but then had to stop and immediately go back down to the floor. She brought a chair over so I could put my legs up and I laid there until I was feeling better and then we were able to get the last picture done. She had me sit down immediately after we were done and gave me a juice to drink. When I finally made it to the changing room and changed my clothes I took a selfie with my cranberry juice. On the drive home I decided I needed to reward my self with a doughnut so I stopped at the doughnut store and bought myself my favorite doughnut and took another selfie when I got home. I know I need to do these mammograms every year and I am not looking forward to having to go through this again. I will just have to have doughnuts be my reward every time for going through it.
Zone Pday!! It was the best! We spent all day in Kanazawa, in our comfy clothes, playing games, and eating yummy food! We went to the third best melonpan shop in the world that sells melonpan with icecream!!. A very yummy sugar cookie type of bread! The owner wears this funky melon hat and has a bunch of hats for his customers to wear. We found great enjoyment in the hats!
This week me and MacDonald shimai were on our way to an eki when we met Sharon from Georgia! She is this 60 year old woman who is a luxury pet sitter. But on her free time, she travels the world! With no data! Buys a ticket to and from her destination, and figures everything else out when she arrives. She was so nice and so fun to talk to! She inspired me a lot and gave lots of great advice. She said that the reason she is able to travel the world for fun right now is because she worked hard for it her whole life. I think there is a lot of unreasonable pressure on younger people to figure out their life and reach these high goals. But we have our whole life woohoo. Unless you are 70, then you already have had your life and congratulations, you hopefully have great stories to share!
️ We got evicted from the nicest housing in the mission! Rahhhh. Senior missionaries are coming to Toyama which is very exciting! Unfortunately that means they get the house and we get the elders old apartment... at least we won't have to hike a whole mile uphill to church anymore! This week was a lot of packing and cleaning preparing for the new missionaries!
JJ and Paul got the Aaronic Priesthood yesterday! It was such a happy time! 
ekis! Woop! Half our zone came to Toyama and we had the goal of finding at 13 train stations for about 30 min each! (With all of us, that equals 6 total hours for each eki). We rode a trolley to the furthest stop and made our way back to Toyama station. I cannot tell you how many people we talked to and how many more doors we knocked. All you missions that get crazy numbers, listen to this. We got a total of 3 meaningful contacts. (Meaningful contact is measured by how actually meaningful/memorable the conversation was) Basically 3 people let us talk past our general introduce. We were out there for 8 hours and meaningfully talked to 3 people! Ha! I am not even upset about it, I think that is pretty cool! We knocked on people's doors who have never even heard the name Jesus Christ. I feel lucky to be the first missionary that all those people got to meet! I hope someday when they see someone with a tag on, they will remember 2 americans in the freezing cold trying to share a happy message with them!
On Pday a member took us to Costco!! I guess I have never done my own grocery shopping there and paid for it.. because I was not prepared for the money we spent there. It was very worth it though!! Our member told us we have "Costco Fever"! We did indeed have "Costco Fever". Also, Japanese people do NOT do Costco like we do in America. Our member only left with 1 bunch of BANANAS. That was it. Im like where are your muffins and your huge party size bag of chips. Oh well. At least they had samples there.
The Takayama elders were stuck here in Toyama because the trains were not working for them to get home! We really enjoyed double covering again and got lots of ekis done to put toward our mission goal! Our mission is currently at 693/1,000!!!! Got lots done this week! Yay!
Had an amazing (as always) zone conference in Kanazawa! We talked all about Joseph Smith and the first vision. The spirit was really strong as we studied about personal revelation and even as we practiced teaching the Joseph Smith lesson in Japanese. 
The best day ever, YAY Paul and JJ got baptized yesterday! This was one of the best days of my mission! Everything went so smooth and the mix of an English and Japanese program was really special! You couldn't catch anyone without a smile on their face the whole day. It was so cool listening to their testimonies about the things they have learned. To reflect on where they were at, what they knew, and who they were when we first started teaching them. I am so thankful that Heavenly Father put these 2 in my life and made everything work out so they could be baptized. This IS a gospel of joy!
️We were at a train station doing finding yesterday, then all of a sudden, BAM. I immediately put my hand up to my head where I hit it then MacDonald 姉妹 let's out a huge gasp. I looked at my hand and BLOOD! Haha apparently head cuts bleed a whole lot. I was okay and just laughing the whole time because MacDonald 姉妹 was absolutely freaking out. Turns out the cut was just so tiny but decided to bleed a lot. Don't worry, I will not insert a picture. I don't want anyone to feel like MacDonald 姉妹 who said to her head bleeding comp "my legs are weak" Ha.
In a BYU devotional called Change: It's Always a Possibility, the woman tells a story of a caterpillar changing into a butterfly. She says...
