First letter from JAPAN! Halliday shimai is in Kichijoji

I'm alive. I'm OK. I know that you haven't heard from me for a while. There's only 1 place here to do email and it's closed like for the next MONTH! If I'd known that was going to happen I would have waited last P day for a computer. (There are only 4 computers and it's the only approved place in the zone -_-)
So, I think that you heard from President Hill...I am here and I am safe (if you don't count the fact that riding a bike here is like driving in LA) and I have got my new trainer.
My trainer is Yasutani shimai. She is from Sapporo and speaks English very well because she spent 3 years at BYU Hawaii. Yasutani shimai is also only four and a half feet tall. :P
Unfortunately she is "dying" this transfer so I will never see my trainer again. :(
[DYING IS MISSIONARY SPEAK FOR ENDING YOUR MISSION, NOT ENDING YOUR LIFE]
I will also get the fun job of orienting my next senior companion with this area (which will be interesting because I only know 4 places here) and I will get to familiarize my comp with the investigators, PLUS, I will get to do all of the phone calls until said new companion has met all of the investigators or they will wonder who the heck is calling them! WAH!
So, my first area is Kichijoji. There are tons of people here so it is one of the smallest areas in the Mission by radius. We have two progressing investigators. We had four but one is having parental approval issues and the other one just got "lost"...she just answers the phone every now and then and we suspect that she is more interested in converting us.
So, our first investigator is Motoi chan. She is really shy but really sweet. When we first met her she did not believe in God at all but gas now progressed to the point where she says that she "half believes". Personally, I think that she believes just fine because she keeps all of the commitments that we give her...we just have to get her to recognize that she believes. We have gotten to the point where we have her thinking about baptism and she has been to church once, twice and this Sunday makes thrice.
Our second investigator is Tanii san. She has been a long progressing investigator, has been to two baptisms and recognizes how pure a person is after baptism. Tanii san wants to be like that but doesn't think she can be baptized yet. -_-
Tanii san doesn't always read the Book of Mormon, so we are still working on that issue. Right now we are focusing on developing her testimony of the Atonement. Unfortunately, as with any investigator who makes any progress at all...something has come up and she has been too busy to see us for like a week. She still answers the phone when we call though.
The investigator wit the parental issues is Erica. She is 19 but she has developmental issues. Even though she will be an adult in November, she will probably always live with her parents. Her mind is fully developed however and she understands everything. She loves everyone (especially her missionaries) and always wants to meet with us. We have taught her everything but now that baptism is part of the picture, her Mom is not happy and we have not seen her for a week now.
We have 4 new investigators, two of which show a lot of promise. We teach one of them lesson 1 today, so we will see...
Our favorite place to go finding is Inokashira Park. It's a huge park with all kinds of people (and dogs). People there aren't as busy as people on the streets, so they listen more. I have taught about 12 lessons and have talked to probably at least 100 new people so far. Two of the lessons I did on my own. In the Tokyo Mission we have to teach every principle to a member by the end of our missions. When we do it we get recognized at the next Zone Conference. It helps us and it builds relationships with the members. We have all of our mission to do it, but Yasutani shimai and I are working hard to finish before the next transfer. (Well...for me to finish..she has done it twice already)
Let's see... what else? I miss my choro tachi :(
Zone Conference is next week so maybe I will see someone. My District now is fun though. Our District Leader is Elder Doying and our Zone Leaders are Elder Holt (he was in Brittan's MTC Zone...I know this cuz I got a letter from Brittan and for some odd reason, it ended up at the Elder's Apartment, so I was heavily interrogated before I got my letter -_-) and Elder Darner who is from Mesa. (Darner Chrysler/Jeep...that Darner) I have actually met more people from Mesa here in Japan, than in the MTC. Random.
Oh! My first day here we had English class. The Elders were late so I had to teach the advanced class until they got there. Basically, I killed time with self introductions. :P
On P- Day we went to the Ghibli museum!! Wheeee!! It was so fun!! I got to see all of the pretty concept art and animation cels and animation reels. I have seen DVD extras about the extensive process of animation but seeing it first hand was insane. 30 seconds of film is like 25 feet long! They also had a room that exhibited how to make stationary objects seem like they were moving...it reminded me of my stupid high school physics project...and then I heard Brittan saying "physics is everywhere" and then I remembered he needed to die.
That's pretty much it.
Mom, we do a cooking class every other Saturday and we need yummy recipes.(fairly simple but not too much) If you could email those and send hard copies, it would be much appreciated. Plus...I have to cook for myself now. That's it! And I have to speak in Sacrament this Sunday and I have to speak in Primary on Mother's Day.

Love, Halliday shimai