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Happy Pioneer Day !!🎆

This week has been cool beans.

One day we were out housing and we knocked on a million doors and no one talked to us (typical) but the last door we knocked on a lady cameout. We told her we were missionaries and she told us that her daughter had just passed away that day. She was really busy so she couldn't listen to us but she was super grateful we had come. We asked if there was anyway we could help her and we were able to testify of eternal families and Gods love. It was a really sweet moment for me to see that God loved this lady so much that He sent us to her, just to show her He's there and He loves her. She's most likely Buddhist and doesn't even believe in God but He still loves her enough to send us to her.

Saturday we got to go cherry picking with our ward! Turns out Hokkaido is AWESOME. All I've seen of Hokkaido is the city and the farmland so that's all I thought there was BUT we drove 2 hours out and up the coast and holy cow Hokkaido is beautiful! We were cruising up the coast and turned a corner and all the sudden we were in the middle of a rainforest!! So pretty. I love Hokkaido.

Also had the worst experience of my life this week. We were housing and it was dark and we went up to ping a door and it was pitch black and Lay Shimai goes "oh flip don't look behind you" so obviously I did. Then my heart stopped, my legs went weak and I almost died. The BIGGEST spider I've EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. it's legs were probably as thick as my fingers. It was HUGE. once my heart started working again I screamed and ran out of there so fast. Lay Shimais new goal is for me to marry someone who is as afraid of spiders as I am. She thinks it'd be funny, I think it'd end with us burning our house down. I'm ready for the snow to come back so the spiders will go away.

Oh yeah we received 50 cucumbers from people this week so if you have any ideas for using cucumbers let me know.....

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リグビー

1&2- these kids were watching us house and then started going door to door with us hahaha #futuremissionaries. Then we played at the park :)

1 Year Later!

My name is whit rig and I'm a family history addict.

Yesterday at church we were sitting in a lesson about missionary work and Yuki told us the story of when she met us. She said the week before she met us she was so lonely and sad that she didn't leave her apartment for a week. Then she met us, learned the gospel, was baptized and her whole life changed. She was happier than she'd ever been, she was able to start making friends in school and the church members became her family. It was sooo sweet to hear how grateful she is for the gospel. Then she said "im never ever going to forget Rigby and Frank Shimai. They'll be my best friends forever." MY HEART. I love Yuki.

THIS WEEK I HIT MY YEAR MARK WHAAATTTT. It's been the craziest year of my life. Learning a language I never thought I'd learn and loving a people and culture I wasn't sure if I'd ever love. I've had the highest highs and the lowest lows of my life and I've learned more than I could ever imagine. I've made the best friends I could ever ask for. There's no one quite like the frozen chosen:) Most importantly I've come to know that Gods love is real and Jesus Christ is sure proof of that. The Book of Mormon changes lives. Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is Christ's true church on the earth today. And I am super blessed to know that!!! I can't imagine life without the peace and happiness this gospel brings, especially in the world we live in. I love getting to share that every day, even though it's breaks my heart into a million pieces every time we get rejected (which is 99.9% of the time). Can't wait for these next 6 months :)

So back to the addict thing... this week we were with the elders and someone brought up family history and long story short, we all downloaded the app and we're all ADDICTED. seriously it's all we do with our free time. Gosh I love family history. You all should look into that stuff!!

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リグビ姉妹

"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived- that is to have succeeded"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

1- We teach these cuties English
2- My bfffffffffffffffs

How It's Already JULY! 🎉

こんにちは!

We had a crazy big earthquake the other night. It was my companions first earthquake haha it was awesome! (and pretty scary)

This transfers has been pretty tough. We've been working soooo hard every day trying to find people to teach and it's just been rejection after rejection but this week we finally met some really cool people and it's been so fun!! The craziest thing is that THEY have been coming to US. It's still not people that are interested in the gospel but they're willing to let us visit them so it's a start!

We've made a goal to hand out one Book of Mormon everyday and it's been working!! We devote the last hour of our day solely to finding someone that will accept a Book of Mormon. It's been so cool to see God prepare people for us every single day. There's been days we've doubted if we could do it or not but we just kept going with faith and every. single. day. God has provided. If you have a goal, do all you can to achieve it, and trust God, He will do the rest.

One day we went to the park by our house trying to find someone to give a Book of Mormon to. We were riding around and there was a boy playing basketball by himself. He started talking to us so I asked if he's ever played basketball with an American before, he said no so I jumped off my bike and we shot hoops for a bit and then we got to give him a Book of Mormon! We saw him at the park again a few days later and asked if he's been reading and he said yes!! So cool and fun haha.

Tomorrow is my favorite holiday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!! If there's one thing I've learned from all my travels, it's how blessed I am to be American. Enjoy the fireworks and eat lots of watermelon for me. 🇺🇸🎉🎆

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whit

1. Sea snails🐌
2. The dancing never ends