Moshi Moshi!!

Temple Stone. I sent a picture of it. It's a part of a temple apparently that was dedicated. this stone has just been passed down through the Japanese Branch for a couple of years. Hammond Choro got it from his Senpai, so then he gave it to me.

 

The language is coming along. My language study plan consists of 2 Bunpo each day (grammars, like toki ni (When something happens) or like P.F. V node (because something happened. Then I try to do 10 tango a day (vocab), but I'm not very good at doing it, I keep getting distracted and its hard learn new tango and then trying to use it in everyday speach, just because all I can really do is teach about the gospel. Then I work on kana (the alphabets). I've memorized the 46 basic Hiragana and about 25 variations of the hiragana but there is still 36 more variations. And then I've also memorized only 25 katakana and no variations so I still have a lot to learn. All of the hymns we sing are in hiragana or katakana so the hymns are always great review when it comes to trying to memorize kana.

 

I got the package and my district tried to beat me up for it. I havent tried on the rain gear yet I keep forgeting but it should be good.

 

You should print and send that picture of "I was reading the Book of Mormon. "The Nephites die."" That was hillarious!!

 

Dog?! for realizzle?!!?! What's it's name? Is it a Kyodai or a Shimai (Brotha or a Sista?) You should send more videos of the dog that would be awesome.

 

This Week -

 

I forgot to write down a lot of what I did this week so I might forget some things but aw well.

 

Last Friday

 

I got a package from Shelby Newby with........COSTA VIDA!!!!! AND CUPCAKE RECEES BROWNIES!!! It was amazing I have never enjoyed costa vida that much in my entire life. I had some of the cupcakes too and they were amazing. Some guys on my floor wanted some and I got a tie and a box of pencils for two cupcakes lol

 

P-day was way fun we laid around in our ryo (residence halls / dorm) and played nerf basketball. It was pretty fun. Me and another kid on my floor also just through the rugby ball around because we got so bored. We had a dance party too. Three chorotachi here have flashlights that can do strobe and theres a choro in our branch that can do amazing beatboxing. So we danced. It was legit.

 

Saturday!!!

 

TRC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

was awesome.

 

We taught about the importance of prayer and how you can learn and grow through prayer. I also shared a personal experince with prayer totally in JAPANESE!! It was awesome. I feel like with the bunpo and tango that ive learned I am able to communicate at least enoguh to hold a conversation. Most of the bunpo Ive learn though is for like telling stories like about Iseu Kirisuto or Kamisama. We taught a girl named Alicia which is the same girl that we taught last week but this time she had a friend of hers. And it went really well. Then we Taught a guy named Remington. Who was the happiest guy I have ever met. He had a huge grin on his face and he looked like he was just super happy when he was talking about japan.

 

Sunday

 

I had an interview with a member of our branch presidency named Mack Kyodai. And it was a really great interview. I just told him how there will be days that I struggle and days I do well. He then asked what I did on the days that I didnt do well. And I said I didnt know. He asked if I had started the day with meaningful prayer/scripture study. and i was like "thats what I gotta do!!!" haha he said that there are 4 things that we have to do in order to become great missionaries here and to become great people once we return home

 

- Start the day with meaningful prayer

- At least 30 Min of meaningful scripture study
- Obideince / constant repentance

- Sharing, and giving service

 

If we make those things become a habit in our everyday lives we will be blessed.

 

Kyudosha -

 

Shibuta-san

So we went in there and we were going to teach about the Sukui no Keikau and he started the lesson by saying In Nihongo "I dont belive god exists, because my life has been hard and god hasnt helped me." and we were like CRAP. We had no idea how to teach him about how trials hep us learn and grow. We didnt study the bumpo or tango in order to teach him effectivly so it was kinda a bad lesson.

 

Fujimuta-san

FINALLY WE HAD A BREAKTHROUGH!! Everytime we have taught him he hasnt done anything we have asked until thursday when he said that he began to read the book of mormon and we were like "BAUMFF FINALLY!!" He said he had read in 1 Nephi but he had no idea what it meant. WE told him that 1 Nephi talks about Nephi and his father Lehi who were both yogensha. Lehi prayed to god, god answered and warn, and Lehi listened. So we spent the rest of the lesson talking to Fujimuta-san "Watashitachi wa kamisama ni inori toki ni seirei kara kojin keiji o ukeru koto ga dekimasu." When we pray to god we can recieve presonal revelation from the spirit. IT WAS SO GREAT! Next I said that Prayer is essential for conversion. And he was like OOHHH. whats conversion?!! And I was like ....................Crap................ I dont know how to explain it in nihongo so I told him that we didnt have the answers for him then but we would study and learn how to teach what conversion was properly in nihongo next time we met. I WAS SO HAPPY THAT WE FINALLY GOT THROUGH TO HIM THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Dad - Call justin and tell him to get on his myldsmail.net account and find his address to his building and then dear elder it to me so I can find him and beat him up on Wednesday.

 

So first a funny story and then a sad one.

 

The funny one is a little inappropriate but it was hillarious.

 

So the first day I got here I said the phrase "Is it though?" or "do you though?" And since then everytime anyone in our district says anything basically everyone goes "Do you though?" It's pretty funny. So last Sunday we were watching the Testiments (which I've never seen before but it was pretty good) and theres a part when a guy brings his son to jesus and asks him to heal him.

Then jesus says "do you have the faith that he can be healed?'

And the guy says "Yes I do"

And then jesus looks at him in the most hillarious way and didnt say anythingn but the way he looked at him looked like he was trying to say "Do you though?"

And when we saw that the entire district turned to me and whispered "Does he though?" AHAHAHAHA

It was hillarious

  

So Yesterday was a pretty tough day. Yoshida Choro decided that he was going to go home. He told us at the end of the day that MTC had just been a really hard experience for hima and that he felt like he needed to go home. And it was so sad. I felt like I was saying goodbye to all of my close friends at home again. I love Yoshida, and I'm going to miss him. He leaves today at 11. So were all going to get together and talk right after thig and just say our goodbyes.

 

Well that's about it for me. I'm going to write a couple of letters today but that's about all I have planned. I didn't get a letter from Shelby yet so hopefully I'll get one before Pday is over so I can write back to her questions. I love you guys! See you guys soon MATANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!