How
is everyone? This week has been so crazy but awesome! So the other day I
had a realization. I'm going to the "coolest" mission in Japan.
Literally it's the coldest. So now no Japanese missionaries can argue
with me about the better mission because it's fact, mine is the
"coolest"!
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Typical map picture - 3 more weeks! |
Funny Highlights: There were so many
funny moments this week it was hard to choose the best ones. So I hope
you like the ones I picked. The other day one of the elders in my
district had this orange. He tossed it to one of the other elders who
missed it and it hit one of my companions right in the face and exploded
juice all over her. Later that same day we were in the computer lab and
that same companion looked over at us and said "Sisters I have a
problem" I looked at her and discovered she had some how managed to get
her finger stuck in a disinfectant wipe container.. It was a rough day
for her. Then later that night we were putting bars on the sides of my
bed so I don't fall off (I sleep on the top bunk in the middle of the
room) and my mattress starts to fall on the floor. We ran to catch in
but we were too late the the impact of the fall launched my belonging
all over the floor. It was a very interesting day. A few days ago we
were translating questions in class. My teacher asked me to translate
'Pray in order to know whether or not Thomas S. Monson is a prophet'. In
Japanese the word for 'truth' and the word for 'death' are very
similar. Lets just say I mix words up a lot...
You're never going to guess who came to speak at the MTC! On Sunday
Sherri Dew came to speak. Yeah that's right Mom be jealous. She was so
cool! She told us all these awesome stories. I would tell you them but
time is short. What I really what to talk about is the Tuesday Devotional. Guess who came? Did you guess, yeah it was an apostle. It
just so happened to be Russell M. Nelson. It was his first address as
President of the Quorum of the Twelve. You know how every talk Ucdorf
gives he throws something in about planes. So we were sitting there and
Elder Nelson was talking about having the Gospel of Jesus Christ
engraved in your hearts and all of sudden he says, "I've got my initials
on a lot of hearts". (says the retired heart surgeon) It was so funny. My favorite thing he talked about though was that people in the world
think that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Utah
based church. But it's not. It is a heaven based church. If it was a
Utah based church Heavenly Messengers would not have visited Joseph
Smith in New York. It was so great. Such a powerful night. I know that
we have prophets and apostles that lead and guide us today. The truthfulness of that was evident when Elder Nelson stepped into that
room. Not a word was said by man. But the power of the Holy Ghost flowed
through each of us. I know they are called of God for each and every
one of us. I was called by a prophet of God. There is no mistake in
that, it wasn't just some random thing that happened. But an even
approached by prayer. I love the knowledge I have of that. It lifts me
farther than I have ever gone before. The prophets and apostles love us
so much. Right before he left he blew us all a kiss and said if he could
he would shake each and ever one of our hands. Then as he was leaving
he stopped and walked back inside as this little old lady comes from the crowd. He shook her hand and then left. I don't know who she was but I
know Elder Nelson was inspired for whatever reason to go back to her
and the spirit filled the room as everyone witness this happen. They
really love us all so much I promise you of that.
I love you all like crazy. I wish I could tell you everything I'm learning but I can't so I hope this is enough.
Shout
out to the coolest oldest brother ever. I love you a lot Mark. I'm
super proud of you! Go make me proud, remember who you are, and never
give up!
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| I got a haircut and decided to let my hair go all natural..yeah I know it's cute. |
あいしています
ぞりん下r姉妹
PS ignore my spelling I don't even remember what English is anymore...
editors note: I fixed the spelling in this one - Dad
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