Konnichiwa, kazoku!!!
Hello hello! As always it has been an awesome week. I seriously can't believe how fast the time has gone. I feel like I've been here for awhile, and like I've known my district and senseis for such a long time, but at the same time it feels like just yesterday that I got here. Essentially the concept of how time passes here still blows my mind so I'm just not going to think about it right now. I'm so glad your week was so productive! And mom - thanks for telling me all about that story of the piano miracle that happened this week. I am so happy for you and glad everything was able to work out. I can't believe it's already time for you to start getting things ready for school again. Crazy how time flies. But it's all good. :)
This week was quite eventful, as we had a ton of last minute things to do in addition to our normal class and study time schedule. The super exciting news is Talia-Uli Shimai got her official clearance from the doctor as well as her travel plans so she is for sure coming to Japan on Monday. Woo-hoo! We're all so excited for her. I guess the craziest day this week that I'll tell you about wasWednesday. Our companionship was asked to be a set of missionaries that demonstrated some how to begin teaching principles to the new missionaries that came in on Wednesday, so that morning we had to miss some of class in order to be trained in preparation for that. Right after, we were also asked to host new missionaries coming in that afternoon, which was way fun. I basically talked the poor girls I helped to death because I love it here and was going on and on and on but they didn't seem to mind too much. It was a blast. After that, we taught Watabesan a tiny lesson then ran to do our teaching demonstration for the new missionaries, then went back to class. So probably one of the weirdest things about the demonstration was that it was in English. At first, it seemed like that would be awesome because we'd be able to say anything that came to mind! Crazy thing is, when we went to do it it was so hard to not say the Japanese conversation starters and such. Oh and another funny story with that - so in Japanese, yes is "hai" (pronounced hi, as in hello). It is totally second nature now, so in our lesson the investigator asked a question and Talia-Uli Shimai enthusiastically responded "Hai!" The investigator kind of gave us a funny look, and said "Um, hello?" Too good, but I guess it's a good thing that we're thinking like that. Crazy day - running all over the MTC but it was great.Thursday was full of lasts - last day of service, last day of class with Taylor Sensei, last day of TALL, last day of a normal schedule - pretty weird! Friday was in-field orientation. We basically sat in a huge meeting all day for all of the departing missionaries (and we didn't have any normal class) but it was really entertaining. Everyone that works here has such a love for the work. I love the Spirit that I can always feel here. Ah - the MTC has been so good. I am so glad for all the things I have learned here, and the ways in which I have been able to grow. Okay random new subject but another favorite thing of the week has been PMG study. We've been focusing on working on studying a different Christ-like attribute for part of our study each time we have PMG study time and it is incredible. I love the new things I'm able to learn every day. It is so exciting!
Okay, sorry but I really could go on about those forever so I'll switch gears a little now. More information with the call -- I have sad news for you. Happy news for me, because I'll be wide awake. But essentially where I'm going with this is that I'm going to have to call pretty early in the morning, from the SLC Airport. This is because our layover in Texas is not very long - we're essentially just running from one plane to the next. So don't be surprised if you get a call at 4 ish in the morning! I guess this will just measure whether you value your favorite daughter or your sleep more. Take your pick. :) hehehe. But it's true, just so you know. :)
And it's all good with the watch - if you send it to me for Christmas or something that would be golden. Not a big deal. OH another awesome thing about Thursday - Heaton Shimai's dad came in and spoke to our class for about an hour with awesome Japan advice. It was great. He's speaking on Sunday, so for our last devotional we will probably get wonderful seats. Oh yeah!
Sorry mom - I can't think right now of any of my friends that you know to compare Heaton Shimai to, but I'll ponder that and let you know. Just know that having her as a companion is the greatest. She's hilarious. So we meet at the travel office 2:30 a.m. Mondaymorning to head out - less than 48 hours! I will miss alot of things here, but I CAN'T WAIT to go to Japan. Don't get me wrong, it's scary. But mostly just exciting. AAAAAAAAAAA I can not wait. :) I know that I have more that I'll remember I was wanting to tell you as soon as I leave the computer lab but I guess I can sum it all up by saying thank you once again for everything, I love you all so much, and I'm grateful for the opportunity I have to share this wonderful message we have with the people of Japan!
Ai shite imasu!!! I got my Japanese name tag!!
Flake Shimai
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