Konichiwa! Every day so far we've been working really hard and there's hardly any down time. The MTC is pretty intense. We get up at 6:30 am, are in class at 7:00, break for breakfast, then do service or go to the gym. Then it's three hours of a meeting or study session. Lunch is at 12:30 pm, then back to class at 1:15. Then more class, orientations, personal study time, dinner from 5:30 to 6:15, then back to class until 9:00 pm. All our classes are in the same room--we're getting to know it very well! At 9:00 we return to our residence hall where we plan the next day's goals, get ready for bed, and suddenly it's 10:30 and lights out. Phew! Crazy days but so good.
I'm already realizing again the value of setting goals for what we want to work on. And the Spirit is strong here because we're always talking and testifying about the gospel. Japanese is coming well. We say prayers only in Japanese. This gospel is amazing when you take the time to study it and the Spirit brings so much peace and joy.
My first doryo (companion) was awesome. She lived in Tokyo most of her life but went to private English schools. But she was transferred to the Senpai (senior) group and will be leaving right away for Japan, so now I have two new companions, as I mentioned, Sister Acerson and Sister Wells. It's interesting how different we each are but how that works out. We each bring our strengths to the table when teaching. We get to practice teaching almost every day. Most of the time it's just in our classroom to the other companionships but other times it's to other classrooms and once a week we do this whole teaching scenario with someone from the 'outside world.' I'm really understanding all the grammar we're learning, it's just learning new vocabulary.
Any gym! We have gym now, every day except Sunday and prep-day. I was surprised how much I like it. We generally have it after breakfast at 8:30 or before dinner at 4:00 which are both fine with me. The food's not amazing but there are so many choices I want to eat some of all of it. ;-)
It's amazing to see the Lord bless us with strength and learning. My district is advancing in our Japanese more quickly than I would have expected--it's SUBARASHII (wonderful, splendid). We can now share experiences in Japanes and ask investigators to commit to pray, read, etc., at the end of the lesson. I understood most of sacrament meeting. We appreciate your prayers for us, but I know through our faith and obedience the Lord can bless us. Hey, I'll say that in Japanese: Watashitachi no shinko to jyujyun ni yotte, kamisama wa watashitachi o shukufuku suru koto ga dekiru da to shiteimasu!
I've been blessed with a great district. Next to your companions, that's who you spend 80% of your time with. This last week, our district has become really more unified. We eat together in the cafeteria and we sit together in meetings. It's fun to see that you can make good friends with people even you 'have' to be with them.
LeFevre Shimai (Katie)
I'm already realizing again the value of setting goals for what we want to work on. And the Spirit is strong here because we're always talking and testifying about the gospel. Japanese is coming well. We say prayers only in Japanese. This gospel is amazing when you take the time to study it and the Spirit brings so much peace and joy.
My first doryo (companion) was awesome. She lived in Tokyo most of her life but went to private English schools. But she was transferred to the Senpai (senior) group and will be leaving right away for Japan, so now I have two new companions, as I mentioned, Sister Acerson and Sister Wells. It's interesting how different we each are but how that works out. We each bring our strengths to the table when teaching. We get to practice teaching almost every day. Most of the time it's just in our classroom to the other companionships but other times it's to other classrooms and once a week we do this whole teaching scenario with someone from the 'outside world.' I'm really understanding all the grammar we're learning, it's just learning new vocabulary.
Any gym! We have gym now, every day except Sunday and prep-day. I was surprised how much I like it. We generally have it after breakfast at 8:30 or before dinner at 4:00 which are both fine with me. The food's not amazing but there are so many choices I want to eat some of all of it. ;-)
It's amazing to see the Lord bless us with strength and learning. My district is advancing in our Japanese more quickly than I would have expected--it's SUBARASHII (wonderful, splendid). We can now share experiences in Japanes and ask investigators to commit to pray, read, etc., at the end of the lesson. I understood most of sacrament meeting. We appreciate your prayers for us, but I know through our faith and obedience the Lord can bless us. Hey, I'll say that in Japanese: Watashitachi no shinko to jyujyun ni yotte, kamisama wa watashitachi o shukufuku suru koto ga dekiru da to shiteimasu!
I've been blessed with a great district. Next to your companions, that's who you spend 80% of your time with. This last week, our district has become really more unified. We eat together in the cafeteria and we sit together in meetings. It's fun to see that you can make good friends with people even you 'have' to be with them.
LeFevre Shimai (Katie)
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