Konichiwa!!
How is everyone?? I am doing great! And I am loving it at the MTC (Missionary Training Center) here in Utah.
This last week has been crazy! It flew by. The first day was kind of a blur. I reported at 1:30, brought my belongings to my room (which is on a 4th floor..I get winded every time we climb up to our room) and then was brought to my classroom. There was a sensai (teacher) there who was ONLY speaking in Japanese. Of course, I had no clue what was going on. That continued until all of our district showed up. Originally there were 11 people. 4 choro or elders and 7 shimai or sisters. But, yesterday one our the Sisters was transfered out. She is basically fluent in Japanese so her arrival date to Japan was moved up! She leaves in 2 weeks now! It was sad to see her go. But I am soo excited for her to get to go to Japan so soon!
Because she left I have 2 companions now! Dopp Shemai and Trent Shimai. I love them both. Dopp Shemai was my original companion. We get along like a dream. We both have the same sense of humor and we have a lot of things in common. Of course we have our differences too...but they are pretty minor. We spend a lot of time giggling in class over all the incorrect things I say in Japanese! She has had a few years of classes so she is pretty good. And thank goodness for that! Both of my companions are from Idaho. Dopp Shimai is 20. Trent Shimai in 19 and fresh out of high school.
So everyday we wake up at
6:30, go to breakfast, and either have gym time or personal study time. During Gym time we go play volleyball. It is super fun! Yesterday we were playing Volleyball and we were all getting pretty into it. Anyways, I dove for a ball yesterday and ended up burning a hole through my pants...and my knee! So....Mummy and Daddy...I need a new pair of work out pants please.... I sewed the hole up but the pants don't look right, or hang right anymore.
Other fun things... For everyone who is wondering YES I've seen Elder Johnson (Blake). We have our meals at the same time. So we smile at each other from across the room. I also saw him when I arrived! He had a little goody bag and letter prepared for me too. It was pretty exciting to see him after not seeing him for over a month! I have pictures too...I'll send those out later. Sunday night we had a devotional (meeting where all the missionaries gather and we get to listen to a usually more prominent member of the church speak). Elder Johnson and I sat together..kind of. My companion sat in between us haha. Any ways-the speaker was having missionaries stand up for certain things. Anyone learning Japanese stand up, anyone who just got here stand up, anyone who is leaving this week stand up. Well, his second to last "stand up" was "anyone who is writing to a significant other stand up." Of course Elder Johnson and I stood up. I think both our faces turned a little red and us and our companions were all laughing. I NEVER thought that would happen in the MTC.
