Konichiwa!!!!!!!
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| Random picture from morning she entered MTC since Emma didn't send new ones |
WARNING: LONG LETTER AHEAD
First
off: shout out to J for making delicious HOMEMADE COOKIES. Oh,
they were hard not to eat all at once. My district is quite impressed
with your baking skills.
Second off: thanks to
J and K for the shoe box full of
candy. Perfect for Halloween. There was a bit of a letter mix up but
everyone got the right letter in the end.
I apologize in advance, lots of exciting things happened this week and I'll try to make it as orderly as possible.
Friday:
Exciting things probably happened but with Gen Conf I forgot. We taught
a lesson to J-san. We've made so many mistakes in front of him now
that I think he's super comfortable with us. We told him this time to
look at his stomach up on the board instead of the drawing up on the
board. All well. We laughed.
Saturday: THE
START OF CONFERENCE WEEKEND!!!!!!! PARTY!!!! Although I had to wear
church dress and sit in 19M which is freezing and sit in horrible
plastic chairs that torture your butt and not eat any fun snacks
Conference was phenomenal. Like every session was on point.
Favorite parts:
- Larry R Lawrence of the 70. I really liked how he talked about the Holy Ghost and how we need to ask the Lord not only what is stopping me from progressing but also what I'm doing right. "The Holy Ghost pushes us farther than we think we can handle because he knows how much we really can handle and what we need to do to become stronger" (VERY paraphrased quote from his talk).
- Holland Choro (my man) was fabulous as usual. He made me cry but he normally does. He has a way with words. I thought a lot about my mom and how awesome she is. Then I related his talk to missionary work. I'm not a mom now but I'll be a "spiritual mom" to my kyudosha. So the things he talked about apply to me as teach God's children how to come unto Christ.
- The 3 new apostles testimonies [Three new Apostles or leaders were appointed. Elder Rasband, Elder Stevenson, an d Elder Renlund] were sweet and simple but so beautiful. It reminded me sometimes simple is better (Uchtdorf choro talked about that). I know that those men we called of God.
- Womens Conference was amazing (I finally got to see what everyone was so excited about) All the talks were great but Uchdorf choro stole the night with his story about Ava. I especially liked when he said "We are not designed to be sad." God wants us to be joyful! And joy comes thought the message that I'm going to be teaching= Christ is our Savior
- Monson Daikoncho [President Monson], how can I forget about him? His was the most powerful talk of all the conferences. In our Tuesday Devotional Linda K Burton said "When Pres Monson started leaning at conference, not one person watching took the prophet for granted. It was a wake up call for God that we need to do better at listening to the prophets council." I know that quote applies to me.
- THEY SANG THE SPIRIT OF GOD!!! MY FAVORITE HYMN!!!
- Did you hear the Nihonjin [Japanese Person - Elder Koichi Aoyagi spoke] speak and the other Nihongin give a prayer? Precious
Sunday:
We watched Music and the Spoken Word before conference. After
conference we had a special devotional. Aka VOCAL POINT CAME AND SANG!
Holy cow!(I may have fangirled a bit) They have voices like angels. Dad,
you better put some of their music up when you put this letter up
because words can't adequately describe the experience [My kids love their Newsies Medley, and lots can be found on their YouTube Channel]. At the end, when
they sang Nearer my God to Thee, I felt the spirit so strong. It was a
super spiritual super amazing devotional. When we went to the temple
this morning we saw one of the members of Vocal Point. He was in the same session
as us and we talked with him. I'm practically famous now. Then, in the
evening, all the movies we wanted to watch were full so we watched
Joseph Smith IN NIHONGO. I understood way more than I expected. Demo [not sure what this means], it
was all gospel words and they spoke slower to fit the timing of the
movie.
Monday: Who knows what happened. Certainly not me. I had a General Conference hangover.
Tuesday:
Not much today either. As I said earlier, Lina K Burton came for our
devotional. We sang Sweet Hour of Prayer in the choir. I never really liked
that song before now. But the lyrics are beautiful.
Wednesday:
Hosting day! These newbie make me feel like an old timer. They didn't
ask enough enough shimaitachi [sisters] to help host so every time I left the curb
I had 3 girls. I think I hosted 13 girls (none of the Sister F
unfortunately). It was exhausting but so fun! I saw N (Elder Olives
to Evan) and I had to shake his hand which was weird demo it was so
exciting to see him. I saw A eventually, at the end of the day. She
saw my name on my door so she came to say hi later. Lots of hugs
followed. Then in class, we practiced street contacting in Eigo (I know,
what even is English?). It was so hard. I'm not used to teaching in
English anymore! It felt too awkward so I switched into Nihongo. Hen
desu (so weird). I'm losing my ability to English (taking note for
conference was a STRUGGLE) but I'm not good enough at Nihongo to speak
that yet. So basically I'm just this mess of language that doesn't
really know what's going on. Dajobu desu (all good). I love Nihongo.
Sorry for the really long letter. Lots happened.
Love love love,
Bearman shimai
P.S. Sorry dad, no pics again. I'm slacking. [she has been chastized]
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