Week 4

こんいちわ！

I started my Japanese class this week! It was very nice to see my teachers and my district from the MTC again even if it was just online. I miss those guys a lot haha. It's been a struggle trying to juggle studying AND teaching. I'm just kind of in the weirdest situation. My gift of tongues hasn't stopped though I will tell you that. Although I am not in class as much, when I do have class everything makes sense and I'm actually able to remember it. たくさん日本語。

 Lol I'm lowkey not having the time of my life, but we pushing forward. It's been rough, but we living. 

 All the missionaries here are really nice and think that us japanese missionaries that are here for a little are super cool so that's fun.

But conference was so great! Elder Renlund's I think was my absolute favorite! He talked about how gifts like blessings are only from God and that we should never forget the compassion and love behind those gifts. But what I got was spiritual gifts! That having the gift of exceeding faith during a CRAZY MISSION, will make it possible:) AND the gift of tongues! Haha I keep trying to remind myself that there is a reason why I'm learning japanese so fast! Because its east to feel like I'm never going to actually make it there sometimes. But yes that talk really hit me hard! I been really trying to study hard both my language and teaching bc I wasn't really taught how to teach before leaving the MTC so IT'S A LOT of reading. 

Ok I'm done complaining and I do love it here so don't worry! I already have some tan lines! 

みなさんこころからあいしってます！ わたしはすることができます！

Week 3

こんにちわ！ 

Just when I thought mission life could not get crazier, we got the announcement that the MTC was getting evacuated. That's when things got CRAZY. The next day a bunch of people got their flight plans for Tuesday morning so I spent my remaining days in the MTC up all night helping people pack and getting up early in the morning to drop them off at the travel office. One of the elders in my district only got a 30 minute notice to leave haha. I was just happy I was given a couple days notice.

I left Friday morning and only really knew my flight plans and not really where I was going but it was cool when I walked out of the terminal and saw Elder Lewis and Elder Reeves! It was nice to see familiar faces at a crazy time.

I got assigned to the Las Vegas West mission!  Cool fact, the wife of my mission president is the sister to the wife of my Tokyo mission president!

I got to teach a lesson my first day here.  It was my companion (Sister Hughes) friend. Because I was only studying Japanese in the MTC we hadn't really been taught how to teach. I was expecting 8 more weeks of training for that. But it was good! It was cool to also see how at home church is going now too! Sister Hughes has been so patient with all my questions haha. I've been teaching her a little Japanese too! 

LIFE HAS BEEN CRAZY AND HECTIC

 I somehow have felt a lot of peace during a time of such chaos. I know that it's because in doing what in supposed to be doing. MY JAPANESE IS COMING, SLOWLY BUT ITS COMING. THE GIFT OF TONGUES IS SO REAL. I also have so much faith that I will make it Tokyo! God doesn't give spiritual gifts that we don't need. I cant wait to go teach in Japanese! Keep the faith and listen to conference!

Also my companion said I was speaking Japanese in my sleep instead of my usual English jibberish.

TPWK

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