Hi friends and family! This is week...five? Six? I don't know. Anyways, I'm supposed to be leaving the MTC on the 22nd...or the 21st....I don't know...I'm バラバラ (all over the place).
Sorry about the musical number! I finally tracked down the elder who took the video and coerced him into giving me the video. (Jk Jk, I promise I was Christ-like) Anyways, I'll be sharing that via Google Drive because apparently it's too big for email. So hopefully you'll be able to access it. I'm sorry!
This week was a week of lovely spring weather. It was so warm! The snow melted completely and we were all eating outside and soaking in the sunshine, but today it started to snow! When we went to the temple this morning there was at least a foot of snow on the temple grounds! There won't probably be a whole lot of snow in Fukuoka, so I'm making all the snow angels I can make now!
Everyone is so sick right now! Most of our zone has this horrendous cough, while the few healthy ones are all carrying around posies and cough drops for our sick companions. Graviet Shimai and I are convinced that Chidester Shimai might die. We've been washing our hands like every five minutes, and I'm trying to get as much sleep as possible. Cross my fingers and knock on wood I won't get it!
This week I had the chance to have class with the Nihonjin, which of course, was in all Japanese. On one occasion the teacher was an actual Nihonjin, and so I had a really difficult time understanding. One thing I love about native Japanese is that they speak super quickly, slur all their words, and also speak super quietly. I barely survived. I have such a long ways to go with this language! But I still had a lot of fun.
As for goals this week, I seizaed for 35 minutes, got to 300lbs on the leg press, mastered 10 new kanji, and went on a walk in the hail! We'll be getting our third investigator sometime this next week. It was a pretty productive week. The Nihonjin also gave me kanji for my name.
For those of you who don't know what kanji is, it's basically Chinese characters used in the Japanese language. A lot of times names are spelled with kanji, rather than basic Japanese kana. So the Nihonjin gave me kanji for my first name. The first one they gave me was for "e", and they used the kanji for smile. "笑" So far so good. I like smiling. The second they gave me was for "ma", and they used this kanji. "麻" This kanji means flax, or cannabis... So, "smile", and "cannabis"! After explaining the English meaning to the Nihonjin, they said that it's a pretty normal kanji for names. I about died. But then we later picked this kanji "真", which means truth. A little bit better.
Anyways, this week wasn't terribly exciting, but nonetheless still fun. I'm so blessed for this opportunity to preach the gospel to a people who don't have the most religious background. Just seeing our own "investigators" here at the MTC progress is such a joy and a pleasure. I love being able to be a part of this work and to partake in the blessings that come from teaching Christ's gospel.
Hope all is well with y'all! 愛しています！
Dimmitt Shimai
Sorry about the musical number! I finally tracked down the elder who took the video and coerced him into giving me the video. (Jk Jk, I promise I was Christ-like) Anyways, I'll be sharing that via Google Drive because apparently it's too big for email. So hopefully you'll be able to access it. I'm sorry!
This week was a week of lovely spring weather. It was so warm! The snow melted completely and we were all eating outside and soaking in the sunshine, but today it started to snow! When we went to the temple this morning there was at least a foot of snow on the temple grounds! There won't probably be a whole lot of snow in Fukuoka, so I'm making all the snow angels I can make now!
Everyone is so sick right now! Most of our zone has this horrendous cough, while the few healthy ones are all carrying around posies and cough drops for our sick companions. Graviet Shimai and I are convinced that Chidester Shimai might die. We've been washing our hands like every five minutes, and I'm trying to get as much sleep as possible. Cross my fingers and knock on wood I won't get it!
This week I had the chance to have class with the Nihonjin, which of course, was in all Japanese. On one occasion the teacher was an actual Nihonjin, and so I had a really difficult time understanding. One thing I love about native Japanese is that they speak super quickly, slur all their words, and also speak super quietly. I barely survived. I have such a long ways to go with this language! But I still had a lot of fun.
As for goals this week, I seizaed for 35 minutes, got to 300lbs on the leg press, mastered 10 new kanji, and went on a walk in the hail! We'll be getting our third investigator sometime this next week. It was a pretty productive week. The Nihonjin also gave me kanji for my name.
For those of you who don't know what kanji is, it's basically Chinese characters used in the Japanese language. A lot of times names are spelled with kanji, rather than basic Japanese kana. So the Nihonjin gave me kanji for my first name. The first one they gave me was for "e", and they used the kanji for smile. "笑" So far so good. I like smiling. The second they gave me was for "ma", and they used this kanji. "麻" This kanji means flax, or cannabis... So, "smile", and "cannabis"! After explaining the English meaning to the Nihonjin, they said that it's a pretty normal kanji for names. I about died. But then we later picked this kanji "真", which means truth. A little bit better.
Anyways, this week wasn't terribly exciting, but nonetheless still fun. I'm so blessed for this opportunity to preach the gospel to a people who don't have the most religious background. Just seeing our own "investigators" here at the MTC progress is such a joy and a pleasure. I love being able to be a part of this work and to partake in the blessings that come from teaching Christ's gospel.
Hope all is well with y'all! 愛しています！
Dimmitt Shimai
Sorry only one pic!
1. P-Days in the laundry room
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