June 22, 2013 Letter

 

0500 hours

south provo training center

Moral:

sooooo stoked to go to japan. Need I say more? I feel like a kid who has been watching all the Disney movies for weeks in preparation for a trip to Orlando! It is time.

Rations:

so moma... I got your package! thank you soooo much!! It was way fun to get for the reason of getting a package and your card was awesome and I passed out your chop sticks and everybody was sooo happy to get them!

Then I passed out your candy... did you eat any of that? The half Japanese kids and Hawaiian loved it and I got watch a bunch of white kids squirm and tell me thanks while their palms sweated! Pretty much the best way I can describe it is to take one of grandmas roses, put some sidewalk deicer in the middle, close it, stick it in your mouth, and suck. for the first bit you think... think is rather odd.. but not so bad really! And then you hit the middle! I actually thought the middle was kinda complementary but Thayne choro thought the thing had suddenly pooed in his mouth.. it was awesome for me! I thank you! The jelly slime stuff we have only ate one of so far and it was actually really good! but that was the pink one.. today is brown day... brown jelly? what on earth.. but I am stoked! Thayne choro is going first!

 

Departure preparations:
so pretty much I was suppose to pack during the last gym but I kind of like to play too much... but all seems to be going well, all my stuff is now dry-cleaned and fresh. I have some purchases to make for my carry on and such but it will all go smoothly! Everybody be stoked for my phone call up there cause I am down here!

Spiritual thought:

Miracle- the natural effect of correct principles applied properly.

We do not live in a world where miracles need to be few and far between. Every baby is a miracle, every sunrise is a miracle... we have an all powerful God who loves us. Apply the commandments and gospel, the "correct principles", and miracles WILL happen. They will happen at precisely the times and places we need them to makes us the best we can be at the last day. God will make your burdens light if you turn to him. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Physical training:

Here is a new one for the kids back home! 30 pushups every minute for 20 minutes in a row. It gives you ten minutes to stretch and do pull ups if you only have 30 minutes to workout! Its a new thing here in the Japanese branch 68. food for thought!

Japanese:

I cant speak a bloody thing... but! watashi wa shinko ga arimasu! (I have faith) I know enough to start teaching myself and practicing on my own! Japanese people are so kind they will help me out! They already do! ahhhh I am stoked just thinking about being there!

Sad story:

sorry kids nothing funny happened to me all week, but I do have a tragedy in my life.

Friday. Your last Friday is a big deal here at the MTC. You go to this huge in-field orientation thing, you get your new language name tags instead of English, you get your dry-cleaning back, you get a package from your awesome mom with Japanese candy in it.... ;-) thank you moma again. Big day right! its full of sentimental talking and bonding as you prepare to leave.

While you are at orientation the person in charge of your language brings all the new name tags around to the little elders and sisters rooms and places them on their desks so that you can come back to a little treat. In other words after training we are all sprinting back to the classroom to get Christmas! We are about to become a real missionary and join together! I didn't go to my own graduation because I was so excited for this graduation!! ......

Do you remember that Japanese swear word I told you all about? I used it...

I thought I was going to be humble before this! Now I will be an 18 year old foreigner in a new country, my language is horrible, and I have a label on my chest that says I am a girl.. a girl with a face like his! "poor creature" is what people will think.. ahh alas.. all is well!

 

aishiteimasu!! (i love you!)

-Law..... Shimai  ;-)

Note from Christine:
We found out during our phone call with Elder Law that the name tag incident was all a big joke. He came across a Sister Law that was also going to Japan and thought it would give us all a good laugh if he took a picture and told the tale. Which it did. They couldn't figure out if they were related because neither knew their genealogy well enough. We still love him though.