So everything here is great and
the food is tasty but it's not as good as home cooking, duh. Plus it
either makes you geri suru (Have diarrhea) or have totemo osui unchi
(constipation) and there really isn't an in between. Only 8 more weeks
of warui unchi (bad poop).
My companion
Chadwick Chourou (elder) is from American Fork and he's a pretty cool
kid. We have two shimais (sisters) in my district, from Alberta near
Waterton, and the other is from Wellington, New Zealand. They're so cool
and faithful and help keep us rowdy chourous in line and help us
shyuchu suru (focus). Plus they're also going to Fukuoka so that's so
exciting!
The sisters asked our whole district
to sing in the choir so we did and this last devotional we sang A
Child's Prayer and it was so powerful because it's an 800+ person choir
and probably 500 of that is men so it's intense and beautiful and the
devotionals are subarashi.
I got called to be
the first District Leader in the MTC, and because of that opportunity I
have had such wonderful experiences with helping those in my district
and becoming very good friends with them all. I have developed so much
more of a Christlike love for everyone and already love the people of
Japan so much even though I obviously haven't set foot in Japan yet!
In
our Japanese classes we only speak Japanese duh and the gift of tongues
is so real and we all see vast improvements in our Nihongo (Japanese)
every day. We have been teaching an 'investigator' all in Nihongo and
have given her a Book of Mormon and committed her to baptism and then we
get a new investigator starting tomorrow. In class and around campus we
decided to try and itsumo nihongo de hanishimasu (only speak Japanese)
and we are getting so much better, especially in saying rude, playful
things to each other.
If you don't know what kanshou is, look it up. Apparently Japanese kids do it all the time.
Also,
Sherman Chouruou and I made goals to eat as healthy as we can and get a
six pack by the end of our MTC stay. I don't have a picture of him but
oh well, next week for sure.
It's so cool to
see so many of my friends from school, it's such a neat experience that
we are able to go and spread the gospel all over the world!
It's time to go now and I'll update you guys next week on Thursday whenever I can!
またね！
シャーキー長老
Elder Tschirki
Pics: Me and Elder Waldron; my district on our temple walk flashing our
gang sign (G in Sign Language); me and my douryou (companion) Chadwick
Chourou; Me and Elder Chipper Brown; Me and Elder Ean Isobe; Me and Elder Dante Rodriguez
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