hey everyone! crazy week this week but they seriously keep getting faster and faster....i feel like i was just on my p day! i can not believe that next wednesday will be my first month mark...wild! it is so crazy how fast it can go..and how slow it can go at the same time..but things are so incredibly good! i really can't believe how fast you can learn some things..i am far from where i want to be in japanese..but i cant believe how much i have learned for only being here 3 weeks! this week the new kohai(newby missionaries going to japan) came in and we were just talking to them and it was crazy that i was now the one who looked like i new everything and they were the ones all stressed out haha! but it was nice just to be able to see my progress and see that i have really been learning more than i have though i have! it felt good i won't lie!
So yesterday we had a sub for our class because greggory sensei our usual teacher is out of town. so we had the nihongen (japanese) teacher teach us and it was so intense! he started the class and was just flying in japanese and everyone was kinda struggling for a while..but then we started to understand and he was helping us along. i kept thinking oh my gosh this is horrible..im not going to learn anything..i was so stressed and worried that i wouldn't get anything out of the class. i just kept focusing as hard as i could and worked to understand what he was trying to teach us. we started going over some new bunpo(grammar) and we just recited it over and over. i thought it was kinda lame and pointless at first..but then the tv screen went off with all the answers and we were forced to do it from memory..we all started doing it really well! i was shocked as we had actually learned this grammar! i couldn't help but thinking of wax on wax off..something so pointless and stupid at the time, could help so much when it mattered! we then went over parts of grammar that people didn't understand and i seriously felt like i understand most of it now where as before..i was worried that i would get it and that it would just be a wasted class(class being 3 hours long is definitely something you don't want to waste) hahaha but it ended up being so good and i was so happy that things worked out. just another blessing the lord gave me. as long as i try my very best, i know he will help me get where i need to be! and thats all i can do!
everything has been really good this week though, not a ton happened, and there weren't any intense spiritual experiences this week unfortunately..:( but it has just really been a great week! i can not tell you how much i love my district though. it has seriously been so amazing to have such a great group of people to learn and grow with. i wouldn't pick any other group! i love them all!!! this week day shimai and snow shimai's family sent everyone in the district doughnuts and lifesavers! i couldn't tell you how much that meant to me, the whole district! it was such a simple, yet thoughtful thing to do and i was so grateful for that! they helped the week move along and sometimes we need that!
so i know this really wasn't the longest email...but i am trying to send some pictures this week so i am going to be spending some of my time on that today so i want to make sure i get some to you all! i do just want to say that i know that the morumon sho(book of mormon) is true..and that i am gaining a stronger testimony of it everyday! i have never read it as much as i have in here..and it makes me stronger everyday. i am so grateful that we have it in our lives. i testify to you that by reading it, you will gain a testimony of our savior jesus christ, in the absolute truth that joseph smith was and is a prophet of god, and that this church is nothing but the truth. morumon sho wa kamisama no mi kotoba da to akashi shimasu! (the book of mormon is the word of god!) i know it and i am so grateful for it! i hope everyone has a great week and that you all know how much i love for you! i pray for you every night for everyone of you specifically by name..and i hope you know that i am always thinking of you! love and miss you!
with love your choro,
logan
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