Week 6 - 09/27/17 - Group Email

This week all of the daisenpai left to Japan. It was sad to say bye to all of them because we had been together for six weeks and none of them are going to my mission. I had to say bye to Ethan hoj also but I can't wait to be able to speak Nihongo together when we get home! On the plus side though we are now daisenpai which means we leave next! I'm so pumped! 

On Monday our district was chosen to host the senior missionaries coming into the MTC. We got to help them unpack their cars and show them to their rooms. They were all so nice and it was alot of fun helping them! I am super pumped for conference coming up. It's gonna be fun to have a change of schedule and actually pay attention for every session.  Me and Orton Choro were able to commit both our "investigators" to baptism this week! It's been fun to teach them but I can't wait to teach real investigators in Japan.

I have decided that the MTC does a really great job at hiring teachers. Every single teacher and sub we have had has been so good. One of our main teachers Coelho kyoudai from Brazil is easily one of the best guys I have ever met (everyone in my district would agree). He is such a nice and geniune person and has such a strong testimony and I am so grateful for his example!

Our teacher has given all of the goal of not using 'umm' while speaking in Japanese or English for that matter haha. It's actually so hard and during a prayer I panicked and ended it super fast cuz I literally couldn't think without saying umm!! Another funny thing, just barely me and orton were walking back to our room with some lunch. I had a bowl of grape nuts cereal (no milk luckily) in my hand and totally ate it walking up the stairs and my cereal went everywhere haha good times. 

I hope everyone is enjoying the fall weather and getting in the mountains for me :) 
Enjoy conference weekend!

愛しています!
Dean 長老