Thursday - So we finished with our 1st investigator. She turned out to be our teacher. We finished learning Hiragana and I got a wonderful package from the family. We were able to sing today in Japanese. It sounds weird but nice. I think I will get used to it really quickly.
Friday - I am used to singing in Japanese now. We sing in the morning during study time, in the afternoon for class, and after dinner for class. This was a really busy day. We learn about 2 grammar principles every day and the classroom is the size of William and Quinten's room. (about 11' x 12') That is for 11 people and their desks! We did an hour of SYL (study your language) today, which means no Eigo for an hour. It is really funny thing to listen to, but it drives us to learn words that we need.
Saturday - Today was the International Day of Freedom, which I did not know existed, It coincided with BYU's Ring of Fire fireworks, so they let us stay up late to watch those. They were all right. It was more of a celebration for our district because one of the other Choros thought that they would have to go home, but he didn't! We were all so happy because he is the entertainment for our district. The Day of Freedom devotional was really funny, mostly because there were a lot of references to America, even though it was the International Day.
Sunday - So today was Fast Sunday and the Cafeteria is closed until dinner. At first when we realized this, we were not having the best attitude about it, but then I decided to go and pray and start a real fast Saturday night. I am glad to bear my testimony that the power of a sincere fast is real. It is ok if you are a little hungry, just keep those whom you are fasting for in mind. The devotional was not really the best. We had just eaten a huge dinner, the lights were dim, and they didn't let us take off our suits, so it was really warm. I was asleep for half of it. The speakers didn't really know how to use the mics, so they were really quiet. It had to do with a tree being a metaphor for the Gospel. I asked the district and they couldn't really tell me anything else about it. We were all tired.Monday - Tired today. We used the TALL language learning program in the lab today. My companion and I used it to learn nouns and verbs. We are beginning to be able to talk like babies. We learned that we had ~6 lessons to teach for every week the next 6 weeks. This hard news was softened by a killer game of volleyball. Part of my district played against a district of missionaries from out of States. They were really good, but we were just a bit better.
Tuesday - Devotional Day: Excellent lunch today. It was penne alfredo with a nice chicken breast thing. Excellent devotional by Elder Marlin K Jensen, Emeritus Seventy. He spoke on the different steps of faith and its importance as a missionary. We really liked this one. Also during the devotional, 2,000+ missionaries sand "Called to Serve". We are all ready for p-day by now, even with a good Devo under our belts.Wednesday - Today we started off the day with sand volleyball. We started off winning, but the other team pulled ahead. Then it was a quick shower and now I am doing laundry. We are going to get lunch after we are done here and then we are off until 5. This evening we have 2 lessons to teach to members called TRC. They have to be in Nihongo, so we will see how this goes.
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