Miss Maddy in Japan

Cartoon pics of my district Bentley Choro Davis Choro Ellsworth Choro Lavea Choro Hippolite Shimai Rasmussen Shimai Stanley Choro Raines Shimai Richardson Kyoudai Tsuchiyama Shimai Murphy Shimai Parrack Shimai Gawrys Shimai Thompson Shimai FAVORITE QUOTE TODAY: Obedience is the price, Faith is the power, Love is the motive, the Spirit is the key, Christ is the reason.

こんいちわ 皆さん This is my last p-day in the MTC which is crazy!! This week has been great and sad (because we are leaving). Gawrys Shimai and I taught a lot of lessons and had a ton of fun! Our zone and especially our district have gotten so close. Honestly, the MTC is so fun if you make it that way. Our devotional speaker this week was Elder Schmutz. He gave an amazing devotional about our purpose as Senkyoushi (missionaries) and testimonies. Funny けいけん : So Gawrys Shimai and I were teaching our investigator Higashimuki San (he is one of our teachers). We asked what he did today and he then asked what we did. We told him we walked around south Tokyo. Our teacher knows we don't know the area so he asked where we walked around. We quickly pulled up Google maps and picked a random city. We said Yokohama. Our teacher said "that's cool that's where my house is... this one... we are in Yokohama". It took us all a few minutes to get it together because we were l...

Konnichiwa 皆さん ( Minasan) Wow what a great week! It's so crazy that I have been out for almost 2 months. I love every minute! So this week we learned a ton and reviewed a lot of the grammar patterns. Gawrys Shimai and I taught Yui and it was awesome, especially because we didn't have to time prepare for the lesson in the morning. We didn't have time because we had the opportunity to host the senior missionaries and they are so cute! We got to show them to their rooms and help them feel welcomed. It's one of my favorite things to do here at the MTC. Funny keiken:  So in our class we aren't supposed to have food. A couple of the senkyoushi (missionaries) have had some trouble following this so our teacher made them pinkie swear not to eat in class. So Lavea Choro loves to bug Rasmussen Shimai about it because she is ALWAYS hungry. So he kept asking her during class if she was hungry, and she was joking with him about how he was trying to tempt her like Sa...

MTC Week One: "Look at those sisters dressing alike...so goofy...we would NEVER do that!" MTC Week Six: "Check us out!!! WE ARE TOTALLY MATCHING!!! We should do this ALWAYS!" Perspective folks...perspective.

zone pictures before the dai senpai left for Japan... I love these people with my whole heart!   paper roses from a sweet sister  Konnichiwa Minasan (everyone)! Wow another week!. Time here is flying. This week was pretty amazing. Gawrys Shimai and I taught some great and not so great lessons. But it's all good, because either way we learned something new. We got a new investigator. Her name is Yui Kuwakara. She is super sweet and patient.  The oldest group of missionaries in our zone left for Nihon (Japan). My district is the next one to leave which is crazy. This week has had lots of laughs and some tears. Missions aren't easy, but they are worth it. Spiritual keiken:  Gawrys Shimai and I had a lesson with Yui.  The last lesson wasn't great and so we did our very best to prepare for this one. On the way over we realized we didn't have a question translated that we needed for a transition in the lesson. Right as we start to freak out a ...