Konnichiwa!
Okay I'm like 99% sure that the MTC is a liminal space because it's only been a week but it feels like it's been 2 years already. It's totemo weird.
Friday was the dedication of the new MTC buildings and I got to be in the dedicatory choir!!! We sang "Hark All Ye Nations" and I was literally less than 2 feet away from President Eyring and Elder Oaks. It was sooooooo coooool!!!!!! That day we also attempted an Eigo Fast (English language fast - i.e. no speaking English), demo it tanked by like noon and we gave up trying to speak completely in Nihongo (Japanese). It was a lil sad.
Saturday all the shimai (sisters) decided it would be hilarious to make vampire teeth with candy corn so now we have an excessive amount of pictures of us with candy corn fangs, laughing hysterically. It was awesome.
On Sunday Grover Shimai and I taught a lesson about the priesthood in Relief Society and it was super fun. We based our content off of Elder Ballard's article, "Men and Women and the Priesthood" in the September 2014 Ensign. (https://www.lds.org/ensign/2014/09/men-and-women-and-priesthood-power?lang=eng) Go and read it yourself. It's super awesome and sheds a lot of light on the nature of the priesthood.
All our dai senpai (missionaries who have been in the MTC for 2 months already) left for Japan early Monday morning and while I'm super excited for them, I'm also chotto sad because the dai senpai were super great. Especially Roemer Chourou, Bayless Chourou, Hanson Shimai, and Valentine Shimai. They're gonna do awesome on their missions. Also on Monday we got to escort the senior missionaries and it was super fun! One of the chourou was actual Nihonjin and he spoke to us in Nihongo!!!!!
Today we went to the temple as a district and did sealings!! (proxy sealing for deceased families or couples - ordinance supporting the doctrine of eternal families) It was super cool and the sealer talked to us a lot and said some really cool things about missionary work. Low key I wanna go every day but alas,,,,,
Anyway that's about all I have to report today!! Please email me if you ever want to tell me anything!
Ai shiteimasu!
Sherwood Shimai
P.S. send wholesome memes
Temple Pictures
The Candy Corn Fangs!
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