Sherwood Be A Great Missionary: Week 5!!!

Konnichiwa!

So today has been a fairly normal week EXCEPT WE GOT OUR KATAKANA NAMETAGS!! So now we have super cool nametags that no one except the Nihon missionaries can read so we're technically not allowed to wear them and stuff around the MTC. Sad day.

Also TRC was super fun. We taught this Japanese high school student named Ren and I swear he broke the sound barrier when reading the Morumon Sho in Nihongo! 7 verses in like a minute and a half max!! It was crazy!!! We challenged all our investigators that night to study the Book of Mormon with a specific question in mind, and I'd like to challenge you all to do the same. I promise your question will be answered by the time you finish the book!

In other news, I've made pretty good friends with the missionaries here from Japan and they're so much fun! Volleyball is the actual best thing when they're playing, and I already love volleyball quite a lot so that's saying something. The Nihonjin (Japanese people) just really know how to play. We could learn so much from their willingness to just go all out and have fun!

Also this past week in choir we sang "This is the Christ," which is like my new absolute favorite song. The lyrics are as follows:

They heard His voice, a voice so mild

It pierced them through and made their souls to quake

They saw Him come, a man in white

The Savior who had suffered for their sake

They felt His wounds in hands and side

And each could testify: this is the Christ!

This is the Christ! The holy Son of God

Our Savior, Lord, Redeemer of mankind

This is the Christ! The healer of our souls

Who ransomed us with love divine

I read His words, the words He prayed