Monday, July 29, 2013
PS: ahh. I forgot to tell you!!!!
I have seen: ....... Kailey Bird, Jamie Fifield, Piper Stocking, and Graham Rasmussen this week..... ha crazy how you still run into the people you know even tho there's a million missionaries here."
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Monday, July 22, 2013
July 20th,
Konichiwa,
Watashi wa Haderi Shimai desu. Idaho Falls kara kimashita. hachi sai toki ni watashi wa baputesuma o ukemashita. So shitte utau koto dai suki desu yo. Tokyo no dendobu ni ikimasu. Watashi no Kazoku o ai shitte masu. Iesu Kirisuto ga mina san no Sukuinushi da to shitte imasu. Iesu Kirisuto no aganai ni yotte mina san o tsumi no yurushi o ukeru koto ga dekimasu. Kamisama ga mina san o ai suru to shitte imasu.
Hello!
I am Sister Haderlie. I came from Idaho Falls. When I was eight years old I was baptized. I really like to sing! I will go to the Tokyo Mission ( my mission). I love my family. I know that Jesus Christ is everyone's Savior. I know that through Jesus Christ's atonement everyone can receive a remission of their sins. I know that God loves everyone.
How is everyone doing??!?? I'm just kicking in the MTC for another week or two with my shimaitachi and "the elders." haha.....And then I'm off to Tokyo in under three weeks. UNDER THREE WEEKS people. Is this real life??? Ha I am soooo not ready. Japanese people speak with rapid tongues. Ha in other words, I'm half positive they literally just mouth half of the syllables- it's like a guessing game. But before you know it....I'm going to be full on Japanese speaking. Well, this week was a pretty busssssy week so I better get started on the updates.
1) Last Sunday. - the older groups had their LAST Sunday and we officially became part of the "dai senpai" or oldest group here. What?? I still feel like the baby here, and yet (besides the Tahitians) we have officially been in the MTC longer than any of the other missionaries here (besides other Asian speaking missionaries, we're on the same level) but isn't that crazy?? Well it was kind of sad to see them go, some of them became our good friends. Oh and that was the day we did the musical number! SO much fun... (and I LOVE the song a Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief) plus the arrangement was really cool. Ha we had accapella parts at the beginning and we were both a bit nervous so I think we raised the pitch and when the piano came in.... it was a pit rough. Ha but the last few verses made up for it ( I hope). ha Anyways.... it was a good experience!
2) Ok so.... basically all the "new" stuff to tell you about has to do with being an STL. SO this past Monday Ivory Shimai and I are just going about our business getting our dinner, and all the sudden this lady on the loud speaker gets on and says "Will Sis. Haderlie and Sis. Ivory please come to the front desk immediately?" ha. Our whole district looks at us with this look that basically said... What did you guys do?? ha. Anyways I start thinking, "I'm going home." They caught me humming "secular" songs on occasion or not being quiet at quiet time all the time or they heard me question some of their rules, I'm done for ;) ha no, not really. (That was just a bit of a spiel on this lockdown they call the MTC).... I think we both thought we did something wrong checking all the sisters from the older group out (which we had to stay up until 11:30 to do and help one room of sisters clean their room because they put off packing until the last minute, all the while Ivory had a bad cold.) Let's just say we were quite grumpy the next morning. Anywho we get to the front desk and there is a brand new missionary from Australia waiting for us :) woohoo! Our international missionary had come (or so we thought.....we were only supposed to have one and we ended up having three international sisters!!)..... But this one was named Sis. Jones- she was super cute and funny. She says stuff like "rubbish" and such and she thought the mountains were so cool. Anywho, the next evening we got to meet the other two and take them to the Tuesday Devotional with us. (Sister Mandano from the Philippines and Sister Amituanai from Australia as well). Sis. Mondano is this super adorable, quite proper tiny tan skinned Filipino. And Sister Ami has quiiiite the personality ha I love her. She reminds me of Sadie a bit. She's Samoan and is hilarious, she totally just speaks her mind and has the greatest sense of humor. But it was so fun! Getting to talk with them and answer all their questions and take care of them.
3) New missionary Wednesday. Ok So our branch has 6 districts. 2 Oldest Groups, 2 Middle Groups, and 2 greenie groups. We just got our 2 new greenie groups this past Wednesday... one of 12 people (4 girls) and one of 13 people (4 girls) ha so a little different from our district. Anyways us and the ZL's got to go introduce ourselves to one group and give them the "schedule lowdown" and then switch and give the other group a tour. It made us feel important. Ha and they were such a language ego boost- to the newbies the oldest groups are all knowledgeable when it comes to Japanese. Ha.... definitely not good for whatever humility I have ;) (Oh... and almost all of the Elders from the new groups are fresh out of high school..... it's interesting ha)
4) Branch Meeting. So the first Thursday you're here you always meet the Branch Presidency (similar to a bishopric) ... well they all get called out one by one for interviews towards the last half of the meeting and during that time the ZLs and the STLs do some training. That was really fun! They all paid attention really well... I was impressed. And they all introduced themselves at the beginning and bore quick testimony (it was so cute). I loved it. It was a nice break from the routine and it's nice to feel knowledgeable and capable for a change ;) anywho....I'll try and take a pic with them and send it.
5) Also had a few good lessons this week!! Sister Ivory and I are trying to use notes/ books less and speak from our brains/hearts more- it was difficult. But by our last lesson, we'd improved alot!
6) The Devos were both superrr good this week. This past Sunday in Relief Society this lady came that anchors for a Utah news station on religion and she told us a bunch of stories from her experiences of going to all of these crazy and/or remote places and interviewing members plus she told us her conversion story ( she and her family were converted in Ohio; Dad, I forget where; but pretty cool!) she was way awesome.... then that same night Bro Heaton spoke to us (he's in charge of all the MTCs) and he pulled newer member missionaries from the audience and asked them to relay their conversion stories. His talk was all about how the Lord is preparing those you teach. They are having experiences that are already bringing them closer to them so that when you teach it may be more impactful/ they will truly recognize us as servants of the Lord because they will be looking for us. Also.... I know every missionary says this:) but with the whole member push maybe try to get involved in missionary work any way you can & read the BoM together. anywho.... just some thoughts! Oh and Tuesday was Gordon B. Hinckley's son, so that was also cool.
7) some extra: last night we all put on face masks that Day Shimai's mom had sent us and took pics....haha it was super funny!!!! I will try and send some (please excuse my pajamas compared to all of the sisters...haha) but it was a blast. Oh and I decided Day Shimai reminds me of a grown up Grace- she has quite the personality. Oh and on a random side not there are all these pictures everywhere in the MTC of missionaries in different places at different times. I LOVE them SOO much. I could get lost for days looking at all of them. Some of them are such cool shots (with kids, at baptisms, standing on street corners on boxes proclaiming the word, etc.) My goal is to make it on the MTC wall one day. Ha....
Well folks....... that that thats all for now!! i think :) Kind of a shorter email this week but hopefully I will be able to send some pics!
Love you All very much!!!!
Sister Haderlie
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July 13th:
Man oh man. What am I doing with my life? I've spent 6 weeks of summer when I would've normally been boating, going on dates, eating smores at campfires, kicking it with my besties, going to the fireworks and I've spent nearly a month and a half waking up at 6:30, wearing a dress, learning Japanese like a crazy person, fighting for washers in the MTC dungeon, and teaching people that are already members the gospel lessons in Japanese. But you know what???
It really hasn't been all that bad. In fact, I am pretty bummed at the prospect of leaving in just 3 more short weeks. I'm going to miss having funny conversations with all the sister in my district, having the occasional rubber band flicked my way, and playing Japanese grammar games (ok.... maybe not that one;). But really, probably one of the most rewarding "summers" of my life thus far! I just can feel the Lord filling my days with strength and happiness to adequately be one of His missionaries. It's a really sweet (yes and challenging) experience. and I'm not even in Japan yet!!
Well a quick update on this week's happenings:
1) We got another new investigator this week- so we have three now. It's another companionship in our district! ha One companionship will be the missionaries while the others are an "investigator"/ "member" and then we switch. It's quite interesting seeing as how we do it in all Japanese and all of us have quite limited speaking ability. haha..... let's just say it's a bit slow. But Sister Ivory and I are paired up with Elder Cottle and Elder Von (Vottle for short) and they're pretty cool guys... so it's actually been a pretty fun experience.
2) Ok. So a little more description about daily life here at the Provo MTC. We have time for this thing called "TALL" which is short for technologically assisted language learning. Basically just a software program that is designed to help us learn Japanese (and make sure our teachers are actually telling us the right things ;). Anywho we have that basically every day for about an hour. I think TALL actually stands for Time. at which. lids. get long and droopy. As in.... I feel like the sandman casts a spell on me every time. My eyelids literally feel like they weigh 20 lbs sometimes. Let's just say the sandman may have won that battle one or two ...ish times. Ha but really, it is super helpful.... just wish it wouldn't make me so tired!
3). S.T.L's...... what does that stand for??>>>>>> "Sister Training Leaders." I've been trying to avoid getting so busy that my days are like a whirlwind. So much for that. Sister Ivory and I are the new STLs which means that for 3 weeks we are in charge of all the girls in our branch. We do weekly interviews, nightly check ins, attend a bunch of meetings on Sundays, and will orient all the new Sister missionaries coming in this next week. Whoo. Ha As you might be able to tell I haven't really had the best attitude about it. I always tell people .... the week before I opened my call I said " I just don't want to learn an Asian language very much." Called to: Tokyo Japan. I thought in my brain " I just don't want to be an STL very bad... too much extra responsibility." Next week: Hello STLs. Lessons learned- 1: I should stop saying things I don't want to have happen. 2: I should probably be more Christlike so Heavenly Father doesn't have to always give me what I don't want to teach me lessons. 3: Thoughts also count. Monitor those things too, cuz they aren't safe either. There you go... advice from a greenie missionary. It's got to be golden right? Anywho..... There may have been some tears shed from both Sister Ivory and I this week. I think we are both just really frustrated that our time to review Japanese is even less now and we feel we're falling behind. And the Elders seem to pick up on everything so quick and now we don't even have the time to work extra hard (like we normally do) to be able to catch up to them. I know "I'll be blessed for doing what the Lord asks of me." I know that. And I try to tell myself that.... but it's just difficult to feel that positive all the time. I'm working on it. But in all reality, I am excited to get to know all the sisters better. That will be fun.
4) However. I am SUPER grateful for my companion. The first couple weeks with companions seem to be a bit awkward because you're still trying to figure each other out. But after that companionships are the best! I have a bathroom buddy, a meal buddy, someone to always talk to. Someone to always laugh with. I love Sister Ivory. She's great. We're the best of buds and I feel like we get along really well. And bless her soul for always putting up with me. She's the quickest at everything and I'm the slowest. She's told me I've taught her patience. haha. Well I guess I'm good for something then right? Anywho. Just wanted to give a quick shout out to my companion because she's the best and it's been great to have her.... especially this past week, cuz it was extra busy!
5) The weeks are picking up speed. NO! slow down. I'm just starting to get used to the schedule. We're becoming MTC pros...we know what language aspects are best to review/ practice and when. I just can tell I am going to be really sad when the time for us to leave comes (and scared out of my mind!). I though coming in that those leaving were pretty well prepared. We're not. Ha I can barely speak a lick of Japanese by myself.....and a real investigator????? Ha I'm probably going to single handedly mess up my first 20 lessons. It's scary. But I suppose kind of exhilarating too? Kind of like a roller coaster :) isn't my positivity refreshing? ha. I'm just banking on having a fluentish companion. That would be helpful. Oh another thing. Psh.... I thought it was going to get easier and easier to get out of bed in the mornings. EHH wrong. I hate alarm clocks. Haha, and my comp is the first one to jump out of bed. Even right now I might fall asleep. Time to kick up the thyroid med dosage mom ;)
6) Ok. One last thing. This last weeks Sunday devo was the bomb..... There was this couple. The wife had a degree in psychology and just recently retired from being a Church History professor at BYU. (Whoo. Girl power!). Her husband spoke to us first. Man he was a jokester. For example: he talked about arriving in England for his mission and he says- " I could just tell everybody was thinking man, he must have been an all star, and top of his class, and boy... does he look good in that navy blue suit." He was a crack up. He basically just talked to us about how he was actually a pretty shy, awkward kid but the Lord qualified him to be a superb missionary. The lady was hilarious too. I just bet that they have the funniest conversations. But she told us this story about how when she was a freshman in college, her and her girlfriend went to go have a "wild weekend" in SLC "something to remember ya know?"... and after they got there, they found out that President David O. Mckay lived in the same hotel that they were staying in. So they decided to go find where he lived and pay him a visit. they knocked on nearly every hotel door... keeping an accurate liste of who they had visited. A maid finally tipped them off and they decided to disguise themselves as girls scouts. Well they knock on the door. Her friend runs away. haha. The prophet opens the door. and there she is. She said he saw right through her.... every bad thing she'd ever done flashed through her mind. Then she waved her friend back and the prophet invited them in for a quick visit. As they were leaving he put his hands on her shoulders, looked her in the eyes, and told her to "be happy." She decided from that moment on that if she were to ever again be in the presence of a man so great she wanted to feel worthy to be there. So she changed her life. And she studied. hard. and she decided that "being happy" was a really simple thing. It was making and keeping covenants. That's it... just make and keep covenants and then we qualify for the blessings that the Lord so badly wants to give us. Super fun devo. Loved it. Oh and she mentioned that "She was the Lord's Favorite." and that "If you haven't discovered that you are the Lord's favorite... you better go find that out." I liked that.
Any who. Out of time. Thanks for the packages and dear elders Mom. And thanks for the letters everyone!
Love you All. "The Lord's Favorite"
Sister Haderlie.
July 6th:
What???? THis upcoming wednesday I will be halfway over my MTC time. Isn't that crazy (especially since we Japanese speakers have one of the longest times....ha we need it tho!). Well... who wants to hear an update about this week? Cuz I sure want to type it (ha it's quite a marathon fitting everything in in the time I have).. But here we go!
Sunday. Ok so Sunday's are the next best thing to BYU ice cream around here. They Rock. First of all because we get to sleep in. SLEEP IN until 6;30 (never thought I'd be saying that) haha. But it's true. We have to wake up at 6 most of the week to be ready and to breakfast on time (we have the earliest meal time....lucky me). Ha but then we have some study time/ get interviewed by Branch presidency members- and they are all way cool. So I don't mind that and my district usually ends up watching Mormon Messages- which I absolutely LOVE..... they're the best (and there may or may not be a few tears shed- and don't exclude the elders) ha I think it's actually a really good thing that we're becoming familiar with them because they can invite the spirit really well and may be very hand to use in lessons in the most technologically oriented city in the world :) anywho. That's the best. THEN all the sisters get to go to "music and the spoken word" and since music isn't allowed here at the MTC (have I told you that yet??? NO playing music.....I think my soul is slowly dying. ha) but anyways that makes music and the spoken word even better because it's the only real music we hear all week. Then we have a BIG sister missionary relief society (and always sing Sisters in Zion which is always pretty powerful) and we always have a speaker. This last week was Sheri Dew :) she was incredible. She talked a bit about a young girl she knows who is having a major trial of faith because of popular worldly views that seem intelligent and enticing but turn away from the gospel. She touched on how IMPORTANT it is for us all to learn how to receive revelation and through that revelation to come to a divine witness of who we really are- a spirit and a body joined that has an infinite history and an infinite potential, and also how we should really dive in to the scriptures and learn the doctrine of Christ because as we learn more about who He really is and what He really did our faith will begin to become unshaken. Anywho- super good and motivating, she's awesome. Then we go back to our room (more Mormon messages haha) and then sacrament (mostly in Japanese....we can finally sing the hymns pretty well!!- all Japanese characters)......then more time :) man I love Sundays. Then devo (always good) then church movie time!! This time it was an address by Elder Holland- "for such a time as this." incredible . I was bawling--- why am I so lucky to live in a time where the gospel is destined to finally work. To finally touch hearts and change lives and consume the whole earth. and to be able to be a part of it in the convenient, comfortable, modern world. I am definitely blessed more than I deserve.
HOSTING. woo hoo! My first week of hosting. :) it was interesting but super fun. I can't believe it was my turn to be the HOST and not the HOSTEE. Watching people get dropped off at the curb was SO interesting. Ok I'm a people watcher anyways (haha creeper I know) but watching people on such an emotional day was fascinating. There were alot more elders than sisters getting dropped off this past week (I chalk it up to high school graduation ha) so I literally stood on the curb for an hour until a car with a girl came to my spot. But that's ok I was entertained between watching families say goodbye and talking to other hosts. It was just neat to see the variety of people that came. Different cultures, different sizes of families, different classes- it's "neat" how the gospel really is applicable to Anyone. No matter where they come from, how much many they have, or what their interests are. They just have to be willing to give their desires to God's will and God will make more of their life (and give them more truth) than they could ever make or find for themselves. It's beautiful. Anywho- me and ky tangents. I FINALLY got a baby missionary. I was so excited...ha it's nervewracking to be the one pulling a child away from their parents ha you're always nervous you're going to say the wrong thing. But her name was Sister Little :) she was a cutie going to Baltimore, Maryland and her fam was super cute too! She seemed excited to finally be here and ran into like 6 of her good friends. I wasn't worried about her. ha Then I got my Second baby- Sister Vazquez. She had a very cute (quite sad) Latino family. Grandma and all.... ha they were all so cute. She's from California heading to Texas and is the first to serve in her family. I could tell she was really nervous. I tried to reassure her that the MTC was really fun and she's get used to everything and that being a missionary is great. (ha but trying to do that while sweating like mad woman and hauling her luggage up three flights of stairs is a bit of a challenge. AND it's always embarrassing when you can't find their rooms ha. O well). But I hope she is doing ok! But hosting was a fun experience! Ill probably do it again (PS ran into Kristen Crofts and Kristen Barrett quite a few times, such cute fun girls!)
Fourth of July. A Holiday in the MTC?? ha basically a normal day but they tricked us a bit at the end. the Fourth was awesome! We all wore red, white, and blue (well except for Elder Cottle who insisted he doesn't get to wear his purple tie enough) ha but it was cool to see the rest of us (and the rest of the MTC) all reppin for America. Normal schedule (studying, lessons, class, and meals). But our second class was a little different. Often they "demonstrate teaching" for us. Which is where our sensai teaches one of us a lessons but this day our girl teacher (Tingy) had us do a class demonstration. Where she was herself and we needed to teach her something about the Gospel. Recently I've been praying to be able to tell when the spirit is really prompting/ guiding me (super important for a missionary). And in that lesson I felt prompted. Often. And I could definitely tell that it wasn't my own ideas but inspiration. We did it in Jap-glish ha (half and half). But I felt inspired to ask what her number on trial in life is right now and she expressed some issues with family members falling away and all had some really good things to say. Many felt the spirit strong enough to shed tears (including myself). And both teacher and students were "edified together." Sometimes I was a little hesitant to say things that I was prompted to say and then was always really glad when I did and could tell that it meant something to her personally. I love the spirit! and I have taken it for granted- really trying to watch for it. BUT>>>> we got out of class early and went to a mini patriotic devo (sang songs and listened to a speaker/ musical number for a bit). Then we got to watch a MOVIE :) another one of my favorite things I have been missing a bit. We got to watch 17 miracles. ah....SO good. But makes me CRY every time! So much. And wonder why me? why was i privileged to not have to endure SUCH back breaking/ heart breaking trials. How grateful I am to those that did. That movie also makes me realize how weak my faith can be sometime. Some people have sacrificed ALL to do what God has asked them to do and sometimes I don't do even the simplest things because "i don't want to." A quote that I liked and that stuck out to me was something like this: " The fight that ALL of us must fight between fear and faith," Choosing faith can sometimes be scary (and often risky) but in the end it is ALWAYS the safest thing to do- no matter what it is we are asked to do/ sacrifice. THEN>>>>>> we got to watch fireworks!!!!!!! ha reminded me of good ol' Idaho Falls. SO fun to live there during fourth of July. And we got Magnum ice cream bars (yum) and my district took a bunch of fun pictures) AND we didn't have to go to bed until like 11:30. It was a pretty crazy day. Living it up here at the MTC (or so i thought until I still had to wake up at 6:30 the next morning). ha Oh well. Still worth it.
Ok a couple more things. I'm part of a musical number for our branch- singing an arrangement of a poor, wayfaring man of grief with another elder. Pretty excited I got asked to do that. It is getting HOT here. Woo....(break out the cotton garments :) haha. AND the ponytails. The temple is now closed for cleaning. SO it looks like my P days just got a lot longer (and less holy). Ha you win some you lose some. But I am quite looking forward to the extra time for the next few weeks. Also. My district is still the funniest in the MTC. Boys never grow up (and girls secretly don't either). Ha we have plenty of fun (prob too much) and lots of inside jokes! I love it. It's my fam away from home. Glad to be a missionary for another week and many more to come!!!!
Love you all.
Sister Haderlie.
June 29th:
"Is it week 3 or week 4? ha I'm losing my mind here. Time in the MTC is SO trippy (and I forget what I have told you and what I haven't ha so forgive me if there are repeats). Someone told us the "days here are like weeks and the weeks are like days." ha True that. AKA Shinjitsu sore. It's strange. The days individually are all super long (and definitely mentally taxing.....have you ever tried to learn three new characters alphabets before???? it's muzikashi (difficult) fo sho.) And then the weeks are just flying by. How is that even possible? Anywho..... "The weekly update of Chloe's missionary life is......." (wait for it......)
1) Tuesday DEVO. Ok who's heard of Janice Kapp Perry? Ha I barely had. And I thought she was another Jenny Phillips. Not true. She's old. ha But that's is A OK. Cuz she is So very cute... this week she was our devotional speaker. (we have a devo every Tuesday and every Sunday). So I was a little skeptical at first. Because, really. This old lady has to follow up the worldwide broadcast (which I will get to later). But I mean the bar was raised pretty high for a 60 something year old. But she met it. Go Janice so she starts her talk off with the first line her (future) husband dropped her. She was a college student at BYU prepping to play her clarinet mid term (or some various band instrument) and he goes......" I think those lips were made for something better than clarinet playing!" haha. So that's pretty funny in and of itself.... BUT then. Her now 70 something husband who was there with her gets up waddles over (ha old people kind of waddle....it's cute) and puts both hands on her face, turns her head towards him and SMOOCHES her. Hilarious! All the elders start "hopping and hollering" and all of the sisters just go "oh....that's so cute. I want a marriage like that one day" (ha guaranteed nearly every sister said that). and it got a standing ovation. (ha it deserved one). It was pretty dang awesome. Also she had us all sing primary songs aloud with her. And her husband (which has a voice disorder which makes him all the more impressive) talked to us about him opening up a mission in France and how that city now has over 700 members (so... you may have a super baptizing mission but you also might just be laying foundations) I'm trying to keep that in mind. And they served a senior mission in Chile. and their stories were way awesome! So we all really liked that devo. (oh and we all sang the "EFY" theme which now says......" we are now the lord's missionaries"....everyone stood up for that too. it was super powerful).
2) rewind to the broadcast. How luck am I to be in the MTC when 11 of the 15 major leaders of the church come! It was so flipping cool. We had to be there WAY early for choir. Like 1 (and it started at 4).... so we practiced for like three hours. And then the apostles walked in. Who'd have thought 11 old men would have so much strength? (I'm learning alot about old people here... ha they're awesome) But really. On a serious note. The sister in our district from Georgia hadn't really ever been in the same room as the apostles. And she was really touched. She started crying (not going to lie,
I may or may not have teared up too). They were so cute. always turning around and giving us thumbs up. You could just tell that they loved us. And I love them so much too. Such strong,, Christlike men. But.... the content of the broadcast. Looks like you all better get busy ;) haha. Nah, But I am super excited that they really stressed involving members. Not only will that greatly help the missionaries, but I believe it will strengthen the members too because ( I assume ha I haven't really been out in the field yet) but sitting in on super spiritual lessons where someone learns for the first time (or is reminded) that God really does love them. Personally. or that they have the opportunity for eternal life with their families forever. or that they can be completely healed for their past mistakes. Or that they will be able to see those have passes from this life again- is just something that cannot be duplicated or measured up to. So I sincerely encourage everyone (ha missionaries always do this in their emails....their super bossy) but.... I do sincerely encourage everyone to just open their eyes, look around, and see who's been placed in their life that they might be able to lift. Through a kind word, or a bit of service, or an invitation to a church activity, or family dinner... with a few extra guests (the missionaries). Alot of people don't realize that the gospel of Jesus Christ ( of all things) is the answer to their life's biggest trials. And if they choose to accept it- missionary work can be a spiritually healing process. It's kire (beautiful). PS( super cool to sing in a legit missionary choir....and to make it on Camera!! check me out during the footage of the 1st speaker ha).
I may or may not have teared up too). They were so cute. always turning around and giving us thumbs up. You could just tell that they loved us. And I love them so much too. Such strong,, Christlike men. But.... the content of the broadcast. Looks like you all better get busy ;) haha. Nah, But I am super excited that they really stressed involving members. Not only will that greatly help the missionaries, but I believe it will strengthen the members too because ( I assume ha I haven't really been out in the field yet) but sitting in on super spiritual lessons where someone learns for the first time (or is reminded) that God really does love them. Personally. or that they have the opportunity for eternal life with their families forever. or that they can be completely healed for their past mistakes. Or that they will be able to see those have passes from this life again- is just something that cannot be duplicated or measured up to. So I sincerely encourage everyone (ha missionaries always do this in their emails....their super bossy) but.... I do sincerely encourage everyone to just open their eyes, look around, and see who's been placed in their life that they might be able to lift. Through a kind word, or a bit of service, or an invitation to a church activity, or family dinner... with a few extra guests (the missionaries). Alot of people don't realize that the gospel of Jesus Christ ( of all things) is the answer to their life's biggest trials. And if they choose to accept it- missionary work can be a spiritually healing process. It's kire (beautiful). PS( super cool to sing in a legit missionary choir....and to make it on Camera!! check me out during the footage of the 1st speaker ha).
3) next. My teachers- I haven't really talked about them yet. We have "tingy sensai" (she's a she :) and "gregory sensai" (a he).....and sometimes Fowers sensai (a he). The teachers here are way sweet. And my district is proud to say that we got all the best ones. Gregory sensai has been with us from the beginning so he holds a special place in our heart. He appreciates our district's sense of humor and is fun to talk too (when he can get him to break his Japanese dialogue). We're secretly his favorite district (we're sure). He just isn't allowed to say it. He served in Fukuoka. He's a fun guy. Then there's Tingy Sensai- she had some big shoes to fill cuz she came in later than Gregory sensai. we love her too. SO much! She is super kawaii (cute). And is super loving, and a super good teacher (let's face it, for the most part, girls are just more understanding and more patient teachers). So I am glad to have her! hopefully I can get the pics to work today and "y'all" can see them. (o wait that's on someone elses camera...JK)
4) Narnia hole. SO in our room we all have vents and then these dresser things. And the elders all decided to look into their vents (and behind their dressers) and someone loved them enough to leave them sweet gift. (ha I can't even remember what they were). But as such those areas became dubbed "Narnia holes" ha. So us sisters decide to check ours right? and.... nothing. Except for one vent. ha the one right above the door. SO one sister has one foot on her bed and tho other draped over the door. While another girl is holding the door stable and we are all handing the door girl various objects to try and get the screw out (tweezers, scissors, a duster etc.). FINALLY (after none of the worked) the door girl squeezes her hands into one of the slots and pulls out our gift. It's an Easter egg. So we're all excited for what might be in there...... ancient candy. Ha oh well. It makes a funny story now right??
5) Because of the buttload of mission presidents we got kicked out of the cafeteria Saturday through Tuesday this past week. And had to eat in another building. We all now really appreciate the cafeteria.
6) We get gym time every day. I LOVE volleyball. Especially sand volleyball. It is now one of the biggest highlights of my day. And two of the sisters played volleyball (including my doryo) so they are attempting to teach me legit volleyball. plus all of my district is pretty competitive so.... by the end of my stay here at the MTC I'm going to be volleying it up on the Olympic sand before you know it :)
7) Japanese is hard. I hope you all appreciate just how hard it is ;) pray for me. It's trippy (characters give me a head ache.... especially Kanji). And the sentence structure is wacko. And the words just sound so different from ours so they're difficult to remember. plus..... there are words that don't have an English equivalent (like they have a word that literally means "question mark."
8) Oh Also. The nihonjin (Japanese) left. Makes me way sad. But there was this one sister companionship- Sister Matsumoto and Sister Kubota. They were just the cutest little things. Always so happy :) And sister Matsumoto was always hugging everyone. And they were nice and let us practice our super crappy Japanese on them. You may be seeing a pic of them in the near future.
Ok well I suppose that's all I can fit for this week. One thing I have learned is that I shouldn't have complained about my typing class in middle school- dumb orange keys covers. Cuz now I am a terrible typer and it takes me ages to write emails. Excuse all the typos!
Love you All very much!!!
PS ( thanks to heather, annie, noelle, sav, and gram for dropping me a line. I will be getting back to you as soon as i CAN! it makes you realize the outside world still loves and hasn't forgotten about you... it's lovely)
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
June 22nd
:"Konichiwa Kazoku!!
I hope y'all are doing great (ha there may or may not be a Southern sister in our district) (and she may or may not be rubbing off on me). Since I don't have a bunch of emails to respond to I should be able to write a nice letter this time :) (which is good!). Ok so...... I'll start off by telling you a bit more about our district. There are 3 companionships of girls and 3 companionships of boys (so 12 people all together).
This week was great!! I can't believe it's P-day again already!!. It's been pretty hot here actually. Like all the outside, shaded spots for study time are coveted. I do get to go outside pretty often. That's nice! And thr MTC is set up similar to a college campus- lots of seperate buildings. So to get from your residence to the cafeteria and the classroom you have to walk outside, and they landscape it all pretty. Plus a bunch of your study times you're allowed to go outside. And they have an outdoor field/ sand volleyball court that you can use for your gym time. So I get my daily dosage of vitamin D pretty well. :)
Man I am ADD. Back to my district....... So. There is Sister Ivory (my comp) she's super sweet. And hardworking. And spiritual. (she cries alot) ha it's cute. She did track in high school/ played volleyball so she's pretty athletic. And is easy to get along with. Then there is Sister Christensen. She is from California (orange county- so she goes to disneyland all the time and has a beach house. I'm green with envy) ha. But she's a sweeheart. Seriously. Such a dedicated missionary and always really cheerful and upbeat and smiling even when the language is hard. Sister Moss (her comp) is also a sweetie pie. She has a bigger family and is the second oldest. In fact her older sister just got to the MTC this week and is going to Australia. She strives to be super obedient and you can tell she's a determined missionary. Sister Day. She is from Atlanta, Georgia. She's hilarious. She's got long blond hair (which always has a lot of volume :). And says what she thinks. I love it. She keeps things interesting- and the way she says things is just hilarious. And Sister Snow! She's from utah. (ha who isn't) JK. But she is the oldest of all girls in her family and is just a really balanced person. Really focused but easy going to... I like her. She says what needs to be said but isn't ever rude (definitely a peacemaker). Any who! Every night is like a big slumber party with these ladies cuz they all have such great personalities. Love my "Shimaitachi"
The Elders. ha. The elders are......elders. And we have a lot to learn from one another? ha all I can say is they make our days interesting and entertaining. Quick down lo: Elder Earl- we call him "yoda." ha he's a genius. He understands Japanese probably the best and the way he says things is very wise....ha he sits like a doctor and always puts his hand on his chin (like his contemplating deep matters) ha he has glasses and the longest legs I think I've ever seen. He's a kick in the pants tho when the other elders get him all hyped up ha- cuz he seems like he's 50 and then all the sudden this 19 year old boy comes out of him. (funny story about him to come). Then his comp- Elder Greenburg. He's from Idaho (Boise tho)....we have arguments about which side is the best. Ha he reminds me of how Chandler and Hayden talk. Always coming up with slang from Japanese words. He's hilarious....and such a boy. Ha gotta love the elders! Then there is Elder Olsen- from Canada. He's one that's not quiet about what he knows (language wise).....and is very proud of Canada. ha conversations with him are interesting. Then his comp, Elder Jacox. He's our district leader....and a good one too! Ha he's funny. He is hard to describe. Just a happy guy that wants to obey the rules and be a good missionary- but prob more of a book worm than an athletic person. Then there is Elder Von Neederhausen- ha he's a character. He's from Florida...and is also super funny. He's a bit more quiet throughout the day (and is the only 18 year old we have) but when he does speak up, it's usually worthwhile to listen. He basically just sings Japanese hymns everyday ha. And by the and of the day his shirts a bit untucked and he looks thoroughly tired. Really respectful to the Sisters tho. I'm pro Elder Von. He's a humble guy. Then there is Elder Cottle. Such a sweetheart. Super nice kid and also has a good sense of humor (the peacemaker of the boys I think).
So. funny story- Sister Moss's sister (haha) came to our dinner table to meet everyone. and Sister Moss is introducing everyone to her.... (and it's just girls left and Elder Earl and Elder Greenburg). And Sister Moss goes: "and these are our chorotachi" (elders) and we look over (only two girls noticed at first and then told the rest of us) but right at that moment Elder Earl is trying to stuff the bottom of a cup in his mouth. hahahahaha. Elder Breenburg had convinced him to try and see if he could do it. We all busted up.... the two original girls that saw it couldn't even breathe. Yoda has a funny side. Ha. Elders. Ok well...... more good stuff about my week.
We now have two investigators (one of our teachers and then...... the other teacher) ha. But yesterday. Ah yesterday was the best lesson Ever!! ( One "investigator" is aboy and the other is a girl). We taught the boy yesterday. And it was so awesome. So his character (for lack of a better term) is named Shohei. And he's 18 and his parents are divorced. Yesterday was the second time we had taught him and the first time he was super sad and disconnected. (Besides the fact that we're trying to communicate back and forth to him in Japanese). But yesterday, we asked him the question. " Why is it you wanted to meet with the missionaries Shohei." and He basically said the missionaries seems super happy and he wants to be happy everyday. And the life is difficult and he doesn't understand it's purpose. The NEXT thing we had planned was to have him read a quote that said something to the effect of.... "many people wonder why we are here? where we are going? and what out purpose is?" then to ask him if he had had similar questions. Kanzen (perfect) He said he did (obviously). The next thing we had planned was for me to testify to say that we knew that the plan of salvation gave us answers to these questions. The spirit filled the room when I said that that statement. And I felt it reassuring the profound truth behind those words (it still make me tear up). The amount of genuine concern that I felt for Shohei's happiness and well-being was so powerful. Love (the spirit) illuminated that room and our souls. Sister ivory could barely make it through the next statements of- We lived with Heavenly Father as spirits before, He made a perfect plan for us, that plan is called the plan of salvation, God's whole purpose is to bring happiness to his children, life is an opportunity and a blessing and the gospel of Jesus Christ brings us happiness in this life and the opportunity for eternal life in the world to come. It was almost as if I was seeing the wonderful plan through his eyes- new to it and so wanting to know the truth. But speaking it from my own mouth that knew- in my heart that was I was saying was true and that I had experiences that confirmed that truth to me. The mixture of old and new. I don't know, it was something else. Our investigator started to cry ( an RM) and you could just tell that there was something more to what we were saying than just words. That is what being a missionary is really about.Moments like those are what make all of the difficult moments worth it. And I can't wait to have those moments with real investigators.
Other highlights of the week. Are that Ivory and I taught the "district meeting" lesson this past sunday. (So about 6 days ago). And it was on Faith on Christ.... we used Elder Holland's talk (Lord I Believe) super good! and PMG and some videos. Let's just say there were some tears shed....from both the teachers and the learners.
Also. There is a big missionary broadcast this Sunday. All the 12 are coming!! woo hoo :) exciting....and I'm in the choir. They're recording it and will be posting it to the church website. So if you want to you can look for me. That should be super awesome to experience. Excited I am. ha (Japanese sentence structure).
Love, Sister Haderlie"
:"Konichiwa Kazoku!!
I hope y'all are doing great (ha there may or may not be a Southern sister in our district) (and she may or may not be rubbing off on me). Since I don't have a bunch of emails to respond to I should be able to write a nice letter this time :) (which is good!). Ok so...... I'll start off by telling you a bit more about our district. There are 3 companionships of girls and 3 companionships of boys (so 12 people all together).
This week was great!! I can't believe it's P-day again already!!. It's been pretty hot here actually. Like all the outside, shaded spots for study time are coveted. I do get to go outside pretty often. That's nice! And thr MTC is set up similar to a college campus- lots of seperate buildings. So to get from your residence to the cafeteria and the classroom you have to walk outside, and they landscape it all pretty. Plus a bunch of your study times you're allowed to go outside. And they have an outdoor field/ sand volleyball court that you can use for your gym time. So I get my daily dosage of vitamin D pretty well. :)
Man I am ADD. Back to my district....... So. There is Sister Ivory (my comp) she's super sweet. And hardworking. And spiritual. (she cries alot) ha it's cute. She did track in high school/ played volleyball so she's pretty athletic. And is easy to get along with. Then there is Sister Christensen. She is from California (orange county- so she goes to disneyland all the time and has a beach house. I'm green with envy) ha. But she's a sweeheart. Seriously. Such a dedicated missionary and always really cheerful and upbeat and smiling even when the language is hard. Sister Moss (her comp) is also a sweetie pie. She has a bigger family and is the second oldest. In fact her older sister just got to the MTC this week and is going to Australia. She strives to be super obedient and you can tell she's a determined missionary. Sister Day. She is from Atlanta, Georgia. She's hilarious. She's got long blond hair (which always has a lot of volume :). And says what she thinks. I love it. She keeps things interesting- and the way she says things is just hilarious. And Sister Snow! She's from utah. (ha who isn't) JK. But she is the oldest of all girls in her family and is just a really balanced person. Really focused but easy going to... I like her. She says what needs to be said but isn't ever rude (definitely a peacemaker). Any who! Every night is like a big slumber party with these ladies cuz they all have such great personalities. Love my "Shimaitachi"
The Elders. ha. The elders are......elders. And we have a lot to learn from one another? ha all I can say is they make our days interesting and entertaining. Quick down lo: Elder Earl- we call him "yoda." ha he's a genius. He understands Japanese probably the best and the way he says things is very wise....ha he sits like a doctor and always puts his hand on his chin (like his contemplating deep matters) ha he has glasses and the longest legs I think I've ever seen. He's a kick in the pants tho when the other elders get him all hyped up ha- cuz he seems like he's 50 and then all the sudden this 19 year old boy comes out of him. (funny story about him to come). Then his comp- Elder Greenburg. He's from Idaho (Boise tho)....we have arguments about which side is the best. Ha he reminds me of how Chandler and Hayden talk. Always coming up with slang from Japanese words. He's hilarious....and such a boy. Ha gotta love the elders! Then there is Elder Olsen- from Canada. He's one that's not quiet about what he knows (language wise).....and is very proud of Canada. ha conversations with him are interesting. Then his comp, Elder Jacox. He's our district leader....and a good one too! Ha he's funny. He is hard to describe. Just a happy guy that wants to obey the rules and be a good missionary- but prob more of a book worm than an athletic person. Then there is Elder Von Neederhausen- ha he's a character. He's from Florida...and is also super funny. He's a bit more quiet throughout the day (and is the only 18 year old we have) but when he does speak up, it's usually worthwhile to listen. He basically just sings Japanese hymns everyday ha. And by the and of the day his shirts a bit untucked and he looks thoroughly tired. Really respectful to the Sisters tho. I'm pro Elder Von. He's a humble guy. Then there is Elder Cottle. Such a sweetheart. Super nice kid and also has a good sense of humor (the peacemaker of the boys I think).
So. funny story- Sister Moss's sister (haha) came to our dinner table to meet everyone. and Sister Moss is introducing everyone to her.... (and it's just girls left and Elder Earl and Elder Greenburg). And Sister Moss goes: "and these are our chorotachi" (elders) and we look over (only two girls noticed at first and then told the rest of us) but right at that moment Elder Earl is trying to stuff the bottom of a cup in his mouth. hahahahaha. Elder Breenburg had convinced him to try and see if he could do it. We all busted up.... the two original girls that saw it couldn't even breathe. Yoda has a funny side. Ha. Elders. Ok well...... more good stuff about my week.
We now have two investigators (one of our teachers and then...... the other teacher) ha. But yesterday. Ah yesterday was the best lesson Ever!! ( One "investigator" is aboy and the other is a girl). We taught the boy yesterday. And it was so awesome. So his character (for lack of a better term) is named Shohei. And he's 18 and his parents are divorced. Yesterday was the second time we had taught him and the first time he was super sad and disconnected. (Besides the fact that we're trying to communicate back and forth to him in Japanese). But yesterday, we asked him the question. " Why is it you wanted to meet with the missionaries Shohei." and He basically said the missionaries seems super happy and he wants to be happy everyday. And the life is difficult and he doesn't understand it's purpose. The NEXT thing we had planned was to have him read a quote that said something to the effect of.... "many people wonder why we are here? where we are going? and what out purpose is?" then to ask him if he had had similar questions. Kanzen (perfect) He said he did (obviously). The next thing we had planned was for me to testify to say that we knew that the plan of salvation gave us answers to these questions. The spirit filled the room when I said that that statement. And I felt it reassuring the profound truth behind those words (it still make me tear up). The amount of genuine concern that I felt for Shohei's happiness and well-being was so powerful. Love (the spirit) illuminated that room and our souls. Sister ivory could barely make it through the next statements of- We lived with Heavenly Father as spirits before, He made a perfect plan for us, that plan is called the plan of salvation, God's whole purpose is to bring happiness to his children, life is an opportunity and a blessing and the gospel of Jesus Christ brings us happiness in this life and the opportunity for eternal life in the world to come. It was almost as if I was seeing the wonderful plan through his eyes- new to it and so wanting to know the truth. But speaking it from my own mouth that knew- in my heart that was I was saying was true and that I had experiences that confirmed that truth to me. The mixture of old and new. I don't know, it was something else. Our investigator started to cry ( an RM) and you could just tell that there was something more to what we were saying than just words. That is what being a missionary is really about.Moments like those are what make all of the difficult moments worth it. And I can't wait to have those moments with real investigators.
Other highlights of the week. Are that Ivory and I taught the "district meeting" lesson this past sunday. (So about 6 days ago). And it was on Faith on Christ.... we used Elder Holland's talk (Lord I Believe) super good! and PMG and some videos. Let's just say there were some tears shed....from both the teachers and the learners.
Also. There is a big missionary broadcast this Sunday. All the 12 are coming!! woo hoo :) exciting....and I'm in the choir. They're recording it and will be posting it to the church website. So if you want to you can look for me. That should be super awesome to experience. Excited I am. ha (Japanese sentence structure).
Love, Sister Haderlie"
June 15th:"Ok..... So time goes really fast so I'll just do some highlights from the week:Still feeling really good about everything. My district has HILARIOUS upbeat people. That all have really good attitudes about everything. The word for "two" in Japanese is "Ni." And of the Elders asked our teacher, "Sensai how would you say Ni legit Ni quit?" haha. Super funny. My favorite part of the day is classtime, Because something funny always happens and its kind of fun to try and pick out words our teachers is saying. I feel like I'm understanding more and more all the time. And progresss is all you can ask for so that is good! Speaking of classtime, we just had basic grammar lessons this week. Nihong (Japanese) is messed.. Their sentence structure is wacko SUBJECT OBJECT VERB gets really confusing when you are trying to format questions. And they have words that mean nothing more that "this means this statement is a question" and this work means that "this is the subject of the sentence" but I'll get used to it.Ok so.....literally my two nicknames of "clueless" and "sissy" are true now. The majority of the time I have no clue what is being said around me and my new first name is sister. So my family must have the "spirit of prophecy" Speaking of clueless. Me and my missionary tag aren't getting along. One day heading into the outdoor field for gym I realized I lost it. Super annoying. Then I found it in my room later, how it got there? no clue. Then..... later (on a different day). Well let me back up for a second. We have a desk that has this metal bar on top of it, and since our tags are metal we just stick them to it. Also.... at the gym thay have these containers you stick your tag in, AND our bedroom door locks automatically. Ok, on with the story. So... one day I'me grabbing my towel to go take a shower and I see "Elder Bandolino" on our desk. And I think " How in the world did an Elder get in here?" I was super confused and starting to be a but creeped out. Then....I realized MY tag wasn't there. Even more strange. Finally, I realized that I had grabbed the wrong tag after gym and walked all the way from the gym to my room as Elder Bandolino !! :) hahaha. AND took that tag off and stuck it to our desk without even noticing it said elder. HA no worries though...Elder Bandolino and I got everything straightened out. Pretty Hilarious.Next, so apparently missionaries that are from Japan that get called to Japan come to this MTC for two weeks before going back! So there are Japanese here :) we don't get to see them or talk to them much (not like we really could anyways cuz we're the greenies and can't hardly say anything) but it's still exciting to see them around. They are super cute!! Anywho, one day.... I see them and I'm all excited so I say "Konichiwa!!" and they all go..... "We're Koreans." Hint: don't say Konichiwa to the Koreans. They don't like it much at all..... I did it two days in a row. Now I know, look at their tags. The characters are different. :)Ha. Well I am almost out of time....So i'll wrap up. Our fake investigator agreed to be baptized already, so that's pretty "yosh" (awesome). But..... our teacher now becomes our new investigator.... that was a soap opera moment right there. Anywho, I have mixed feelings. But i'm sure it will be a good experience. Still liking my companion! She's from Utah and went to SUU and reminds me a lot of Rachael Roos. Sh'e s like as least high maintenance as it gets so I am sure she's super sick of always waiting for me but I'm trying to improve.Anyways, LOVE you guys!!! Have a subarashi (wonderful) week.Haderlie Shimai"
Chloe's district
Sister Haderlie & Sister Ivory
June 8: "Hola Familia!
oops. Wrong language. :) It's really Konichiwa Kazoku. Allright well here we go......let's see if I can capture the first three days of the MTC in my alloted time:Day number one. Curbside dropoff went pretty well I feel, Mom kept it together (way to go mom!) Plus they're super good at keeping you distracted. From there we were led to our residence halls and dropped off our suitcase and then the rest of the day we were BUSY (soon to find out that every day for the next nine weeks-at the MTC would be busssay). Some of the things I remember from that first day are that we met our sensai (teacher)- who apparently has forgotten how to speak all traces of English but can definitely still tell what we say, so in other words he's faking and we have to learn Japanese from a teacher that speaks only JAPANESE. It'll be good for us in the end though, very frustrating at times though. Also we had a workshop with fake investigators. Very cool. There was a large group of newbies that sat in on three different investigators (Lawanda, Doug, and George) all from different places and at different stages of their life. And one person would raise their hand and either ask or answer a question as if they were teaching a missionary lesson. Loved it.. Made everyone realize missionary work isn't necessarily about knowledge but is definitely about people.That Night, we met all the other members of our "district" (totaling 6 girls and 6 boys). Like them. Alot. They all have really good attitudes about learning Japanese and not one of us has cried yet!! So....success. We unpacked (as fast as possible) and went to bed nice and early. PS 10:30 now feels like the latest possible time to go to bed since we have to wake up at 6. at 6! Because our district gets the earliest assigned breakfast time at 6:45. And there's just no way I could look presentable in 10ish minutes (I'm barely alive by then!!)Day two- (Thursday) A blur. All I really remember is more painstaking hours with "Gregory Sensai" attempting to make any sense of the jabber coming out of his mouth and fervently jotting down anything we learned.Ohh...I forgot to mention the MTC cafeteria. Definitely not as bad as everyone makes it out to be, many delicious meal choices and when you're only downtime is meals it makes everything taste better anyways!!Day Three- (Friday) Oh man. This was the day that we taught our first Japanese investigator. On day three. Knowing not much more than how to day hello, thank you , and good bye. Thank heavens for the books they gave us so we could at least spout out random Japanese phrases at him but....very akward. What can you do when someone asks you something and you have NO clue what they said and NO ability to answer them. Oh well we're told that's the worst lesson and things only get up from there. But, we'll see. We have to "teach" (more like stare) at him again tonight and I don't think we've really improved much.Day Four- (Today) (Saturday) (P Day). Ahh... everyone waits for P day. But the first one is kind of stressful. You're given more liberty as to how your schedule goes but haven't been here long enough to know the ins and outs of when to do what. But... we survived. And now know how to do our laundry, when the bookstore opens, and how to get to the temple. Man are you guys right when you say that when those lights go out your eyelids get REAL heavy. The 1-3 in the afternoon drag is always really hard to push through, let alone when you're in a nice comfy chair in the dark. Oops. Hopefully I'll get used to it.More details: My companion's name is Sister Ivory (we're taught to call her Ivory Shimai - pronunced Sheemayee). Love her. She's super duper nice and want's to work hard. She is always ready ahead of time (also very good for me). She has a positive attitude and a good sense of humor, is super polite and easy to get along with, and is super easy going at the same time. We're both just figuring it out together. It's good to have someone there all the time since I am without my 3 Amigas. Also the girls in my room are Sister Moss: super good at volleyball, really kind, like her. Sister Christensen: from California, brought more clothes than me (woo hoo!), super duper cute, really smiley, and always has a good attitude. Like her. (their companions). Sister Snow: from Utah, really organized and put together, good at getting conversations going, like her. Sister Day: from Georgia, brought more medication than me (mom's a doctor...woo hoo!), really sweet, kind of quiet, but also has a good attitude. Like her. They're all super cute....I like my roomies alot!!!
Hope everything's good in good ol' Idaho,Sister Haderlie.PS (I have run into some people I know. that's always fun. Met Sister Barret! ....and everyone is super kind and upbeat. Makes it fun to be here!!)
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