On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Mitchell Sotto <mitchell.sotto@myldsmail.net> wrote:
Hello Family! This week has been so crazy! I've seen more miracles
than I can even remember! (mostly because I left my journal at the
apartment) But I'm going to try my best to remember them!
First of all replies:
Mom! I love saying
that! MOM!! Do you miss me saying that really loud asking for toast? I
have toast like everyday haha. As much as possible :) Your job sounds
really fun! i hope you're enjoying it! It's too bad you don't get to
visit dad, but soon enough!
Oh I miss Lisa! And Ari! And Mary! And even Daniel! Great friends
:) I miss the boating and the place and the atmosphere. The thought of
camp is so nazukashii! I love how Japanese has that word! We don't
really have that word in america, or doki. It's quite benri (useful).
It's weird how the language just starts coming after a while. It's quite
fun! I miss it but I wouldn't skip the opportunity I have for the world
:) I'll tell you some experiences soon.
Dad! Thank you so much for those counters! I have so much
trouble with counters! Zen Zen Wakarimasen! But I'm glad I can learn :)
Thank you! I have a good one for you! Ura Niwa Niwa Niwa Niwa Niwa Niwa
Niwatori ga aru (There's two chickens in the back yard and two chickens
in the garden). Soshite, Sumomo mo momo mo momo no uchi (plums and
peaches are both peaches). My Nihonjin tomodachi just taught me after I
showed him yours haha. So funny! Really weird :P
I love learning and going deep into stuff like that. It's so
interesting! I'm not sure it always helps me with my investigators
questions though :P At the top of my journal I'm writing questions I
want to go deeper into after my mission haha. I reallly really love
seeing the wonders of the scriptures. Having them unfold themselves to
me. The Spirit really connects everything together after a while and as
we consistently study. Things all come flooding back to memory. But yes!
AFter the mission I'm excited to talk about all these questions with
you! The most recent was about Alma 40:11 and about us going back "home
to that God who gave us life." I wonder what that means because of a lot
of things and the Plan of Salvation. Anyways, for the week!
This Week:
I wish I had brought my journal! But I'll do my best.
Funniest moment:
When
you're biking full spead down the sidewalk and a car pulls out all of a
sudden and your breaks aren't fast enough to stop you haha. Amazingly
the car didn't have a scratch, my bike was great, and I'm quite dandy :)
There may have been some smudge marks on the drivers window from my
face though :P
Amazing Moments!
There were too
many to count! We had an investigator who stoked us and we haven't seen
him for about a month and we saw him the other day and he wants to hear
the lessons again! He didn't see why he needed the gospel and now he
thinks he might need it so we'll be working with him! We found him while
we were fasting too! I have a way stronger testimony of fasting now. It
has changed my seikatsu (everyday life) here. Miracles come from
fasting and prayer.
We also have a friend from some other missionaries that is turning
out to be wonderful. He wants to get an answer about the Book of Mormon
and he's read the whole thing plus 1/2. We're really trying to help him
do that now. I've been thinking about him so much and I'm always so
happy that God blesses my mind with revelation for how to help him
during my studies.
Also, Asai and Yanez choro (same apartment elders) their friend got
an answer to his prayers about the Book of Mormon and their story was
amazing! The Spirit guided everyone! The Lord really is working \with
this people and Japan is going to see great joy :)
Other than that we just have been learning a lot and doing our best!
Tell
everyone at camp that I love them all and miss them! Tell Hannah and
Liz I wish i could see their skit! Have them record it and I'll watch it
when i get home! A little ways aaway, but I'm sure it will still be
funny in two years :P Also, ask Hannah how her pinky is doing. She got
it stepped on by an ice skate a while back...partly my fault...Tonikaku!
Make sure everyone learns to make the best of the situation they're
in. Learning to be happy in every position is so hard but it is such an
important skill to learn! I've never been so worked in my life, but I'm
loving it with the Lords help. The funniest thing is the times when I'm
the happiest is when I'm thinking of others. What a great work :)
Well, I'm off to make some Nan (I have a good joke that
I used at an Indian Curry restaurant: "Kore wa Nan desu ka? Hai, Nan
desu" Get it? haha. For mom's sake, here's the interpretation. The bread
is called Nan but Nan in Japanese means "what" so I'm asking "Is this
Nan?" but it sounds like "What is this?" hahaha. :P
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