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Here is my Week in review!
木曜日
It snowed for the first time this fall in Utah! We got about 2 inches it was pretty awesome. I got Grandma and Grandpa Dunn's package which was Skyline Chili! It was amazing! We ate it within an hour of opening it. Opening it was a little tricky we had to use a pocket knife but miraculously it worked. I took some family names to the temple which was awesome, definitely a sweet spirit about that work. If you haven't tried before I'd recommend that you try out familysearch.org, it is super user friendly and it is amazing how much of your family you can find out.
金曜日
We had a one on one chat with the teachers today to see how we were doing and to talk about our Japanese. I was interviewed by Peterson Kyodai who served in the Nygoya mission> It was a great interview and we ended up taking up half of the three hour block of classes just talking. He said that I have picked up pretty quickly on Nehongo and is impressed at my hard work (its the farm I know Dad). I have begun to learn a Kanji a day so I will have a lot more under my belt by the time I get home.
土曜日
It was my Companions birthday! He turned 19! One of the other Elders in our room was sick so they stayed behind and decorated the whole room! it was pretty awesome! We would win best room award..if there was such an award. We had a substitute, his name was Sheenan Kyodai, and guess what. He grew up on a raspberry farm too! He gave a neat lesson about giving our investigators experiences and how important that was. He also studied abroad in Japan after his mission, I think I may want to look into that too. I have also been getting really into the Bible videos that the church has put out. You can tell how much thought and dedication was put into them in order to make them what they are. I'd encourage everyone to watch one or two of those as well.
日曜日
I had the opportunity to lead the music in Sacrament! Lets just say singing in Japanese and leading music is a lot harder than I thought. So I led the first hymn in Japanese then found an English hymn book for the rest. I took some neat pictures at the temple. That night our speaker was Richard I Heaton who is the administrative director at the MTC. He spoke about Moses and the serpent which was put on the cross and how it ties into modern medicine with the symbol we most often have in The medical field now. WE read as a group how the serpent and cross are in each volume of scripture and how it relates back to Christ. It was really neat.
月曜日
We taught the Plan of Salvation to our investigator and I wrote out all the Kanji for the lesson on the chalkboard! It was pretty awesome to see it all together in a foreign language. When we taught the lesson we did awesome it was our best lesson yet, our teacher after the lesson said we did a good job. I got the package today with the shirts, it turns out my arms are a lot longer than most, but I think it is fixed now. I love getting the letters from the boys they are always so thoughtful and entertaining.
火曜日
In choir we sang Jesus Once of Humble Birth, it was a really good arrangement. We found out for the devotional on Thanksgiving we are singing Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, which has never been sung at the MTC, so we are making a little MTC history on Thanksgiving. WE had President Linda K. Burton, who is the General Relief society President, come and speak. She quoted John 3:16 a lot and spoke of the importance of bringing others unto Christ. I said goodbye to Brandon, it was such a weird feeling, I keep looking for him around campus then I realize he is in California, he is going to be an awesome missionary there.
木曜日
We hosted again, there were 700 missionaries that came in! It was crazy! While I was hosting I was walking back to my place to pick people up then a young woman walked out of the front entrance of the MTC, and it was Diane Garrett! It was neat to see her, it turns out she just got a job at the MTC and will be working in 2M, which is like the mail room, store, barber, and like everything else like that. So I will Probably see her around. We Skyped TRC again WHich was awesome! She was from Fukuoka! She was super nice and it was great to talk to her, and I was amazed with how much I was able to understand and say to her, it was awesome!
I am supposed to get travel plans tomorrow! So hopefully my next email will be my last before I arrive in JAPAN!!!
Love you all, and thank you for your support and prayers,
Elder Nathan Dunn
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