Minasan Konnichiwa!
How is everyone doing! Just fyi, you can e-mail me at bryce.capener@myldsmail.net.
I don't have a lot of time to respond so I will probably write back via letter.
Dear Elders are still my favorite though because we get them everyday! Thank you
so much for all the love you have sent my way through letters and packages! It
really means so much to me!
This week, all the Japanese missionaries that came in with me become what
we call Senpai. Thats means we're not longer Kohai (freshman) and become Senpai
(juniors). In three more weeks will become Daisenpai (seniors) and will be the
next to leave. We're excited for the new Kohai to come in tomorrow!
Last week after I finished my e-mail I mentioned I was singing in the choir
for that nights devotional. GUESS WHO CAME?!? RICHARD G. SCOTT!! AHH!! It was so
great! The missionaries don't know who the speaker is going to be until it
starts. We were singing in the choir so we had great seats! Then when he walked
into the room the whole room gasped and stood up! There is a special spirit when
an apostale of the Lord enters a room. He talked specificly to the sisters for a
short amount of time and was happy to see so much color in the room! He also
promised missionaries who were learning another language that if we are diligent
and obedient, we WILL MASTER our language. It was a powerful night. The spirit
is always here at the MTC. I'm grateful to be here and even though I will be
here for a really long time, I am grateful for this experience.
This friday was our first time in the TRC (Training Resource Center). In
the TRC volunteers who speak foreign languages come in and missionaries teach
them. The person does not pretend to be an investigator, rather they are
themselves and acts how they would act. We were asked to teach an overview of
the first lesson, (this is all in Nihongo remember?? ahah) It was really scary
teaching but we were happy that we got to teacher an Returned Missionary and a
girl whose mother is Japanese and she is preparing to leave to her mission in
Sapporo Japan in June. We are getting better and teaching lessons. We know how
to ask questions that can get people to talk. The only problem is trying to
understand what they are saying! We will get to go to the TRC every saturday
morning now until we leave.
Because the BYU semester is ending this week some of the teachers schedules
have changed so we lost one of our teachers, Kosaka Sensei :( Kanashii desu
nee!! He is Japanese and we've taught him from the beginning! He was great at
going above and beyond and telling us about culture and how to behave politely.
We're really going to miss him. I'll send a picture with him next week. Our new
teacher is someone I kind of know through a friend. His name is Fowers Sensei.
He is Amerikajin (American) and from Utah. The Daisenpai who had him before us
say that he is a wonderful teacher! So even though we're sad to be losing our
teacher I'm looking forward to see how Fowers Sensei teaches.
We get a new batch of Nihonjins today!!! youshh!! I love talking to them
and spending time with them. It such a great opportunity to have them here! I
will miss the ones who left but they are ready to go and they were really sick
of our nasty American cafeteria food.
Relief Society here is really awesome. Its like a whole other devotional. A
speaker comes and the sisters fill up the building! We sang As Sisters in Zion
and the line, "How vast is our purpose broad is our mission if we but fulfill it
in spirit and deed..." just pierced my heart as I looked around at all the
sister missionaries standing and singing. We may not be perfect, we cannot speak
our languages very well, but we have been called by a prophet of God to teach
what we know to be true. How grateful I am for this opportunity to serve the
Lord. We are heading all around the world to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is only through Him that we can return to live with our Father in heaven
again someday. This is an opportunity of a lifetime to be a full time servant of
the Lord and I know that my mission will become the foundation of my life. I
know that there are people in Fukuoka waiting to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ
and through the spirit of the Lord the message will sound familiar to their
ears. I pray for them, and I love them.
I love my family with all my heart. I know that I was meant to come to the
Earth at this time with this family and experience lifes challenges so that I
could serve this mission. There is no place I would rather be. I love you
all!
Ai shite imasu!
Love,
Sister Capener
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