Ok well now since you have read the subject of my email and youre all probably dying to know...
LAXITIVES
OH MAN. i honestly dont know what to say. Except that I fell into the pits of destruction AGAIN. For all of you who dont wanna hear, you can skip to the next part...but i think its funny! Anywho, I havent been able to release my stool on my own since the first round of laxitives. And so you could roughly imagine how much pain that caused me lol. So one night i took 2 fiber one bars...and that wasnt working for me...so then i took laxitivers...and i knew from the second i woke up that morning...i knew i was in trouble. It was like a was about to give birth to a roaring t-rex, who was uppercutting a playdoe can. *quoted from "ghost in the stalls" on youtube* haha But seriously it was awful. I AM NEVER DOING THAT TO MYSELF AGAIN. I cant even describe it. Dumb and dumber round 2. and i legit felt dumb. I get so much crap from people in my zone, hahaha its so funny though! I can play it off pretty dang well!!
The one time in my life when im tryna be healthy, (i eat salads for every meal i swear) it back fires at me and I cant poop to save my life. YOU CANT TRUST ANYTHING.
TEACHERS
Oh man, I am truly blessed with the best teachers. I have 2. one is Budge Kyodai and the other one is Gappmeyer shimai. (she was our fake investigator lol) her and i are so close!! She is also in on my bowel moments, so that is cool! haha The other day i had a coaching sesh with her, and thats when we can just talk and kinda let our stress out. And i am so grateful i went when i did because i KNOW that she was inspired to tell me what she did. Because she answered about 10 of my prayers in about 20 mins. I know that Heavenly Father works through other people to bless lives. I have experienced that SO much already in the past few weeks i have been here. While we were talking, we felt the spirit so strongly in the room that we were both bawling our eyes out. Gappy Shimai is the most compassionate and most christ-like person i have ever met. She served her mission in tokyo, and got back a year ago. She definitely knows what i am going through!!
Budge Kyodai. haha what a character he is. I love him and he works us SUPER hard. We are teaching a lesson tomorrow, and we arent allowed to bring ANY NOTES! So am i pretty much the most awkward person already? probably! Am i going to get about a million times more awkward tomorrow?? Definitely. haha but from the experiences i have had with teaching...is that the Holy Ghost testifies of truth. No matter how simple. So when i testify to an investigator, and i look at them in the eyes...I know that they can feel something. Because I do.
DISTRICT
my district is pretty much my family. I dont think i have ever laughed so hard with a group of people in my whole life. They make everything so much easier. And i know that laughter is a hard core stress killer!! If i didnt have an amazing district.. i would probably have a full head of grey hair. haha We have so many inside jokes. One of the elders looks like Elder Calhoon from "The Best 2 years" hahah they basically could be twins. He is the funniest person i know!!!!
CLASS LESSON
The other day we had a class lesson with Gappy Shimai, where she walked in pretending to be a fake investigator. We had to teach her the 1st lesson, and we had about 30 seconds to get our thoughts together. She walked in the first time..and we were all so scatter brained that it was just a random and awkward lesson. We all got a 2nd chance..and WOW. Towards the end, i had the impression to read the First vision. And as i was reading it, i was so overwhelmed by the spirit that i started to cry. i looked up to bare my testimony and the rest of the class and Gapp Shimai was crying. I have never felt the spirit so strongly in my life. it was just like i was spitting out words that weren't my own and i dont even remember what was said afterwards. The spirit is so indescribable as a missionary. Its probably the hardest work i have ever done EVER. but every single day is so worth being able to feel that closeness to the savior.
LOCKED OUT
Last week i was having the worst day ever tbh (and the other sisters in my district felt the same way as well) ahah. the language was stressing me out hard core, i felt so poopy. (NOT LITERALLY. this was before the round 2 of laxitives lol)
And when we all departed to go to bed...we all left the room to go to the bathroom and we closed the door. we all felt sick to our stomachs because we left all of our room keys in our room. So we got hecka locked out. and this was about 10 mins before "Lights out". So my companion had to walk all the way across campus to 1M (main building) to get a spare key. We were in our PJs, no make up, and no shoes. haha so that was an adventure. we got so many weird looks because youre not allowed to go into 1M without church clothes on...and we had no choice but to break that rule haha Anyway, we are all good now, and we look back on that and just laugh!!
DEVOTIONAL
okay lastly. PROBABLY THE BEST DAY EVER IS SUNDAY. because we get to go to devotionals and sing in the choir. But not just any choir...the MTC choir. with 1400 missionaries. it is so powerful!!! We didnt just sing hymns today. no. we sand with the "Nashville Tribute Band".They sing Christian Rock songs, AND HOLY CRAP I WAS DYING!!! It was like a million angels singing in one room. Their songs spoke right to my heart. The songs were all about the savior, and as well as the people who Jesus Christ was close to personally. I can say this now, and i will tell future missionaries this for the rest of my life...
YOU WILL NEVER BE SORRY FOR SERVING A MISSION. Work is the secret. thats what makes it all real.
I have a testimony of the savior. I get to put the saviors name over my heart EVERY SINGLE DAY. I get to walk in his shoes (to some extent). He performed the atonement because he loves you! Someone who was perfect..gave up his life so that you could experience happiness and return to live with God again. The gospel is OH SO TRUE. and if you are struggling with your testimony or you are questioning the gospel...READ THE BOOK OF MORMON AND PRAY. I promise that the Holy Ghost will touch your heart and you will feel the lords love for you. I love the gospel so much. and i can already feel the change the gospel has brought to my life. It makes me the happiest person ever. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!!!!!!
I love you all!
-Phelps Shimai
I found (Sister) Audrey Ahlers in the MTC. Her parents were neighbors of my family when we lived by the University of Utah. That was 20+ years ago. Neither of us were born at the time.
