Hey
family!
Mom
I'm going to email you and dad at the same time since time is so limited. Rumor
has it Elder Bednar is coming to speak to us tonight! So I'm super stoked about
that!! I LOVED MY GIFTS!! Holy cow, you all know me so well! Yes, mom the shirt
fit! and so did the ring!! I'm wearing both right now!! Cook Shimai and I woke
up at 5 so we could open our presents and enjoy them!! I got the cutest, daintiest,
classiest watch from Auntie Camille, uncle rod and Taylor! I'm wearing that now
too!! And Aus (and Taryn) sent me a locket with their faces in it!! I'm wearing
that now too! I got a bunch of food, which I am so grateful for because now I
have snacks for the suuuuper long plane ride! Jenn and her kiddos sent me some
pumpkin bread with a ton of super good snacks! Grandma hooked me up to, I
finally have gloves! 2 pairs! I'm not wearing them now, simply because my hands
would get sweaty if I wore them inside while I typed.. Oh! And mom, we have
listened to the CD you gave me on Christmas Eve :) It was perfect because last
Tuesday we had a devotional where the BYU Mens Chorus just came and sang to us
for a while, and she was telling us all about this CD, and how it was free for
missionaries to download online. But I don't think she knew that we can't get
on the internet..so we were super happy to open that on Christmas Eve! Ooohhh
Annie sent me the family calendar!! It's so cute!! I just took it out
and stared at the pictures for a good half hour! haha I like how it has my year
mark :) Ya dad, I'll go buy that calling card, I keep forgetting, but I will
tomorrow when it opens up again!
Christmas
at the MTC has been great! Our sensei gave us all those little containers for
consecrated oil. It was so cute!! Kaylee had one up a college and I was always
super jealous, now I get one for myself!! yay!! How was your Christmas morning?
Did ari and aus sleep in the same bed? who got the big couch all to themselves?
What did santa bring? did he eat the cookies? Did his reindeer eat the carrots?
Did he sign the paper?
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| Japanese CTR ring |
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| Opening presents... |
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| Christmas morning with Shimai Cook |
It's
crazy to think I fly out in just 4 days!!! It's still unreal! I'm not really
looking forward to being trapped up inside of an airplane for that long, but ya
I'm just hoping it will be different than the Air Tran we rode on this
summer!! That was torture! I'm so scared, but I'm too excited to think about
how scared I am about it. Plus, Tibi writes to me and she is loving her mission
right now!! I'm just looking forward to the next couple of months, like when I
figure out the language and all. It's weird I only have 1 or 2 more lessons to
teach here in the good old MTC!
Well
thanks for the Christmas email! I Hope you are all enjoying your Christmas, and
maybe you will get on in the next 10 minutes so I can talk to you? Well ai
shite imasu!! Have a very merry Christmas! Mom, all of your presents sound
perfect for everyone! I'm glad the elders got to spend Christmas Eve with ya'll
if I didn't get to! Elder Naranjo is a good guy, I'm sure the other one is
too..but I don't know him haha. Well, I LOVE YOU! MERRY CHRISTMAS! AI SHITE
IMASU! Miss you!
Messer
Shimai
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