Halliday shimai is humbled...well sort of!

Dear Fambly

Lots to write and I wanna TRY to respond to your many questions mom so lets get started.

Harris Choro isn't our district leader anymore, it's Smith choro now...and I'll probably start gushing about how much I love Smith choro in a little bit here but I'll try to refrain for now.

Also, yes, our TRC lessons are in Japanese now and I'm not gonna lie...they suck. It's not as bad as Brittan made it sound...he made it sound like we'd never be able to do it. But I'm of course better at Japanese than he was anyhow so yeah. He sucks.

Anyhow, this week we began teaching lesson two in Japanese. That's a pretty intense lesson. So many new vocab words like "reikai" (spirit world) and "fukkatsu" (ressurection)

I'm sorry the weather in Arizona got cold again.

No wait...I'm not. You know WHY?

CUZ IT FLIPPING SNOWED HERE ON SUNDAY!!!!

Here I had hope MAYBE the fields were gonna open cuz I'm getting tired of the gym...and it snows. Elder VanLieshout was right...the fields will never open. (that was brittan's old comp by the way)

Speaking of Brittan's comps...Elder VanLieshout just got tranferred and Brittan's new comp is none other than Elder Stokes, who happens to be Elder Brown's best friend...or as he says "best mate" cuz he's an aussie.

But yeah....that's pretty crazy and Brittan was pretty excited about it. but this letter isn't about Brittan...it's about ME.

Harris choro reminds me of Brittan too by the way.

Moving on. Harris Choro...he would like you to write him. Because he's a dork and he's jealous of my cute and brightly colored envelopes. I say if you write him...spray the letter with febreeze or something too cuz he was also complaining that the other elders get scented letters. =P

The MTC is just as amazing as it was before and always will be. You should know that by now. My Japanese is going pretty well and my teaching is coming along.

One bad thing about starting out ahead in Japanese is that no one really cares if you improve... Everyone sings Webb Shimai's praises and then they are like "oh..and Sister Halliday...well yeah....she can speak...like always" grrrrrrrrrr. =P

Seriously, Bro Farnsworth yesterday told Smith and Ward choro how great Webb shimai is doing and then told them "And Sister Halliday can speak like always" I was like "AUGH! WHY EVEN MENTION ME!?!?!"

I'm ok actually...I don't care. I'm glad Webb shimai is improving.

Ok I can't do it anymore...I'm going to gush about Smith choro again. I do it every night when I get home. I walk in and I'm like "I LOVE SMITH CHORO!!! HE'S AMAZING!!!" ...and then everyone laughs at me. But seriously! The kid is amazing!'

He's a GREAT district leader and he takes his calling very seriously. I love how much concern he shows for EVERYONE in the district.

Teaching has been pretty hard for me and contacting even worse cuz I freeze at the door so I asked him for a blessing the other day. He gave me a hard time about my middle name at first but he gave me a blessing all the same =P

Things have been much better. It's still WAY scary to talk to people but I can do it somewhat easier.

Smith choro wrote my middle name down too and has it taped to his planner. He studies it every night during language study. haha. I'm telling you, the kid is AMAZING.

He calls me mom all the time and tries to delegate upon me the responsibility of planning activities (like what time we're going to the temple). When I do it he tells the district and then says "thanks mom" =P

He's a good kid and I'm glad he's going to Nagoya and not Tokyo so I can still write him.

So today we're fasting. It's really hard to fast on P-day I've discovered and it's only 7:45! Aiyah...

But its for a good purpose. Larose choro found out yesterday that he might not go to Japan cuz he had to have that surgery on his butt. (I mentioned it on the tape but I don't know if you could understand at all) Anyhow, he's officially off a bike for two years and as we all know...Japan kinda revolves around bikes...

He's pretty upset and says that if he can't go to Japan he's going home. We all decided yesterday to have a district fast for him so that's what we're doing. I think it'll be good for all of us because this is probably one of the most intense things we've fasted for in our lives and for me at least...its the first time I've fasted not on Sunday. (probably not the last I'm sure)

Anyhow, keep him in your prayers.

K that's really all. I have about 5 minutes for some housecleaning items...

Kaban brand ichigo milk pretzels are WAY better than Pocky and cheaper too...with more per pack. Brittan sent me some for girls/white day and they are amazing! I believe they have them at Lee Lee so try them out.

I got the books yesterday and they're so amazingly fun! My Japanese is getting better already!

I got the letters from Aubrey's primary class. I'd like to write everyone back but I might not have time. We'll see. I'm writing a general primary letter today though.

Oh...and mom...you mentioned that my bangs looked like they had been cut by a beaver...k. embarrassing story time!

So two weeks ago we're in our room on P-day and Sis Beaufort is cutting HER bangs and I decide MINE are way too long. So I decide to cut them...

Well, I cut them a little short but I was like "Not TOO bad..."

Ummm...the ELDERS asked if I got a haircut. You KNOW it's bad when the Elders notice... *shakes head*

So yeah...I learned my lesson...or maybe not. I wasn't gonna put my name on the appointment list at the hair salon and wait two weeks just for my bangs.

They've grown out and they look ok now...aside from looking like a beaver cut them apparently. Thanks mom -_-

K well that's it. Enjoy the amazing Arizona weather!!!

Love,
Sister Halliday