Week 1 - At the MTC
To my friends and family, Welcome to the first week of my mission! I've already got more to cover than I ever would've thought, so let's get started. When I showed up at the MTC (Missionary training centre, for those friends who arenvt familiar with thr acronyms), I was very happy to find out that my name tag was one of the first things I got. Putting that thing on completed my attire, and made me feel so much more official. I'm officially a missionary, and it feels fantastic! I got settled in my residence room next, went to an opening meeting for all the new arrivals, and soon after got on my way to my very first class. The teacher spoke full Japanese the second I walked in. Now that's not as bad as it sounds! He also substituted the Japanese words we didn't know with English ones, so we started catching onto a few things pretty quick. Still, it's proven to be super tough. Admittedly, I've learned more Japanese in the last 4 day...