Busy, Mrs. Silkwood

This week i don't have a lot of time... Sorry!!!

So here are some cool updates on my life:

I have been working on improving my exercise schedule lately and have

been super sore :-) I hope that means it is working!

We are working with Kuriyama 兄弟 and he seems to be doing well,

hopefully we can get him baptized this month!we went out to eat sushi

win him and the sisters. 

This is him and my goofy companion.

And this is a crepe with shrimp and rice inside, topped with mayonnaise and fish eggs, it actually wasn't too bad!

We had a summer festival on Saturday, during which I was able to see Meet the Mormons for the first time. That was cool! We also ate squid and mochi, and dressed in kimono's. 
This was a pop drinking contest:)

It was a good week. I went to the mission home on Monday to receive a training on training. Elder Stennett is on the phone right now with the Assistants...

Oh, my new companion is named Bergner  straight from the MTC.

It will be a good week! I am looking forward to it!

My love to all!


Please send my regards to the Silkwood family. Maybe you could tell
them thank you through the Hunters. Gavin is good friends with her son
Jake. I am sure they are hurting right now. I will be praying that
missionaries better than me will be sent to her, to teach her the
restored gospel of Jesus Christ. She will one day have a body that
will no longer be corrupted. She can find rest. I will see her again.
She was so kind to me. I will always remember her. One time she put
chocolate on my desk when she saw that I was having a stressful day.
One time when I was upset and hurt because of things that were said,
she shared her own very personal experiences with me, and in that way
let me know she loved me and cared for me. every time I got a good
score on a paper in her class I knew I had done something worth being
proud of. I loved to please her. She was kind to me even when my
opinions were sharp or unpolished, and smiled when I did. She looked
forward to seeing her students come and visit her on homecoming or
prom. I loved her, and will miss her. I was looking forward so much to
just going back to her classroom and talking just a little bit with
her. Send my best to her family.
Elder Bevan
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Answers

Ok, I have been asked to sort-of give you all an idea of what the MTC is like for me. 

This may not be sufficient for all of you, but to answer those questions I will do my best to describe a day at the MTC. Here it is:

Every day we wake up at 6:30. We then proceed to ready as fast as possible so that we are not too late to breakfast. Our district usually sits together and we joke while we eat. 

I think breakfasts are usually too short.

Then it is usually on to personal study time. On Thursdays it's service.

The time space between schedule blocks is at maximum ten minutes.

Class is three hours long, our district shares a room. Sometimes it is very hard to keep your focus. 

Lunch for us is really early: 11:10. The food is good.

After lunch there is more study, or more class. 

Then there is dinner: 4:10. The food is good.

Exercise is always before dinner. I usually run. The day before last I ran for something like 45 minutes.

Most of us have a ring of flash cards that we practice with, while our companion is in the bathroom. I am always at least trying to study. Sometimes that is very hard to do.

Mail is the joy of our lives, but it is very hard to find time to write at all. We find five or ten minutes of free time, and try to, but that is hard too.

Free time is also used to go to the book store (which has everything), run to the next building and other such things. 

I have seen a few familiar faces, Sister Donohue, Elder Elliot, and Sister Mia Davis have all said hi, but I haven't ever been able to get a picture with them.

All the time between dinner and returning to residence is spent in class, language study, and planning. On Thursdays we have a devotional. 

At 9:30 we return to residence, and have time to prepare, review, and begin writing in our journals before lights out. We proceed with flashlights, and then sleep. 

I think that this should give you a pretty good idea of what The MTC is for me. Sundays, of course are a little different, we have a lot of study time, and time for interviews, branch priesthood meetings, and sacrament meetings in Japanese (that's cool). 

I am happier than I have ever been. I love this work, and this place, and the Lord. I know that this is His church. I know this is His work. I get to be taught by His Spirit every day. It's awesome.  

To all those who write me. Thank you, and I will try to write back. I'm sorry if it takes eternity. :P

I love you all,  love, 

Elder Bevan

P.S. Happy Thanksgiving !!!!!!!!!!

P.S.S. Mom I love you very much. Thank you for caring so much for me. Just let me know if there is anything else you want me to do, and I will do my best to do it.