皆さんこんにちは！
It sounds like everyone has had a pretty exciting week so far! All is well in the MTC! Or at least we're all healthy and safe as far as we can tell.(gotta be careful of the teachings in 2 Nephi 28:21
) It's an unusual time to not be able to watch the news but I hope everyone is doing well with all the shutdowns! I'll make sure to keep the kids from Mom's school in my prayers!
We had a devotional on Tusday by Neil L. Anderson on Tuesday! He reminded us that the more we recognize the Lord's hand in our lives, the more we learn to love Him. Fletcher姉妹 and I have been working on gratitude this week and we've been keeping track of some of the tender mercies we've noticed. Fletcher姉妹 loves Dr.Pepper but we haven't been able to find it anywhere in the MTC, but this Tuesday we found one can of DP on the shared table outside our room. It was a reminder that Heavenly Father cares about the little things, even our soda preferences, and recognizing the daily mercies in our lives has really helped. We're also really grateful that all of the native Japanese missionaries are feeling better and will be able to go to their assigned missions in Japan on Monday. A great talk Fletcher姉妹 found is "Grateful in Any Circumstances" by Elder Uchtdorf, April 2014.
Our district hosted the last group of missionaries coming into the MTC on Wednesday which was a lot of fun. I got to help a sister from the Philippines named Hernandez姉妹. It was really refreshing to be around Hernandez姉妹 because she was so excited to be in the MTC and she's really excited to serve in Sapporo, Japan. We got to leave the MTC for the last time to go to the Student Health Center because all incoming international missionaries were tested for coronavirus.
It's been a blessing to see our Zone grow closer together this week. I'm grateful for the experiences Fletcher姉妹 and I have had over the last couple weeks because it's definitely helped us to know what to say to the French sisters as they deal with the uncertainty surrounding their assignments. It's amazing to see the way that challenges can bring people together and create opportunities to extend service and love.
Our district was preparing to sing "Peace in Christ" in Japanese in sacrament meeting this week. Although we won't be able to share it with our branch, I think it was really fitting that that was the song that was chosen considering what's happened recently. I'm so grateful to have a modern prophet and it's been amazing to see the way that President Nelson's guidance has helped prepare the saints around the world. Everyone should read D&C 121:33 and "Where Can I Turn for Peace" by Paul V. Johnson April 2013 while you're enjoying the time off!
Fletcher姉妹 and the other missionaries in our district are picking up on the language really quickly and it's been amazing to see their growth as we've practiced teaching in Japanese.
Also, 日本語 of the week! For those that asked, the brother of Jared is translated as ヤレドの兄弟(Yaredo no kyoudai) so it doesn't tell us if he was older or younger but we talked with a member who worked on the translation of the Book of Mormon into Thai yesterday and he said that they run into the same problem of only having the word for older or younger brother so it would be interesting to see what they did with that.
I hope everyone has an awesome week and stays healthy and safe!
愛しています！
ジョーンズ姉妹
Our last MTC temple trip!
It sounds like everyone has had a pretty exciting week so far! All is well in the MTC! Or at least we're all healthy and safe as far as we can tell.(gotta be careful of the teachings in 2 Nephi 28:21
We had a devotional on Tusday by Neil L. Anderson on Tuesday! He reminded us that the more we recognize the Lord's hand in our lives, the more we learn to love Him. Fletcher姉妹 and I have been working on gratitude this week and we've been keeping track of some of the tender mercies we've noticed. Fletcher姉妹 loves Dr.Pepper but we haven't been able to find it anywhere in the MTC, but this Tuesday we found one can of DP on the shared table outside our room. It was a reminder that Heavenly Father cares about the little things, even our soda preferences, and recognizing the daily mercies in our lives has really helped. We're also really grateful that all of the native Japanese missionaries are feeling better and will be able to go to their assigned missions in Japan on Monday. A great talk Fletcher姉妹 found is "Grateful in Any Circumstances" by Elder Uchtdorf, April 2014.
Our district hosted the last group of missionaries coming into the MTC on Wednesday which was a lot of fun. I got to help a sister from the Philippines named Hernandez姉妹. It was really refreshing to be around Hernandez姉妹 because she was so excited to be in the MTC and she's really excited to serve in Sapporo, Japan. We got to leave the MTC for the last time to go to the Student Health Center because all incoming international missionaries were tested for coronavirus.
It's been a blessing to see our Zone grow closer together this week. I'm grateful for the experiences Fletcher姉妹 and I have had over the last couple weeks because it's definitely helped us to know what to say to the French sisters as they deal with the uncertainty surrounding their assignments. It's amazing to see the way that challenges can bring people together and create opportunities to extend service and love.
Our district was preparing to sing "Peace in Christ" in Japanese in sacrament meeting this week. Although we won't be able to share it with our branch, I think it was really fitting that that was the song that was chosen considering what's happened recently. I'm so grateful to have a modern prophet and it's been amazing to see the way that President Nelson's guidance has helped prepare the saints around the world. Everyone should read D&C 121:33 and "Where Can I Turn for Peace" by Paul V. Johnson April 2013 while you're enjoying the time off!
Fletcher姉妹 and the other missionaries in our district are picking up on the language really quickly and it's been amazing to see their growth as we've practiced teaching in Japanese.
Also, 日本語 of the week! For those that asked, the brother of Jared is translated as ヤレドの兄弟(Yaredo no kyoudai) so it doesn't tell us if he was older or younger but we talked with a member who worked on the translation of the Book of Mormon into Thai yesterday and he said that they run into the same problem of only having the word for older or younger brother so it would be interesting to see what they did with that.
I hope everyone has an awesome week and stays healthy and safe!
愛しています！
ジョーンズ姉妹
Our last MTC temple trip!
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