JANUARY 31, 2026

Monday: We hosted new senior missionaries!!!! 

いいですねえええ!!! 

It was super fun. We would wait out at the curb and when cars would come by, we would jump and cheer for them. Their smiles were so big, it was so cute. They they would walk out to us and then we walked them inside. Some of them were insane and it's like their third and fourth mission. One couple were mission presidents in Ukraine and that was so cool. They also know the new mission president for MY MISSION!! They took a picture with me and Sister Glassey 姉妹 and they were like you are going to love them!!! So I am very excited to get to meet them in June!! Then in night class we learned how to make better sentences. Some being like through the Book of Mormon I feel the Spirit. And I know that sounds so easy but its highski hard. 私はモルモン書によってせいれいをかんじます. And we learned more but I won't get into it. Ahhh, I just really am loving everyone I've been meeting. 

Tuesday:  We started out at the gym and I've been playing knockout with this group going to Peru, but they left this week #sosad.  All my Samoan friends and Spanish friends left for the mission field this week too.  But it is just an incentive to make more new friends!!!  We play たなかさんin class.  It is where we pick one person to be 

たなか and you can't speak ANY ENGLISH (you shouldn't be anyways but especially when you are tanaka) or else our teacher gets a point for every English word.  Or he gets a point if he guesses 

たなか right.  I was たなか mwahahaha.  Unfortunately, when I got called on to write a sentence on the whiteboard, I spoke English like, um, oh and what?  はぞかしで (embarrassing).  I got sasaki four points that dayy.  Tuesday, we also had a devotional and I was in the choir, lol.  Me and all the girls in my district are always in it.  The devotional was good.  God is hastening His work.

Wednesday:  We hosted new missionaries again. And this time instead of one sister I had four!! Insane. There are now 600 more missionaries here and like 400 if the 600 were sisters, I swear. But blessed, because I didn't have to carry any bags to the fourth floor. Hooray!!! I had my teacher meeting with ささかきょうだい and he said he knows it's hard but our district and all the missionaries here are learning at such a crazy pace. We are moving fast so at the end we can go over what we don't know. He then reassured us that when he left the MTC he couldn't even pray. He is so excited to see how much good we are going to do.

Thursday:  Um, it was a good day. I don't really remember all that happened. But it was a mid day for everyone in our night class.  We ended up just watching a devotional because our teacher was feeling sick. But it was very chill. The devotional message was basically take things one day at a time. Days get tough and it's hard to press on but if you say I just need to do this one thing right now and I will be able to get through the day. WOAH ALSO WE HAD OUR FIRST HOA IN JAPANESE!!! She started crying as we were (very badly) teaching her that Heavenly Father loves her and we are His children. She was so tender and during she said something along the line of like He loves everyone? Even Japanese people. And it was the sweetest feeling that we could say yes. He loves all His children. I know they aren't real lessons, but it is just so powerful. 

Friday:  Such a chill day. I love Friday's cause we are one day closer to P-day!!! And we don't have morning tutoring class!!! We had our fourth meeting with Chalee and we were teaching the Restoration. Low-key she asked what is the priesthood and we were like um we will definitely talk about that next time just cause its such a big topic. But it was chill. We had District Council and our goal for the week is to SYL as much as possible. (Speak your language) とてもむずましいです!!! Very hard. But we ended with an awesome night class. We pretended to be on a bus talking to random people, starting out with the weather then trying to point the conversation to イエス・キリスト. Jesus Christ. Then we ended with going to everyone and telling them what we love. And it was chill. AND MY MOM SENT ME SUCH GOOD CINNAMON ROLLS!! AND THEY WERE HUGE!!! Everyone loved them. I love my mom!

Saturday:  TODAY WAS SO GOOD!!! We first went to the gym and Elder Ireland and Elder Smith showed up. So I jogged with Smith and Glassey ran with Ireland. Low-key weird. Then we went to the Temple and did sealings. It took 4 ever but it was so good. And I got to see Katie!! (My sister). She brought me so many yummy snacks! AND FRESH FRUIT!! SOMETHING THE MTC NEVER HAS. It was so delicious. It's so awesome to see and talk to my family. They are so awesome. Then we came back and did laundry -- boring stuff. Ate all the delicious fruit and talked to our families. Then we went and played at the gym again. This time everyone showed up yay! I cooked Elder Thompson, Smith, and Sellers at knock out and around the world. They are so fun to be around. Then we ate dinner and made Elder Thompson eat every dessert. He also showed me his foot very weird. Then we just sat around and talked (definitely about mission stuff). Sorry this email doesn't really have any funny things that happened this week. 

Keep praying and reading your scriptures! Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you so much!　(I'm loving the MTC and everyone here! And still trying my best!) FIVE more weeks!!  トレイシ姉妹