I definitely don't sing in
the morning at all. (This was a response to me asking him if he started
each day singing “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning”?) I hate
mornings. I had hoped that I would get used to the schedule by now but I
haven't. For the first time in my life eight hours isn't enough
sleep. I am really tired and we won't have an opportunity to catch up on
sleep, ever. Sorry to start out my letter sounding grumpy but I still
haven't woken up.
We do get devotionals twice
a week and I've joined the choir that performs in the Tuesday session. I got
here just in time. They told us Tuesday that there is going to be a
world-wide broadcast in a few weeks with the entire Quorum of the Twelve and
the First Presidency. And I get to sing in it! I think it's sort of
a missionary themed pep rally for the Bishops and Stake Presidents so you might
not be able to see it. My companion and most of my district don't like to
sing though and we aren't allowed to play any music while we're here. I
really miss music. If we sing in class it is in Korean and that’s not
nearly as much fun. At least the showers have good acoustics. Can
you possibly forward Kelsey's emails to me?
My companion is from Boise. He was
actually raised speaking Japanese. There are a surprising number of half
Japanese missionaries to Korea.
Almost all the missionaries speak another language. Every week is new
record for the number of missionaries entering the MTC. This last group
had 200 more than mine did. There are so many of us that we actually
maxed out the Provo
Temple for the first time
in forever. When are the Shurtleff’s entering the MTC? Oh and I
need Pres. Knapp's email address. My mission pres. wants it. There
are so many people from my ward here. It is really cool seeing all of
them all the time.
I found out why Korean is so
hard. There are an uncountable number of grammar forms. We'll have
to master 40 of them before we get to Korea. My schedule is way
busy. We've been teaching a lesson in Korean almost every
day. It's really stressful and I'm not learning very much because we're
so focused on writing these lessons out.
I am writing in my journal
quite a bit and I now have an actual testimony of the practice. Writing
my thoughts out at night is a really good way to think about the things that I
did during the day. I learn a lot and receive revelation about certain
things every time I write. It is really good to do before I say my
prayers because gives me things to talk about and ask God.
I am enjoying this
experience. Love you.
Stapley
chang-no
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