Kamusta!
I leave on Monday Morning! I've attached some pictures with my zone that's leaving, my teacher with myself and my companion, and several with my BYU buddies (Spencer, Josh, Aaron, Stephen, and Russell) and one with Elder Mamau (the elder I told you about from that small island in the South Pacific). This past week hasn't been too
eventful, mostly just getting ready to leave. I’m really excited to be in Tokyo
for a little while. With our two practice investigators this week we challenged
and got them both to be baptized! It was really exciting and a good way to end
the MTC experience.
Thank you for sending the picture of me at the broadcast. I
really enjoyed participating in the choir and it was a great experience to be
there. We were also able to see many of
the apostles which was exciting! All of the doors to the building require an ID
to get in so when I saw Elder Christopherson walking up to the door, I jumped
up and opened it from him and got to shake his hand which was cool; I also saw
and waved to Elder Ballard and Anderson as they drove by. The announced technology
changes are neat and I am curious to see how we’ll use them in my mission. The
teachers here have said that everyone in the Philippines has smart phones, and
a TV, even if they live in a hut.
On Tuesday we got to listen to Janet Kapp Perry. She was the
speaker for our devotional. Grandma Brock would have really liked it. She sang
her family song for us and we got to be the first to see and sing her new
rendition of the EFY Medley “As Sisters in Zion” and the “Army of Helaman”. It
was a great experience. Her husband was also really funny. She was telling the
story of how they met…..she was in the same music class at BYU with him, and
she was getting ready for an instrument playing test and he said to her " your lips look like they
were made for something better than playing the clarinet."As she was
telling the story he jumped up from his seat off the stand and kissed her. We
all got a good laugh. Later on when she was singing the family song he got up
and danced.
Mahal Kita
Elder Merrill
P.S. Thank you Aunt
Cindy for the rice krispie treats!!
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