The Adventures of Sister Fishburn: NAME TAGS AND FLIGHT PLANS, OH MY

WHAT AN EXCITING WEEK.

K, I'll stop with the caps lock now..

So. On Thursday we got our Katakana name tags. We have to get Katakana ones because the Nihonjin can't really read our names in English haha so we get cool ones. Everyone's are so cute and short and cool looking and then mine barely fits on the tag.. Hahaha oh well, I'm just excited to wear it in Japan and hear them call me "Fee-She-Baaan Shimai".

FLIGHT PLAN FRIDAY!!! Flight plan Friday is the bomb.com. They come in the mail so basically you get them when your district leader feels like going and getting the mail. Our district leader, Schow Chourou, decided not to go get them during study time so we wouldn't get distracted and could focus on what we were supposed to be doing, which I think was a fabulous idea because all the other districts went and got them as soon as they could and then they just "partied" instead of studying. So we got ours like 3 hours everyone else but to me that didn't really matter because whenever I got that paper, I would still be leaving at the same time and that time wasn't for another week. So yeah. But once we did get them, much joy was felt. It was a good day *thumbs up*

Friday was also "Floral Friday" so the Shimaitachi and Gappmayer Shimai took a million pictures in our floral attire but they're all on Carpenter Shimai's iPad and I haven't gotten them yet.. But I can assure you that they were adorable pictures and we all looked super cute.

OH MY. Taylor Shimai got me sick. I've had the worst summer cold since Saturday. And let me be the first to say that being sick in the MTC is the absolute worst thing to ever happen to anyone. You still have to be happy and teach lessons and study and be productive but all you want to do is curl up and die. But it's all good! I'm getting better and I'd rather be productive and have a good last week in that sense than sit and do nothing and be unprepared to leave.

The Nashville Tribute Band is coming again on Sunday and I am PUMPED. Seriously, so excited.

Monday was our last day with Hansen Kyoudai. So weird. He showed us a bunch of pictures from his mission and people he taught. It was cool to hear him talk about it and how much he loved it and the people. It made me so excited to go to Japan and love and serve the people there. I can't wait to meet all the people the Lord needs me to meet! I'M SO EXCITED TO GO TO JAPAN.

Today is day 57 of the mish. And all of those 57 days have been spent in the MTC. Fun fact.

On this week's episode of "Messing With Gappmayer Shimai": We moved to Korea. We had one of the other senseitachi reserve a room for us the floor above us, Korea, and we moved all of our stuff up there. And I mean ALL of our stuff up there. We set it up to look like our classroom and then left for lunch. All we left in our usual classroom was "Come join us! Moses 7:23" on the board. Look it up, you'll laugh. Well, people with a missionary sense of humor will laugh. We knew if we went up the stairs we usually do, she'd see us and know what was going on. So we went up the other stairs and as we reach the third floor and turn the corner to go wait for her in our new room, she comes out of the room, carrying our buckets of stuff, looks at us, shhh's us, and then runs down stairs with two chouroutachi following her with more stuff. She moved all of our stuff back downstairs and totally ruined our joke! But that's okay, it was still funny and we enjoyed it hahaha. This is what 9 weeks in the MTC does to people.

Last night's devotional was by Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson. I have some good one liners for y'all. "With big change comes growth, and growth can be uncomfortable". Genesis 18:14, look it up. "If you put your trust in the Lord, He will guide your footsteps". She said that and I instantly thought of spring concert sophomore year. I know that seems a little far off but let me explain. The theme that year was "A picture paints a thousand steps". That year I had to put so much trust in the Lord because it was rough. Real rough. But when I did He guided me to the wonderful people of Dance Company and that spring concert was the proof that He did guide me. He did guide my footsteps. He's always been guiding my footsteps. And He always will guide my footsteps. Other good insights from the devotional: The Lord loves you enough to cut you down in order for you to grow into what He wants you to be. Your plan for yourself may seem great but His plan is greater. Trust that those moments when you feel small and weak are Him preparing you for something amazing. The Lord has great things in store for us all.

Scriptureeeeeees:)

3 Nephi 28:31; 4 Nephi 1:17; Mormon 7:5; and Mormon 9:37.

I pick a scripture every night from what I studied earlier that day and write it at the top of my journal entry for that day. That's how I pick these scriptures for you all to read. Not that you probably even care how I pick them but I thought I'd share that with you.

I love you, you know that right? I love you all. Every one of you. I miss you all every day but only for about an hour before I go to bed because if I let myself think of you for more than that hour, I'd probably be home and not writing you an email from the MTC right now. But I do miss you. And I love you even more than I miss you. I hope you all know that. I'm so excited to get to call you all on Monday! I'll get to the airport probably sometime around 8:00am and as soon as I get through security I can call y'all! So be expecting me! Also, parentals, do I have a certain amount of time on the phone you sent me that I can use or is it unlimited? And what do you want me to do with said phone once I'm done with it..? And thank you for that!! It's going to be so great to be able to just call you all and not have to wait for a phone!

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!

Miss you lots and love you more!!

Stay safe. Stay classy. Stay sassy.

Ai shite imasu!

--Fishburn Shimai

Floral Friday

Taylor Shimai got me sick so therefore I was pouting

Taylor Shimai and I with Hansen Kyōdai on the last day
of him being our teacher😔 also, the awkward pictures
with the male gender have begun and idk how I feel about them. So much awkwardness..