First emails to home

Well as you know my little brother Randall just left for his mission to the Japan Kobe mission. He is spending 3 months in the mtc before he ships out to Japan. My mother and I are going to be posting pictures, letters, emails and whatever we can in case you want to follow Randy while he's on his mission. For those of you who don't know what a mission is, Randy is spending the next two years of his life out serving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He will be going door to door telling people about the gospel and also helping the members there stay active. We are all very proud that he has done this and Hope that this blog will be worth reading.

Mondays are when Tateishi Choro gets to email family members and I'm not sure if thats the same day he gets to write to people. First off lets give you his address at the MTC:

Randall Kahiwa Kenji Tateishi
MTC Mailbox # 272
JPN-KOB 0401
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604-1793

I'm showing off his first real email home to our mom and dad and then I'll post the one to me (it's not as fun)

> Dear Mother,
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> I Love you to Mom. Everything is just fine here, the days keep flying by so fast and it feels like I got here yesterday. The spirit is so strong here and everything just seems to fill my mind. I'm so excited to be here and to be serving my mission. The language is coming along fine and I'm learning it very quickly.
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> So I guess I have plenty of stories to tell you already because this first week has been awesome and filled with excitement.
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> My first day here you dropped me off earlier and they put me with the international missionaries. There were 3 from Australia and 1 from mainland china, a few from Brazil, some from Canada. I wandered around with them until we began to check into our rooms. When I got to my room I didn't have my luggage and spent the whole day trying to find out where it was before I finally found it and got to unpacking late. My companion is Elder Canon from Pason Utah and is quite a lot like me, my two roommates are Elder Boss and Elder Mckellar from Adalaide Australia. Elder Mckellar and Elder Canon are both going to Kobe with me and Elder Mckellar is quite hilarious and keeps us entertained. He built a 6 in. snowman (his first snowman ever) today, I'll send the pictures later.
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> I guess I don't have much else to say, other than I love you and dad and stay safe and strong. Watashi wa Iesu Kirisuto ga Shinjitsu de aru to shitte imasu. Iesu Kirisuto ga aganainushi de aru to shitte imasu. Iesu Kirisuto ga ikite iru to shitte imasu.
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> Your loving son,
> Randall Tateishi Choro

Then he wrote to me and titled it Konichiwa Mishite (mishite is how people in Japan would most likely say my name) here it is:

Hey Misty. How's life going? How's Hurricane?

Lol. It's amazing here, having the spirit as my constant companion and being able to earn so much about the Gospel. I'm sooo glad that I came and I will never regret it. I love learning the language and the studies. The MTC so far is just awesome and I love it. The 14 hours of study although sometimes they feel as if they never end are amazing, to read the scriptures, to learn how to teach, to learn how to speak a new language. I don't miss much other than my family. Love you and Doug.

Randall Tateishi Choro

Well thats it for now I'll try to keep things updated as much as possible!