All the Japanese missionaries in my district are either from the Northwest, or from Utah, and they either have lots of Japanese experience, or none at all.
All missionaries, no matter how much they have taken before, learn together. There is only one person in the entire Japanese area that is being pushed ahead, but only because she lived in Japan for 10 years and is nearly fluent. Everyone else follows the schedule, so those 10-weekers are actually part of a seperate district.
It's impressive, because throuought the week, at all times of day, there are people leaving for the airport. It's also cool to be greeted in so many different languages each day.
(In this Picture, Elder Mumford is imagining what it will be like to ride a bike in Japan) RUN FOR YOUR LIFE EVERYONE!
Also, the stories of bike accidents are starting to scare me. It seems that every single missionary who went to Japan has been hit by a car while riding their bike.
I hear the hospitals are very strict, in that they won't let you leave for a very long time.
So, it sounds like the things I really need there are:
1) A good bike
2) An electronic dictionary (Every student in Japan has one of these. They would always whip them out whenever I talked)
3) Waterproof everything (It rains HARD, even in the middle of summer)
Anyways, you have probably spent more on postage for me this past month, than in my whole life combined.
Thanks for all the great mail!
-Elder Martin Mumford
-MTC
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