Chindonya

Konnichiwa Mina San! (hello everyone)I figured I would spell it out in romanji so you could pronounce my Japanese words. So week 5... I am over half way done at the MTC! only 4 more weeks until I go to Japan!!! Which I cannot wait for but am terrified about becuase I don't know enough Japanese!Okay so anyhow every P-Day we have a thing called TRC. I'm not sure what it stands for but you just teach a member or volunteer (or plural) in your mission language for like an hour or so. It is always interesting because it feels so much more real than the other mock investigator lessons you teach. I like it actually feeling real, and also that since it is a member, you don't have to try and convert them, but rather just discuss the gospel in Japanese which is great because so much of the pressure is taken off it seems. 

Anyhow Sunday the Jackson sisters performed some trio number at the devotional and I can say that Andrew I am so glad things did not work out with you and whats-her-bucket. You can do so much better than that. Speaking of which who is this female I have heard mention of recently? eh Andrew?

The other day in class we had an interesting moment. Since Taylor Sensei is out of town this week, we have had all kinds of substitute senseis, many of which are Nihonjin (native japanese) so we all went around introducing ourselves in Japanese, our names, what mission we're going to , our family, where we are from, and what we like to do. After Sorensen Choro gave his introduction in his broken Japanese, our nihonjin sensei said "Sorensen" in an effort to clarify his name, to which Sorensen Choro responded with "He can say his Rs, it's a miracle" quite racistly. Everyone had some very awkward giggles and it was very silent after that... 

Mom you'll be so proud of me (I hope) so my gray pants (which are my only washable pair of pants) were borderline too short, so I decided that if I took the cuffs of of my pants, it would make them the proper length by adding an inch or so to the length. I was successful in my endeavor and was able to unpick the cuffs and stitch my pants back together so they now are wonderful and the proper length. As I was ironing the cuffs out so you couldn't see where they were before I altered them, I got all sorts of strange looks from people who thought I was ironing my suit pants, to which I told them not to fear, and that my pants were in fact safe to iron. 

So I sometimes get a feeling of depression, loneliness, or self-doubt, often in fact. It's the universal beginning of satan's temptation, trying to convince us that we are not capable of doing the right thing successfully, or that we aren't good enough. In times like that I have to do something fun. I have to force myself to put "Sunshine in my Heart" and carry on. It is not easy, but one thing that I learned from all of my experiences in Ensemble and the school musicals is that you can't be sad while you sing and dance. Fortunately for everyone at the MTC I have not resorted to that option... yet hahaha. But what I have been doing is looking up funny or interesting words in Japanese to make things a little lighter. My favorite word I have found so far in Japanese is CHINDONYA. it literally means, musical sandwich man. I have no idea what that is, but I sure hope I run into one in Japan! none of our senseis even know what it is! 

This week I was able to host the new misisonaries including Michael Driggs, Stephen and Josh Pinnock, it was so great to see them and I think it was beneficial to the families to be leaving their missionary in my capable hands... hahaha but really it was an awesome experience and just so great to see all these people at the beginning of such an incredible journey, and realize that I have already been gone for a month! which somedays seems like it's been 5 years and others 6 days so it all depends. As I got Dad's letter about hiking the Pfiefferhorn (sp?) it made me think of what I was doing on my mission and how it relates to hiking. So when we go hiking, we choose a destination, pack our bags, get a group together and set our on the trail. We know the trail will be long, and that no matter how soon we may want the hike to be over, we have to follow the trail to get there, and the trail is a set length, nothing we can do will make the trail shorter than it is. Also while hiking, the more in shape we are, the easier it is to complete the hike, and the less difficulty we will have (less "cramps" hahaha Dad) So anyway the same is true with missionary work. I have a destination, Kobe Japan. I've packed my bags, and I've got my companion and set out "on the trail". This trail happens to be two years long, and no matter how much I may want it to be shorter, it doesn't change in length. I know that I will be able to complete this hike the easiest if I obey all the rules and "stay on the trail". Now this trail is difficult, exhausting at times even, but nevertheless stopping on the side of the trail to mope or complain about its difficulty, does not allow me to make any progress on the hike. Now the better in "spiritual shape" we are, the easier and happier we will be along the trail! If I had never gone on a hike before and decided to climb Mt. Olympus, I would have an extremely difficult time, but to a veteran hiker, it becomes an enjoyable, and not a dreaded activity. Similarly, if I had never read The Book of Mormon before and decided to serve my mission, I would have a miserable time, luckily, I was in proper spiritual shape to take on this difficulty of a hike. Now with a hike, everyone focuses on the destination, everyone does the hike so that they can see the view at the top of the mountain, however, if we only enjoy the journey once it is complete, we are not enjoying the journey. Hiking is a miserable activity if you don't enjoy your time on the trail, so enjoy it! Look around and appreciate where I am, what I'm doing and look how far I've come. I'm sorry that turned into like a total sacrament talk right there but I just found it very profound and applicable.

I hope everything is great at home! Eliza and William thank you for your letters! And Rebecca thank you too! Caroline I'm still waiting to hear from you! I'm shocked that you can't read the Japanese characters from my last email... Kids Camp sounded like....fun.... and Youth Conference sounded like a smashing success! Mom and Eliza thank you for not dying. (of course Mom would make Eliza canoe with Matt Kaelbaer... hubba hubba) Abby did you get my letter I sent you?! I love and miss you all!

Love,
Jonathan, Elder Pace

KUIARATAMENASAI (command form of to repent - very impolite in 日本語)‏

私の家族 (my family) and others that may read this.

As you can see I have now discovered how to use the Japanese keyboard, hooray! Anyway this week has been the shortest yet. Then I realize that I haven't even been out a month yet and it feels like I have been here for seven years! alas... I had this great list of things to write to you about but I left it in my room when we went to email so anything I don't get to now I will get to next week.

So the Provo temple is closed until August 12th or something like that which is cool because it gives us WAY more time on P-Day to do whatever we want a.k.a. sleep, write, study, etc. But also bad becuase I have much more time to think about things like what I may be missing, what is going on without me, blah blah blah...  I miss home and everything, but at the same time I don't want to be anywhere else. When I get bugged about being homesick or missing someone, it's not like I want to go home, just I want that person to come visit me or something like that.

Apparently they changed the missionary dress code, but they have somehow not managed to tell anyone in the MTC about it?!?! Because all the new elders that came in this week all have khaki pants! No fair, I want some khaki pants! hahaha but other changes include the banning of backpacks. We are allowed like a satchel (sp?) or a shoulder bag, but they claim backpacks make us look unproffesional like tourists or students. But at the same time breifcases are too intimidating, but man purses aren't weird at all.....

So 日本語 is actually really hard. Anyone who thinks otherwise can answer to me! They conjugate their adjectives!?! what kind of whacky language does that?! for example, fun = tanoshii, not fun = tanoshikunai, was fun = tanoshikatta, and was not fun = tanoshikunakatta. And to make it so much better it's written like this: たのしい　たのしくない　たのしかった　たのしくなかった　not simple at all! Also everything in 日本語 is super polite! Instead of just asking someone "will you pray?" you have to literally say, "may I humbly receive of you praying?" I have SOO much 日本語 to learn and only 4-ish weeks till I'm there! Everyone pray for me!

Here are some things to not do while at the MTC (Or ever on your mission)

1- the stupid hunger games whistle (that movie wasn't even good!)

2- put your namebadge on your tie (either magnetically or sideways witht the pocket badge)

3- attempt to be a hipster in any way shape or form (rolling up pantlegs, shortsleeve shirts, wearing vests or suspenders, etc.) We are supposed to look united in a great cause, not drawing attention to ourselves. Style is fine, but we have rules about how to dress for a reason.

Every devotional, before they even start they have like 50 ´´prelude hymns`` which at first was really annoying, and I think the main reason they do it is just to keep people quiet before the devotional starts, but I have found that usually there is some profound message in these hymns that I have heard a million times before that really stands out to me and is just what I needed to hear. I have started doing this thing since getting here where I do not take notes based on what the speaker may say, but what the spirit manifests unto me. I have been keeping a special book just for those messages from the spirit to me. I have dubbed them ´´the small plates of jonathan pace`` and the book is only for spiritual experiences, impulses, etc. I encourage everyone to do something similar. Then every night before bed I read the most recent page I have written to reflect upon the experiences I have had over the last day-week.

Also this week we did an exercise on being inspired by the spirit in which we were paired up with another misisonary in our district and were to only share what the spirit prompted us to. It was initially very quiet, but then I felt that I should flip to D&C 4 and share a scripture with Elder Young, which in the process, I turned right to D&C 6:36 which reads ´´Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not`` I didn´t think much of it and simply shared with him that Jesus Christ´s atonement is infinite and while it  covers all our sins, it also covers our worries, guilt, frustrations, pains, and sorrows. That if we will cast our burdens upon the Lord whether they be a pebble in our shoe, or a crushing weight upon our back, Jesus Christ knows what we have been through and through relying on his atonement, our burdens no matter the size, may be lifted from us. The scripture and message clearly touched him, and after the exercise was over he asked me how I knew to share that scripture with him. To which I simply responded, I didn´t know that scripture existed, but the spirit knew, and directed me not for my sake, but for Elder Young´s.

One thing that is good to note is that I no longer pray in English. It just feels weird to me now if I do not say it in 日本語. The Japanese people do a weird sort of kneel where they just kneel low sitting on their feet and they do it for hours. I have been trying to practice so I am able to do it when I get there. It hurts after 2 minutes and your feet go numb after about 5. I would encourage anyone who wants to try it to do so, it is...interesting and as soon as you get up you just feel all the blood rush into your feet and I think it is actually good for your circulation, if you have cold feet give it a try, but anyone with bad knees should not try this ever pretty much.

MTC food is a necessary evil. You must eat to survive, but I just feel so unhealthy and sick every meal. Mom, thank you so much for being the amazing cook you are! Seriously I hope every missionary has his bowells filled with mercy so that they do not have to be filled with the MTC Cafeteria food!

I hope youth conference went well Mom and Eliza! Eliza I hope Mom embarrassed you on the bus! Caroline I still have not heard from you..... William I trust you had an awesome time at Camp Steiner, it really is the best scout camp by far! Andrew, try not to get married while I am gone, Eliza, you too! Rebecca thank you for being the best at writing me! (favorite sister award) Dad thank you for your letter it helped quite a bit and I have not struggled with that near as much since that day. Eliza I am still waiting for those letters you said you would send me... Mimi and Papa I doubt William is doing the same quality job that I did, your clock on the DVD player may just have to be off for a few years. Abby, convert someone for me.  I love and miss you all!!! I hope you all have a wonderful week and write me soon!

Love,

Jonathan, Elder Pace

Sukuinushi (Shhh!)‏

Week 3

Okay so this week began with Elder Mak (Mr. Snoops) attempting to iron his shirt which he did not know how to do. I looked out into the hall and saw him holding his shirt in the air with one hand, while trying to iron this limp shirt hanging in the air. I tried my hardest not to laugh, ...and failed. It was pathetic! I died laughing as soon as I got to the room and was practically rolling on the floor I thought it was so funny. I have since taught him how to correctly iron his clothing.

This week I also received a batch of Peanut Butter Chocolate kiss cookies in the mail, but from an anonymous sender... I wonder who my secret lover is...

William I hope you had a great time at Camp Steiner! It's the best scout camp there is even with the freezing lake! write me about it if you get the chance! I'm also glad you all survived the first wave of the Texas Oldroyds although it sounded like you guys really had a great time with them! Of Course Jennifer and David couldn't figure out mafia...

Okay so this week I got a notice telling me to come to the travel office and apparently there had been some issues with my visa application, so I filled out the forms they gave me and signed off on it all and they were resubmitted. Everyone pray I get my visa in the next six weeks! It shouldn't be an issue, but if worse came to worse I wouldn't mind being reassigned to the Illinois Chicago West Mission..... hehehehe

Another funny thing that has happened. So my classroom is on the third floor and we are the only Japanese class on that floor. The rest of the classes are Spanish. (our nemesis simple latin based language). So I don't know how it started, but some of the spanish Elders and Sisters somehow got the idea that the Japanese word sukuinushi (pronounced skoo-ii-new-shii) was used to shush someone. However, sukuinushi actually means Savior. So we have had some good times mocking these spanish speaking missionaries that will put a finger to their lips and to one another say "Savior" when things get noisy.

So being on a floor with all spanish speakers, we constantly hear their stupid whiny complaints about how hard spanish is and how they are here for six whole weeks!!! boo hoo hoo!!! I asked them if I could call the Wambulance once and they didn't like that very much. But they continue to complain and then we show them some hiragana and katakana and they get quiet even quicker than if we say "sukuinushi"

So my companion as I think I mentioned before has ADHD. So it is extremely hard for him to focus on anything for longer than 10 minutes. So... we are a one-man team pretty much. I don't know what to do because I end up planning, studying for, and teaching the lesson every time, but we can't switch off or anything becuase he can't do it. and with the language I can't just help explain it to him the whole time because then we both get super behind and that is no good for either of us.

So Ben Taylor, or Rather Taylor Sensei, Bensei as I call him. has now become one of our mock investigators named Watabe Shingo. In Japanese they do the last name first and they rarely use the first name. In teaching Watabe San (Mr. Watabe) we taught him about prayer, how through prayer he can come to know if god lives, he can receive answers to his questions and receive guidance in his life. For the first time I actually was able to teach free of the books and only had to look up a few words. I also was able to share with him the story of how when andrew's lung collapsed how before he got surgery I prayed so that he would be safe during the operation and would recover. I told him how heavenly father answered my prayer and helped me to feel comfort and that if he would ask heavenly father in prayer in sincerity, that heavenly father would answer his prayers just the same way. I tell this story because it was the first real personal experience I had shared and it reminded me so much that The Lord wants ME in Japan, and not just any missionary, that there is something I have to offer to the Japanese people that will bring them the same joy through the gospel that I feel. Oh and BTW this was all in Japanese so booya!

The Devotional tuesday focused on serving The Lord and not just serving time. how Prisoners serve time, and missionaries serve The Lord. I have been striving all week to be more diligent and work as hard as I can to serve The Lord and not just serve time. I have also been focusing on having things to look forward to each day to keep my optimism high which is hard for me being the super pessimistic, critical, cynical person I am. Such things include beach volleyball tuesdays, purple tie thursdays, and other silly things. The real secret to making the time go by faster is to do what you are supposed to do, when you are supposed to do it, crazy I know, but obedience really does work, imagine that! Some people just can't wrap their head around that idea.

I would love the following things:

a copy of the family newsletter

my purple tie from hairspray (for purple tie thursday)

my swiss army knife.

any japanese pokemon cards (they actually are good reading practice because they have more everyday words and not just religious vocab)

Well only 6 weeks to go here in Provo! we get new Japanese missionaries this week which is exciting! I love and miss you all!

Love,

Jonathan, Elder Pace

Konnichiwa Shimaitachi!‏

Dear World, (family)

I will answer most individual emails in individual letters which you will probably get sometime next week. Also I would assume it was William who emailed me from my own old email, but they didn't leave a name..... maybe it's from aninnymouse?! But anyway thank you to everyone who wrote to me this week it really does mean a lot! Also I only have an hour to Email so if you would send me your emails either as letters or through dearelder.com I would have more time to send you my weekly update.

Anyhow, yes I got the midnight snack package you sent, and it is very useful! Also thank you Rebecca for your package! so anyway I have just recorded my thoughts throughout the week of things I need to write home about but they may be very scattered so bear with me.

First I am glad not to be one of the new guys anymore! It was so fun to greet all the new elders by saying "Konnichiwa Shimaitachi" which means good afternoon sisters! Though stupid, it's great to see their ignorant faces as they think we're being all nice to them when we're mocking them. Even though we don't get more Japanese missionaries until the 17th it's good not to be the newest missionary at the center. A bunch of Nihonjin Choro to Shimai (Native Japanese Elders and Sisters) arrived this week and they are so small! They have such a brightness about them and it's great to know that there really are good faithful saints all throughout the world. However, I do not understand how anyone could ever develop Asian/Yellow Fever hahaha no thank you!

So one fun thing that makes learning the language a little easier is that all of our Japanese language and grammar books all have fun Japanese names. For example, our green pocket sized grammar card is known as the Bulbasaur, and our yellow grammar book is known as the Pikachu. Other book nicknames include the ninja, sumo, miyagi (from karate kid), magikarp (that book is useless) and charmander. In case anyone did not already know, yes I am going to the land of Pokemon.

One frustration is there is no real like checkpoints on the process of learning a language, and the only real goal is to become fluent. Also it is frustrating that no matter how incompetent we are at the language after nine weeks, they are going to send us off to Japan regardless! I cannot learn this language in that time! everyone please pray for me!

Okay so... my companion Elder Sorenson has ADHD. I am not kidding! He literally has been diagnosed and everything, and does he bring his medication on his mission? Of course not! Seriously he cannot last longer than 15 minutes on any task and it is SOOOO frustrating! I plan all our lessons, do all the talking in our lessons, and have to continually be on his case to focus on whatever it is we're learning or studying. Also, his favorite hymn is "We are all Enlisted" which is fine, but he sings it 24/7 and he only knows the first two lines of the first verse ALL DAY LONG! One funny thing is that the Japanese word for companion is doryo (with extended o sounds) and my companion is effectively Dory from Pixar's Finding Nemo. Also this week he asked me if the priesthood was on the earth during the great apostasy...

So receiving mail is like candy! please everyone write me because I like to get mail! And because I want to hear about all that you're doing! Also pictures are gold! I want pictures of family and friends! Also I don't know if you sent it already but that picture collage Mindy made me I would very much appreciate!

Elder Paul Zoltan Mak in my district (yes his middle name is Zoltan) you know the one that doesn't shower, brush his teeth, make his bed or really practice any hygeine decided to shower this week! (hooray!) but then while we were all showering he closed the door to our room which conveniently had all the keys to the room in it. So yes we were all 6 of us locked out of our room, half naked. Thankfully our zone leaders went to the front desk and got us a key to our room and the problem was resolved within ten minutes. Elder Mak is the Mr. Snoops of our room who ironically looks like the I'm a PC guy from those those old Apple commercials. Ironic because his name is Mak. Elder Mak is also the reason for us getting an unsatisfactory rating on our room check this week.

On the fourth of July we had a "Stadium of Fireside" in which they brought all the missionaries inside to watch 17 Miracles to prevent us from hearing that terrible worldly celebration... Sometimes I think that people who have these ideas are just stupid. but anyway, I just wrote letters the whole movie and after we got to go outside to watch the fireworks show, or as much as we could see from within the walls of this monster center thingy. Which defeated the whole purpose of trying to keep us inside in the first place!

The food here is terrible. I eat because I have to survive, but am seriously considering annorexia for the next seven and a half weeks. When I think of the MTC food a movie quote comes to mind. "Do you not know that I have had Diahrrea since EASTERS!?" anyhow I don't think I will gain any weight here at the MTC. Although I have been lifting weights and working out consistently so I could gain some muscle mass. Let's all cross our fingers for that! Basically I am doing well and I have taught 5 lessons all in Japanese (or as much Japanese as possible) and have actually been able to feel the spirit in the last few which is awesome! Also Cantonese is the gay Mandarin.

Here is what I need to know slash need from home.
The list of Thank You cards I need to write that was on my ipod. and the addresses of those individuals.
Febreeze. (for Elder Mak)
A Deck of Cards
Fingernail Clippers, Rebecca I don't know what you thought was in that stupid pedicure kit you sent me but it did not actually contain anything to clip my toenails/fingernails with.
Abby's address in Italia.

Hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Love and miss you,

Jonathan (Elder Pace)

Welcome to Camp Green Lake

Well here at the MTC things are kind of odd. So first off, being with a companion all the time is fun and all, ...but it's not. I'm such a solitary person and I don't like to be with people really, but I guess I'll have to get used to that. I would like to send home pictures that I have taken, but the computers here are so restricted that it is near impossible to upload anything from my camera. So if you would like to send me pictures, which I would highly reccomend you do, they must be actual photographs sent through the post office.

So day one I arrived here, picked up my language materials, and went to class with Sensei Taylor! (Ben). He only speaks in Japanese which is so frustrating but I guess it will help us learn better? So Japanese is extremely difficult. I have successfully learned to pray, and I can also say certain sentences like, I believe God answers our prayers, (Kamisama ga inori o ukeru to shinjite imasu) Japanese is backwards of english where the verb comes at the end of the sentence so like instead of saying "I am Elder Pace", it is "Watashi wa Pace Choro desu". I guess it'll come more naturally after a while but we'll see. Here is something I HATE about the MTC. So in school, they will teach you all of the material before you have a test, so that by the time you are tested, you can get 100% of the questions right. Here at the MTC however, they test you after you know maybe 10% of the material, so there is no possible way that you can pass! How intelligent of them to structure it that way... Anyhow I have been struggling trying to keep my cynicism from getting the best of me, but there are so many things that I feel like they could improve. Yesterday Elder Sorensen and I taught our first "Lesson" in Japanese (meaning I did all the work, wrote up the whole lesson and Elder Sorensen said Konnichiwa at the beginning and Sayonara at the end) Teaching these lessons teaches us nothing because we can't understand a word ou investigator says to us, and can barely even say anything at all in Japanese. It'd make much more sense if we were just taught to speak Japanese and learn to understand before they just feed us to the wolves. I have just decided to have fun with these lessons because otherwise I will stress out and be bugged whenever things don't go exactly as I had expected.

My companion is Elder Sorensen, he is from Lehi, UT and went to Pleasant Grove High School. He played soccer and has strawberry-blonde hair. He also looks kind of a lot like a horny-toad... He also sleeps with this stuffed Elephant his girlfriend gave him that is kind of gross. We named the Elephant "Big Rhonda" He isn't quite as dilligent as I am but I guess that is just something I will have to get used to as well. There are six elders in my room and we're all going to southern Japan. Myself, Elder Sorensen, Elder Kemp, Elder Mak, (Pronounced Mack), Elder Thurman and Elder Young. Elder Kemp is 19, went to Brighton High and knows the Lambsons, is going to Kobe, and loves skinny ties. He also is our district leader. Elder Mak is the comic relief of my misison, he's going to Tokyo South, is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and is a cross between Le Fou and Elder Calhoun from the best to years. He is the only one in our room who isn't writing a girlfriend and I think it bothers him when the others talk about theirs, his MTC ID card picture resembles very closely the most hated man in the world, Adolf Hitler, he has managed to break the shower handle, spill orange juice all over his shoes and socks, doesn't brush his teeth that I know of, his belly shakes when he laughs, and he kind of smells. Elder Thurman is from Heber City and is going to Tokyo South he also knows the Seguras. I know the least about him but yeah. Elder Young is going to tokyo south, lived most of his life in Russia and is ripped. He seriously could break me like a chopstick if he wished.

Waking up at 6:30 hasn't been much of a problem, but when my district stays up and talks fo hours after every night despite my requests that they let me sleep, it gets harder to wake up. My companions do not like my alarm clock, but it does the job and we all are fine after the first minute or so after our ears stop ringing. I really do love my district and we get along really well which is great.

The food..... it's sub par, but the chocolate milk is excellent! Although Sundays food is severely lacking I hear so feel free to send me food for when I will be hungry AKA every night at like 9 because for some reason dinner is at 4:00... who's the genius who decided that?

My P-day for the next 9 weeks is Saturday which is when I will write my emails and most of my letters. If people wish to write to me, DearElder.com is the Shiz. It provides free same day delivery while I'm in the MTC so it is great for the next 9 weeks! It's the same format as an email which is really convinient for the sender because then they don't have to worry about stamps or envelopes or anything! basically use DearElder.com! Also the little kids that I know spend like 10 hours on the computer each day have no excuse not to write me a quick letter! I promise I will write back either via email or letter!

So here are the people I see at the MTC or think I see here.

Elder Cort Jackson I see a lot seeing as he is also going to Japan and lives the floor below me. Elder Robbie Neff I see quite a bit. I also see Elder Darrell Day, Elder Brandon Bitner, and Sister Sarah Howard? I actually enjoy seeing people I know a lot more than I would've thought, I ran into Elder Nick Liddell last night which was great! I always seem to see people like that at times when I am frustrated or lonely or missing Mindy or my family and it helps to lift my spirits.

Everyone here seems so happy, and I don't know why. I don't feel the spirit here any more than anywhere else, and I am constantly reminded how stupid I am and how terrible of a Japanese speaker I am. I don't get it! Although everything seems hilarious here, it's like I am so starved for humor that anything that is the least bit funny at all we will laugh at so much more than we should.

Elder Sorensen is instant messaging his girlfriend right now which I'm pretty sure isn't allowed but oh well. They're gross with all their smiley faces btw. (never use smiley faces, ever! just a word for the wise) I'm shocked to see how many Elders are just lazy, they sleep during study time, they don't go to the temple, they don't wake up or go to bed on time... the list goes on. I just feel like people can't expect to be blessed if they aren't obedient duh!

Well, this is my life at the moment. Try not to miss me too much! I love you!

Jonathan,

Elder Pace

Pace Choro