Just Thinking of you Guys

Hey guys,
     All your stuff sounds awesome! Hannah's Christmas thing was good and Scott's diaper trick was interesting. I got your packages and a few more pictures for you guys. Thank you so much for all the stuff, it's awesome. Thanks for the pictures guys, I'm hanging them up today since it's my P-Day. Our kohai got here! We got an elder the day before and he stayed with us for the night. He's really cool, his name is Manapori Choro and the other one is Craig Choro. They're the only elders we get, the rest are sisters. A lot of our kohai came from New Zealand and Australia so their accents are cool. Anyway they're all fun and cool. Our teacher won tickets to Star Wars on the radio so we don't have any classes today. Which is awesome. We're just going to use the time to plan our lessons and just make them really good. We haven't been up to much lately, just learning Japanese and teaching. Although we do teach 3 times a week in English. We taught a guy yesterday and the lesson was just straight ballin'. It went so well! We all taught an even amount and everything just came so naturally and we all felt the spirit and it was really cool. So tell me more, what have you guys been doing?  How's gymnastics? How's school for everybody? How many dates has Dallin been on there in the island of Brokinawa? Just thinking of you guys.
    Love ya, Tanner

Awesome, thanks. I'll check the mail today for the other package. We haven't battled yet but today is P-Day so we have a lot of down time. Things will probably happen. Thanks again for sending me stuff. We really needed that CC Lemon. My companion's been kind of sick lately but you can ask Grant about that. I sent him and email. Dallin too. By the way did Dallin send me his ocarina? That's really nice of him, we all sure enjoy it. I was playing it in class yesterday. Also the pictures were really cool from Scott and Hannah. Hannah's heart pineapples are really cool and Scott's mega Charizard is super cool too. I'll send you a video if we play with them today.

Hi Grant,
What's up! I heard you rocked a concert for the Marines on Hansen. How was that? What else have you been up to, I don't hear about what you do for fun much. 2 nights ago I rubbed my companions back while he threw u in a trash can. That was fun. We ended up locked out of our room after that and had to call security to let us in. So we just sat there in our underwear while he threw up until they gave us medicine and unlocked our room. Have you done anything like that? I've been doing good lately, teaching and stuff.
Anyway I love you.
Tanner

Bathroom Prank

Hey Scotty,
     That's awesome that you get to go to Yuron! How exciting right! I've got a story for you, so we have started to go crazy from being here so long so we do some weird things and we don't know why. So I have 2 companions and one of them was in the bathroom and the other was next to me. Another one of our friends goes into the stall next to him and says, "Hey I'm out of toilet paper, can you pass me some low key?" So this is a prank. He isn't out of toilet paper and he isn't even using the bathroom. He actually has some Nutella on his hand and as he goes to get the toilet paper my companion freaks out and throws it at him under the stall. So all of us crazy missionaries know about it and we're watching and we just bust up laughing. My comp still doesn't know it's Nutella and he says, "ok that was pretty good, slide me some skin with your non-defiled hand." And so the other guy wipes the Nutella all over his hand. Now keep in mind, he still thinks it's poop. He says in a super calm voice, "That's not what I asked for." And we LOSE IT. My other comp is rolling on the bathroom floor busting a gut and I'm not much better. It was hilarious! Anyway, that's what I've been up to.
    Love you guys, Tanner

We're Taking a Fieldtrip

     So I didn't take many pictures this week, but next week I'm taking a ton. Let me tell you why next week has me psyched out of my mind. I'm already a little out of my mind. But anyway, since Jackson choro is considered an international missionary and I'm one of his companions, I get to go to temple square on the 18th! So we're taking a field trip there next week. Also the long hard 3 weeks of being alone are over on Wednesday. We get kohai! So we'll have little new Japanese missionaries here with us and we won't be so lonely. We are just so stoked for next week. I've been good, I get along with my companions (I have 2 now) and our lessons have been getting a lot better.
    Love, Tanner

Our Flag is Missing!

Hey Family,
This week has been pretty crazy and all of my days blur together so I have to read my journal to keep track of what day it is. So concerning the gym I'm getting pretty swoll. jaw muscles are getting pretty big, which is of course a euphemism for I'm getting fat, and I like it. It's too cold here. Also, I can bench 75lb dumbells and I've benched my companion for fun a couple of times. I got a video and I may be able to send it in a minute. For some reason most of my videos won't send. I've actually taken a few pictures but last week I didn't have time to send them because Pday was on Thanksgiving. But this week I should be able to today. Thanks for all of the packages, they're awesome. Can you send me: an ocarina, some more sweatpants, some Japanesey stuffed Pokemon for Christmas, ( that's important to us because we're learning how to challenge people to battles and the winner goes to the other's church) missionaries start to go crazy after a while with limited human interaction. My friend started reciting from Romeo and Juliet and I started doing an interpretive dance for it. I can feel myself slipping :) Yeah we pretty much have to spend some time everyday talking to someone that's not in our district just to stay sane. So we have an interesting relationship with the district down the hall from us. A few weeks ago someone stole their map of Japan. They thought it was us and I blamed the Koreans of trying to incite civil war. So we said we'd beck them up if there was a zone war. They were still a little suspicious. This went on for like a week where we'd see them, ask them if they found their map, they'd say they till thought we took it, and we'd all go on our way. Well one day we went to the bathroom and as we're coming back one of them says to us, "I didn't do it." So we're like what? And we go in our room and our Flag is missing! So we march down to their room and they laugh and give it back. It was funny. So I taped some notebook paper together and drew them a new map in like 10 minutes and it was super ghetto. But it's the thought that counts. So we made peace between our districts and now we talk to them all the time. I also saw Jake a couple days ago. He walked right on in and I was like Hi. Wait I know you! And then I gave him a hug and we talked. Apparently I got bad info and he actually teaches in the afternoon. But it was cool to see him. I hosted some people again and it was fun. I have been teaching a lot of lessons lately and I've been getting better. The Japanese ones get better every time but kind of slowly. We also teach in English sometimes and it's really fun. I'm having a great time here and I love you guys.
Tanner

Rite of Passage

Hey guys,
     So much has happened that I don't know if I can remember it all. My senpai left to Japan and they did this CRAZY ritual and rite of passage for us. I mean it was WEIRD, and I LOVED IT. I took a video of the 2nd half but I can't send it to you, you'd question our sanity. And rightfully so. Anyway it was also our teacher's birthday, Sanderson kyoudai. we made him a present with a paper bag and our packages from home. I can send you a video of that. we had tons of really good speakers come and that was really fun. Oh yeah, part of the senpai's ritual is to just dump all of their useless crap, that they got from their senpai, all over our room. So our room is a mess. Moore Choro gave me a cool tie and so did Price Choro. Price Choro's has the names of all the people it has been passed on to. So now my name is on it. Gonzales Choro took his suit to the dry cleaners and it shrunk a little bit so he gave it to me! It's a really nice suit too. We went to choir a couple more times too and it was fun. We started teaching a new investigator because our old one got transferred. We're also doing a service project today for Feeding Children Everywhere so look for that. We're making over 350,000 food kits with 6 servings each. It's gonna be big. I'm super excited because we do that in a few hours. I'm also really happy to hear how you guys are doing. Way to kick the other kids' butts Scott and Grant. I'm proud of you guys. Dallin, kick your girlfriends butt at her own sport, tennis, and then flaunt your victory excessively. That's how you win the ladies. Good job getting to level 3 gymnastics Hannah, tht's super awesome! It's super cool that you guys had a pie night with the Duenas Family. Tell them I said hi. And that they still didn't email me. :) I'm making new friends over here since we have to to survive without senpai. It's fun meeting new people. Oh yeah, can you tell Jake to find me sometime? I'm in 7M Room 233 for class and 13M Room 117 for sleeping. I've tried to find him but he's never in the classroom I check (352).
I love you guys and I'll talk to ya later.
Tanner

Daily Schedule

Hi Dad,
     We've had a lot of 70s talk to us. I write down their names but I didn't bring my notes to laundry. I'll send their names to you later.  Apparently we're supposed to hear from a 12 today. Awesome! My  teachers are like my best friends here. They are so helpful and they tell the coolest stories and say funny things all day long. My average day is get up at 6:30 work out and eat breakfast and be ready  by 8:30, go to class until 12:50, hang out with the other elders until 1:35, go back to class and teach an investigator, study until 9:20, go back to the dorms and relax for 10 minutes, then study until 10:15,  write in my journal, and if there's any time after that, study. I study all day everyday. It's actually good because I'm learning a lot and so I enjoy it. But yeah, it's a loooooong day. I'm glad you guys had a good day. I love you all.
Tanner

Best of Luck

Hey Dad,
     It's great to hear everyone is doing so well. I wish Grant and Scott the best of luck in their games, although Rogers men don't need it. I'm not fast tracked, I will be here for all 9 weeks. I think that's a good thing right now but looking at my senpai, the guys who have already been here weeks, you go absolutely looney after a while. they just do THE WEIRDEST THINGS. They'll all just lay on the floor in the hall and they don't even know why. But at the same time they are really really cool. Sorry I haven't sent you my favorite scripture yet but I just sent it to Mom. I gotta go because I'm in the laundromat but I love you a lot.
Tanner