I can't speak my "off the chart" Japanese because my throat is sore

1/8 金

Today we had a zone meeting, shout out to R chourou, B shimai, and F shimai. That was really fun. Somehow, we managed to teach three lessons today, and during one, after we prayed, Y-shimai was just like, "Ah," at the end, and her eyes lit up a bit as she looked at the picture behind us (Christ appearing to Mary at the sepulcre). And she was like, "It's true." ...Sweet.

Das is all. Except my throat is really sore. Drank a lot of tea to soothe the raw feeling, and hopefully it'll wear off with sleep.

Night.

1/10 土

In case you were wondering, throat is still raw. And we pretty much didn't do anything today, except plan and talk, so... well, right now, I'm on a talking strike.

But on the bright side, I got to ask the chouroutachi how my Japanese was. They said that I use quite a few fillers in my Japanese, which seems to be the trap that every missionary falls into. So, that is something that I will definitely change, but toriaezu, they said other than that, my Japanese is "off the charts." Now I just have to find out the chart he's using.

But anyways, he said that if I dropped my billion "anou"s, then I would sound like a nihonjin, so that makes me really happy.

Also got delicious maple-ribboned bread from H-shimai. Then we finished off the night with instant potatoes. Not talking is... good for me, I suppose, but not being able to talk for even one hour is taking its toll on me... Ganbare, Sanzu shimai...