This week, surprisingly, did not suck! Look at that! I don't want to tell you it was happy or joyful or anything, but it's been a lot better since we blessed the pad. Yeah, we blessed the pad. I don't want to talk about it until I'm no longer living in it, but let's just for now say, to ease your curiosity, that there was more in there than just moldy food, and leave it at that. I don't want to dwell on it, or fully disclose the events within that place, but just know that it's over now. -Hopefully.

This week, Elder Lock began to recover. He's not free of the sickness yet, and he's begun spreading it to me, but that's alright I guess. At least we both were finally able to get out to church this week, and guess what? The vast majority of members here served in Japan! I spoke Japanese yesterday with so many people, it was crazy! It was absolutely wonderful, and I realized how much I miss that language, so now I study when Elder Lock is too sick to go out. When I get the phone, I'll be able to write emails in Japanese, so all of you Nihongo masters out there can get yourselves pumped up for that if you'd like. We also went caroling with the youth, so that I could meet the ward and get to know the people in it. We sang silent night in Hawaiian and let me tell you, that was a trip.

As for everything else, life is still life, but it's better now that I've actually been able to leave the pad and talk with Elder Lock a bit more. We both really like movies, so we have been getting along great, for the most part. Our old GPS that we don't have anymore because of Elder Lock's SAMSUNG GALAXY J7 *ahem* (sorry, I don't know what happened there), but anyway, we have a new GPS, but our old one had the voice of Neil Degrass Tyson. I'll let you figure out how cool that is for yourself, but Neil, as we called him, was not very good at giving accurate directions. Needless to say, we were blind, but now, thanks to technology, and the Savior of course, but also technology, we can see.

Tomorrow is the 19, and you know what that means! Ultra-forced no questions asked borderline creepy positivity day! No frowning! And it's now a new tradition! Every 19th of the month from this day onward! BE. HAPPY. OR. ELSE.

Big brother is watching. Always watching.

Anyway, aloha, and Mele Kaliki Maka to all of you!

Thanks everyone for the letters and support!! I've been behind on writing letters lately, but I've written a lot this week and I'll continue to work on it, so... If I told you I was gonna write you, and I didn't yet, well... be prepared.

BYE-ME!

Gratitude challenge for the week:
Kevin Anderson
Mikuni International College
The people in our ward that speak Japanese
Christmas Music
Justin Zager
The Disney Senior trip with Connor and Justin