Crowd of people? Carrying your bike? Just lift it over all of their heads #MuricaPerk #ImHuge ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I don't always ask for directions on the train, but when I do, I end that conversation talking about God #Missionaried ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Biking for twenty minutes to buy chicken and beef for dirt cheap? Worth it!! #NoRoomInOurFreezerAnyMore ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... We just made Raspberry Jam from Scratch, put the hot stuff that wouldn't fit in the jar onto ice-cream and ate it all ... Love ... my ... life ... #FatKid ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I don't always lead us around Tokyo but when I do ... we're early #LikeABoss ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Alright iPad, you think you can fix my spelling? #ChalngeAcceptprw #noSuggestions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... We just ate $100 worth of sushi; you then took us to an Italian Restaurant and made us keep eating till we all want to die ... Of course we'll go to round 3 with you! ... #GoingToPukeAllOverYou ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... #NoImNot28 ... it's alright, you're like the 12th person to make that mistake ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... All we bought was potatoes and meat #GriffithsChoroWentShopping ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Curry for Lunch, Curry for Dinner; #HappyPDay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Typhoon, worst one in 10 years? Please, my bike has missionary steroids, #DidNotEvenFallOver ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Oh, you sell Melonpan? yeah, I’ll buy them all, right now #TheRecipeTooPlease ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... #YouMightBeAMissionaryIf you don't hear about the giant wall of water which will hit the city where you live until next Monday; because you only get eMail on P-Days ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... New favorite conversation starter "I don’t speak Japanese and if I don’t learn I can’t go back to America, please help me" #ForeignerPower ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Whatever I just ate, exploded with little eggs all over my mouth #WhatDidIJustEat ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Is it wrong that I want to ask the local tattoo artist if he can run the face painting booth at our Halloween party, I think he would be pretty good ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Being a foot taller than everyone else in the whole country #GaijinNoMondai (Foregner problem) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Hitting your head on every door way cuz it’s made for people a foot shorter than you #GaijinNoMondai ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Having a hole in the ground for a toilet? #FirstWorldCountry more like #FirstWorldProblem ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Typhoon season #ComeAtMeMotherNature #Murica ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Cow Piss? Oh you mean Calpis #YesIllTakeAllOfThem

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

... in the broadcast ... shenanigans ...



Things are going well here, I was in the broadcast thingy on Sunday, it was pretty cool. if you go to lds.org, I believe that it is the cover photo/ video thing. Its like the world wide leadership conference, maybe Hastening the Work of Salvation (Click here for the Video The Work of Salvation). Anyway, at 1 hour, 53 minutes and 39 seconds there is a nice shot of my companion (Elder Quinton Mcknight) and I (also at 0:02:34). I will be wearing a blue and red stripped tie, if any one cares ...

I have gained twenty pounds since I got here (3 weeks earlier), but have had to start wearing my belt on a tighter loop ... I am so confused with this matter. Need less to say I have found out where they serve the doughnuts for breakfast and my eating habits have returned to normal. No more heavy dense food for me!!! back to the sugary crud!! oh the deliciousness that is my life.


TeJay and Crystal your son is adorable! I am so excited to babysit him when I get home and am considered to be a responsible adult. I am so excited to see him grow up over the next two years though.  I have cravings to be immature, but everyone here is all about the learning.  I am glad that he can ... for lack of a better word, scoot across the floor and has become some what mobile. When he is a bit older I would love to see him riding SyutSing (TeJay's dog) like the majestic stallion that she is.  Thank you for going to Hong Kong and learning tones. Whenever I feel intimidated by Japanese, I just remember that you learned tones ... sevenish of them; I realize I should really buck up and learn this. Thank you for that.

JanDee, I am glad to hear that I am setting an example to Waylon and Axton and simply look forward to the day when they will do the same for my children!

The plague has struck the MTC a couple weeks ago and my immune system, being as awesome as it was, fought it off entirely ... then, the all clear was given, and then my dear branch president decided to give us all hugs ... three hours later I threw up all over the bathroom ... it was a delightful treat to clean up at 1 in the morning.

I was totally fine after a day and am back to my old shenanigans, such a great word. We found some exercise bands and made some dodge balls out of tape, and well being the engineer that I am, and having the maturity of a three year old ... now we get to play extreme dodge ball every night ... its pretty great. 

Sam and A..... B....... CUMULONIMBUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that all is well on the home front, sorry that it is so hot ... oh waaaaait just think of next summer when I am in Japan and it will be humid ... mwahahahaha I win. 

I miss you guys a lot, but I'm glad to know that everyone is doing okay with out me! Oh I almost forgot, if you could refer to me as Uncle Awesome around the grandchildren that would be great; because I mean what is more awesome than sharing the gospel? Nothing ... except maybe eating a few doughnuts whilst doing it.

Elder Griffiths


ps. also I got a Pokemon sticker for the back of my name tag ... we called it blending in with the culture.

Have you been able to go to the temple yet?
      we went every Tuesday until now ... it will be closed until we leave.

How is your wart doing? Did it ever fall off? (please wear shower shoes)
      Warty is gone!!!!! Sad to say that I miss him a little bit.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

729 Days 23 Hours 30 Minutes 0 Seconds Left @ 1:30 on the 5th of June 2013

Trenton actually became a missionary on June 4, 2013 @ 9:15 PM.  He was set apart by President John Arens in the High Council room of the Riverton Utah Stake Center.

We arrived at the MTC in Provo at 12:54 and was leaving the MTC by 12:58.  Official Countdown begins on June 5, 2013 @ 1:00 PM :-)
The last picture we took 5 June 2013