29 March 2012

Sorry this email is so late. Today i saw Elder Chen and he really needed to have some fun as a missionary. Lets just say that last week was super hard for us. COuntless hours of contacting peopel and nothing came from it. Not even one phone number. SO today we met up with the district and went to another area and had all you can eat meat, and then played football. It was like being in america. it was super fun too

Dad thanks for your email. i am glad that you had such a great time with boo and all that. It sounds like it was really fun. Thanks for your details. TOdays email is actually going to be directed to mom and the things she told me.
SO, your whole story about the Kawamitsu's is way funny. SO i totally remember Aiki and i was wondering if i was ever going to meet him here in Japan. I remember that i used to be really good freinds with him and then they moved to Japan. Then in October you told me you found the mom on Facebook. I thought athat was super cool. Well i knew about Bless4 for a very long time. In my 4th transfer my comp. served in thier ward in Machida so he knew them. He was the one who set up the fireside. Well in November they did do the fireside but i didnt have any investigators so i couldnt go. Anyway, When i came here to Yamate, their was a preloaded band named the 'Kawamitsu Family". I listened to them and for some reason i really liked it alot. It is a mix of english and japanese, so i really like it because i can understnad. WEll, just this week when jenny shimai it all clicked. The band i have been listening to for the past 3 or 4 months has been Bless4 which is the family that used to live in our ward. IT IS SO FREAKING COOL!!!!! I cant even describe. I have known about Bless4 like my whole mission but not that i actually knew them 14 years ago. It is a very small world intend. I really hope that they get in contact with me after they get back. They live like 1 hour by train from where i am at. THe great thing is i am due for a transfer. I hope that i get transferd to Machida. That is where they live. I am so stoked about this. Their music is really good. Oh my gosh. I am so glad that you guys got in touch with them or they got in touch with you. Yes i want to do a fireside with them. I would love their phone number and their contact information. It would be really good i think. I really wnat to do it. I will contact them. My favorite song by them is called C.T.R. (SHine the Light of Christ).

I want to tell you about my investigator Suzuki. We meet with him after Pday last week. He told us why he started listening to the missionaries. Let you know that i stopped him. He told us that he saw that i was happy and that is why at first he stopped. He siad that if my previous comp would of stopped him he would of said no. Elder Crowther wasnt feelingt to good and wasnt happy. It had been reaining all week and we werent happy and didnt want to work in the rain. Well i was faking it trying my best to have fun and be happy. I felt that day to talk about Happiness. I have never talked about it/. Well i stopped Suzuki and started talking about happpiness. I asked him if he liked being happy. I then told him that when i see people happy i become happy. Stuff like that. Well he accpeted to hear what made us happy. Suzuki jsut said that He really felt my love for him and that is whjy he is a investigator. He told us that if i had left, he would of dropped and never come back to church. He told us that he really felt my love for him and that is why he started. He told us that he has felt more and more happiness by learning aobut this gospel and everything He is awesome. I was super grateful. I know that it was Gods work and everything. I am just happy that i cna be a tool for God in bringing his children back to him. I thought this was really cool and you would like to hear it.

So i was thinking that i need new music. Do you know the camera cards that i send to you. Can you download some music onto one and then send it to me. It has to be good music, but if it is on a camera card i can download it onto the computer here. It is way eazy for me. I really want like nature orientated stuff, like the birds that we used to listen to when we took naps. Peaceful stuff. If you can do this for me i woudl really like some. I really want you to do this. Just download it onto the camera card like pictures then send it to me. I love you. Your new pup sounds really nice. I would really like to see her. Pictures are a really good thing. I love getting them. So dont be shy to send some. Not much else to send over on this side of the world. Elder Chen speaks really good english. But we try to use both languages. But he can almost understand everything i say. He studied japanese for 3 years so he is fluent already. I really like him. I hope he is ok because last week was super hard. Oh, funny story. SO we went to the way bad area in our area. I was looking at it on our map and i just said to myself "that is a way bad place but the peopel deserve a chance" so we planned to go streeting there. Well before entering i told elder chen that it was HELL!!! WHore houses, pornography, hard hearted people, etc. Well elder chen got it hard. THe very first person we tried to stop called us "Bakayaro" and just started yelling at us. It is almost the worst thing that you can call somebody here in Japan. It is the equivalent to the worst thing in english. I looked at Elder Chen and said "Welcome to Hell'!!!! haha. I dont like going there. I htink once a transfer is good. Elder Chens email is eric6278@myldsmail.net. He speaks good english so no worries.

I love you mom and dad. I hope that you have a great week. I am so glad to hear aobut the Kawamitsu's and the reunioun with them. It really has made me feel great. I cant wait to get in contact with them. I am actually listening to htem rite now. haha. I can use your prayers reight now. I can feel the prescense of Satan in my life very strongly. SOrry this email isnt very much but it has been a pretty uneventful week. Being a trainer is super expensive too. i am becomeing poor. Just letting you know.

Well i gots to go. I love ya. I pray for the both of ya everyday and think about you often. I have been having alot of dreams about home lately and its driving me nuts. I cant wait to be back with all of you agian. Until then, have a great week and God be wtih you.