26 November 2012::

I am right with you. I hope Bugs first transfer is better than mine was. But i am sure grateful for the transfer that i had. Mom hasnt emailed me yet and that is a bit of a bummer but i am sure it will be coming. But it looks like you are the winner that gets the long emial this week. YAY!!!! I love ya dad. Before i forget, i wanted to ask, how are the chargers doing? Thats it. Man it sounds lkike you are all doing great and dandy. That is good to hear. I love it when my family is doing great.

 

My week was pretty great actually. It was a bit difficult in some points but when i look back on it and think about it, it was a great week. So we didnt find any new investigators while we were acutally finding. That bugs me a bit. I have been really thinking this week why the Lord is not letting us find those who are ready to hear and stuff like that. IT was good to get reaffirming words from D&C 122. It is for my benefit. But man, it was sure a bit of a trail this week. I had everything going against me to tell me to give up or not work my hardest. On Wednesday, on the way to church my tire popped. That is inconvinent. My companion also was puking his guts out. That is pretty inconvinent too. So we had that trail. Well on Thursday, Thanksgiving, my comp was still puking his brains out so we were in the Apartment all day. I called people adn worked in our area book for over 6 hours. That was way hard but this is where some of my joy comes from. During that time, i had thoughts of like, you are tired and need a nap, or just take it easy, you deserve it. I honestly was about to take it easy and take a break. But then i remembered in PMG a part about Diligence taht stats that you work effeciently, even without being watched or supervised. I thought about that. Then i thouht to myself, i am always being watched by God. I was thinking maybe this all happened becasue God wanted to see how serious i was about finding new people to teach, a test you know. I didnt take a break but i worked all day. While i was calling pepole i got a reaffirmation that this work is Gods work and it makes you happy. I was so happy even thought it was hard. But i felt like i passed Gods test. On Friday my comp was feeling a bit better, a good thing becasue we had a thnaksgivign dinner at an americans house. It was so good. That was the first Thanksgiving dinner i have had since 2010. It was so good. I think my stay in Japan has made me more AMerican. Like before i hated stuffed potatoes but they were so good. I am getting around cheese too. It isnt so bad. Man it was just a great night. We also had american made pie. SO GOOD!!! ILOVE PIE!!! I love eating at Americans house but at the same time i hate it. This is the reason. We were on an American Embassy Houseing complex and we had american food adn around americans and it was aweseom. But everytime i looked outside, i could see rain, hundreds of people, and i knew that i had to go out there and go back to work. I didnt want to. Everytime i never want to becasue i feel like i am at home and what not. It is just bad. But it was super good. It got me excited to go home. Saturday the trails continued becasue the bike i was using, well the tire popped. The 2nd one this week. Talk about trails. But since i read D&C 122 i knew it was giving me some expirence. I also knew that we were going to get some reliefe from this hard time too. Just needed patience. This is where it gets cool.

 

On saturday night, we get a call from the sisters and they told us they had a kinjin for us. We watched the Restoration with him and testified to him big time. I testified to him about Families and how much God loved him and how much he meant to us and to God. I knew he was being touched by the Spirit. IT is so cool to see people be filled with Joy. This man was so joyous and happy to hear what we were telling him that it brought him to tears. This is the 3rd time i think where this has happened on my mission that a person has started crying becaseu they were so happy to hear. I knew that he was filling the Spirit. His name is Hiro. Hiro went on to tell us that even before he watched the Restoration, he knew this church was differnet becasue when he saw all of our faces, he said "they are all different and have a different light than everybody else on the street. You have a light coming from out of you.". Isnt that cool? It was an awesome lesson. We invited him to church and he accepted. Sunday morning we got a call from him at 5:55. At 6:30 we got up and called him back, he had gone to the church. He was so excited to go to church taht he couldnt sleep. He got up, said a prayer, read from the Book of Mormon that we gave him the night before, and got a feeling taht told him to go to the church. Well we met up with him at 8:30 in the morning and watched "Finding Faith in Christ". He loved it. After the movie was over, he randomly asked us about Baptism. He said he saw Christ get baptized, and in the Book of Mormon, they talked about Bapitsm. Then he told us, without us answering his questions, that he wanted to be baptized. WHAT???? How cool is that? He had studied it by himself and wanted it!!! FREAKING COOL!!! We told him we would teach about it during church and turned on General Conference. Well when President Monson stood up to speak, he looked at me and said" This man has a very specail power that the others dont, who is he?" I told him the prophet and he was way excited and said that he knew it. We continued watching and he asked about what  a temple is. I told him and he resonded telling me that he wants to go to the temple as soon as he can and he wants in. DUring his lesson, another way spiritual one, we taught about the Doctrine of Christ. Well to be short, he gave perfect answers for everything. He told us some way cool things, way sad things, but we all felt the Spirit. We invited him to be baptized on the 23 December and he accepted. Hiro is way prepared by God. It is amazing. I am so grateful that i am worthy to teach him. I think about what if i didnt work hard when my comp was sick, or if i didnt work hard becasue we arent finding investigators, would i be teaching this man? I know God was testing us to see if we can be trusted. I am happy to say i passed the test and am a better person becasue of it. It is amazing and i cant put everything into words. I wish i could. It is just a miracle. Thanks for your prayers. On Sunday night, we talked to some girls because if we didnt, it would of been super awkward because we were walking down a dark path and they were like 2 feet behind us and laughing. So we said hi and then the conversation started. It was pretty funny. They were typical japanese girls. Falling for the americans. It gave me confidnece though fro when i go home. Hopefully i will be able to do just that when i go home. We shall see.

 

Yup. That is my week for ya. Pretty exciting at the last part. I have a list for mom of things i would like for Christmas. Here it is: Cologne, Ties, Teeth Whiteners(strips to make your teeth white), Money. That is what i have thought. Like i said, i get home 6 weeks after Christmas so some of things i wnat, i can wait til i get home. But Cologne, Money, Ties, and Teeth Whitener woudl be nice. I love you so much. I hope that you both have a greta week. I cant believe i have only have 11 weeks left. TIme has gone by so fast. It jsut blows my mind. I will be seeing you and mom in no time. You are going to love it here in Japna. It is the best place ever. I love it here so much. I am super excited to talk with you too on Christmas. That is in 4 weeks. Crazy!!!! Well i hope you have a great week. Tell everybody i love them.

 

20 november 2012::

I just have to say that i Love you so very much 結構愛してるよ！！！I love how you talked about me coming home and then said not to get trunky. Well, you blew that one. You got me exctied. All this talk of what is going on is making me trunky just becaseu i have less tahn 3 months left on my mission and i will see it very very soon. もう終わるか？残念ね！Ya, i am very excited to come home but like i have said in the past, i am very scared to come home. TOday i took a Christ like attribute thing in PMG and one of the questions asked if i was optomistic and peaceful about the future. In some regards yes, but in alot of ways HECK NO!!!

 I am terrified of going home. Everything sounds like it has changed so much. I am way scared to go back to america too because i love JAPAN!!! I am going to miss it here so much. I really am. I have so many great memories and expirences that i will never forget. It makes my heart hurt even thinking about leaving. I am almnost crying. Time to change the subject.

 

So for christmas, i will have to tell you later becasue i have no clue. I htink you are right. Cash would be the best. I mean 6 weeks after christmas, i get released. But i do want something for Christmas. Everyone does. I just dont know yet. Ill have to get back to you on that one. Oh wait maybe an iPhone. That would be cool. haha everyone here as one. And as for sizes of clothes, i have no idea. I think my pants are still 34x30 and my shirt size a Large. But i am not sure. I havent worn normal clothes in so long. But i think that is what it is.

 

My week was very interesting and very expensive. Let me tell you why. We ate alost everyday. It was the last week of transfers and taht is always the most expensive. But anywho. On wednesday we had DM and it was super good. We testified about why we came on our missions and it hit me how much i have changed on my  mission and my motives too. It was super cool to see. Fridaywe were doing a 配り会at a 駅 and there was this one person looking to buy girls. ANyways i was passing out chirashi and minding my own business and he walked right into me while trying to get this girl to do bad things and i gave him a bit of a shoulder and he almost fell to the ground. He deserved it. I dont like tohse peopel. But they need the gospel too. But he was mocking me, so i 直接gave him his reward. It is a good story. Saturday sucked really bad. It was rainign all day. But right as we left our apartment it wasnt rainging so i didnt wear my rain pants, and elder call doesnt have any so i didnt want him to suffer too if it started to rain. Well right after we crossed the street from our apartment it started pouring. I got soaked and he got soaked too. Not only do i hate rain as a missionary but i hate rain even more when it is COLD!!! It is the worst and you have to ride your bike in it too. It was literallly a typhoon. It was raingin so hard. It is a cool expirence now, but in it it sucked. That night i did a handstand for like 45 sec. I have gotten really good at them. Also we ordered pizza becasue my favorite Japnaese person, Elder Nakamura, got a transfer call to be a ZL. So after we were in our Apt. we had a pizza party. It was super fun and i felt like i was in America. I didnt get a transfer call. I am in the same place. Going on 5 transfers. I hope i die in this area. It is aweseom. I really love it here. I also really love Elder Call too. He is the best. I only have 2 transfers left CRAZY!! 11.5 weeks. Thats nuts. Monday we had to clean our apartment. and what not and it was good. We went out to sushi too. We still havent found a new gator in a long time. So on Sunday i based my fast off the Scripure Alma 17:9. I know the miracles are going to come. I really want to have somebody to Baptize by Christmas. It will be so cool to baptize someone inthe Christmas season. I know the Lord is just testing me right now. So They are coming. Today we went to Costco and it was awesome. i didnt buy anything becasue there is no point. I am going home in less than 3 months. That is my thought process right now. Ill jsut wait till you guys are here to buy stuff. But i do need some new white shirts before i go home. I want to buy those here in Japan becaseu they are much cooler than America shirts. Well that was my week. It was pretty cool. It went by way fast. I know this transfer will go by fast too becasue we are way busy with activities and holidays. My goal for this transfer is to stay focused, i feel that we didnt find as many people to teach last transfer is beacseu i wasnt as focused and God couldnt trust me. So i am going to Burn out rather than fade away. I am way excited about this transfer. I feel really good about it. In all aspects.

 

Ilove you mom.　僕のお母さんの聖で僕は神様の道具になることができました。またたくさんの人の救いをもたらすことができました。いつも感謝しています。アメリカの帰るのは悲しみですけれども帰るまで一所懸命働きます。またたくさんの奇跡を行います。僕の伝道はまだ終わっていないので伝道します。イエスはキリストだとよく知っています。イエス様によって僕は救われ、僕の家族とともに永遠に住むことができます。それのせいで心から感謝しております。お母さんに心から感謝し、ま た愛しておられます。いつもありがとう！！！Well i got to go but i hope you enjoi this if you can fiqure it out. Sorry it is in Japanese but everyone else does it sometimes so i thought i mihgt as well. I am excited to hear from you again. Have a great week.

15 november 2012::

It is good to hear or read from you guys even thought you are still in the deep south within the walls of your home. You both sound like you are doing pretty well and excited for the seasons to start. I am sure time is going to go by super fast for the both of you as you have plans. I dont really have any becasue i am lacking the people if you know what i mean. But ya. Glad everything is getting a move along. This is sad to say but i am happy to say that i am glad that you guys are done going to the cabin for the year. No more to hear about that for my mission. Next time i will be there and i wont have to read how it was. I am happy about that. So i have decided that i really like Native American History. If i cant make it as a Doctor, i would like to study that in a little more depth. I mean i live where they did. What a perfect oppurtunity right. I also want to study Japanese. So many things to study. Which one can i do???

My week was pretty good i guess. Nothing really interesting happened. We still have not found a new friend to teach the gospel. In fact we found the exact opposite. People who think it is funny to mock people. But thats ok with me, because after my personal study the day after, God told me that they have thier reward. It was somewhere in Ether 12. So Elder Call seemed to be seeing the hardships of not finding new poeple to teach. He was pretty down this week for a couple of days. So during planning one day, i felt like i should fast for him. So i did. I dont know how it worked but i am sure it was for the better. I mean it involved faith and God right? So it will work. I really like Elder Call alot and i am really happy that i have the oppurtunity to be his companion. Here are some interesting things for the week. On last monday night Elder Call was talking to a way drunk man. Well i came over and we started talking in Japanese. He said that he like Christ's teachings but could never doing anything becasue he was so bad. I told him about Repentance and how he was a son of God and how he can recieve forgiveness. Long story short, after saying that he burst into tears and it was neat to see that little part of the Atonement give a man who had no hope some hope. We havent seen him since but i know he has felt the power a little and i fulfilled my purpose. Wednesday i was riding no hands on my bike and then i tried to go up on the sidewalk and my bike tire caught an edge. That sent me flying into the pole that was right in front of me. It was pretty funny, didnt hurt to much. Friday we had some way good Okonomiyaki. Saturday we played basketball with about 15 chinese people and it was way funny becasue it seemed the only word they knew was the "F" one.  Ya that was pretty much my week. We havent found any new investigators now for over 4 weeks and we havent taught a lesson in over 4 weeks either. It is getting really hard. It is a bit easier for me because in hard times, i just tell my self "Only 3 motnhs left and then it wont matter". Or i wont have to do this. But it is a bit harder for Elder Call. Thats why i fasted. We could really use the prayers.

I love the both of ya lots. I am way stoked to see ya on Christmas and when you come to get me. I hope i can have some fun things planned for when you come. I aint trying to focus on it right now, but a bit later when it is closer. Do you guys want any ideas of things to do for that 1st monday while you are here without me? I can give you some things that you might think are fun but i might not want to do becasue i have done them. Just let me know. I hope you gusy are preparing some people for this Elder when he gets home. When i say people, i mean girls. I am expecting referrals. You can tell that to my siblings too. haha. I like prepared ones (pretty).  Well i hope that you guys have a great week. My p-day next week is on tuesday becasue this up coming weekedn is transfers. I could be transfered becasue i have been in my current area for 6 months but beacsue i am traingin i might not transfer. We shall see. I let you know. I love you guys.

05 November 2012::

 

Man that is a bummer about the house. I am sorry for that, but the only thing i would have to say is the Lord destroys the old stuff to bring in the better and newer stuff. But i am sorry. That sucks. It seems like you all had a busy week though! That's way cool that Kamas and Brie are having a baby boy. I thought they would have a girl first. Guess I was wrong. Tell them congrats!!!  My week was pretty normal up until Saturday night. Oh, I want to tell you that i broke my land record. On Tuesday I ran 5.4 kilometers in 20 minutes and 44 seconds. That is way fast. That is over 3 miles in under 21 minutes. I am in way good shape. haha. I am super tired right now from my trip but i want to tell you about it. The rest of my week was okay. We still haven't found a new investigator and we had another week of just finding with no success. But we are moving forward with faith expecting all will be well, because all is well in Zion.

 

Anyways, on Saturday night i got on a bus at 10:00 at night and rode 7 hours north to a place called Ishinomaki. It was a long bus ride. I didnt sleep to much because of excitement of leaving my mission and going to go baptize someone.  It was super pretty though. I could actually see the stars and everything. It was really neat. The branch up there had about 25 solid members and they were all so strong. It really touched me to see that. Ishinomaki is actually the very spot where the Tsunami hit. They had to rebuild everything. But it looked really good there. You couldn't even tell. The only person i think that would of been able to tell is Uncle Wayne. Yup that is right. I met alot of members who knew uncle Wayne when he was there. I told them i was Elder Ban Di and they all said that about 40 years ago there was a taller elder but with the same name and from California. Some of the names are "Watanabe Shoji" and "Date" . How cool is that? I got to meet some of the people who knew Uncle Wayne when he was a missionary over 40 years ago. It was super cool. But the main purpose I was up there for was to baptize Abe. The service was incredible. It was really neat to see all the support of everyone. The Ishinomaki branch building doesn't have a font so we had to go 1 hour by car to a place called Tagajo. It was there that I baptized him. He gave an awesome testimony and i know that he will be a solid member here in Japan and that his family will one day get baptized too. He wants to come to Tokyo when you do so he can meet the both of you. So i am going to try to go to the temple with him when you are here. After the baptism we went back to Ishinomaki to have dinner and get on our bus home. We left Sunday night at 10pm and got back to Yokohama at 7 in the morning and I didn't get back to my area until 10am. The bus ride home was good but i had a hard time sleeping on the bus. SO i am very very tired right now. But it was such a good weekend i might say. I attached a pic so you can see. I am glad that i went up to do that. It meant so much to him and everybody up there. They all knew my name and everything and were very excited to see me. But ya.

 

SO that is about my news for the week. I am doing pretty good. This week was much more focused but still not the results i wanted. I felt bad for my comp over the weekend. He stayed with an Elder that he didn't like and actually threatened him if he didn't dendo. My comp is pretty big and that elder is pretty small. I just cant believe some people and the way they think. Oh well, one day they will learn their lesson. But he is excited to be back with me, I can tell. I love you mom and dad. You guys are the best. I appreciate all that you do. I really do. I cant wait to see you when you come, it will be a blast but I have no clue what we are going to do. I still have to think about That. haha. I will figure something out. In the meantime, I could use some prayers to be lead by the spirit in finding those who are ready to hear the message of Christ. That would be awesome. I am getting tired of just going out day after day and not finding them. I know the miracle is close. Thanks. You guys have a great week and know you are in my prayers. I go to the temple next week so my p-day will be on Tuesday. Yup. I love ya.

 

 

29 october 2012::

お母さん、

Thanks for the Email. I really enjoied it alot. I also enjoied the Newletter. Except i told like to be said as getting trunky. I am excited to come home, yes. But i am very sad to be leaving japan. It is actually scary thought of going back. It is like you and dad coming ot Jpana. You are nervous and dont know what to expect, i am the same way about going to Amerika. I have no clue what to expect and i am nervous. I also love japan and the language. I dont want to loose it at all. But your emails are making me trunky. The location of the Hotel you got couldnt be any better. It is right next to Shinjuku Sta. and it just so happens to be one of the biggest train sta. in Japan. Not only htat, but Shinjuku is a very nice place. And on top of that, we can get about anywhere we need to go within 1.5 hours from Shinjuku sta. And about the beds, i am fine with sleeping on the floor. THat is what i have been doing for the past 1.7 years. haha. No beds for me. What are some things you want to do. For sure i want to: Go to the temple with you, visit Yamate, Visit Recent Converts, Go to Shibuya, Asukusa, and Ueno, i also want to introduce you guys to any companions that i will still be in the mission when you come. But those are my ideas. Do you need me to plan everything? Let me know so i can start now. I am way excited.  But ya, your emails get me so many mixed emotions. It sucks. haha.

 

So my week was super hard. I definately feel that it was a humbling week for me. Let me tell you why.  Recently i have been thinking i am pretty good at finding people to teach and finding new gators. The past 3 weeks me and elder call have only found 3 new gators. This past week we didnt find any. It was super hard. We didnt teach any lessons at all. We didnt meet with any gators at all. It sucked. Every day was a white day filled with contacting people. I dont mind going out and talking to people but it makes me super frustrated when i try to share somethin that is dear to my heart to a poeple that i love and they dont listen. I hate it. I really felt bad for elder call too. It was super hard on him. But like i said, i think God was just telling me htat it is him that leads people to our path and it is through God that we find new people. I also felt like God was testing our patience and how dedicated we are to the work. I know elders where if it gets hard, they stop working hard. The only time i stop working hard, is when i am mad becasue people can tell you arent sincere and the spirit isnt there. So i take a break. I had to do that on Friday because Elder Call wouldnt lead, people werent listening, and it was way cold. But i took the break, got cooled down nad then started back up. It was way bad though. My bucket of water was dumped. Towards the end of the week, we did eat the fruit of our labors though. On tuesday we talked to a way cool family about the Gospel, gave them a book of mormon and invited them to our ward primary halloween party. They came and had a blast. They couldnt come to church becasue of rain though. But now we have a strong relationship and room to work. On wednesday, the last guy we talked to said he was interested in coming to the Halloween Party with his fmaily, which he did. We were able to do the same thing with him, but he came to church. He wants to meet with us sometime this week too to talk more about church stuff. Sunday couldnt of been a better day for a young father to come to church, it was all abvout eternal families. It was great and left a strong impression on him. I felt that this past week was a huge humbling expierence to me. I agian htat this is Gods work and he is leading it. So i hate going and finding all day, so yesterday i fasted taht i would have the Spirit to direct me where to go to find those you are ready so i dont have to do so much finding. I think God is pretty happy that i learned my lesson, again.  So that is where i am at. Humbled, ready for the Spirit and ready to work hard. I know in order to have the spirit more fully, i have to be on my best. So that is what i am going to do. Me getting towards the end of my mission isnt helping at all haha. When i read your emails, i get trunky then start thinking aobut home, then loose my focus, talke with my comp aobut it, and all that stuff. It is way hard not to talk aobut home when i am so close. But i am going to try my hardest. I know these things are unavoidable too. So ya. It is good to be excited, but not to let it distract me. That is my goal for now, not to let it distract me. I do love your emails though so please dont stop. I have a  some cool expireces i want share with you. On monday, i felt like a prophet form the Book of Mormn. We stopped 2 kids riding their bikes. Kids here are the worst to talk to. THey think they are all that and just mess with you. ANyways, we started talking to them and they jsut starting making fun of us and tryin to make us feel like we didnt know crap, well i showed him up. We blindsided them with the Gospel. I was confounding them all in Japanese. It was AWESOME!!!! At the end, they both accepted a Book of Mormon but didnt want to see us again. One of the kids i know will look us up again. He reminded me of Alma. ALl the preist were trying so hard to cross Abinadai except Alma, he was interested. That is what i felt aobut the one kid and that is how come i continued that convo. But it was fun to talk about afterward and i know elder Call enjoied it.

 

Do you remember back in January and February, when i was in Yamate, i taught a guy from Sendai who had lost his wife in the Tsunami? Well his lessons have been the most spiritual lessons i have ever been in on my mission. I have stayed in contact with him since February. Well i got an email from him stating he is going to be baptized on 4th Of November and that he wanted me to do the service. WHAT???!!!!!! Well after much prayer and planning, on this upcoming sunday, i am going to Sendai to baptize Abe. I am so excited. It is going to be way expensive though and i hope that i have enough for the trip. But how cool is that. I am leaving my mission. haha. Where he lives is called Tagajo. It is in Sendai and that is about 7 hour bus ride. It is oging to be a blast. I am way excited. It will be a great re-unioun and a very spiritual baptismal service. He wants to come to Tokyo when i leave Japan to meet you guys and i was thinking since he is coming to Tokyo we could do baptisms for the dead when he comes for the first time. How cool would that be???? I am way excited about it. But ya. Way exciting right?

 

Ya i am doing way good. On Saturday i sang a solo in a music festival that we had. Everyone loved it and it was fun. On Sunday i was the translator for Sacrament meeting. That was interesting but way fun. Hopefully i do good when you guys come. I could still use prayers for my japanese. I want to get as good as i can. I could also use prayers that we will find those who are ready. I love you mom and dad. I am thankful for all taht you do. I am so excieted for you guys to come here ot my territory. haaha. It will be a blast. I love having people that know nothing about where they are at. It will be so much fun. You are both going to be so suprised. haha. It will be so fun. I promise. YOuwill really like it. I got to go, but i love you both so much. Talk to you soon.

Love ya~

Baptism!

Look at Elder Kurt in his new and Awesome Glasses!!! I love them!!!! They are so Shique.

He looks so hip and in style! Not to mention look at that smile :)

I have such a good looking brother.

Kurt....you and your Japanese Brethren all are the same size...but your companion is Goliath!

He towers over you all!!!!  Do not let him push you around :)

LOVE YOU!

22 octobre 2012 again!!!

I actually did indeed love my joke. I thought it was very funny because i told you taht i was trainer. I told dad that i was AP. Looked like you believed dads email. haha. That is what i think is funny. I am sorry that you did all that stuff for me but i am not what i said. But who knows maybe it will help later. And yes i do agree with you. I have come to realize that AP calling is stupid and i dont want it. I was thinking about it when i was ZL. If i became AP, i couldnt do my run and workout everymorning and that is a BIG NO-NO. I need that run and workout. That is a must. THen i thought about all the responsiblity that they have, i dont want that. I enjoi being outside and working with people and shining my light. I enjoi that alot. I also thought one of the main reasons people want to be AP is to to be reconigzed and that doesnt matter because you will be forgotten. SO i dont want to be that. NOT AT ALL. I told my mission prez. that i loved my area and that i wanted to stay here. Hopefullly i will end my mission here. I really do love it. But ya. I am a trainer again and i am loving every second of it. I love being a trainer. But sometimes i think it is a little dangerous. Elder Call is like me. He has a strong desire to serve the Lord but he aint Belly button pants high about that were its like only talking about church stuff. I cant stand those missionaries. I know they are doing there best and that is what matters but my best isnt the same as thier best. But Elder Call is like me. Since he is a new missionary, he hasnt fiqured out the missionary life quite yet so he talks about htings from home a little bit more than my past companions. The reasons it is dangerous is becasue i am excited to come home and we get a bit sidetracked. I am trying to be better with not getting trunky and being the good example. I have a goal with it. But my thing is, i can work hard but still have fun too. SO i hope he learns that from me. You can work hard and have fun at the same time. It makes missionary work enjoiable. But ya. We are doing way good. Yes i got the package you sent on Saturday. It was awesome but at the smae time very damning. You sent so much candy that i havent seen adn i spurlged big time by eating it. It was delicious. But I didnt eat all of it. I had to give some to the other elders. The garments were interesting. The bottoms werent right but i wore them both anyways. One pair is too small but hte other pair fit pretty good. When i wore them, i felt wierd. For the past 1.8 years i have only worn the silkly bottoms, not cotton or dri fit. It was wierid win i put that on. But it felt good. The shirts are too big. I am a medium not a large. But they will work on the mission. Not when i get home. When i wear normal shirts, the garments stick out and it looks way wierd. But as a missionary it is good. Thanks. I also got the money, no worries. Thank you.

 

So you probably want to hear about my week. It was interesting. ON MOnday night our gator, Masaki took us out to dinner. It was nice of him to pay for us. He is the Jospeh Smith. He wants to know the truth but is lost. Thats way we are here. We taught him a leson and he is progressing. Tuesday we had 1 lunch and 1 dinner appoitment. SUPER RARE in Japan. THat never happens. But it was very good. ONe Elder Got sick so we gave him a blessin. I also picked up my new glasses that day too. I have worn them everyday too. THey are great and people say i look really good. So it was a good buy. Every Friday we do a Yoga class. It is way fun. I never realized how much good it is for your body to do yoga and stuff like that. I am stretching everynight because i want to do the splits now. SO it is good. Oh that day it was pretty funny too. We needed a picture and didnt know how to get one, so we decided to ask random people to take our picture. It worked. While they were talking our picture i would just talk to them and get to know them and then share the gospel with them., We got 1 new gator from it, so that is why it worked. Pretty funny uh. On saturday we had a lesson with Soko about his bapitsm and he was just super stoked the whole time. It was super neat to see how excited he was to be baptized. It was the highlite of the day. Sunday was just amazing. Next week i am singing a solo in the song "seasons of love" for our ward halloween party with the SAs. SO we practised that. That night we had 2 baptisms. Ryutaro and Soko got baptized. They both asked me to do it for them. So i was able to baptize both of them. They were so happy and i was so excited to hear their testimonies. I know that they will be great members and do amzing things. We are going to meet with them and get thme to the temple. THat is the next step. SO ya. I attached a picture of the baptism too. Our font is in the background too. It is a kiddie pool. haha. So me and ELder Call really need new investigators, especially because 2 got baptized. SO i fasted this sunday that we will be lead to those who are ready for our message. The past 2 weeks havent been very good and we really need to find some new poeople to teach. Please pray that we will be able to do so. It would be great. Because we were havin 2 baptisms this week, i thought of my mission and how blessed i have been to see many baptisms in my mission. I get so much happiness when i think about how i have been a sharp tool for the lord in his vineyard. I really have been blessed. There is no way i can deny that. I am so thankful that i am doing what i should be doing to get thses blessings too. I know that i aint perfect but it is so nice to know that the Lord is there to help. I love that so much. It is truly happiness. I want to tell you of a cool expierence. Since i didnt get to see General Conference in English i was reading the talks during P. Study. I was reading one from Saturday morning and he talked about death of children and what not. That tlk is amazing. While i was reading it, i good fell the spirit and Kess spirti too. Kess died about 8 years ago but since i was only 11 i didnt remember to much aobut his funeral or aobut the comfort that i got form the Lord when he did pass away. But that day while reading that talk i could feel all the feelings that i felt when kess passed on. It was amazing. It brought me to tears. I could just feel Kess love and the Lords love for me so much. It was a HUGE highlight in my week. I am so thankful taht we have General Conference and that direction from our leaders.

 

SO ya. That was about my week. NOt much else. It was a pretty solid week. I am loving life right now and cant complain. It is incredible to me that it is 22 October. Time just seems to go faster adn faster with every week. I will see you all in no time. You will have to tell me some things you and dad want to do when you come. I have to start planning too. But just let me know. I love you so much mom. I really do. I hope that you have a great week. Ill be praying for ya. I always do. Let everyone know that i love them and appreciate them very much. I cant wait to see efveryone. Ill hear from ya soon.