DD 3.25 ... THE ZONE LEADERS LIKE TO RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many sets of missionaries are in your zone and how do you refer to the area they serve in?

I’m not entirely sure; but we just say the area that they are in.

Where are you companions from?

Okinawa and Chicago, I’ll let you guess which one is from where.

Do you ever use your pull up bar?

Meh, every once in awhile

Do you ever go running for exercise?

WE DID TODAY!!!!!!

Are you doing anything with your mission for Thanksgiving?

I don’t know!

How are your shoes holding up?

Pretty good actually!!! I hope that they will make it through my mission!!!

Did you get internet in your apartment?

We do today actually!!

What do you need in a package? Clothes?

Not clothes, I should be good on that front. Maybe some toothpaste and deodorant would be nice! But anything is always greatly appreciated!!

How is the deodorant/toothpaste working out?

The toothpaste is amazing!!!!!! I’m still on my other stick of deodorant, but I look forward to the day when I get to open it; it will be just like Christmas!

Did you ever send the email to Elder Williams parents?

I tried last week, but the email address was wrong; so I tried again this week and think that I got it right!

Are you teaching anyone that seems promising?

Lots, see below:

Any news about the guy you found in the park last week?

Meh, he’s hard to get a meeting with us; he prefers before church at eight in the morning, but then he never wakes up to meet with us ... go figure.

The mission goal of 40 baptisms in Tokyo before Christmas --how is that going?

Good, already 10 areas have had baptisms.

Did Charles Whipple rebuild his boat after the crash in New Zealand?

No, it’s a different one now.

What was he doing when he fell into Tokyo Bay?

He was working on his new boat.

How is his recovery going? Is his leg almost healed or still in danger of being cut off? (Dad researched him online extensively and these questions are from him!)

He is doing just fine, he actually offered to doseki for us whenever!

     (We don't have a clue what doseki means????)

Have you gotten a tan from riding your bike in the sun all day? Or is it too cold?

Nope, no tan line yet, not even from my watch, just pasty white still.

Do you ever wash your sheets? Do they fit on your 3 futons ok?

They fit fine, I wash them not as often as I should, but I have washed them!!

Are you clipping your toe nails? If not, let this be a reminder. There are too many missionary tales of ingrown toenails; especially if you are going start running again.

Yes, I take care of my toenails ... and my fingernails too!!! Look at me all growed up!

We just got your email about the zone leaders that like to run--HOW WAS YOUR ASTHMA?

FINE!!! Power of the Spirit cured me in the MTC, so I’m pretty sure that I’m indestructible now.

How is life with the Zone Leaders? Do you plan to travel to other areas in the zone for splits?

They do, but I haven’t really that much, only once actually, see below.

Do you have plans for Zone wide P-Day?

We are going to the Chiba Zoo I think!

This week was really good!!! on Monday night I called a guy named Brother S, who is a fan of this manga writer here in Japan who is member of the church, apparently all of his fans know a lot about the church, so Brother S came to us all ready to baptized; pretty much; we are just reviewing the commandments with him and his date has been set for the first of December! We asked him what he thought he needed for baptism and he said that he should probably get a suit ... and maybe a tie too ... right? He’s pretty solid and pretty funny too.

We also meet with a man named Brother I, Kondo Choro and I found him my first transfer while we were on splits, and now this week he called us and wanted to meet, the only problem was that when he was reading the Book of Mormon in his house his mom saw him and kicked him out; he has been staying at his friend’s home and at hotels until he can work something out, but he could not come to church because his suits and Book of Mormon were at his house, he’s so great!!! He remembers everything that we teach him and really wants to get baptized!!!

So this week we also met Brother Ch at the train station. He was in a detention center for coming to Japan without enough money, and while he was there Miranda Choro taught him all the lessons, but they lost contact when Brother Ch got out, so he saw us at the train station and asked us if we knew Miranda Choro, which we do. Then we let him call Miranda Choro and talk to him. We gave him a quick church tour and he really wants to keep learning. Downside, he doesn't have a phone, so he gave us his friends number, a different guy named Brother Co ... well it turns out that Brother Co was a referral from the Shimais that we got a few weeks back and have been trying to meet with ... yeah. BOOM, Divine Rendezvous!!! Thank you for all your fasting and prayers!!!

Sam, I really like awkward ... sorry that you don’t. Hope that all is well, and yeah, maybe you should stay out of Ogden for a while ...

Abi, sorry that school is stressful; and that Tiff is having a rough time, maybe you could take Clydesdale up for a while and give old Tiffy a little break, I bet he would love to get going on the freeway again ... I’m sure that he really misses the good ole Logan frosty air! It would do him some good to get the old heater going full blast again!!! Just be careful of where you park, he likes to get stuck; that could be rough!!!

Dad, I would like to see the picture of the lights on the trees, word on the street is that you went all out this year! I look forward to hearing about the finished product!!!

Mom, I hope that all is going well and that you have not yet started cleaning for thanksgiving, we need to keep our procrastination skills sharp and finely tuned! I say postpone cleaning until the morning of, or the night before, if you can! That would be really exciting don’t you think! You could get Sam and Abi to come down and help, dad could help too! I think that the four of you could bust it out in no time!!!! Good luck and have fun with it!!!

Trenton, I’m so glad to hear that you are doing so well in Japan; I mean it just sounds so amazing!!!! And don’t worry about the fact that Budge Shimai called you and three other missionaries to do a musical number in front of the two entire missions and David F. Evans Choro of the First Quorum of Seventy, that must be really exciting ... good luck with that!!!!

So yeah, this week we got a call from Budge Shimai and apparently me putting down that if that Lord wants me to sing then I’ll sing on my “Mission Form” led to this. Yeah, so there is a big double Mission Conference coming up, with South Tokyo Mission and a Seventy coming to talk. Now, Johnson Choro, McAllister Shimai and Dunn Shimai, and I are all singing at it; and Willden Shimai is doing the piano ... should be fun right? I mean it’s not like being a missionary is already stressful or anything like that ... anyway, I just wanted to say that this should be a really fun experience and well ... a good journal entry at least!

This week was really good; I hope that all the people in the Philippines are doing all right! Have Rex and Ossie heard from Tasha yet? She was down there closer than I am, is she alright?  Anyways, I hope that y’all are doing well!!! This week was really good for me!!!!

Oh, so this week we went on splits with me and Kondo Choro and Asato Choro in Chiba. I spoke a lot of Nihongo that day. Then another day I went to Yachiyo to da a blitz with Stembridge Choro, no exchanges, just extra missionaries in the area. This week was way good!!!! Love you all and thank you for all that you do!!!

Griffiths Choro, your awesome son!

Separate response to an email from Dad:

By the way … what’s it like with a new companion … do you have a different routine for P-Day’s … well good luck, keep us posted on new adventures and new foods … still waiting for news on the marble in the bottle … did you ever find some?

I have yet to find some, but I will let you know when I do!!!

Thank you for the email, I wove it!!! The ZL’s and I went running this morning … it was glorious …

Oh, today we are going to make some fish!!! Asato Choro loves to fish, its literally all he talks about ... so we bought some fish and are going to devour them later today ... should be delicious; I think/hope! Sorry that your hard drive crashed. I hope that you are able to get it back up and running soon!

Side note: Apparently being comps with the zone leaders, I get to know all sorts of fun stuff; like 84’ish% of our mission is fourth transfer and below ... yeah, hence all the trios ... it’s a lot of fun though!!!

Side Note II: When I said decorate for Halloween, that’s what I was imagining; just that jack-o-lantern things ... but now I’m very excited for next year ... and the year after that when I can help you deck the house out!!!!

Hope that all is going well on the home front, things are good here in Chiba, I often think about all the lectures that you have given us over the years and boy ... they have helped me a lot! Tanks for being so great!! You and mom rock!!! I love you guys tons!!
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DD 3.15 ... The Howl @ USU ... The Streets of Shibuya ...

What are the names of your new companions, where are they from? (Dad would like a picture as well.)

Asato Choro and Dunbar Choro. Photo is courtesy of Asato Choro

Asato Choro, Dunbar Choro, Griffiths Choro

Explain how transfers work, they leave, what do you do? How long before the new companions arrive.

We all leave on Thursdays and work with someone while they are transferring.

How is the new companionship working?

We are really busy.

Is Halloween a normal holiday to celebrate in Japan? Or did you just celebrate because you're American? Do they trick or treat?

There are a lot of parties ... that we avoided because, well Japan is not exactly Utah county, or even Utah, the rest of the year; so imagine The Howl at USU; but now in The Streets of Shibuya ...

Do they really not have Thanksgiving at all over there? (We realize this is incredibly arrogant to assume that the whole world should celebrate American holidays, but they are just so great!)

Nope, they sure don’t

Do you volunteer at the mental disability hospital every week? As well as English class?

We used to, don’t know what’s going to happen now.

Who is teaching in your English class with you now that Christensen Shimai is gone?

The other English speaking Missionaries

Did Williams Choro teach English with you?

Yes he did.

Have you worn your sweater yet? Do you need more warm clothes to layer with?

Yes, I’m all right!

Internet in your apartment now you have ZL comps?

Still no, maybe next week though!

Has it snowed yet?

Nope, short sleeves today.

Let's talk about your shower. How is it? Hot water? Do you have to bath? Do you wear shower shoes???

Instant hot water, and yes I wear the flip-flops

Most importantly, is the shower tall enough for you? Or is it Japan size?

It’s all good.

How is your hair gel holding up? Do you use it every day?

maamaa and yeah, that’s Japanese

How are your contacts holding up? Changing them every month or every 6 weeks?

Every six weeks; They are fine but I change them earlier if they’re bad.

Are you done with your twelve week language training program now?

I’m done with twelve weeks, but that has nothing to do with the language, so no, still learning Nihongo every day!

If you have finished the twelve week training, do you dendo all day now instead of staying at your apartment all the morning?

Yeah, well now we are mostly getting organized with the ZL’s.

We stole this picture from another missionary's blog who is serving in Japan.  Can you fill in the names and tell us why you were all together, was it a District Meeting?

Back: Griffiths Choro, Bischoff Choro, Burgin Choro, Watanabe Choro, Williams Choro, Hamada Choro;
Front: Christensen Shimai, Willden Shimai, Kondo Choro (District Leader)

So this week was really good, we have a lot of fun with the ZL’s, they are not as scary as I thought, I got a package from my Pine View crew this week! It was full of peanut butter and letters from them, I need to send them an email when I finish here.

This week was transfers, it was crazy, well, not much other than that happened, sorry, I don’t have much time this week.

Mom and Dad: I love that you scared the turkeys from the roof ... that's hilarious! Mom, maybe you should dress up a little more next year, really rabbit ears with matching shirts ;-) I’m sure that your costume was awesome!!!

Sam: I’m sorry that people keep hitting on you and that you are losing to your nemesis at work, that’s no fun ever. I hope that you are able to conquer and overcome. I hope that you are at least able to sneak in some more TV while pretending to email me ... the headphones were a rookie mistake ... and you have long hair. You need some Bluetooth headphones, ones without the cords. Then you’ll be really sneaky!

Abi: sorry that math is really hard. I hope that it’s all going well! Also don’t be stressed, it does weird things to your bowel movements ... I know from experience ... anyways, thank you for the image of dad on the roof, I got the same one as you, at least, I think. I hope that all is going well for you ...

Nothing too exciting happened this week, we have spent a lot of time at the church lately planning meetings and splits to do, now that it is all done I hope that we get to dendo more ... I’m way pumped to work with them, we busted out member presented lessons and all sorts of finding stuff over the last couple days ... we usually sprint back to the apartment ... literally sprint … one night we didn't have our bikes so we literally ran. The other night we just hauled on our bikes ... which is actually a lot of fun!!! It’s probably the best part of the day, except for the whole sharing the gospel part. Well, not to many stories this week … only the one.

So we are teaching a lesson in a park and this black guy that Dunbar Choro saw earlier comes up to us and asks us what we are doing ... yeah, he’s a new investigator, his name is Brother N. He was way interested!!! Miracle!!! That’s all.Love you all and hope that you are all doing wonderful!!!!

I gotta go write to my P-Veiw kids and tell them thanks really fast for the peanut butter, Its pure Skippy!!!

PS. Sam, those peanut butter things were way good, remember when I used to buy Great Value, Smucker’s is way better. I do like the GV though. All natsukahi, there ya go dad, so me nihongo for ya!

Love you all so much!!!

Elder Gjrfkelg;jfd
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DD 2.65 ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOO!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU DADD!!!!

What day of the week do transfers occur on?

They happen on Thursday.

Did you get a picture of the temple on T-Day?

I got some with me and my MTC companion, but I forgot my cord today, maybe next week. My bad!

How is your 40 days of fasting going? When do you fast? How many days have you fasted already?

I fast on December 10th.

We received a message from the Mission President on the 14th of October, in it they told us of the 40 Day fast, we assumed that all missionaries would schedule 40 days of fasting throughout October, November, and December.  It seemed challenging, but doable.  This makes more sense now, throughout the mission there will be 40 days of fasting ... there are 40 areas, each area will fast one day, thus the mission will have fasted 40 days.

Did you feel the earthquake early Friday morning?

I did not.

Any power outages or damage due to the earthquake?

Nope, no problems here

Where do you buy the melonpan rolls? Or get them at a member’s home?

Any convenience store or the melonpon shop down the street.

Trenton apparently is going to spell it "melonpon." Google shows both, with a trend towards "melonpan."

Did you find the Pinocchio picture?

Not yet

When we found Trent's apartment last week, we saw a small sign with Pinocchio on it and challenged Trent to see if he could find it.

How did your appointment with "have I got a book for you" guy go?

We are meeting him on this Thursday, but I called him and he was way excited to meet with us.

Are you wearing your jacket or coat yet?

Today I’m rocking the short sleeves.

Any frost yet? Leaves falling? Changing color?

Nope. But there are not many trees here in Chiba

Tender Mercy for the month of October?

See transfer info below

How is the Chiba Ward being impacted by transfers?

Later

How's your bike holding up?

It’s pretty good. We go to the bike shop pretty regularly so he keeps ours in check.

Tell us about a bicycling adventure. Lights failing, riding home in dark? Run into any signs? Dad said his bike always broke and he learned to fix it with channel locks and a screwdriver. Any repairs? 10 flats in a day?

My bike has missionary steroids, so it’s indestructible. Williams has actually had three accidents so far, but thanks to his holy calling as a missionary, he is fine; his front brake no longer works, but we are going to the shop today to see if our guy can fix it.

In our Priesthood Quorums we are talking about missions and things you can do on P-Day. What is your most memorable P-Day experience so far?

My second P-Day we went shopping and found a new investigator, usually though we just study in the apartment and such, I haven’t really had a lot of fun experiences on P-Day yet. We had a zone P-Day once, and that was really fun!

And now for the moment you have all been waiting for.

Watnabe Choro is transferring to Joetsu

Williams Choro is leaving me and going to Togane

and I’m staying in Chiba Ward ... with … wait

fooooooooooooooooooooooooooorr it …

…

… The Zone LEADERS.

I’m not entirely sure what I did to deserve this, but for some reason I’m now working with the Zone Leaders ... apparently I was a terrible missionary and now the ZL’s are here to keep me in check. This should be fun. Yeah ... I’m not sure what is going to happen, one of them is Nihongo and the other is like transfer eight, so yeah. They are coming from different areas/zones, and will be coming to Chiba for the first time; so I will be showing them around, talk about pressure. Pray we don't get lost.

So this week, I heard that priesthood line of authorities is now available from the church? What’s up with that?

"Columbia Airlines Flight 409" has a midair collision

on approach to Salt Lake International

Also I heard there is a movie called Airport ‘75, which was filmed in Utah … about a thousand years ago, let me know if y’all have heard of it, and if you have why haven’t you shared that little piece of movie trivia with me.

The package you sent was excellent, the fudge was delicious! And the Reese and Twix bars always brighten my day.

I seriously love melonpon BTW; this week I found chocolate chip melonpon ... let’s just say that I almost died from excitement; and yes, I have a picture.

Every week since I've been here we have been volunteering at a mental disability home called Desmadago, and it’s always way great, but last week we got to help build little treasure chests and I got to use a little miniature band saw to cut the wood, it was so great!!!!! Well, it was an exciting part of my week; that’s all.

What are the hardest parts of missionary life?

Shaving every day; I hate it. I have no plans to attend BYU, I’m USU through and through.

And the metric system ... I have no idea what it’s all about, and it still makes no sense to me; clearly I should have paid attention in 3rd grade. I really miss that about America, our stubbornness about not ever changing our beliefs about how we measure stuff!

Charles T. Whipple
pen name ... Chuck Tyrell

Picture of the Resolution
docked in New Zealand
shortly before the crash in 2008

Oh so this week I found out that one of our ward member’s is famous! His name is Charlie Whipple and his pen name is Chuck Tyrell, apparently all of his books and yes, plural, are all really good. He also built a boat and tried to sail around the world, but crashed near New Zealand. He’s such a stud, he built the boat himself and, like everything in it … by himself!!! It is great!!! So he’s in the hospital because he fell off his boat and into the Tokyo Bay and got a leg infection ... hopefully he doesn't loose his leg to the waters too, he lost his left index finger making his boat, but if he does lose his leg, we decided we are going to get him a wooden one so he can be a Pirate.

This week we found a really good PI housing and right afterwards Watanabe Choro said “That’s why housing is so sweet!” I just wanted you all to know that I taught him some really good English …

So yeah, this week was pretty good transfers happen on Thursday and should be all sorts of fun.

Sam, how was your first, “second-hand high,” at the concert … and yes you can get them, so please be careful ... that was kinda funny though. I can’t believe that the lens from your glasses fell out and you didn't even notice ... sorry to hear that, I bet you looked funny for the rest of the day with only one lens in.

Abi, sorry that you made too much rice today. I actually made too much, well not to the scale that you did, just a little too much, it was a little under cooked, and a little crunchy ... whoops! but we live and learn!!!

I hope that all is going well this week, I’ll let you know how working with the ZL’s is going next week, should be a fun experience that’s for sure!!!

Love you all and thank you for all the love and support!!!
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7.1 quake hits east of Japan; tsunami advisory canceled

by Doug Stanglin and Donna Leinwand Leger

USA TODAY 8:28 p.m. EDT October 25, 2013

Some small tsunami-driven waves hit three cities along the east coast.

Photo: USGS

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck off the Fukushima region of Japan early Saturday local time, triggering small waves that hit three cities along a 200-mile stretch of the east coast that was briefly under a tsunami advisory.

The Japan Meteorological Agency, which canceled the advisory, said that the first waves hit Soma, Kamaishi, and Ishinomaki-shi Ayukama, but that none topped 3 feet, the threshold for issuing a stronger warning.

There were no reports of damage or serious injuries from the quake, which the agency said was an aftershock of the deadly March 2011 disaster that killed 19,000 and devastated one of the Fukushima nuclear plants.

The epicenter of the 2:10 a.m. quake was located 231 miles east of Japan's Honshu Island at a depth of 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Service. The tremor was felt 300 miles away in Tokyo.

The USGS, which initially reported the quake at a magnitude of 7.3, later downgraded it to 7.1. The meteorological agency revised its initial estimate from magnitude 7.1 to 6.8.

The quake prompted the tsunami advisory for an area stretching from the northern edge of Iwate Prefecture to the southern tip of Chiba Prefecture. Three aftershocks occurred during the next four hours, the strongest registering magnitude 5.5.

USA TODAY reporter William Welch said he was asleep in a Tokyo hotel room when the earthquake woke him up at 3:10 a.m. local time.  Welch, who has felt many earthquakes while at his home in California, said Saturday's earthquake varied in intensity and "seemed to be the longest one I've experienced."

USGS said the quake was caused by "normal faulting in the shallow oceanic crust of the Pacific plate," near the region of the magnitude-9 Tohoku earthquake in March 2011, which killed about 19,000 people.

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its initial tsunami warning at 1:14 p.m. ET for Fukushima Prefecture, warning residents to "get out of the water and leave the coast immediately." The warning was later expanded to include Iwate, Miyagi, Ibaraki, and Chiba Prefectures.

DD 2.56 ... "Yes, you will do just fine." ... then yeah ... this happened ...

T-Day this week. The week before Transfers, our P-Day moves to Tuesday, then all who are close enough, go to the Temple ... so ... sorry there was no letter on Monday; here it is on Tuesday:  T-Day.

What do Japanese toothbrushes look like? Why are they not as good as American ones?

They are all right, they are just small and expensive ... and they wear out really easily, also I got the package today, thank you so much!!! I haven’t really looked through it yet!

It sounds like you are stopping more people on the street to talk to them, are you feeling more comfortable w/ the language? Do you understand what they are saying more?

YES, I do all my phone calls in Japanese, and I talked to some people on the train today.

Is your neck still hurting? Shoulders? Stomach?

Nope, I feel completely fine!

What kind of book bag/back pack did you buy? Was it the blue plaid bag in your picture last week?

Yes ... right! Its way sweet.

Does the new bag make your shoulders/neck hurt?

Nope, again, I must be cured!!

How was the typhoon on Tues/Wed? Did you go out while it was storming?

We slept through most of it that night, but like five minutes after it ended we went housing, and met a Jehovah’s Witness.

Did your power go out during/before mentioned typhoon?

Nope, the biggest typhoon in fifty years and Japan kept on running smooth. They are pretty prepared.

How bad was the wind? Rain?

Not too bad, just like a rainstorm in Utah, but without the lightning and we had to pull our laundry inside.

Did the package get there? If so, what was in it? (It might have been delayed due to the storm).

It arrived here on Tuesday! Along with Abi’s letter!

Does your ward do a primary program for sacrament meeting?

Yes, it was a couple weeks ago, it was adorable!!

Are you currently in transfer 2 or 3? What week will the next transfer occur in?

I am currently in Transfer number 2; and this will be week six; transfers will be next week.

Do they celebrate Halloween in Japan? Are you guys having a Halloween party?

Our ward had a Halloween party. See pictures and details below.

Did the Sister Missionary, who taught English with you (Christensen Shimai) get transferred or does she still teach with you guys?

Both of the sisters which are here now are from America, Willden Shimai has some Japanese family background, they are both still here, for now, and both help teach.

Did Dad find your apartment building?

      

Yes ... kinda creepy, but really cool, I definitely want to catch the replay of that in heaven, he even got the right room too, Go Dad!!

Dad said last weeks subject read, "This one's for father. You must really like Japanese. Please Enjoy." How close did he get?  He says he could not find a the translation for "tmasu."
Dad, the last part of the Japanese was to shittemasu it means that “I know” what ever comes before it tatoeba “my dad loves Japanese shittemasu,” or with English grammar, “I know my dad loves Japanese.”

Do you still write people regularly? If so, who? (Ben? Rachel? Lizzie? Paige? Jon?) I'm nosy and am wondering. =)

I write to Ben, Lizzy, and Rachel every week or so, and some random people every once in a while.

So yeah, this week was a typhoon, a Halloween party, and temple day!!! The typhoon was pretty intense, but afterwards we went housing and found a Jehovah’s Witness, having never met one before I wasn't sure what they believed, but now I know a little more, namely they are not allowed to study other religions! Right? But yea freedom to choose, we pretty much left with a box full of pamphlets about how Halloween is Satan’s holiday and how bad we are for teaching people about other religions ... Oh, the things that we see.

Skyline view of Chiba; from the deck of our Jehovah's Witness investigator

... this happened ...

Next up, the Halloween party, I walk in and Brother K. just looked at me and said, “Yes, you will do just fine;” and then yeah, this happened:

Brother O. has a better picture of me doing seiza and looking all dignified, but I don’t have it, it may be on the Chiba Ward Website / Facebook page, maybe dad can find it; it might be on Brother O’s page. This is the game that we made for the Halloween party, we throw cotton balls at the web and they stick to it ... it’s made of tape.

Halloween Party Game

Temple today was very great!!! I love it so much!!! Transfers are coming up and so last Friday I went on splits with Williams Choro, my bean, but it was just the two of us, and we actually found two new people, one of them fell through, but the other said that he loves soccer and after that he loves to read ... so yeah me being the outgoing American that I am said; well then brother, have we got a book for you; and yeah, we’re meeting with him next Friday, introduce him to the gospel more fully, and then set a baptismal date. Should be good, right?

Who knew … the same rule for meeting girls applies to getting investigators, you always wait three days to call ... except in Japan, you call them that night to say that it was nice to meet them and make sure they got home safely; and then you wait three days, call them back, and then make an appointment with them ... who knew? Right?

Thank you for all the eMail and the letter, more eMail, I love them all, today I don’t have very much time and I want to send some emails to Sam’s eMail really fast so that she can send them to y’all!!!!!

Melonpan

Love you all, don’t worry about you letters distracting me too much … Ahhhh … Should I get a flu shot? So really fast, they have this bread called Melonpan, and it is so good!!!!! It’s pretty cheap to. Try and find it in America, if you can’t find it, I’ll probably never come home ... it is so good!!! I highly recommend it. JK; I will still come home.  I really do love doing missionary work!!!! WHOO!!!!

Today I started doing train dendo, we sit next to random people and talk to them, extra points if you can get to the gospel in six sentences or less ... it took me like twelve, but I was playing with some other zone leaders ...　so you could say that they are pretty good, they only have like two and four transfers left...

Yeah, that’s almost all I have this week, love you all and thank you for the stories, sorry about Jayli’s throat/mouth, and when i get back I want/would like to take Porter rock climbing ... think about it and let me know if that would be okay ... I promise we will be safe.

PS … Abi … only four ... bummer, challenge extended To ... fourTEEEEEEENNNNN!!!!!!!!!!! bum bum bum ...
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