the one where he finally became a dad

 "Boom, you looking for this?"

Starting with Monday, we had kinda a tough P Day and didn't really do much, but I had a lot of time to practice playing guitar 🤣🤣

Tuesday, we had DCM over Zoom, and it went alright.... I definitely prefer having DCM in person, but we can't do it in person every week😭😭

After that, we met up with our friend Natsumi and went on a walk with her and had some really good conversations! 😁😁 I'm hoping she will slowly start to have more interest in the gospel!

And at night we had English class and it was SO GOOD! We finally got a new friend to come, and it was a single mom who brought her 4 year old son with her! 😁😆 They are so cute and they loved English class so much and want to come every week! 😁😊

And at the end of the day... We got transfer news!! 😆😆😆 I finally got my dream to come true that I've had since the beginning of my mission: I FINALLY GET TO BE A TRAINER! 😆😆😆😆😆😆

I was so excited when I got the news, and I can't wait for this next transfer! 😁😁😆😆

Wednesday was also such a good day!! For lunch, we went out with a cute old couple in our ward and got sushi together 😁😁😆 It was one of the most fun member meals I have had on my mission and we talked about so many funny things 🤣🤣🤣🤣 We really got close and I'm loving getting to get to know all of the members here! At night, I got to see my friend Mima! 😁😁😁 He is my best friend in Japan and the person I baptized while I was in Osaka! Since transferring to Kawachinagano, we live pretty close, and he was able to come over, say hi, and take us out to dinner! 😆😆

It was so fun to catch up with him, and I couldn't have been more ecstatic😁😁😁 He's doing so good, and it was so good to see him again😊😁

Friday, we packed stuff up, and then at night, we had THE MOST FIRE GAME NIGHT EVER😆😆😆

We had like 25 people there (a mix of members, kids, and friends), and it was so great! 😁😁

Our new friend that came to English on Tuesday came and brought her cute four year old with her😆😆😊 Natsumi also came with two of her kids, and it was such a good night for all of us! 😁

Saturday, we got up and left for transfers!😆😆

Elder Davis transferred to Okayama, which is the area that I was in before Kawachi, and he should have so much fun there! 😁😁

I went to the mission home to pick up my beanchan (new missionary) his name is Elder Lunt, and he is super sick!! 😆😆😆 We are gonna have a fun two transfers, and I think we are going to work so well together! He was the only elder who came into the mission, and I was the lucky one who got him! 😆😆😆

Pretty much the rest of the day was me helping the other sister missionaries and their new missionaries get some lunch and find the right busses to get back to their areas😁😁

We finally finished all that and headed home! 

Sunday, we had stake conference, and it was SO GOOD! I got to say hi to so many members and friends from Osaka, and I was so happy to see them! The members are all so kind and it was so fun to talk with them!😆😆😁 The really special experience I had was Mima 兄弟 spake at Stake Conference about his conversion story! He talked about me and how much I mean to him, and I really was so moved and happy to hear the impact that I had on his life. He is such an amazing person, and I really did gain a new brother when I met him. Can't wait to see what the rest of his life looks like from now on 😆😆😁

Well, that's all I got for this week. Feel free to email me! 😁

That's all, folks. 

Going on a walk with natsumi

One of the best member meals with the Shino 夫婦

Dinner with Mima!! 😆😆😆

Last time seeing this guy for a minute 😭😭

going to pick up our beans

New misisonaries!! 😆😆😆😆

Saw an old friend at Stake Conference 😆😆😁

Pics at Stake Conference 😁😁

Indo curry with the new man in town 😆😆😁😁

the one with the fire pday in kawachi

 "Boom, you looking for this?"

Starting with Monday, we had district P day!😆😆

We went to a nearby area with the other two companionships in the district, and then all hit up round 1 together! 😆😆 We did some bowling, arcade games, batting cages, basketball, voleeu all, rode some dirt bikes and segways and then finished the day off with some fake gambling 😆😆😆 overall, it was a super fire P day and definitely the best one I've had in Kawachinagano

We ended up staying the night on Monday and then did district council in sakai on Tuesday. Then, we all went out to lunch together😁😁

After that, we came home and had our English class that night!😁😁 Still working on getting more people to come, but it was still a fun time😁

Wednesday we went out to lunch with our friend Natsumi!😁 She's the one that comes to our game night every week, and she said she wants to learn more about our church, so hopefully, we can start to teach her soon🤞🤞😁

Friday, we had our game night! 😁😁😁 We had so many members come and it was so good! 😆😆 We had such a fun time with everyone and natsumi, and her kids are slowly starting to become better friends with the ward! 😁😁

Saturday, we did some service in the morning. 😁 We went to a nearby park and cleaned up some trash along with a couple of members😁😁

After that, we met up with my old friend Takuya from my first area and ate lunch together! 😁😆

He had a free day and wanted to come visit and say hi since I am closer to him now! 😆 It was so good to see him and catch up! 😁😁

Sunday was also a good day! Our friend Aki came to church, which was so good!😊😁

She's been meeting with missionaries for a really long time now but she hasn't been able to come to church much😅 So it was really good to see her and hopefully she'll be able to come more often😁🤞 At night, we went to the Kito's house for dinner (a couple in our ward) and she made us some really good Okonomiyaki and yakisoba😋😋😋 they are such a sweet couple and it was really fun to talk and get to know them more 😊😊😁

Spiritual thought:

2 Nephi 2:11

For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility

A life without problems or limitations or challenges—life without “opposition in all things,” as Lehi phrased it—would paradoxically but in very fact be less rewarding and less ennobling than one which confronts—even frequently confronts—difficulty and disappointment and sorrow. As beloved Eve said, were it not for the difficulties faced in a fallen world, neither she nor Adam nor any of the rest of us ever would have known “the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.”—Jeffrey R. Holland 

Well, that's all I've got for this week. Feel free to email me!

That's all, folks. 

Lunch with Takuya😁

DISTRICT P DAY😆😆😆😆

Lunch with Natsumi😊😁

It's been snowing lately 🥶🥶

Service cleaning up some trash!😁😁

Fun day with him😁😆

the one with sister freeman

 "Boom, you looking for this?"

Starting with Monday, we had a pretty chill P day and spent most of the day in the apartment practicing guitar and stuff. I really wish there was more stuff to do here🤣😭😭

Tuesday we had a very big mission Devotional and Sister Freeman came and spoke to the whole mission!😁 Most of the mission met up in Kobe and then we got to hear her speak about lots of different things! It was so great to hear from her and I was able to have a little conversation with her about some hard things my sister has been going through which was a blessing. 😁

Wednesday we visited the bishop and had a good conversation with him about missionary work and he gave us some great idea of things we can do and stuff the ward can help with😁😁

After that, we had English class and it hasn't been super great here so we are going to start doing it on a different day to see if we can get more people to come! 😁😁

Friday we had our game night and our amazing family keeps coming everyweek! We are trying to get them to come to church and spread the gospel more into their lives but it's been slow... Hopefully they will want to come to church soon! 😁😁

Saturday we met with some sweet new college kids from hellotalk and spent the day with them! We played some soccer and went to this trampoline park and did some other fun stuff with them and then we all had Ramen together! 

Super fun day and they said they want to come to English class so maybe we will see them this next week! 😁😁

Sunday I gave a talk at church and talked about family, God's love, and our life purpose of feeling joy. It went really well and I recorded it and sent it to lots of friends hoping it would help them see what church is like and want to come😁😁

Don't have lots of time today! So that's all I got for today! 

That's all, folks. 

Sister Freeman Devo!

View from the top of a little mountain we hiked

Game night with my favorite family!😆😆😁

the one with the sick inactive member

"Boom, you looking for this?"

Starting with Monday, we had a pretty chill P day and didn't do too much... Just got lunch, talked with the fam, checked out a couple of stores, and chilled in the apartment... Not too much going on in Kawachinagano 😅😅

Tuesday, we had exchanges, and I was with Elder Perez! He is a pretty sick dude, and we had a good time! We also had district council, and it was our first one of the transfer... Kinda late, but it was good, and we talked about how we can help each other and different ways to do finding!

Wednesday, we visited an inactive member that we had set up lunch with, and one of her friends (who is an active member) came, and we all ate together! It was actually super fun, and the inactive member is so awesome! She is from the Philippines and was hilarious! While talking, I laughed the hardest I've laughed in a MINUTE🤣🤣🤣

Thursday, we had more exchanges, and I was with Elder Bergener! We spent pretty much the whole day walking to an apartment pretty far away, talking to everyone on the way, and then knocked about 100 doors! Sadly, no one was interested, but it was still a fun day, and it was fun to get to know a new elder!😁😁

Friday, we had our game night again, and our amazing family pulled up! 😁😁 Her kids are starting to warm up to me, and they said they want to come every week! 😆😆 Hopefully, everything will keep going well with them, and they will hopefully come to church next week🙏🙏

Saturday, we had a big primary activity that we got invited to, and we did a bunch of different activities with the kids! 😆😆

They were all so cute and so much fun to be around! 😆😆 After that, the rest of our day was filled with finding as usual! 😁😁

Sunday was also good! We had a good day at church, and it is always good to see the members! 😁😁 We had Ward council after church and talked about different ways we can help the ward and how they can help us! 😁

After that, I had to call the missionaries in my district as well as a couple of other things, so we didn't get too much time for finding😅😅

Spiritual thought:

1 Nephi 7:12

Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten that the Lord is able to do all things according to his will, for the children of men, if it so be that they exercise faith in him? Wherefore, let us be faithful to him. 

Faith is essential for healing by the powers of heaven. The Book of Mormon even teaches that “if there be no faith among the children of men God can do no miracle among them.” In a notable talk on administering to the sick, President Spencer W. Kimball said: “The need of faith is often underestimated. The ill one and the family often seem to depend wholly on the power of the priesthood and the gift of healing that they hope the administering brethren may have, whereas the greater responsibility is with him who is blessed. … The major element is the faith of the individual when that person is conscious and accountable. ‘Thy faith hath made thee whole’ was repeated so often by the Master that it almost became a chorus.” 

—Dallin H. Oaks

Well, that's all I got for this week! Feel free to email me!

That's all, folks.  

Dog #101

運動会 with the kiddos! 😁😆