The Best 2 Years: Elder Jace Thompson in Omaha/Japan: the one where he played a lot of ball

"Boom, you looking for this?"

Starting with Monday, we had a pretty boring P day, but we had a super fire lunch! Sadly, it was pretty rainy so we didnt end up playing ball...In Uwajima, it is SUPER rural so they dont have very many restaurants but a new Indo Curry place just opened last week and its so good! We are going there every P day from now on😆😆

Tuesday, we had DCM in Matsuyama, and President Sano came! We did interviews as well because we dont have a Zone Conference this transfer. Instead, we are going to have a mission tour, and a member of the 70 is coming! After DCM, we got lunch and then headed back to our area in time for Ping Pong night.

Wednesday, we finally got a game going the with the お祖父ちゃん which was the first time in and while and boy was it refreshing

Friday, we met up and played more baseball, but not too many of the guys came, so we just practiced for a bit. After that, we went to the worlds best crepe shop and said hi to the super nice ladies that work there.

Saturday, just like last week, we played some basketball with a bunch of guys from the Phillipines, and they absolutely love having us there...its been a ton of fun😆😆

Sunday, we had District Conference, and so we had lots of people pull up to the church! We also had a couple from America come who were visiting because the husband served here 50 years ago. He actually baptized some of the members and opened up the branch, and they were really excited to see him.

Spiritual Thought:

Mosiah 13: 12-24

And now, ye remember that I said unto you: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of things which are in heaven above, or which are in the earth beneath, or which are in the water under the earth.

13 And again: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me;

14 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

15 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

16 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

17 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; 18 But the seventh day, the sabbath of the Lord thy God, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;

19 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

20 Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

21 Thou shalt not kill.

22 Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal.

23 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

24 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

"It may appear to you at times that those out in the world are having much more fun than you are. Some of you may feel restricted by the code of conduct to which we in the Church adhere. My brothers and sisters, I declare to you, however, that there is nothing which can bring more joy into our lives or more peace to our souls than the Spirit which can come to us as we follow the Savior and keep the commandments. That Spirit cannot be present at the kinds of activities in which so much of the world participates."

–Thomas S. Monson

Sometimes it can be hard to follow all of the rules God has made for us but, when we follow them, He will give us blessings that will not only help us now, but also in the life to come. And the Spirit is able to comfort us and bring us so much joy as long as we are striving to have its constant companionship in our lives.

Well, that's all I got this week. Overall, it was a good week, and we are starting to see a lot of success come from the people we are starting to build relationships with! Uwajima is a ton of fun, and I'm loving it here!