the one where they put Bill on date

 "Boom, you looking for this?"

Starting with Monday, we met up with some other missionaries and went to this fire spot for lunch, but it was closed, so instead, we hit up a classic Chinese food chain, and it was super good! After that, we played some card games and just hung out at the church together! 😁😁 And of course, at the end of the day, we played basketball with our boys and it was a sick night! We had 4 friends pull up, and Hide brought his super cute family, and it was fun to talk with everyone and just have a good time together 😁😁😆

Tuesday, we did exchanges with the ZLs, and it was a really good time! 😁😁 I went with Elder Lighthall, and we had a really productive day! We did lots of streeting and visited some inactive members, and it was just a really good day!😆

At the end of the day, we had English class and we had a lot of friends come! It was one of the most fun eikaiwa classes we have had in a while! 😁😆

Wednesday, we met up with some members and some old ladies and we talked, ate some food, and sang hymns together 😁😁 The old ladies were so so cute and it was so much fun😁😆

The rest of the day was a pretty normal day, but it was hard to street because it was raining😅😭

Thursday was such a fun day! 😆😆😆

It was our friend shoki's birthday and we went to the world expo that is going on in Osaka because he wanted to go! 😆😆 We had such a good time!!! And it was so much fun to spend the day and hang out with him!😆😁😁 I got lots of flicks on the album, so go check it out! 😁😆😆

Friday, we did some weekly planning and then had game night as usual 😁😁 We had lots of people come and it's just so much fun to hang out all together and spend time with all of our friends! 😁😁

Saturday was one of the top 3 best days of my entire mission.... It starts with meeting up with Kai and Takafumi from Osaka and we all went bowling together 😆😆😆 After a good couple games, we went to a sushi place for lunch and ate so so so much food 😆😆😁😁 After that, we headed toward home but went straight to Bill's house to spend the night with him and his family 😁😆 We started by having a little campfire with him which is always my favorite😆😆😆 Then, His wife made some amazing dumplings for us and we ate even more food (we were already so full but we pounded a good amount of dumplings) which was so delicious 😆😁😋 Then we went to the forest back behind his house and literally just explored it for like an hour and a half😆😆🤣🤣

When we got back to his home, we sat down and just started talking about the church and stuff, and then we PUT HIM ON DATE FOR MAY 18TH😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

LET'S GOOOOOO!!! BILL IS GONNA GET BAPTIZED 😆😆😆😆😆 We had such a great conversation and a little lesson, and everything is finally good, and he can get baptized! 😁😆

Sunday was another phenomenal day😆😆😁😁

To start, at church I got to see brother and sister Aoki who was an amazing couple from when I lived in Higashiosaka😆😆😁 Sister Aoki's parents live in Kawachinagano and so they came to visit😊😁Bill also came to church and we had a really good lesson and Brother Aoki participated in the lesson because he is fluent in English and it was so fun and nostalgic to teach a lesson together because we used to teach Mima together 😁😁😆😆😆 After that amazing day at church, we went over the the Shino's and we had a great dinner with them all together 😁😆😆 They have three super fun and cute kids and it was a great night! 😁😆😆

Well, I went on pretty long, so I'll end it there this week! Feel free to email me ! 

That's all, Folks.

Exploring the forest with Bill! 😆😆😆

Awesome little afternoon with the Old Ladies

Trip to the expo with shoki 😆😆😆

Bowling with the boys 😆😆😆

My prize for getting a strike during moonlight bowling....

Final score of bowling.... Moses didn't do too shabby

This was the other prize for getting a strike.... 😆😆

Fire Japanese shaved ice

Dinner with the Shino's😁😆😊

the one with easter

 "Boom, you looking for this?"

Starting with Monday, we had a pretty basic P day. We got some lunch and hit up a couple of stores to buy some clothes and stuff... We then came back to the apartment, and I practiced guitar for a while! 😁😁 At the end of the day, we played basketball and had a good time with Shoki and with Hide! 😁😆😆

Tuesday we did some streeting as usual and then at night, we had English class! It was super fun, and I'm glad I've been able to see it grow so much from when I first came here! 😆😁

Wednesday we went hiking with our friend to the top of this sick mountain 😆😆😆 It was super fun and about 1125 meters tall, so it was a good hike! At the top, we met this 83 year old dude that hikes to the top every other day, and he has done it over 2000 times😦😦😦😦 Grandpas are crazy here..... As soon as we finished and got back, we went over to Bill's house, and he and his wife made food for us, and we just hung out and talked with him for a while! 😆😆😆 He is so awesome and just such a good friend 😆😆 

After eating, he took us behind his house, and there was a little hike to the top of this hill and a super great view of the city! There's also a clearing, and he wants to do a campfire and hang out there together 😆😆😆😆

This man is speaking my language 😏😏😆😆

Thursday, we went to lunch and the bowling with natsumi and had a super great time! You know I'm a sucker for a good game on the alley, so I was living my best life 😆😆🤣

After bowling, it was a pretty normal day of studying and making plans for the week

Friday, we met with Aki and had another English lesson with her😁😁 She's been taught for a very long time, and I'm hoping she'll want to take some bigger steps soon! We'll just keep working with her! 😁

At night, we had our game night, and it is always so much fun! 😁😁😆😆 Sadly, no members came. But we had lots of friends come so it was really good! 😁😊

Saturday was awesome! 😆😆

We started by doing some service in the morning by cleaning up lots of trash at a nearby park😁 

After that, we went to this sweet garden place that's a lot like Thanksgiving Point if you know that that is because our friend Aki is in a gospel choir and we went to her concert!😁😆 The choir was like a souther Baptist choir, and it was awesome!! 😆😆 It was so fun to watch and I've got some videos on the album so you can see what it was like😁😆 After that, we went to the store and bought a couple things to celebrate Easter on Sunday! 😆😆😁😁

Sunday was so amazing, too!! 😆😆😆

We had church, Bill came, and we did a lesson with him after!😁😁 We are almost done teaching him everything, and we are hoping he will want to be baptized soon! 😁😁😆 

After we got home, I called up some missionaries, we did some studies, and then we left to celebrate Easter with some members!😁😆😆😆

They don't really celebrate Easter in Japan, so they asked me to show them what to do!😆😆

I brought some stuff to color eggs, and we all colored eggs together! 😆😆 The kids loved it, and it was such a good way to spend Easter 😆😆😆

Spiritual Thought:

2 Nephi 10:23

Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.

"I testify that only accepting and living the restored gospel of Jesus Christ brings the peace the Lord promised in this life and the hope of eternal life in the world to come. I testify that we have been given the privilege and the obligation to offer the truth and the choices which lead to those blessings to our Heavenly Father’s children, who are our brothers and our sisters. Jesus is the Christ, He lives, and this is His work."

—Henry B. Eyring

Well, that's it for this week. Feel free to email me!

That's all, folks. 

Hiking the mountain with ふうま

Some fire Ramen 😋

View from the top of Mt. Kongo

I got you Uncle Kelly... 🤣

Little hike with Bill😆😆

View from his house 😁😆

Bowling with Natsumi! 😆😆

Moses getting the dub😎😎

Back to Back😎😎🔥

We visited a flower field after😁😁

Cleaning up the park with the members😁😆😆

We wandered around Japanese Thanksgiving point....

Found me some white and orange strawberries 😦😦😋😋

Easter!!! 😆😆😆