The Best 2 Years: Elder Jace Thompson in Omaha/Japan: the one with easter

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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.