Week 14!

Dear Family!

 

  Crazy that yet another week has come and gone!  They are just getting faster and faster..it is kind of wild!  It is kind of a weird thing, because even though the weeks go by so so fast, I look back and see all of the stuff that we have accomplished through out the week and it really is incredible!  We definitely have the Lords help getting everything we are supposed to get done, done in one week.  There is so much stuff we have the chance to do as missionaries that I never really thought about.  It is really such a blessing to be here and such a blessing to be able to represent such an amazing church!

 

  The work is going good!  Our investigators are really doing well, and we have a few new ones that are really looking great!  I think that they are going to make huge progress this week.  That is one of our goals..we know that we have a lot of really good investigators, but we want them to be progressing more than they are right now!  We want them getting closer to baptism everyday..so this week we are going to work really hard to accomplish that.  Sister M____ is the next on the list for baptism on the 18th.  She is 100% ready, but is having a hard time making that last "leap of faith," because some of her friends aren't super happy about it happening.  We are trying to teach her that God will help her, as she has that faith.  She reads the Book of Mormon every day and loves it.  She really is so amazing, but we just need to get her baptized!  Pr______was up here a few weeks ago and he was able to interview her and talk to her.  He was VERY impressed by her and told us that we needed to get her baptized and that she would really help our branch out a lot!  Then we have another younger kid, R_______ preparing for baptism on the 28th.  He is 16, and can be hard, but we love him!  He is really having a hard time in his life, because his mom is in the hospital, and his dad passed away about a year ago.  He likes the church a lot, but we need him to progress more in the gospel and realize that it is through Jesus Christ that he can feel comfort and peace.  So that is what we are working for this week!  If you could pray for them, it would really be appreciated, and I know that it would really help!

 

  So we had a really amazing experience this week.  We had an investigator named T________who took us all around Sanjo for a day!  He wanted to show us his town, so we had the chance to do some really amazing things!  I will attach pictures after I send this, but it was crazy intense!  We first went to a museum and saw some cool Japanese things, then we went to this crazy intense, authentic Japanese restaurant.  It was way good!  Dad you would have loved it, I had salmon, with salmon eggs on top!  Then some crab soup stuff, and vegetables.  Way good.  Then we went to the biggest temple inNiigata!  The pictures will say it all, but I will say that even though it was amazing, way pretty, and way cool, it definitely was not the same as ours.  It as reverent, but different.  Kind of an interesting thing.  Then we were able to go to a temple that was built 1200 yrs ago!  It was one of the oldest in all of Japan,wayyyy cool.  We got to hike into it down this huge hill, but on the top before we headed down there were these two awesome classic old Japanese guys playing Conch Shells!  We told them that it was way cool, and they let us play!  So I play a sweet Conch Shell on the top of a Japanese Mountain..no big dealhaha.  But the best part of the day, was after that, we hopped  in the car and drove through the mountains, and he took us to the ocean!  We got to go to the beach!  It was incredible!  I did not think that we were as close as we were..but we went and walked along the beach and looked through the fish shops and stuff!  Way cool!  Me and Elder H_____bought this mean looking fish on a stick and downed it!  It was way good!  But really was such a good day, and a great chance to talk to this investigator alot about our church, and about God and different things.  We are going to meet with him again this week and it really turned out to be great.

 

  So this week was really good..I got a flat tire on Saturday..trying to hop over a gutter and I popped it..haha kind of funny but on the way to patch it we found a way sick investigator and two way sweet PI's!  The Lord works in interesting ways huh?

 

  So the reason I am emailing so early is because today, we are going to harvest rice!  It is like a once a year thing, and we are helping a member basically all day today..so we got up early to bust out emails!  I love you all so much.  I am so blessed to come from such an amazing family.  Josh and Kendra congratulations!  I love little Noah Wayne so much, he is going to be such a little stud just like his dad:)  Little bro's..keep up the good work with soccer and school.  WORK HARD.  Only good things come when you work hard.  It is always worth it!  Mom I am so glad that school is going good.  Dad keep working hard at your job!  I know that you'll get that deer;)  I know that this work is ready to explode.  We see miracles every day..and I know that the Lord is guiding us to the people he wants us to teach.  I love you!  Have amazing weeks and I will talk to you soon!

 

Love,

 

Logan