get faster and faster. We are really busy, and working really hard
but I feel like I have been busy my whole mission, but this transfer
just absolutely flew by. We got the call this morning and it looks
like I will be staying in Nagaoka for atleast one more transfer!
Elder Killpack however will be leaving...and it is super sad! Before
we were companions we were obviously soccer bro's, but it has been
super fun to get to know each other a lot better while we have been
together for the past couple of months! Elder Killpack is such an
amazing missionary. I have been so impressed by his dedication to the
work, and his desire to see success. I feel like I have learned so
much from him, and it is going to be way sad to say goodbye! But we
are definitely going to be life long friends, so doubt about it so
it's not a big deal. I will be getting a new companion and his name
is Elder Wheatley! I actually have known Elder Wheatley since the MTC
because his room was right next to mine! So I have another missionary
who is my same age in the mission! He is a super good missionary, and
a way chill guy. He is actually from Heber, and took state at Wasatch
in soccer! So I am going to be able to give those futsal shoes a good
work out mom;) It will be his first time being a Zone Leader so it
will be fun to work with him! The Japanese Elder, Elder Kuwana will
be staying here as well, which means Elder Clark will also be
transferring out. It is kinda sad to have the apartment split up, but
I think this next transfer is going to just be a blast.
So because it is transfers, today has been crazy. We didn't really
get much time to do anything too fun on our last P-day together cause
we had to do planning and stuff like that but this last week was
really good! Elder Killpack and I were able to meet with a lot of our
friends, one of those being H______! We met H_____ a few
weeks ago, and he has a great desire to learn about God. He used to
live in Seattle, so his english is AMAZING. But we went out to where
he lives this last week which is in a little city on the ocean called
Kashiwazaki and we were able to meet up with him. We went out and had
out lesson on the beach which was unreal, but the best part is that
the lesson went really well. He really wants to follow God, and
receieve help and strength from him. We taught him the Restoration
and how this church came to be and he loved it all. We talked a lot
about baptism with him and at the end of the lesson invited him to be
baptized and he said that he would! We set a date for the 31st which
is pretty soon, but we think he is really prepared and should be able
to hit that date no problem! Really exciting to see all of the people
in this area that God is working with! Right now we have about 4
people who are looking really promising to be baptized and have had
baptismal dates on and off for a while now, so we just need to lock
those dates down and see them happen! Elder Killpack and I really saw
so many miracles with people, and I think that in the end we will see
a few people be baptized here because we were together which is great!
H______ also took us out to this way cool view of the ocean that I
will send after this, but he is such a good guy! I am really excited
for him, because I really think he could be a leader here in the
church pretty soon because he is just such a good guy! Please keep
praying for him to be able to continue to meet and work towards that
date. I know that prayer is essential to missionary work, and the
power of prayer amazes me every day!
Other than that, the week was really good but just really normal! Oh
we did meet one kid named N_____from Vietnam. We play soccer
with him and his friends at a college maybe 30 minutes by bike from
our apartment and it is way fun. The vietnamese guys are way chill
and N___has a really great desire to learn more about God and other
religion which is great! Its super funny, but every Wednesday we play
Futsal with them all, and we are kind of teaching them all about Jesus
Christ right now but when they are all together we call them the "N___
Squad." I think it's pretty sweet. They are all way cool guys though
and N____might come to church next week if he doesn't have class so
thats way cool.
This week was really good, and I really feel like I learned how
important the Savior is to each one of us. It's interesting teaching
people about Jesus Christ, when the people your teaching know
absolutely nothing about him, and yet he still has suffered for every
single pain, trial, and sickness they have ever experienced. It's
cool that that is my job. I literally just get to help people
understand why Jesus Christ is so important for them personally, and I
really love being able to see people change as they begin to accept
Christ as their Savior. It really is an amazing experience! I love
all of you so much! I hope you are getting ready for school to start
this week, I really can't believe the summer is already over! Way too
fast of a summer. I'm excited to hear about how everyone's first week
back was. Hope everything goes great! Talk to you all again soon!
Love,
Logan
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