Sweating, Ironing, but Still So Happy


August 16, 2009 I can't begin to describe how much I love getting Grady's letters. I love how he tries to answer all my questions, how he tells about what he's doing, and especially how he always describes his love for the gospel. This week was a little disappointing, but he is still so positive and so happy!


Hey family! Thanks for all the emails. They were great. Ya I really only eat breakfast and lunch. It is all right though. I really don’t get hungry. I still can see good and my headaches are all right. That is cool that you all are reading the Book of Mormon. That is impressive. 10 pages a day. Olivia straight A's huh, go get em tiger! Rudy that is sweet that you are playing soccer, and you got a VW! You lucky devil. Good luck with everything and send pics. The language is still about the same. I am working hard still. I haven’t eaten any sushi. Crazy huh. It is expensive and I have to budget these last couple of weeks. Oh, and tell Phillip and Gloria thanks for me. They sent some Reeses and they were good. I got all the peanut butter. Thanks. My apartment is pretty good. We have 4 missionaries in it. Most of the mission only has one companionship but we have 2. The shower has good pressure and everything works well. The toilet seat broke the other day so it kinda hurts to go to the bathroom but oh well. There isn’t a dishwasher but there is a clothes washer. It works all right I think but there isn’t a dryer. We hang dry everything which means I have to iron every morning. Yes, you heard me, I am ironing. We all sleep in the same room on our futons. O and I don’t need blankets or anything. there are extras here. I don’t sleep with anything over me. It is way too hot. There is no insulation here in Japan and we have one little ac unit that works all right. But it gets pretty hot at night. I sweat quite a bit. During the day I use my sweat rag a lot(I keep forgetting to ask what that is--but I read in book about Japan that in the summer everyone carries a handkerchief to wipe their faces so that the sweat doesn't drip! Apparently it is this hot and humid!! This must be what he's talking about. This book said that some men even wear dishcloths on their heads to stop the sweat! I haven't told Grady about this--he might want to try it! ). Oh and dad good luck with everything. Sounds like you are pretty happy. Oh and Lenzi send me the pics when you get married. Don’t forget. (This is my favorite part of the letter, -like we’d forget to send him pictures!) Well I have some pretty good stories for the week. First off Fujimotto san. He is a 24 year old hobo who was ready for the gospel. We taught him lesson I and 2 and he committed to be baptized on the 26. He really seemed sincere and a good guy. He really changed from the first time we met him. He was really happy and was enjoying life more. On Saturday we gave him some church clothes, fed him, took him to a bath house to get shaved and showered up for an interview he had that night. He looked great! He was all clean, his countenance was different. That night he was supposed to show up for another lesson but he didn’t. He said he was coming to church too, but he didn’t show. He doesn’t have a cell phone so it will be difficult to find him. This has been a little rough because he knew God existed. He was reading and praying and God was blessing him through us. He had a job interview, a brighter future, and baptism to look forward to. I don’t know what happened but we are going to try to find him. The Lord wants his children to live with him again. After church yesterday we went dondoeing in our favorite spot called Namba. It is the richer part of town and there are a ton of people there. We ran into a black man named Friday. He was baptized about 7 years ago and is really nice. He is supposed to be coming to our ward but he didn’t know where the church was. We are going to meet with him sometime this week. I can tell he has a strong testimony. So those were the two things that happened this week. I hope both experiences turn out well. The days seem like they all run into each other. It is pretty wild. I love it and I feel very blessed to have everything that I have. I work hard for God and for the Japanese people. I can’t wait till I can understand more and really try to relate better with them. There are prepared people everywhere. I love this work and I love all of you. I guess till next week. Talk to you soon!

Grady sent us his camera card, but we have no idea what these pictures are?!? I'm asuming this is a view of a Japanese street!!

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