Always Be Positive

Eating at Zone Conference

May 24, 2010

Hey guys! Thanks for the good emails this week. They were stupendous. Dad I liked the Churchill speech. I'll answer some questions first. There is a Zone Leader conference once a month where all the Zone Leaders go. I had it yesterday and it was awesome. Ya, District Leader is probably busier because I only have to talk to one district leader every night now. Before it was three sets of missionaries. I still do kokans but not as much as before and they are way easier because of how close the zone is. My comp is a Zone Leader, too, and he only has 2 transfers left. He is way cool and we work well together. Oh, and about the new shoes. You really didn't have to get them for me. My shoes right now are a 42 and please don't send both of them. If you could send me a black slip on size 42. You are may too nice but I appreciate it a lot. My time is short but Rudy, Ill write you a letter today and tell you all the cool date spots. O and tell the Haymores thank you for the letter. This week was pretty sweet. I now am teaching 4 people with baptismal dates. They all are getting baptized in June. There is Sariah (the Brazilian lady), Takashi Yamishita, (He is homeless right now but read over a hundred pages in the Book of Mormon already) and Takei and Taketo. Takei is 25 and Taketo is his sister's 10 year old boy who Takei pretty much takes care of. They are both way awesome and really want to be baptized. It is really special because Takei knows the gospel so well that he pretty much teaches Taketo. It is really cool to see people share the gospel who aren't even members yet. At the meeting yesterday I heard a quote that was like this, a truth isn't a lie. This is simple but it is true. One lesson that I have learned on my mission is to always be positive and only fix the things that are in my power. This has helped me a lot. This gospel is great and so simple. A member that was inactive for 11 years said that the Book of Mormon is his guidebook. This guy has seen a lot of bad things in his life but he has a simple testimony about the Book of Mormon. This really touched me and made me want to have the Book of Mormon as my guidebook, too. I love the people here and you guys. Thanks again till next week.