Pure Joy!

February 13, 2011
Konnichiwa! How is everyone? Thanks for the email. It was great. O, and I got the Valentines package, thank you. Wow! I can`t believe Lenzi is due in 7 weeks. That is crazy! Lenzi will like this story. Last night me and Low were heading home and we hadn`t found any new people. We wanted to find someone really bad and we met Naoki and Asami. Naoki is 18 and Asami is 17. They are boyfriend and girlfriend and are high school dropouts. They want to get married so we taught them about the temple and baptism. When we were teaching I busted out Lenzi and Jon`s wedding picture. They loved it and really want to know more. Lenzi, thanks for getting married in the temple. I can`t believe Rudy and Olivia are dating and stuff. Thanks for doing all the college stuff for me. I hope it all works out. Time is still flying here! I only have two more weeks in this transfer. Yesterday at church a ton of miracles happened. First off I`ll explain a little about how church here in Kobe goes. There are 6 elders, 2 sisters, and a senior couple that attend everyweek. It is awesome! Yesterday there were 8 investigators that came. When an investigator comes we usually set him or her up with a friend and then us and the member sit with the investigator. Yesterday as I was looking around all the missionaries were sitting with an investigator with a friend. It was pure joy. The work is really moving forward. Out of the investigators in the Kobe District 10 of them are preparing for baptism! I am way excited and I love being District Leader because I collect all the information about these people and pray for them. They all are really special to me. I have the biggest District in the mission so it is pretty hard at some times but I really love it. Yesterday a new guy came to church. His name is Ryu. He is 20 and from China. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mom here in Kobe. He is studying Japananese right now to enter college. He was really prepared in many ways. It turns out that one of his good friends is a member! His friend is Chinese and got baptized in Australia. Ryu wasn`t going to come to church yesterday but his member friend told him to give it a shot so he came. Ryu also wants to be more happy. He loved church because everyone was so happy and nice to him. He accepted to be baptized on March 13th. Pray for him. His journey is just starting. I love being a missionary and testifying about the atonement of Jesus Christ. O and two days ago on Saturday Elder Cook came from the 12 apostles! He was awesome and he talked about what I needed; love. He said to love 4 things: The Japanese people, my companion, mission president, and the Lord. I know he is an apostle of Christ. I love you guys and think that you are awesome. The mission is great and I love these people. I hope you guys have a great week and until next time. God Bless