こんにちは皆さん！I'm in Texas, and it is FLAT. I heard it would be, but wow, its crazy. My area is down south, in oil country, so you look out at the hundreds of pump jacks, and sometimes little flare things, it looks cool at night. It's definitely uncomfortable being able to see everything just... open, but I'm getting used to it.
This will be a long one haha.
I'm in this place called Pecos that's secluded from the rest of the mission which is interesting. It's a pretty small town. And there are 3 main people we are teaching, one who has a baptism date, who's this wild lady that speaks like 7 languages. And two that basically would be baptized already, but can't due to some circumstances that have to be sorted out. But seriously this one guy dropped hard drugs in like 10 days and has some of the strongest faith I've ever seen. And this other lady speaks 0 English, but comes to church every week and has her boyfriend explain what they talked about afterward. Such faithful people, I pray that things will work out for them to be able to continue on this path. Oh! And the very first person I talked to in line at the SLC airport? Went to Japan on his mission a long time ago. So I got to use some right off the bat haha. Lots of tender mercies throughout the week.
Besides studying and online finding, and sometimes teaching, we did some service. Painting a lady's house, and helping this guy on his goat farm, which apparently we do every Saturday? Pretty fun, but some of that stuff was... not quite my thing.
Sorry for the lengthy email, I hope you're all well!
Nicolas: It's soooooo flat here, I might be able to see Utah from here. I don't think I need anything, just garments I guess. I'm in a car area right now, so no bike for me... yet. Ok cool, it feels like I've been out for so long, this week was the longest week ever. But so far I haven't really used much money at all.
But yeah, my week was very very long. The first day we went to the temple then the mission office, then us three Japanese missionaries spent the night with the AP's, and the next day went back to the mission office for orientation. It was a ton of information and I didn't want to split up from the other two chouroutachi. We are all about the same height, and that height is a bit... short, especially compared to the AP's and most of the elders we'd met, so we really felt like fresh meat. One of the APs did cross country at AF and he reminds me of Logan so much, it's uncanny. Pretty funny stuff. Anyway yeah we got split up, Iwaasa chourou is in Roswell, Burton Chourou is in Lubbock, and I'm in Pecos. Yeah you thought Lubbock was small, Pecos is tiny. It's way down south, separated from everywhere, so it's just me and my companion all the time, in a fairly big apartment. We drove down and stayed the night at some elder's place that was kinda dirty, then finally went to our place the next day. It's nice, and it was nice to get unpacked. The work is just so different then I wanted it to be. We don't go out at all, besides if we contact someone online and set up a meeting. It's just not what I was expecting, so I lost the comfort of home, Japan, my MTC friends, and my expectations. So the first few days were rough. . . . But whatever, my comapnion's close with the people here, and we have some people we're teaching that are super tight with him. I'll be honest, Texans. Not my type of people. I knew they wouldn't be, but it's hard to gain the charity I need for them. I would much prefer teaching people without Christian background. No word from Japan, but hopefully on the 21st we'll get something, we'll see. I've been able to study a lot of Japanese, which has been good, because Elder Turner is wanting to become fluent in Spanish this transfer.
That's pretty much everything. Just teaching some interesting people, and spending a lot of time in the apartment.
Mom: Keep the faith. Look for what the Lord is teaching you through this experience; as long as you do so, it will get better. As President Hinckley's dad told him, "Forget yourself and go to work." You have such a great attitude and the ability to get along with anyone and that is going to serve you well throughout your mission. Just choose to be happy no matter what. I know you can. I love you.
Nicolas:Thanks, no I know that's what I need to do, thanks for the reminder. As I start getting into the work I know itll get easier, but for now while I'm still trying to get used to it and learn, it's hard. Again, I should have news on the 21st so after that date I'll know if my chance of going to Japan is still unknown, or is coming closer at least. We'll see. I love you too. I'll talk to you next week.
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