Surprise transfers!

Wow this week was pretty hectic! We had transfers, but I wasn't really expecting anything to change. Then Tuesday night we got calls! Both Elder Davis and Elder Oshima got transferred!! So that's been fun haha. My new companion is Elder Kobayashi and wow he's a blast haha.

Here are some highlights from the week!

-We went to the Otaru aquarium last pday which was really fun

-We had our first in person Eikaiwa which was really fun! Just a bunch of old dudes

-Taught this mom and her little 5 year old kid and it was so much fun! 

-Went to a hospital for Oshima Chourou to get a vaccine, and I think I've already talked about this, but most stores have a theme they play here and it's great. The hospital music was just so relaxing haha

-I got a haircut today and wow it was incredible! For $16 I got a cut, shave, massage, shampoo, everything. It was just great.

We testified a lot about the love of God this week and who God really is to us, and the spirit is so strong when someone learns about that for the first time. holy cow.

Anyway, またね！

First Japanese member meal!

 

こんにちは！

This week was so good! We had lots of lessons and good finding experiences.

I'll give you a little rundown!

-Japanese babies and children are the cutest

-Old guys are the hardest to understand all the time

-we eat KFC while we teach this old lady every week and it's so fun

-Housing/tracting is really fun actually! You hear "Kekkou desu!" A lot which is a polite way of saying "shut up" haha. They say through the doorbell speaker which everyone has here!

-There are crows everywhere and they're kinda spooky

-English class is so much fun! We've got some jokesters in the class haha

We saw some cool success this week too! We met a guy while we were walking to fix Elder Oshima's bike and he is actually pretty interested. Also a lady we recently started teaching came to church with her 5yo son. He started explaining his favorite pokemon to me so that was fun. Honestly kids are the scariest ones to talk to... haha

Well that's all for this week! Have a good one :) またね

Bikin' time babyyy

 

Sapporo

こんにちは皆さん！

Well I can't believe it's been a week since I got here! This week really was incredible though. The weeks are so interesting here, since everything is so new, so I have a lot more to say, but I don't want big paragraphs haha. So sentences is all you get!

-I've biked more than ever have in my life probably.

-The members are so great here! (Especially the old ladies haha) I can't speak japanese much at all, but they all pretend like I can :)

-It rained lots and was cloudy most of the week

-today we went to the main part of Sapporo and saw some cool stuff (pics attached)

-I finally met President and Sister Kinjo. They're so nice!

-Japanese cars are so small and super fun to ride in!

-the members gave us a ton of food on Sunday and they do it every month!

Ok miracle time!

We were out streeting, and there weren't many people out to talk to, but this one lady was biking passed us, and my companion stopped her. She was the nicest person ever! and she met with missionaries a long time ago. She even used to feed them!! Now we get to meet with her :)

One thing I've seen is that even though japanese culture is so different, the members seem a little bit more "western" than the rest of Japan. It makes me wonder if a lot of "western culture" just comes from a belief in Christ. I don't know it's just interesting how a belief in Christ changes you. Even so, Japanese people are the most Christlike people who don't believe in Christ ever.

また来週ね！

Sayounara Texas!

 どうもジョーンズ長老です！！

Bye President and Sister child

Well, I left Texas and am now in Sapporo! It's been a wild time, so I'm gonna give a brief overview of everything that's happened.

-saying bye to everyone was really sad

-I got to fly with a bunch of other missionaries, including a few from my MTC days!

-Japanese airline service is super super nice

-I've gotten super sleepy around 7 o'clock every day

-This place is so pretty! I could stare out the window or walk down the street all day

-The members are so nice here! My japanese isn't great, but it's fun to use!

-I'm in a trio with Elder Oshima and Elder Davis, and we have an Elder from my MTC named Elder Hill with us! He's hilarious and it will be very quiet when he leaves haha

-I'm in the north part of Sapporo, an area called Miyanosawa.

-the ward is bigger than I thought! And wow sacrament meeting was crazy. I caught a word here and there haha

-people dress so nice over here

-we can tract here! So I am excited to actually do that for once

-street contacting is hard... we get business cards though!

-trains are fun

-Everyone is always busy!

-The church building is so different! It's really cool, but it's very simplistic and efficient, if that makes sense

-the food is really tasty here, and the snacks are to die for!

Theres a ton more I could write about this place, but I really do miss Texas, and all the people there! I will say, I've learned that the Gospel is definitely true in all languages

If you have any questions, feel free to ask! I've taken lots of pictures but I'll try to decide which ones to add!

またね

View from hotel in tokyo

Rice farm

Temple

Down to the wire

 

ヤッホ～

Well hey there everyone! This week has been pretty dang good. We had a lot of good lessons and progress with our people!

Judy got moved into her new apartment, Erik is getting baptized in the next couple months, and his daughter is on date for the 18th of next month, Chase opened up to us more, and a whole lot more.

Most importantly was Kacie. She's been my favorite person I've taught on my mission so far. So we asked her to be baptized on the 23rd, before I leave to Japan. She felt OK about it, but isn't sure if she's ready. So we sicked Bishop on her and had him talk to her during church. It was a great conversation and we're gonna push for it to be on the 23rd still. Please pray for her!!

またね

The Three Nephites

 こんにちは皆さん！

Wow our trio has been been unreal! The first person we taught together accepted a baptismal date. It's been so much fun!

I also got a date for when I leave to Japan, I leave on the 26th!

Other than that, nothing really happened this week haha. It really was one of the longest weeks in a super long time haha

じゃあまたね

April Showers babyyy

 

Baptism pic

ヤッホ～

This week was so dang good! Roger decided that he was ready to be baptized this weekend, and he got in the font! He's such a good guy. I sure love that family

Elder Holgreen and I are staying here in Midland together, so that's exciting! We're also getting a new companion named Elder Nordquist. It's gonna be so fun! Also I'm probably gonna be leaving to Japan in a few weeks now. I should have a date by next week. Not really sure how I feel about it honestly... There are great people here and a lot of great opportunities coming up, but I'm so excited for Japan!

We also set up a fun study for the Zone, with this super smart scholar named Travis. He's so dang smart and has helped us all so much. It was the coolest little zoom call.

Anyway have a good week. Love yall

またね

Tasty desert

Chris Kyle memorial