april 14

buon giorno tutti!! dont know if that is right my italian is a little rusty... so here is an update till today of what happened since we last talked. wednesday me and elder weloth went to go play tennis with the daniels but couldnt find a court and ended up driving around for an hour and a half, it was really fun though. they said they really like us because we actually have a personality and are fun and funny.(i think most people get so nervous around them that they are scared to say anything) the next couple of days there were three of us in a companionship- it was a lot of fun! we were in the heart of sapporo talked to a lot of people (some wierd and nice) i think we might have been on the japanese version of PUNKED or something, this really wierd kid kept saying he had interest and wanted to talk to us, but wouldnt give us a reason, then we finally just left and then this camera crew started to talk to him, really strange. we had conference this weekend!! it was amazing!! which reminds me we get all the ensigns but if you could send me the conference issue as soon as it comes out, and do what you did last time, bind it and lameanate it that would be awesome. in between sessions we had dinner and stuff, but i think everyone forgot easter, there was no special event or anything. than on sunday night i got a call from pres. said i would be going back to kushiro on monday mourning, except with a different companion. so now im in kushiro with a different elder from utah while my comp elder ogura will be in sapporo till friday and then come up to kushiro. lots of fun! ha its been crazy neither of us really know the area but we had a really good day yesterday and hope that we will continue to find people. so that brings us up to today.
i did get the easter package and the tape will eli and all the crazy irish people, i do have to say dads accent has improved, and for a large part everyone elses is getting better with the exception of cristina, im not really sure what accent she was using... sounds like you all might be up to my level by the time i get back..
good to hear that dads work is going great!! and that you are all having fun! my bias on moving is that the ward in hillside, the people and everything around alpine is my home to me. it would just be sad if i were to come back and not be there. but what every happens happens. so next week elder bednar is coming to sapporo and having a big mission conference everyone all over the island is coming in for it. and very rapidly approaching is my b-day!! yata i was thinking that i really want to get a new camera, the old sony is big and ugly, and out here in japan they have some really cool nice cameras!! i will  work on getting a tape out to you guys soon! other than that on my end life is pretty good. these last couple of weeks have been a really good time to mature as a missionary and learn to adapt to any situation.
oh by the way did you see in conference the one talk they were playing a video of a preist quorm visiting people and then in a circle praying. anyways tyler haws was one of the kids in the video, thought that was pretty funny.
well love you all very much keep the emails, and everything coming they are very appreciated!!! i have seemed to hear from everyone except for matty!! whats up with that!? hit me up!
love you all
elder lawler!!