Jan 13, 2010

So life goes on, at a very fast pace!!!! so im in the mission home.. its kind of wierd but very cool at the same time. so far we are in the cram stage as they would call it.. just before we go out and tour the whole mission and do zone conferences. right now we are preparing for the big zone leader council. than right after this week we go on tour. its kind of wierd. i never thought i would do this much computer work! holy crap! i mean i never saw in my call packet that i needed a phd in microsoft excel!!!!!!! thats probably so far 90% of what i have been doing! it didnt help that the previous two APs were computer programers! im going to try and talk to president and see if i can get some college credit for this! on the weekdays we are in the office till 6 and we go out from 6-9 and work.. my companion is awesome!! he is way good, we work really well together. its wierd because i have never been companions with someone who was at the same level as me.. i dont mean that to brag but when i was young i couldnt do much, and when i got better my companions got worse and worse. there was always a balance but now there is none! its amazing! my japanese is improving.. because everything is in japanese and its tough japanese. the things i really like so far are obviously working closely with president i have learned a lot and look forward to learning a lot more. i love being able to talk to any missionary i want!! and its a great opportunity to recognize individual efforts and motivate missionaries. one goal i have is to call every companionship and congradulate them on one good thing they did that week. im really excited for zone conference because we get to do a workshop and im going to get everyone to make a covenant like i did in atsubetsu twice. recently president has called everyone and asked them for their transfer baptismal goals. so we are going to get them to write what they will sacrifice and truley commite and then make a covenant with the lord and put him and their faith to the test. i hope it will make all the missionaries really take the leap and commite themselves to the lord. putting of the natural man, and when we do our part the lord is bound!!
so two new missionaries just came in from the mtc here. i got to train them, that was a lot of fun!! they are amazing!! they are way way strong missionaries!! we went out and got to go finding with them. that was special. they were so so excited, they had been waiting for months and months to be able to preach the gospel and they finnaly could do it. i had the privallege to be a part of it all. i got to go out with the elder who i went to efy with. he was so excited. when we talked to people he was litterally holding the book of mormon(at times almost pounding it as if he were at a polepett) in his simple japanese from the bottom of his heart just say, i know this book is true, i know you can become happy!!! it was way cool to be a part of. we taught several lessons and made several appointments.
sounds like everyone is having fun staying busy. i will do my best to get some stuff done on the essay!! but i really am busy. HAPPY B DAY to grandpa and BECCA i am writing letters and will send a little something to them(in due time....)
Love you all thanks for all the love and support
elder daniel henry lawler