Dec 9 to Dad

...well this week has been another week of miracles!
we gave Hayashi the word of wisdom commitment, at first it did not go good at all! he panicked, said it would be impossible and started saying we were going to have to move the date back.. by the end of the lesson he gave us his word that tomorrow he would stop, and would still get baptized on the 12th..(that night he went home and drank all the alcohol in his apartment, which i guess is a lot because he said he threw up twice) haha i couldn't help but laugh.. as of today he is still keeping the word of wisdom! everything is looking on track for the baptism still! i'm really excited!!...we found some great new investigators this week! really excited and hope things take off with them.

Last Sunday was our missionary fireside for our ward, they gave an awesome presentation, i don't have the dvd yet, but as soon as i get it i will give it to them so they can put it in. the best part was when they did McKay Jacobsons video.. the old wide receiver for BYU, he is our zone leader, as you could imagine his highlight video was pretty sick! President Daniels was amazing too, he was at one point the 40 highest tax payer in japan, CEO of three major companies at once, including at&t japan. it was a great inspirational fireside.

yesterday was my first presidents interview! cant say i was not a little nervous.. but i took a lot from it. at the beginning he had both of us come in to review our numbers with him.. we looked through, in almost every category our numbers were above mission average! in five categories, we were top 5. and we were leading in appointments made. than after he looked at us and said i don't tell everyone this, but i want you two to be the standard. set the bar. i think you two can lead the mission, do it! he said we were the youngest companionship, but he thinks we have the most potential.. wow that really took me back. to see how much confidence our president had in us was amazing. the truth is we want to be the best! after that it was a great booster to get out there and prove that we can do great things.

...on a more personal night i had a very special experience dad.. i was just about to go to bed. i find right before i go to bed is when i receive a lot of personal revelation, or new ideas. about three nights ago i was thinking about what i would do after my mission. i could definetly see you in my job, i couldn't pick out what it was at first though, at first i thought maybe some kind of presentation, or speaker. than it came to me, and i could feel a very re assuring feeling, my heart began to beat very hard, and i knew with out a doubt what i was to do. I feel very strongly that i am supposed to be a chiropractor. as soon as the thought came in my mind i saw a wonderful and bright future, working together with you, going to school, even though it will be difficult. the more i think about it the more it seems right. i try now to put it off and focus on the work, but i thought i would let you know. and would love to hear some feedback.
hope everything is going great!!! would love to hear from the family! mail would be a nice.. love you all very much!!
ELDER LAWLER