ai suru kazoku ya tomodachi!

thank you so much for the emails. MITCH YOUR FACE MASK IS YABBAI! please tell me you bought that! you look just like jack black in nacho libre (: hahaha send me more pictures of the family trip in mexico!!! I'm sorry it rained while you were there, but fortunately it was only for one day.

I'm sorry, this email isn't going to be as monstrous as last week. I learned sososososoosososoooo many wonderful things this week. I got to go on my first split with the Sister Training Leaders! They are so incredible and I love them!!!!!!!!!!! Sister Papenfuss, my temporary companion, is on her 11th transfer and has been an STL for a looong time. She is a true disciple. She did inform us that we aren't supposed to work with the less actives until we have a bunch of paper work, so that project is currently on hold hahah. Back to normal dendo!!!!!!!! Honestly, it was the best thing ever to get back out into the neighborhoods. But I am still super excited to work with these beloved members. sooooon!!!

hahah I got to get real familiar with the map of Toyooka and I've concluded that maps in japan are like cross-word puzzles because the numbers jump from the low 300s to 1800s and it's way confusing. But I believe I have been prepared for this moment, thanks to many cross-word competitions with Mitch and then later with the rest of the kids at Olive Garden. natsukashii!

I finally got to watch General Conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Zone Leaders and I watched it with the door wide open and the window shades drawn back so you could peer in from the reihaido where the members and my companion were watching it in japanese. CONFERENCE WAS SO AMAZING. all of the talks were sooooo good!!! hahah also I died because of how precious Elder Scott is.

I have to go but know you are all in my prayers! I love you all! I love my Savior, Jesus Christ, and I love my Father in Heaven. I know Heavenly Father hears our prayers and will ALWAYS bless us as we faithfully keep the commandments. I know that as we keep our covenants and become clean through the power of the Spirit that we can also tap into the enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know they will help us. I also know we need to ask.

have a wonderful week! be faithful!

love,

Daniels shimai