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Back At It Again (Week 17)

Sorry for the late email everyone. Today was temple p-day so we had to wait an extra day to write our emails. But, it's all good because we  got to go to pile up into the insanely dense 7th wonder of the world, trains of downtown Tokyo, and then go to the temple! Truly an amazing experience. Anyway, this past week has been great. We finally finished up all of our Shogatsu shokujis and got have a little bit of dendo time. So, doing what any good missionary would do after about two weeks of no dendo, we talked to every person within earshot. So, we got to do a lot of dendo including housing in the freezing cold with heavy rain and high winds. Tons of fun!

During our dendo spree, we got to talk to a lot of cool people. One was found through housing near our local Eki. Her name is Rose and she speaks Japanese, Tagolog, and English so that was nice. Anyway, she was way nice and was interested in our message. We have already followed up with her once and will stop by again Thursday to give her a Book of Mormon. We also started teaching another couple from the Philippians named George and Kristine. They are also both way nice and interested. On to the bad stuff though - our homie with a baptismal date isn't going to be able to be baptized. His parents are both hontai (opposed), and because you have to be 20 to be considered an
adult in Japan and our friend is only 19, he needs to have parents permission. So he will have to wait until next January to be baptized. It's difficult but his testimony is growing a lot and we think he will
be okay. Also, we had our New Years party on Monday. It was way fun!  In Japan they pound Mochi for New Years. So basically, you pour a lot of rice and hot water into a big bowl and then sledge hammer the heck out of it until becomes like this sticky goo stuff. It actually doesn't have a whole lot of taste but it is way good with a little bit of seaweed! Making mochi is way fun though. New Years party in Japan: 10/10 would recommend.

Other than all that, this week has been pretty normal. Which, I will admit, it was nice to get back into the swing of things. I am so grateful for this chance I have to be a missionary. It truly has been an experience like no other. I have learned so much and my testimony has grown like never before. I wouldn't trade this time for anything. To all my family back home, thank you so much for all your love and support. I pray for you all every day. I love you all so much! Until next week, 皆さん愛しています!

サドラー 長老

Temple P Day

We love Shokuji!

New Years Party!  Making Mochi!

Boy Scouts of....Japan?  Just kidding, they were great!  Also, probably
made a fortune off their kabob fundraiser for the New Years party
 
Zone Meeting!

Lighthouse thing in Fujisawa

This is how sushi works in Japan.  It comes around on conveyor belts!

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