ドレーパー長老
Hello mom!
Well I haven't transferred yet. I transfer on touka. I transfer on
the 10th. But I am transferring to Tokorozawa! It is actually touching my area
so it is pretty close. But it is just more north I think. My train line is
crazy though! It is really close and would normally be like a 30 minute train
ride but there is no train that goes straight from tachikawa to kotesashi
station. So I have to take the nambu line, which is the line from
nishikunitachi down to Kawasaki, and then I transfer at musashi kousugi, and
then from there I ride the train all the way up to kotesashi station. It will
be about a 2 hour train ride, while holding my bike in a bike bag. They don't
allow you to just wheel you bike onto the train; you have to hold it in a bag.
But instead of going in a straight line, I am basically going to the heart of
Tokyo, which isn't even in our mission and then going all the way back out to
the outskirts of Tokyo! My new companion will be Elder Kaesler. I've met him
before. He is Austrailian and gives great shoulder massages. But I have never
been to Tokorozawa so I have no idea what to think! But I heard they have
AWESOME Sakura trees! Also I am excited to be able to walk out of the apartment
and just start dendo! Usually I need to bike or take a train for at least 20
minutes to get where I can dendo (tracting and housing). (Fussa’s population
is 59,000 Tokorozawa population is 342,939)
(I told him no one will eat sushi with me!) Don't worry; when I get home I will make
sushi. I know how to now and it's pretty easy! I just need to buy a rice cooker
when I get home. I don't think I could live without one now that I've been
here. And I need a really really sharp sushi knife.
This week was good! Last P-Day I went to Yokohama China town after
the temple! It was good! It is just like China! Well so I've heard. Elder
Allred has been to China and he said it's just like it. Then while coming back
we got lost in liek the biggest train stations I've ever seen! We ended up just
going to the end of the Nanbu train line which is Kawasaki and then riding the
train for like an hour all the way home.
On Wednesday we got to go on splits with elder Fenton. IT was
pretty good. We didn't do much but walk down to kunitachi station and talk to
people there. We found this one guy who was way fluent in English. IT was way
cool!
On Thursday we went to nakagami station and met the Adamson couple
to take them to Ishikawa Sans house. We toured his pottery and he the Adamson's
received like several hundreds of dollars worth of artwork from him! He was
being way nice and just giving them so much stuff! We are planning on going
back to his house towards the end of the month to help him trim his trees. Then
that night Elder Lunt slept because he was sick. Elder Allred and Elder Fenton
came over and we gave him a blessing. I got a lot done though while he slept! I
sewed up my aggie's shirt and cleaned the apartment!
On Friday we visited a Takahashi San and she let me try on her
husbands old Yukata (basically a thin summer kimono) and she is going to give
it to me! I have pictures! I'm way excited. While we were sitting with her
husband he said to Elder Lunt, "when I die, if I see you on the others
die, will you make sure I make it to heaven?" I thought that was like the
sweetest old man comment I had ever heard. Elder Lunt taught him about
the after life a little bit. He showed us his photos of his life experiences
and then gave Elder Lunt the camera he used all his life. It was sweet.
On Saturday we got Transfer calls! But I already wrote about that.
We visited Okabe Kyōdai because he got hit by a car a couple days ago. He has a
big bruise down his leg. We ended up giving him a lesson with his mom there.
They gave us clam chowder, oranges, and monster. Neither of us drink monster
but oh well it was a nice gift! He has improved so so much since he
joined the church! Gospel principles understood and applied changes lives. I
have seen it and I know it does.
On Sunday I had a lot of mixed feelings because it was my last
Sunday in Fussa! I bore my testimony in sacrament. And then after that Harazoe
Kyōdai always make s a picture of Christ and gives it to transferring
missionaries. So I got mine and the members all write on it little notes. It’s
nice. I got a picture with Matsuzawa bishop.
Today we did some language study surveys for the mission and then
we all split up the food we got from the ward. We don't get a ton of meals so
they make up for it by giving us food every fast Sunday. We didn't even need to
shop this week because we received so much! It is so nice! Then we got Indo
Curry and got a picture with the manager. All the business in Japan are so
strict and structured so it's fun to find the Japanese people who aren't like
that.
The other day we met this American who said to me on the platform
"Hey can I smoke here??" I was like "I don't know, I don't
smoke! where are you from?" Then we talked a lot. He had been there for
one month and then he was headed home. He said "Man I see how much my wife
spends on iTunes, so I said to myself I can have me some drinks. So I
did, and what do you know, right after that I find a couple of Mormon
missionaries!" Haha it was a great talk. He was Baptist and knew the bible
well. Just yesterday we had a lesson with a man I had met last transfer but
never thought I would find him again. He is from Peru and his wife isn't a
member. We got a random referral from someone and it turned out to be him! We
got Elder Gutierres to translate. I can't speak Spanish but I understood every
single thing they talked about. I got really down because I really wanted to
learn Spanish. Japanese is so hard and messed up that when I hear Spanish, it
totally makes sense!
Well that is it this week! I just got an email from you asking if
I am going to send this I think. So here you go!
I love you mom so so much!
Elder Draper
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