Haydon, 19 he is! :)

(This was an interesting letter to edit. His words are becoming confused and some sentences didn't even make sense!  I think I've got most of it translated from his Yoda sounding sentences, he calls is Japanish)

Hello! 

The shirts were great! Thank you so much for the package! I loved everything in it! I forgot to tell you. From the last package you put in jolly ranchers, I put them in the candy bowl in the office for everybody to eat, because we have one of those bowls, and because of the difference in humidity here they were like super chewy and soggy and sticky haha. It was interesting. I loved everything you sent!

I'll pass on the computer repair man. I think one thing that I've learned from being in the office is that when it comes to finding a career, I don't want to have an office job. I will if I have to because I'll do anything for my family, but I don't want to have an office job! That being said I have had some fantastic experiences in the office that I wouldn't have gotten outside! Just like small things that will really help me in the future I feel like. 

Man it sounds like you had an awesome week! (we had a baby calf born!)

That made me laugh so much about the cow and everything. I hope momma starts taking care of the calf!

That so exciting that Audrey Ling is going to be able to get baptized!

My week has been way fast! This whole year has been way fast! This week a couple things I feel are noteworthy happened. After last district meeting I was asked to at the zone meeting be a interpreter with Elder Belnap! I said yes and I was so excited! Prepared really hard and practiced on general conference talks and then it came time to do it. I got to use the cool little microphones that go to the little earpieces that the Japanese wear. It was so much fun and it went really smoothly. Of course I still made mistakes but I was excited to be given that opportunity.  

We had two earthquakes this week.  I'm just afraid of the big ones! I've been getting more afraid as theycome! But I'll be fine. Nothing has fallen of anything yet, but there's always just like a
loud low rumble before one. Kind of Erie!

Next was our lesson with Hideki San on Wednesday before eikaiwa. We had planned to teach him about reading scriptures, church, and prayer and then invited him to be baptized again. It went really well and the spirit was 長 strong. We invited him to be baptized on the 17th of September and he said yes! It's so far away because he will be gone for three weeks in August and we need a little extra time with him. He reads the Book of Mormon a lot and seems to be understanding everything we teach. It was a miracle through eikaiwa that we found him! 

Next was that Pokemon Go game came out yesterday and EVERYBODY is playing it! Last night Elder Freschknecht and Elder Rose came like running into the apartment out of breath to tell us that literally everybody they saw out there was playing it. You would see like people walk and then stop on the side of the road if they found one. Apparently there was a really rare one over in Sun road and there were tons of people trying to get it. So crazy! I feel like an old person saying this but, I don't trust these new game things! I don't know why. I just feel like its way crazy! 

Oh ya it was my birthday on Thursday in the US! The day before everybody in the kichijoji district besides President and Sister Warnick and the Assistants, because they were in a meeting in Yokohama, we went and got Indo curry at the top of yodobashi camera. It was so good. Then I got your package and Audrey's package and three letters and a bunch of emails. Then on my actual birthday I opened my packages and stuff and then we went to maruken tonkatsu shop. A couple people called me that night to wish me a happy birthday. Sister Wada sent me an email saying happy birthday. I talked to Elder Hawkins (his MTC companion) for a little while he called me to say happy birthday. It was so nice to talk to him! But ya it was a really good day! It made me marvel at really how awesome people are and how loving they are. Seriously people from all around the world contacted me in some way. It made me kind of ask myself what am I doing for others? と自分に質問しました。

Audrey gave me this やばい Idaho shirt with a beard attached to the shape of Idaho. It's way cool. This week was way good really. 

Lately I've been reminded and my testimony of the Book of Mormon and of God's eternal work strengthened. I know the Book of Mormon is true and because it's true I know that God lives and is our Heavenly Father and he loves us. And he gave us principles upon which if we love our life we can receive peace in this life and eternal life after we die. He gave us the Book of Mormon through the power of God to Joseph Smith as evidence of this great cause. I promise if you read it and truly ponder it's meaning and its content and pray to God in the name of Jesus Christ and ask if the book is true you will receive a testimony of its truthfulness. God has directly helped and guided my life through this book than any other thing. 

I love you guys so so much! Please pray for Hidek to be able to receive an answer to his prayers! 

Love, 

Elder I'm now 19 years old

ドレーパー長老