Hello!
Well it's taifuu season finally! We haven't had a real taifuu yet like with all the wind and everything but we sure have had ALOT of rain! And lots of thunder and lightning! I love it! Partly because I'm in the office looking out haha. But it's still very cool!
It sounds like Allie is a fantastic teacher! I saw her Facebook post about her kids were sad to leave class haha. I thought that was cute. That's good that Tripp loves school. It helps I’m, sure that he has friends already there! Was he nervous?
I love the cannery! Jared and I went once and he was further up the line than I was so he would carve messages or faces in the peaches and I would see them. Then I would put some in the middle belt so he could see them. Then someone got mad at us and we stopped. Haha good times!
So there are actually 22 missionaries coming now. Some got moved to the October date. They come in three days! So exciting!
This week was really good. We had zone meeting and I was preparing to receive revelation in the meeting through scripture study and prayer. That morning I woke up and prayed that I would be given an opportunity use the gift of tongues and receive revelation for how to help
Sajad, our friend from Israel. I walked in to the meeting and Elder Richardson said to me “ドレーパー長老通訳よろしくね。“ which basically means Elder Draper you have the interpretation today! So I interpreted for the whole meeting and it was probably one of the best jobs I've done! I
know I was blessed with that opportunity. Then later I was on the tech staff computer and found a way old conversation between an old tech staff elder and a guy who translates for the church into Persian. In
that conversation it had the contact info for a man who could get us Persian resources about the gospel! Sajad speaks Hebrew but he also speaks Persian so I thought this would help!
Yesterday a whole slew of amazing missionaries went home. Some parents picked them up. It was so sweet to see missionaries hug their parents! It made me realize that it really isn't long before I that is me! I
miss you guys so much. But that doesn't mean I'm not focused and working hard. It's interesting how Japanese people react when they see their parents after two years. They don't. It's so strange. An elder
saw his mom and barely sad hi to her. No tears or hugs or even shaking hands!
So I got my transfer call and I will obviously be staying here for another transfer! Elder Hattanda and Elder Uemura are my companions and I will be both the tech staff and the district leader! Tech staff
is already busy enough! It will be an interesting feat trying to manage both responsibilities.
This week was so good! So many ups and downs. Lots of rain and one earthquake.
We went to the temple on Tuesday as well! I was pondering the reason for commandments and I went in and just pondered about it the whole time. I opened up the scriptures and found DC 130:20-21. God wants to bless us so much. The reason is because he is our father and he loves
us. But because of the irrevocable law that was decreed in heaven, there must be a commandment upon which the blessing is predicated. God does not give us commandments just for the sake of making us do
things. We have them so that we can receive the blessings prepared for us. In order to receive all the glory that is waiting for us in the celestial kingdom, we must go through some preparation. God has given
us commandments to prepare us for that glory. I was reading a scripture that said "...Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love."
(DC6:20) and I realized something. God's love is ALWAYS there. It's not that God will only love us if we keep the commandments. It's that God loves us and I order for us to allow those arms of love to be
encircle us, because of what is declared in DC 130:20-21 we must be obedient to the commandments given. God gives us commandments because he loves us very much.
I love you all too very much! But always remember the source from which the most purest loves emanates. That is our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ. Learn of them and draw close to them and learn to trust them. They will abide near you.
Elder Draper
ドレーパー長老
Well it's taifuu season finally! We haven't had a real taifuu yet like with all the wind and everything but we sure have had ALOT of rain! And lots of thunder and lightning! I love it! Partly because I'm in the office looking out haha. But it's still very cool!
It sounds like Allie is a fantastic teacher! I saw her Facebook post about her kids were sad to leave class haha. I thought that was cute. That's good that Tripp loves school. It helps I’m, sure that he has friends already there! Was he nervous?
I love the cannery! Jared and I went once and he was further up the line than I was so he would carve messages or faces in the peaches and I would see them. Then I would put some in the middle belt so he could see them. Then someone got mad at us and we stopped. Haha good times!
So there are actually 22 missionaries coming now. Some got moved to the October date. They come in three days! So exciting!
This week was really good. We had zone meeting and I was preparing to receive revelation in the meeting through scripture study and prayer. That morning I woke up and prayed that I would be given an opportunity use the gift of tongues and receive revelation for how to help
Sajad, our friend from Israel. I walked in to the meeting and Elder Richardson said to me “ドレーパー長老通訳よろしくね。“ which basically means Elder Draper you have the interpretation today! So I interpreted for the whole meeting and it was probably one of the best jobs I've done! I
know I was blessed with that opportunity. Then later I was on the tech staff computer and found a way old conversation between an old tech staff elder and a guy who translates for the church into Persian. In
that conversation it had the contact info for a man who could get us Persian resources about the gospel! Sajad speaks Hebrew but he also speaks Persian so I thought this would help!
Yesterday a whole slew of amazing missionaries went home. Some parents picked them up. It was so sweet to see missionaries hug their parents! It made me realize that it really isn't long before I that is me! I
miss you guys so much. But that doesn't mean I'm not focused and working hard. It's interesting how Japanese people react when they see their parents after two years. They don't. It's so strange. An elder
saw his mom and barely sad hi to her. No tears or hugs or even shaking hands!
So I got my transfer call and I will obviously be staying here for another transfer! Elder Hattanda and Elder Uemura are my companions and I will be both the tech staff and the district leader! Tech staff
is already busy enough! It will be an interesting feat trying to manage both responsibilities.
This week was so good! So many ups and downs. Lots of rain and one earthquake.
We went to the temple on Tuesday as well! I was pondering the reason for commandments and I went in and just pondered about it the whole time. I opened up the scriptures and found DC 130:20-21. God wants to bless us so much. The reason is because he is our father and he loves
us. But because of the irrevocable law that was decreed in heaven, there must be a commandment upon which the blessing is predicated. God does not give us commandments just for the sake of making us do
things. We have them so that we can receive the blessings prepared for us. In order to receive all the glory that is waiting for us in the celestial kingdom, we must go through some preparation. God has given
us commandments to prepare us for that glory. I was reading a scripture that said "...Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love."
(DC6:20) and I realized something. God's love is ALWAYS there. It's not that God will only love us if we keep the commandments. It's that God loves us and I order for us to allow those arms of love to be
encircle us, because of what is declared in DC 130:20-21 we must be obedient to the commandments given. God gives us commandments because he loves us very much.
I love you all too very much! But always remember the source from which the most purest loves emanates. That is our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ. Learn of them and draw close to them and learn to trust them. They will abide near you.
Elder Draper
ドレーパー長老
He wrote this on Friday. Last night we received an email from the mission office, (he probably even sent it since that’s kind of his job) about a typhoon (hurrincane as we know it) hitting Tokyo. He appears to be fine since he just posted on face book. He sounds pretty excited about Typhoon season, let’s see what he thinks about it in his next letter after living through his first one.
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