Week 55!

Hello!

I think I felt that earthquake. It didn’t seem like a 6.2 though! All of the earthquakes have been around us but none right on top of us yet. We had another typhoon this week! The wind wasn't very strong we just got tons and tons of rain. Every single day we had rain.

Nothing with Hideki yet. We have had about 2-3 hours every day of finding time. I feel like I have learned how to manage my time wiser though or at least how to talk to everybody better. I only have about 2 hours a day to dendo and I feel like I've been able to talk to more people than in my previous areas. But then again there are like a million people in Kichijoji. 

I'm glad you got to can with Brei! What does plum jam taste like?

I'll see Elder Bednar no matter what. We will combine with the north mission as well because Elder Bednar's schedule is so busy. President Warnick and Sister Warnick will have dinner with him but I don't think it is in kichijoji. But I think I will be here anyways! At least for another half a transfer. Nothing decided yet! 

I'm already preparing for the new missionaries' iPads. There are 23 this time! I streamlined the way I set them up so it hasn't been taking very much time as it did in the past. I also am learning a lot of excel and have organized keeping track of all the iPad Serial numbers and automated the way I do transfer emails. So it's good! I'm hoping to save the future tech staff a lot of time. 

Yes I got the recipes! Thank you so much! Now I will see how many things I can burn in the process. By the way I can buy spaghetti in Japan. But thank you for sending some! There is no Cream of Chicken Soup though. I am hoping to replace it with some Tsukemen sauce and try it in rice for a Hawaiian haystack. 

This week was mainly spent in the office. I had my first official companionship exchange as a district leader! I went with Elder Riggs in the Kichijoji house. It was awesome! We actually only had a couple of hours to find but we found 7 people! When I say find, I mean they were awesome, way prepared people. Not all accepted to meet with us again and learn. But two of them did! 

So this week 2 missionaries went home. 3 iPads were broken. One elder tore his acl at sports night and will go home next week sometime. Another Elder has to get surgery. A sister wrecked her bike and had to go to the hospital and another is sick and went to the hospital. A crazy week for sure! I'm safe though. Everyone is really just a couple scrapes here and there. 

We don't really meet with anybody right now but we are looking hard to find some investigators! Keep praying for us to find them, we are being led to those who are more prepared everyday I know! 

I love you guys so much!

Elder Draper

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