Hello mom!
港北に行きます！！！！I will go to Kuhoku which is Yokahama! My companion will be a new missionary! So I will be going to an area that I've never been to and so will my companion! It should be a hoot I think. I transfer this next Thursday.
Ya all I hear from the Japanese people is about the US election.
Unlike America, Japan is very cold. And rainy at the same time. It's freezing cold but I love it! (I told him how nice it’s been here)
Me and Elder Bateman went thrift shopping last week and found some sweet coats! It's the coat I am wearing in my new profile picture on Facebook. It was 7,000 yen but I think it was even more expensive than that just judging off of the nice quality, no cat smell, and no rips. (I thought that was an interesting comment…no cat smell) So I bought it! It is super warm and I think it was worth the 7,000 yen.
Honestly the only things I could think of that I would really want for Christmas are like cards from the family, some browning mix, cake mix, a couple book of Mormon copies with your guys' testimonies in them, English or Japanese, maybe some more nutella, and like teeth whitener haha. Since coming to Japan I have grown to not really like candy or American food hahaha. It sounds kind of weird. Except for cake mix. I will always love cake. Oh and a cook book made for Japan would be cool. It doesn't have to be Japanese cuisine but just things that use ingredients I can find over here. Honestly if you just wrote me cards I would be plenty happy! Cards and pictures. :)
Haha Krue is so cute! Everything he does is just so cute! Whenever I talk to American kids now I am always so hesitant because I don't think they can understand me. I feel like they would understand Japanese more than english haha.
Lets see. We had an amazing lesson with a less active member yesterday. I went on splits with Elder Riggs! It was amazing! He is an amazing missionary and has made so much progress with everything. We walked for a long time in the rain. This person had become less active some years ago because when he moved to Colorado nobody at church talked to him. He didn't feel loved. We met with him and started talking about his art, he's really good. From that he told us that he decide to pursue art. He told us that he prayed and received an answer from God. He prayed and when he laid down to sleep he felt very warm and love and peace and he knew that God had answered his prayers. It was an amazing experience to see how the gospel of Christ opened his eyes so much.
I know that God knows best. He is our Heavenly Father. He wants us to be happy. I truly believe that He cares about our lives and wants them to be good. If we are willing to let him, He can guide us in the way that will make us the happiest. Much happier than we could ever be on our own. Sometimes that guidance comes in the form of a call to repent, a prompting to do something you are hesitant about, to reach out to someone who needs help. No matter what way it comes, it will always be for our best and we can know that it is from God by the spirit. Its not really a feeling you can describe in words but it's unmistakable and undeniable. It’s both reassuring and calming. You never really know exactly what will come next but you know it is a good thing. That kind of guidance is in the reach of every single person on earth. I know it is true. I know that if you call out, reach out, search for God that you will find Him, and when you do, He will guide you and it will be amazing.
I love you all so much!
Elder Draper
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