Elder Draper is falling apart!

Hello Sister Draper, 

  

What's new is that my body is falling apart. Well I guess that's not so new haha. I'll tell more later haha. Also! We found a family called Midorikawa who we taught last Sunday. We only taught the father but he said we could teach his 4 person family next week! The message of the restoration really seemed to touch him. He said he will read the Book of Mormon and pray about it! He wasn't too sure about baptism but he said that he would be baptized when he feels that it is true. During at Lesson specifically I had so many confirmations from the spirit that our message was true.  

  

I'm getting my hair cut next week so I can come home with a decent haircut haha.  

  

It's so crazy that Tanner comes home this week! It's weird because no matter how much time I have left on my mission I still feel like I have 2 years left.  

  

So ya my body. Well I still have a cough and my throats still kind of hurts from last week's cold. Last night my waist was super itchy and I was trying to find some anti-itch cream but couldn’t find it. So I went to bed. I wake at 4:30 am scratching my body like crazy! I scratched and squirmed for like 20-30 minutes probably before I decided that I needed to do something about it. So I took a shower while everyone else was still sleeping at 5:00am. I just sat there for 30 minutes spraying hot water on myself. At 5:30 I started searching again for some anti-itch cream and eventually found some. But it was expired and didn't work too well. So I've got these little hives on my ankles, wrists, hands, elbows, knees, legs, arms, back, and neck. They stay for like one hour then move somewhere else. But oh my gosh it is soooooooooo itchy! It's not chicken pox though. Sister Warnick said it wasn't.  

  

We also found a Peruvian lady who came to church and heard the message of the restoration from the sisters. She is reading the Book of Mormon and said that she feels so happy! She didn't know where the church was so we had to go find her in this massive park nearish to the church. We didn't really know where to go so we called her and that didn't really help. We asked a security guard to help us find this one road but he didn't really help. So we just road around the outside of the park and followed what we felt. We almost turned down some roads but then felt that it wasn't right. We kept going and I felt that it was right. We got off our bikes and started walking a bit and in the distance standing under a tree with an umbrella (it was misting. Japan does that) was Jenny, the Peruana. So we walked back to the church and taught her the restoration with the sisters! 

  

I love Elder Bullag! He is the best! He is so obedient and wants to be obedient and he is a hard worker and he is so good at Japanese. He has been teaching me a lot of Tagalog as well. His native to fue is actually Ilongo but he told me to learn Tagalog because you can us that everywhere you go in the Philippines. I learned, "napaka ganda mo po". It means you are super beautiful haha. I learned some actually useful stuff too but I like to say that one.  

  

Last night we had a dinner with the Gaitau family. I love them so much! We sang hymns and he played the guitar. His son Takumi is walking now and he loves to sit on his dad's knee and try to strum the guitar while he plays. He was getting kind of fussy so we sang love at home and I am a child of God and he calmed down right away. I love music! For my birthday Elder Sumsion made me some nice Italian food! 

And I'm staying here in Shonan! My companions will be elder's Sumsion and and elder de Andrade!  

Well I don't have much else to say. I love you so much! See you real soon! 

  

Love, 

Your son 

ドレーパー長老 

 Please join us for his airport arrival Aug. 11 around 5:30. He will speak at church Aug. 13 at 11:00. There will be a dinner at the house Aug. 13 at 3:00. Please come see him at all or any of these times. He would love to see you!!!