Missionaries vs. the Hill

May 2, 2016

This is a killer hill!

I beat them all to the top!!!

Come on guys, you can make it!!!!

One happy missionary!

 SPORTS DAY!

Sports day with members.

This is the fish line game.
 You had to grab it off with your teeth.
It was really fun!  I got first! 

Mr. Champion!

Elder Gibson working hard!

Elder Calhoun failing. 
It took him forever to get it!

Meet the Noda family

This is the Noda family.
 The guy with the hat is the friend who might
have interest in the church. 
Really nice family, I loved being there!
:)

Peace from Togane!

Can you believe it is already May?  I can't!  It feels like April just

started last week.  I am loving it so much here that the time is just

flying by.  Next week is transfer calls and I am pretty nervous about

what is going to happen.  I am also way excited to see what happens,

it is going to be a fun P-day next week! :)

So let's see, what is something special that happened this week.  We

had a couple of cool things happen this week. We visited a lot of

members, had an amazing district meeting, had spectacular lessons, had

a way fun sports day, and confirmed someone a member of the church.

So I guess I will talk a little about each one of these things!

Members in Togane are amazing.  They love the missionaries and they

will help us with anything.  In fact, Sunday we had a dinner

appointment with a member and they invited a friend over.  We talked

with her son and he is way cool.  We became really good friends and

then started inviting him to come to things.  He says he wants to come

to basketball, play ping pong with us, and just hung out with us.  He

told us we are really cool people and he might even have some interest

in the church.   This was music to our ears.  We are so excited to

meet with this man and build up our relationship even more.  I love

the members of this Ward, they give us amazing referrals! :)

The district meeting we had was really good.  I had a training on

Christ like attributes and I think it went really well.  I think when

it comes down to training, it is way more beneficial for the person

giving then the people receiving it.  Because the person has to do all

the research and they have to put forth the effort to make the

training good. Also every time I give a training I feel the spirit so

much.  I feel and know that this church is true and that our Savior

Jesus Christ loves us.  I got to spend 15 minutes talking about the

Savior and how we can become like him.  I testified of him and I

talked about what he did.  The sprit was just so strong and there was

nothing like it.  I love feeling the spirit and I know that we all can

feel it when we share our testimonies of the Savior with others.

Our lessons this week went really well.  We taught people who Joseph

Smith was and why he is important.  We showed the restoration video

and taught about baptism.  It was a good week for teaching.  We had

one baptismal date with an investigator.  He wanted to get baptized as

soon as possible, but when he told his parents about it there were

against it.  So he had to drop us.  That was probably the bummer of

this week.  But that is okay because we found many new investigators

and we are really excited to begin teaching them.  I love teaching

lessons though because it is the time when you tell people about

something they have never heard before.  You make them think about new

things that can change their life and you let them feel the Holy

Ghost.  It is an amazing experience and I love doing it! :)

Sports day was a day where we played sports all day long.  It was so

much fun.  I haven't had that much exercise in a long time.  I got to

talk with a lot of friends, missionaries, members, investigators, and

everyone else under the sun.  Speaking about the sun, everyone forgot

to wear sun screen.  Some people looked like lobsters and now when

they take their sunglasses off, they look like raccoons!  My companion

included! Haha it was a really fun day!  I loved being under the sun

and enjoying the wonderful warm weather.

The cool part of this week was being able to confirm someone into the

church.  I didn't get to do it, it was Elder Lin.  We actually were in

another persons area because the confirmation had to be done in

Chinese because the member was Chinese.  Well it was still fun going

to a confirmation meeting and feeling the spirit in the room.  I loved

being there.  I have been in a lot of lessons that are Chinese but

hearing a blessing in Chinese is pretty cool.  Especially because I

can now pick out a couple of words.  I don't think I will learn how to

speak Chinese on my mission, but I am defiantly starting to understand

it a bit.  It is crazy!  There are so many cool miracles and blessings

from serving a mission! :)

This week was a really good week.  I feel like we spent all our time

effectively and we helped a lot of people.  We found new people to

teach and I feel like we are finally getting new investigators.  I

know that everyone we talk to will not become an investigator, but we

are starting to see some improvements in old Togane.  I love this

mission so much and I love serving the people around me.  I am so

blessed to be in Japan where the people are so nice and they show so

much love to me.  I love it here.  I am also blessed to have an

amazing family who loves and supports me.  I love them so much and I

love my friends too.  You all are amazing and I love hearing from you.

I am excited to kill this next week in Togane.  I am going to work

hard and make this last week of this transfer worth it!  I love the

work and I love seeing the blessings that come from it.  I love you

all too! :)

Well that's it for this week.  I hope you all are doing well and that

you are enjoying life.  For those of you in school there is only four

more weeks left!  That is so crazy!  I feel like I am still in high

school sometimes.  It feels just like yesterday I was walking down the

halls of Hunter High, or performing on the stage, or wearing my

graduation robe.  I miss high school so much, but I know that it will

always be a special memory in my heart.  My mission is my new memory

and I am currently living it, so make it last right?  I love it here!

:)

I love you all and I will talk to you again next week!  Till then,

Elder Unsworth