Good-bye Mito.  

August 15, 2016

Let the service project begin.
This is the yard we pulled all the weeds.
 That thing I am in is suppose to be a garden.

Service project.  Look at this huge stack of weeds.Remember this is only 1/4 of the garden.

I can't believe I did the whole thing!

We only made a dent in the weeds

I did everything to the right of me...

  It was so much fun! 

 I lovebservice so much, it reminds me of scouting!

Happy missionaries!
Elder King, Elder Unsworth, Elder Ishikawa

This is the missionaries who went and helped.
 My district pretty much.
Me, Elder Ishikawa, Sister Parker, Sister Madison, Elder King
Fun fact, Sister Parker, the one with glasses is from West Valley
Utah! She went to Granger and knows Karlee, but she didn't go to
Robert Frost.  Such a small world!

We went out and got all you can eat Indo curry for my farewell dinner. 

This family took me out to dinner to say hello to me and goodbye tome.
 They are so kind!

This was our investigator.
 He wanted to talk with the bishop to become a better person.
 His name is Hashimoto.
 I wish I could have gotten to know him more.

Fun at the matsuri with Elder King!!!
 This parade was going all day long.

Mito Church

Another view.

This is brother Tsuru.

This is brother Tsuru.
 He bought me ice cream because I was leaving Mito.
  I love is man so much.
He is hilarious and my favorite member in Mito.

This is the big Ice cream I got!

This was my Ward mission leader.
His name is Kohei.
He was happy to see me because he didn't know I was transferring.
Everyone was shocked about it!

Elder King, Elder Ishikawa, and Elder Unsworth in front of their apartment.

Elder Ishikawa and I

Elder King and I

Elder Porter and I

This is us when we won!!!

 BAPTISM!!!

Brother Masuda, me, and Tatsuya
I love these two so much.
 They are my best friends in Matusdo.
 Best friends dressed in white!

Tatsuya and I

Brother Masuda and I
My best friend in the mission! :)
He is the one I Facebook chat with.

This is the group.
 So I found Tatsuya and then when I transferred I
passed him off to elder Judd and he took care of him afterwards.
 I am so glad that he continued to show love and support to Tatsuya after I
left. I love these people so much. Elder Judd is now an assistant by
the way so he came back to see the baptism as well.

It happened!!!!  The day I have been waiting for my whole life finally
came.  I got to go to Matsudo this week and see the baptism of my best
friend, Tatsuya.  Oh my goodness I can't tell you how happy I was.
First off let me just tell you how the day went.  It is a miracle that
I was able to go to the baptism.  Well first off, I heard the alarm go
off and I got up to say my prayer and I thought it was a kind of long
prayer.  Usually my morning prayers aren't that good because I am so
tired I just can't focus.  Well I said my prayer and then went and
looked at my watch and it said 6:50.  I was shocked!!!  Our train left
at 7:28.  I got in the shower and showered as fast as I could and got
ready in my suit and everything by 7:15.  Luckily my companion was
also going fast.  We biked to the train station and just barely made
the train.  Well funny story, we got on the wrong train.  There are
two stations near our house and we went to the wrong one.  I had no
idea what I was doing because it was my first week there.  Well we
were heading down the rail and I started talking to some guy and asked
him if this train could get us to Matsudo.  If it weren't for him, I
wouldn't have made it to the baptism.  After awhile and looking up
different routes on how to get to Matsudo we found out a way to get
there.  We then started talking about religion and he seemed to have a
lot of interest.  However he lived in Tokyo so I couldn't teach him.
But it was fun talking with that man.  We then made it to Matsudo with
5 minutes to spare before the meeting started.  I walked in and there
was Masuda and Tatsuya sitting on the stand dressed in white.  I was
so happy to see them.  I ran up there and Tatsuya recognized me and
ran up and gave me a hug and said, "My American Friend, Elder
Unsworth!" I was so happy to see him.  I then walked over and gave
Brother Masuda a hug and I felt like I was coming home to my family.
I then told them that we needed some pictures and we went out in the
hall and took some pictures.  It was so cool.  Seeing my two best
friends dressed in white was what every missionary wants to see. My
dream of seeing a baptism came true.  The ordinance was very reverent
and really good.  I felt the spirit so much and it really touched my
heart.  All I could think about was the doctrine and covenants
scriptures that says, "How great shall be your joy if you bring save
it be one soul unto me."  Tatsuya is my one soul. I feel like we have
been friends since the beginning and we have always known each other.
I wish he had a Facebook so then we could talk back and forth but he
still needs to make one.  The rest of the meeting was really good.
Tatsuya also asked if I would go in the confirmation circle with him.
I did and that was so specail.  To confirm someone a member of the
church and bestow the Holy Ghost on him for all of Eternity is such a
special feeling.  I loved it so much.  I didn't say the words, I just
laid my hands on his head.  But I felt as if my spirit was talking
with his spirit.  It was defiantly an experience I will never forget
in my life.  I finally got the baptism I have been waiting for.  It
was also funny.  So many people were congratulating me for finding him
and teaching him and I didn't really care about that.  I always told
them that it wasn't about me it was about his commitment to follow
Jesus Christ.  They always had a big smile on their face after that.
But really, I felt so much love for Tatsuya and Masuda that day, I can
only imagine what the savior feels for them and how proud he is of
them.  I love this church and this work so much, it has changed my
life!
This week has simply been amazing.  I am so full of the Spirit.
Seeing the baptism changed my mission so much.  I want to go out and
find more people and teach them.  I am so blessed that I was able to
find Tatsuya and follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost.  I remember
when I found him it was kind of an accident.  We were going to one
place but it didn't really work out so we went back home and then ran
into him.  I know that the Holy Ghost told us to go to that first
place because he knew we would run into Tatsuya.  I love this church
so much and it has changed my life but also the people around me lives
as well.
Oh I guess I should tell you a bit about my new companion!  HIs name
is Elder Porter and he is from Cedar Hills Utah! He is actually my
fist Utah companion!  Crazy right?  Actually in my old area there was
a sister there named Sister Parker and she is from West Valley Utah!
It was so crazy, small world huh?  But Elder Porter likes to sing,
play football and basketball, and he is hilarious.  I love being with
him and we are seeing so many miracles in Narita!  We are finding new
people and inviting everyone to come to church on Sunday's! :) We also
ate the biggest ice cream Sunday of my life.  It was the size of a
football if not bigger!  It was sooooo good!  When it is like 100
degrees outside, you need a Sunday.  I love Narita and I am happy to
be serving here! :)
I love you all and I hope you have an amazing week! Thank you for all
your wonderful prayers and support.  I hope you check out my blog this
week and see the new baptism photos in it!  There are a lot of cool
photos coming your way so go look for them! :) I love you and I will
talk to you next week! :)

Elder Unsworth

 Goodbye Togane, Hello Mito

August 8, 2016

Goodby Inoue and Takatori family goodbye party for me.

Inoue family

Takatori family.
He is the bishop.

Wakaumi family.

This is Lin and his girlfriend.
 Saying goodbye to him.

Saying goodbye to Takashi and Dun.

Saying goodbye to Dun.

Saying goodbye to Takashi.
He is a member I worked with a lot.
I love him so much!

Elder Law and I in front of our apartment!

Good bye Elder Law and my apartment!

Saying goodbye to Sho.
 He is the one I found on the train.
He was way happy to see me! :)

Saying goodbye again to Takashi. :)

One last goodbye to Elder Law.

New companionship!!!
Elder Ishikawa  , Elder King, Elder Unsworth

Hello everyone and boy do I have some fun news for you all!  Well as

you know I was transferred from my wonderful area Togane and was moved

to Mito.  Since I have been in Mito I have loved it.  We have had many

festivals here and we have taught many lessons and just had a

wonderful time.  Also being in a trio is so much fun.  Elder King is

great and Elder Ishikawa is as well.  I love being with these three

amazing missionaries.  However this morning as we were doing some of

our studying we got a call from the Assistants and the asked to speak

with me.  I am now being transferred to another Area in the mission.

It is called Narita and it is the place where the international

airport is.  An Elder has to go home because of health problems so

they had to split up the trio and send me to the new area.  I knew

that this was going to happen sometime during this transfer because

missionaries get switched around all the time, however, I didn't think

it would be me and I didn't think it was going to be this early in the

transfer.  Well with this all being said, I am sad to be leaving Mito

but I am excited to continue my work in Narita!  It is a great area

and we are going to see so many miracles.  My new companion Elder

Porter, just moved to the area about two weeks ago so we are pretty

much white washing the area.  So this is going to be fun!  I can't

wait to get there and get to work!

I also have one more great news!  So I don't know if you remember him

but this man's name is Tatsuya.  He was an investigator I found when I

was in Matsudo.  I was sad to be leaving him because he was such a

great a friend.  I loved that man so much.  Well when I came back to

Matsudo zone I was excited to see him again some day.  Well to make

things even better, he is deciding to be baptized this Saturday!  I

get to see a baptism on my mission!!!!  I am so excited and I am

overly excited for how this is going to change his life and the life

of many other people.  The best part of this is how special Tatsuya is

to me.  I am the one who found him and opened my mouth to talk to him.

I am the one who taught him when he was brand new and I am the one who

helped him along when he didn't understand things.  And now I am the

one who is the happiest man on this earth.  The best part is none of

this has to do with me.  This is all about Tatsuya and the steps he is

deciding to take in his life.  He is going to be an amazing member of

this church.  I am so happy to see my work actually pay off and see

someone that I taught be baptized.  I can't explain how happy I am

right now, but I am overly excited for Tatsuya and I can't wait to see

him again this Saturday! :)

One day I would like to talk about that I thought was pretty cool was

Sunday.  We had a wonderful church meeting and we had two

investigators come to church.  One of them came so that he could talk

with the bishop about how he can get off of Tabaco.  He really wants

to turn his life around.  He is doing great but there are still a

couple of things we need to work on with him.  Today during sacrament

meeting the three new missionaries got up and bore their testimonies.

I liked doing it, it was fun and filled with the Spirit.  Afterwards

we had wonderful church meetings.  I went out with a counselor of the

Bishopric and we went housing together!  It was so much fun.  They are

trying to get the new English Program up and going at the church so

they are going around with the missionaries to houses around the

church looking for kids who are interested.  It was great and it was

also really easy because he is Japanese so he knows exactly what to

say! Haha We talked to a couple people and it was great.  We then had

a lesson with an investigator named Yuya.  He is deaf and we had to

write everything down so that he could understand what we were talking

about.  It was so much fun and he is so nice.  He has a lot of

interest in the church and he accepted the restoration pretty well.

We talked about baptism with him and he accepted it.  He asked how

long it will take for him to be baptized and we told him about 3 weeks

to a month.  He seemed really excited and he sounded like he really

wanted to be baptized!  We told him he needs to start coming to church

and he said he will try to come every week.  It was a way cool

miracle.  He is going to be great.  What makes this even better is

later that night we went and visited a family.  I remembered the

families face.  I saw them when I was in Matsudo for Stake Conference.

Well I asked them if they knew how to do sign language and they said

yes!  We now have people who can help our investigator understand

church!  I was so happy.  This Ward is amazing and I can sense there

is a lot of good things waiting to come to past in this area.

Not too much else to talk about because of the transfer plan.  I need

to go pack some more and get my bags shipped off so I am going to

close this weekly email here.  But this week in Mito we had so many

cool festivals.  We had a firework festival that shot fireworks in the

air for over an hour!  The finale was amazing and the sky was so

bright!  I loved seeing the shows.  Then they had a huge festival

where the closed down the Main Street in the city and had a parade

going down it the whole day and people were dancing and doing fun

things all day long.  At the end of the day they did the city dance

and everyone did it. I of course participated and it was so much fun!

I love Mito and I am so grateful that I was able to come here for this

week.  it was so much fun and there were a lot of cool things that

happened.  I loved finding new investigators and also teaching people.

I have seen a change in Mito and it has only been a week.  I will miss

this place.

But I want you all to know that I love you and that I love hearing

from you!  Thank you for your prayers and your love.  I hope you have

an amazing week and always remember how much the Savior loves you and

blesses you each day.  I can't wait to tell you about my new area next

week! I love you all and I will talk to you later!  Love You!!!!!

Elder Unsworth

Time is flying, 11 months left

August 1, 2016

I asked Nic to send me some pictures with his tag.
This is a new missionary thing.
I love the ones that he sent me.

This is one of my favorites.
Lot of fun pictures.

Wow what a week this has been!  Let me tell you first about my
transfer plans.  I am leaving the wonderful city of Togane.  I am so
sad to be leaving, the members here are great and Elder Law and I have
been working really hard to build this area up.  But I am leaving and
now going to a place called Mito!  (Me Toe) is how you would say it.
But if you remember Matsudo, one of my previous areas, I am going to
be in the same zone again!  So I am way excited for that.  I am also
going to be really close to the beach so that will also be really fun
and awesome!  I am so excited for that!  Another really cool thing is
I am going to be in a trio!!!  I don't know if you remember him but I
will be with Elder King again.  He is the Elder who was with my in my
last trio for about a week back in Kasukabe.  I am also going to have
a Japanese companion named  Elder Ishikawa.  So we will have an
American, Australian, and a Japanese person.  It is going to be so
much fun!  I am so excited!!!  Elder King and Elder Ishikawa and I are
going to kill it in Mito.  We are going to work so hard! :)
As for this week we had a pretty fun day on Saturday.  Well really the
night.  The morning was kind of rough because we tried to do some
finding and nothing really worked out.  No one wanted to talk to us
and it was so hot outside! But we went to the Asanuma's house and they
invited, Sister Taura (who's husband just past away, so it was good to
see her) Brother Owano, Brother Yoshita, and Brother Ogata.  They are
all single members in the Ward and we had a really good talk with
them.  They are all old and really nice.  We then had the lesson and
we showed the brown family video.  All of them were so on board with
it.  Owano said, I have ten friends I am going to invite to church
activities this week, look I even made my own business card to give to
them.  He is such a nice old man.  Brother Asanuma said, "We need to
have you two share this video with everyone in the Ward.  Maybe when
people do their home teaching you can go with them and do this with
them."  he is so on board for it.  Everyone one else told us they
would invite their friends this coming week.  Sister Taura said she
doesn't really have any friends right now that she could share the
Gospel with, but she told us she would pray about it tonight and then
try inviting someone in the next two weeks.  She is amazing!  I love
the members in Togane so much.  They are the reason why I am here, I
love talking with them and building relationships with them.  I love
them and they love doing missionary work.  I could see the passion and
the desire in their eyes as I was talking with them. They are all
amazing! :) That made Saturday worth it.  Despite all the bad things
that happened that day, that dinner made it worth it! :)
Overall, I think I am going to miss the members the most from Togane.
They have made such a huge impact on my life and they really have
become my second family.  I hope if I ever come back to visit Japan,
that I can come back here and visit my family again.  I love them all
so much and I am leaving a part of my heart here with them.  Togane
will forever be in my heart and I hope that this area continues to do
well.  It is amazing how much of an impact love can make in someone's
life.  Because of the love that I have felt in Togane, it has changed
me.  It makes me want to get to know my next Ward even more so that I
can have the same relationship with them.  I love my mission so much
and it really has blessed my life more than anything.  It has helped
me realize how much our Heavenly Father loves his children and how
much he really know us and listens to our prayers.  He loves us so
much and I really wants us to be happy.
One last miracle that happened this week. So after church this week we
went to a lesson with a new investigator and found out what he wanted
to learn about. He called us the other day and said he wanted to learn
more about the church. He met with the missionaries last year and then
lost contact with them. So we are now teaching him. He has so much
interest and he really wants to learn more about our church, come to
church, and feel Gods love.  He has been reading the Book of Mormon
already and he wants us to help him understand it more.  He is way
solid and I am excited for the next Elders to teach him.  Well, on the
way back, we found three new investigators on the train ride home. It
was such a cool miracle. One of them went home and made a Facebook so
that we can talk and be able to contact each other. He is way solid!
The other two said they wanted to learn more about church so we are
going to give them a church tour Thursday!  It was such a cool miracle
being able to find so many people in a short time. We told the lord we
wanted to find more investigators and here he is putting so many
people in our path. I love it!
I know that as we pray about the things we want to do and then listen
for the Holy Ghost to tell us what God wants us to do, we can see
miracles in our lives.  Because we listen to the Holy Ghost and do
what he asks us to do, we find new investigators and we are able to
help the investigators we have now.  I am so blessed to have the Gift
of the Holy Ghost.  He is always with me and he is always leading me
the right way.  I love this church and I love my Savior.  He is my
everything.  I love you all so much and I hope you have a wonderful
week!  I will talk to you later!  I hope you have an amazing week and
look for the happiness in your life.  I love you and I will talk to
you next week.  Take care and don't forget to check out my blog! :)
Love you!!!! :)


Elder Unsworth