Half Way Though Transfers

Ashton Canepari

Jul 20

Hey, everyone.

This has been a great week.  I have been learning a lot from my companion Elder Moffat, and we have been able to get a lot of work done this week.

Although first I wanted to give an update on my last area.  One of the other Elders investigators had a baptism date before I left.  I recently learned that the baptism happened.  The first baptism the Ishinomaki branch has seen in several years, unfortunately I wasn't there to see it.  But, 2 of my old investigators did go see it.  One of them said that at the baptismal service he saw 2 angels in the baptism font and he knows that he needs to be baptized, he still isn't ready to give up tobacco, but at least he knows he needs to now.  My other old investigator said that he wants to be baptized now also, but he doesn't feel like he is ready yet.  The baptism for Shimizu san happened on the 28th of last month which was Elder Whittles birthday and the last week he had on his mission.  What a great way for him to end!

This week we followed up with one of our investigators, he said he went the week without drinking coffee, but he also said after the week was over he started drinking it again.  Well, at least that is something!  Hopefully we can get him permanently off of it.  We also went out on a long journey to visit our other investigator, although he wasn't home.  It really is a beautiful area though so eAshton Canepari


Jul 20

Hey, everyone.

This has been a great week.  I have been learning a lot from my companion Elder Moffat, and we have been able to get a lot of work done this week.

Although first I wanted to give an update on my last area.  One of the other Elders investigators had a baptism date before I left.  I recently learned that the baptism happened.  The first baptism the Ishinomaki branch has seen in several years, unfortunately I wasn't there to see it.  But, 2 of my old investigators did go see it.  One of them said that at the baptismal service he saw 2 angels in the baptism font and he knows that he needs to be baptized, he still isn't ready to give up tobacco, but at least he knows he needs to now.  My other old investigator said that he wants to be baptized now also, but he doesn't feel like he is ready yet.  The baptism happened on the 28th of last month which was Elder Whittles birthday and the last week he had on his mission.  What a great way for him to end!


This week we followed up with one of our investigators, he said he went the week without drinking coffee, but he also said after the week was over he started drinking it again.  Well, at least that is something!  Hopefully we can get him permanently off of it.  We also went out on a long journey to visit our other investigator, although he wasn't home.  It really is a beautiful area though so
even though we biked for like an hour we got to see what is probably one of the most beautiful parts of Japan.

Zone Training

We also had zone training this last week which means that I was in Morioka for 2 days, its a long train ride (about 4 hours) so we always go up the day before.  It was great and the focus of the meeting was about how charity is the center to everything we do as missionaries and we need to make sure that we are setting goals to have more charity.

Look What We Found!  Time To Shop!

Yu-Gi-Oh Card Shop

Also last P-Day we found a Yu-Gi-Oh card shop, which was pretty cool!



7/27/2014
The guy we met we haven't gotten a chance to meet with him again. We called him when Elder Earl got the transfer call but he wasn't there. I later called him and talked with him for a bit, but he didn't have any interest in meeting with us again. Although we are thinking about going back over there to try and talk with him in person.

Lots of Farming

There hasn't been much this last week, although we did have interviews with President Smith. It went really well, he is a great mission president. We have an investigator who lives about 45 minutes away by bike. We don't have his phone number and he never seems to be home so we keep going over there trying to talk to him but he never seems to be home. He didn't seem to have that much interest the one time I have met him but we are going to keep dropping by until we are finally able to get a hold of him.


Rice Fields

Other than that there really hasn't been too much going on, although I do have a picture of the current district:

I hope everything is going good at home!

love,

-Elder Canepari