16th week in Japan
11/29/2015
Thanksgiving!

Dear Family and Friends,

This past week has been a blast! Weakley choro and I had a great
Thanksgiving on Thursday! I hope that Thanksgiving was fun for you all
back in America. It is crazy to think that the year is already coming
to an end! I still feel like 2015 just barely started. Also with
Thanksgiving ending people are probably already starting to break out
the Christmas decorations back in America. In Japan they start getting
Christmas decorations out even sooner because Thanksgiving isn't
celebrated here. I am truly excited for the Christmas season though.
Weakley choro and I have already broken out a little Christmas tree
and some decorations ourselves.

Last Tuesday Weakley choro and I were able to walk around the Okayama
castle and talk to people. There is a light show going on at the
castle for the Christmas time, so it was a good opportunity to go
finding around the castle. We also got to see the lights at the
castle. They were incredible! The Okayama Castle was lit up with green
lights and surrounded by a lot of other cool lights. I will have to
send some pictures to you. We talked to a lot of different people.
Even though in Japan their culture is a fairly closed off personality,
it just makes it even more enjoyable to try to help them open up! We
really try to help people realize that the gospel is fun! It is
something that makes our lives full of so much happiness and peace. As
we have done a lot of streeting lately we have tried to help people
realize just that. Every person we pass by while riding our bikes we
say hello, every door we knock we throw a huge smile on our faces, and
every person we talk to we try our best to show them that we love
them. It is such a gift to be serving here for Heavenly Father.

Human service was fun this week. We folded some origami Christmas
trees and what not. We love to go talk to the old people. I can never
understand what they are saying, but it is fun to be there and have a
few laughs with them. Weakley choro and I also visited our deaf
investigator Takeo to try to learn some more shuwa. We have been
studying a little more, but it is fairly tough to learn Japanese sign
language when you don't even know any Japanese haha. Even though it is
difficult, I know that Heavenly Father wants to help us learn at least
some so that we can help teach our investigator. We also had a good
Eikaiwa (English) class on Wednesday. Teaching english is always
something that is so fun to do. I have really learned how strange our
own language is sometimes when actually trying to teach it haha. It is
a pretty difficult language to learn. Most of the students in my class
are very good at it though.

On Thursday we celebrated Thanksgiving! We had a fairly regular day
until the end of the night. For dinner we ate until we could not eat
anymore! Thank you again for the package. I hope you all had a
wonderful thanksgiving also. On Saturday we had a fun finding day at
the big park. We tried to share the gospel with a lot of different
people, but not too many people are very interested! It never gets our
hopes down though because Weakley choro and I both know that Heavenly
Father has prepared people in our path. We just have to keep looking
and remain diligent! After streeting for a while at the park we saw
some college kids playing basketball. Weakley choro knew that I really
wanted to go play with them so he offered to go play! It was a ton of
fun! We didn't play for too long, but it is so fun to be able to play
some good old basketball! It feels like it has been forever since I
played, but we had a blast!

It has been getting really cold here in Okayama all of a sudden. The
past few days have been freezing, but thankfully we have some good
clothes to keep us warm. The cold weather makes streeting and housing
a little difficult, but we are starting to work hard and setting up
more lessons. This transfer has been so much fun so far, and we have
only been getting more and more lessons each week. Weakley choro and I
set some high goals at the beginning of the transfer to help stretch
ourselves, so we have been working hard to achieve them.

My ponderizing scripture for last week was Luke 12:32. Heavenly Father
wants to give us his kingdom, all we have to do is do what he asks. We
have really been inviting a lot of the members we teach to do the
ponderizing challenge with us. It has been fun to see what they think
and to see what they have learned. So one thing that I have been
working on this transfer is patience. Sometimes it is hard not to get
down on myself about the language. I have to admit it is really a
tough one to learn, but through patience is helps me to realize that
it will take time. I want to work on it really hard this week, and I
would like to invite all of you to join me on this challenge. I know

that as we are patient with ourselves and with others we will truly be
blessed for it.

Questions:

1. Yes, there are a lot of Christmas lights already set up. Not too
many people do it individually, but we have seen some here and there.
I will send you some pictures.

2. We actually found a little Christmas tree while cleaning out our
closet. It is not too bad either. We put all the presents that you
sent under it. I will send a picture of that too.

3. They do have hot chocolate here thankfully. We always have to make
sure we are not buying coffee or tea though because coffee and tea are
huge in Japan! I am okay on a sweater I have a pretty good one. If i
need an extra one (which I possibly might because it is getting so
cold) I can buy one here if thats alright.

4. Yes it snows in different parts of Japan. Okayama isn't known to
get very much snow, but it does get pretty freezing cold haha. I am
good with the socks and shoes I have. I can throw a second layer on if
I need too. Our apartment does stay pretty warm in the room that we
sleep in. We have a small heater and an AC to keep us warm and cool.

5. Yes we have been fixing up our apartment a bunch. We have cleaned
out all the closets, we just need to finish up one of the rooms. It
looks so much better than when I first got here.

6. Not any games, but we do have a few apps that help out. We have
some really good books that we study from. I also love to read the
Book of Mormon in Japanese during my language study time. It is really
cool to be able to read it in a different language.

To answer dad's question on whether or not I have been homesick yet, I
would say there was only a few days that I got homesick really at all.
The very first couple of days at the MTC were really tough for me.
It is extremely hard to get over those first couple of days at the
MTC, but from there until now it has been not bad at all. I still miss
you guys a ton and love you tons, but I wouldn't say that I have been
homesick really.

Thank you all for all your love and support everyone! It is so fun to
be able to email you each week. I hope that Thanksgiving went great,
and that you are getting ready for the Christmas season! I know
Weakley choro and I are sure excited for it. Until next week. Love you
all,

Hirschi 長老

15th week in Japan
11/22/22
A week full of Miracles!

Dear Family and Friends,

I just want you all to know how much I am grateful for all of you.
Thanksgiving is coming up pretty soon, so I hope that will be fun for
you all. Even though people in Japan don't celebrate thanksgiving, I
know that Weakley choro and I will surely be celebrating it. This past
week has been a week full of the spirit! I truly love and cannot even
describe what a blessing it is to have the spirit. I is incredible to me
that Heavenly Father loves us enough to give us such a wonderful gift.
Throughout this week I have been truly looking for the spirit and
trying to follow its guidance.

Last week we had interviews with President Welch. I cannot believe
that even though he is so busy he still has time to meet with each of
his missionaries individually. President Welch truly has the power of
teaching by the spirit. Over the past few weeks I have been thinking
about how I can help my investigators progress more and how to teach
them by the spirit. So before my interviews I prepared a couple
questions to ask President Welch about that topic. During my interview
the coolest thing happened. Without even knowing what questions I had
to ask him, he told me exactly what I needed to hear. It was like he
read my mind or something! That just goes to show that President Welch
is truly called by God. As missionaries we always talk about how he is
so full of wisdom. I am truly grateful for President and Sister Welch
and for all that they do for us missionaries.

Throughout the remainder of the week I started looking for how I could
apply what President Welch had taught me in my interview with him. I
can honestly say that I have seen miracles happen because of it. We
have a standard to get 2 investigators to church each week. As Weakley
choro and I applied what we have been learning from President Welch we
were able to get 5 investigators to church last week. We have seen the
spirit touching the lives of our investigators even more.

So the past week has been really interesting with all the rain we have
received lately. Being from St. George it is crazy to see how much it
just pours when it rains here in Japan. The last couple of weeks have
been a little chilly and rainy, but I am so excited for the winter
time that is coming up. I really do love breaking out the Christmas
music, and getting out the warm heater with hot chocolate. Because of
the rain we had to go get a tune up on our bikes, and for some reason
my kickstand got busted, so they made me pay for it. I tried to
refrain from being too upset haha. I also had to replace my back
brakes and my pedal, but that wasn't too expensive thankfully. Riding
around on bikes all the time is actually something that I truly do
enjoy though.

This Sunday was one of the greatest days that I have had out here on
my mission! I have truly seen Heavenly Father work miracles with the
Okayama Nishi ward. On Friday night Weakley choro and I were talking
about giving talks in church. He said that he has done it a couple of
times before on his mission. Then ironically the next morning Egi
kyodai called us saying that he wanted me to give a talk in sacrament
meeting. I had completely thought that I was safe this week with
singing and giving the shuwa prayer in sacrament! Apparently I was
not. On Sunday it was a little nerve racking to get up in front of
everyone, but I could truly feel the spirits comfort helping me to
know what to say. I talked to the ward about missionary work. Over the
past little while, our ward hasn't really been involved in our
missionary work, so Weakley choro and I were wondering how we could
help them. We had ward council meeting after church on Sunday, and the
ward really worked hard to give us any help that we need with joint
lessons! They also helped fellowship all the investigators that we
brought to church. Weakley choro and I were gifted with the
opportunity of singing "How Great Thou Art" in sacrament meeting also.
We sang the first verse in Japanese and the last verse in English, and
the spirit completely filled the room. Sunday was a day full of the
spirit and miracles.

This past week I have been ponderizing Alma 26:12. In God's strength
our weaknesses can be made strong. I have seen that have a huge affect
on me while on my mission. I have a countless number of weaknesses,
but through God's strength I have been able to be made stronger. I
hope that everyone has still been ponderizing. In Deven G. Durrant's
talk he said that we could be ponderizing for the rest of our lives,
and then he promises us the blessing of feeling an increase in
spirituality. Please continue to try to ponder the scriptures. The
prophets made so many sacrifices for us to be able to have the
scriptures. I have truly developed a love for the scriptures on my
mission. They are God's words, and because he loves us he has
preserved them for us in these days. Lets all continually read and
ponder about the scriptures.

Questions:

1. Yes I still write in my journal everyday. I actually had to buy a new one
that I will probably be writing in soon. I have almost filled up my
first one.

2. Yes we got the Thanksgiving package! Thank you so much! We will be
cooking all that for Thanksgiving day.

3.  I haven't seen too many crazy animals that are different than in the USA. I
think that is because I live in a very city area. We saw some
endangered cranes at the big park that we went to though. We also have
a cockroach problem at the apartment. I have seen some huge spiders
all over the place too. Maybe I can send some more pictures haha.

4. The next transfers are on December 14th. It is coming up so fast! I
feel like my 3rd transfer just started.

5. Yes we have a ward Christmas party on the 19th. It will be a lot of fun.

6. My favorite place I have been to is probably the Okayama park that we went to. It
was extremely beautiful. Maybe I can go there again before I leave
Okayama. I think we are going to go to the Okayama castle today.

7. I wouldn't say I have a favorite person in the ward. I really love
them all! Mitchel kyodai, our ward missionary, is really awesome.

Thank you all for your help and support. Hopefully thanksgiving goes
well for everyone. Have a good Holiday. We will try and do something
here this week. I love you all and pray for you always,

Hirschi 長老

14th week in Japan
11/15/2015
Another Great Week!

Dear Family and Friends,

It has been another great week full of amazing experiences in Japan. I
just want to thank all of you for your emails and support. Thank you
for your prayers and love that you have shown me. It has truly
strengthened me over my time on my mission. I am grateful for the
chance that I have to write to you each week and to tell you about
what is going on here in Japan. This place is truly incredible, and I
continue to learn new things each and everyday. I have really learned
how much a mission can change someone. I have learned so many things
on my mission that I know by the end I will be a completely changed
person.

Last P day after emailing, Weakley choro and I went to a place called
Coco's curry. It was really good, and apparently they have some really
spicy curry there. They have a scale level from 1-10 and in order to
eat the hottest curry you have to eat a more mild one first. The food
was really good, but I didn't dare try anything too spicy haha. I have
really learned to like the food here in Japan. Yeah, we eat a lot of
rice, noodles, tofu, and other stuff, but it is really good. I like
being able to get used to their new food and culture. Like I have
talked about before there are so many unique things about the culture
in Japan. Sadly one of the things about Japanese culture is that
people really keep to themselves. As President Welch puts it, they
have a very big bubble around themselves, and it is hard to get past
it. As missionaries that is one of the things that we have to do is
break that barrier and help them be more open to new ideas. I have
really learned to be able to do that a lot easier over my time here,
and it all starts with just loving the people.

Weakley choro and I experienced a huge miracle on Tuesday last week.
We went streeting and were talking to people around the train station.
As we were walking around an lady that we met on the street about a
month back walked right up to us and asked if we remembered her. At
first I didn't recognize her, but after she started speaking English
to us, I knew exactly who she was. She told us that she wanted to know
who God is, she wants to learn more about Jesus Christ, and that she
wanted to come to church on Sunday. I couldn't believe it! Nobody does
that in Japan, especially because that is just not the culture. It was
truly a tender mercy from our Heavenly Father that we were gifted with
that experience.

Later in the week I went on an exchange with Parkin choro in Tsuyama.
I was there one time during my first transfer, so it was sooo good to
be able to go back and see that place. I really love it there! We had
a fun exchange and did some service in the morning for an older lady.
We also visited an member who was an investigator that I taught the
first time that I went there, but got baptized a little later. It was
really cool to see how she had changed. After that lesson we were
invited to a party with a Pilipino family that are members. We had a
lot of fun talking to them. It is really cool because all of them knew
4 different languages. They speak to each other in their original
language, but if they can't understand each other (because the dialect
is different everywhere in the country,) then they speak in Tagolic.
If they still can't understand each other after that, they speak to
each other in English. It was crazy and a lot of fun visiting with
them. They are the nicest people ever! It was a fun week full of great
experiences.

My ponderizing scripture for this past week was Mark 27:10. I have
learned that with the help of God all things are possible. Last week I
challenged everyone to be a light and an example for others. We were
able to share President Monson's talk for our home teaching this week
with some members also. The gospel really is true! Other people need
the light of the gospel in their lives. I really hope that you were
able to be an example and a light for others in your lives.

Questions:

1. In all honesty I actually haven't seen any kendamas here. That kind of
surprises me, but Weakley choro said that he has seen some here and
there. I bet the Japanese people are pretty good at them though.

2. They do have some games that are pretty unique in Japan. I saw some kids get
out these little top things and battle each other with them. I have
also seen a lot of card games and video games all over the place.

3. Yeah my companion is a pretty good cook, but we make really simple stuff. I guess he
likes to make mabodofu and french toast. Just the simple stuff.

4. Yes we get to meet with President Welch every now and then. We also have
interviews with him on Thursday this week. We also send a weekly email
to him every p day.

Thank you everyone for all your emails of support. I love you all and
pray for you always,

Hirschi 長老

13th week in Japan
11/8/2015
And just like that, transfer 3 begins



Dear Family and Friends,

One thing that I still completely don't understand is time on the
mission. It still confuses me how time just flies by so fast. I just
keep loving these people more and more, and I still can't even talk to
them yet haha. I can't wait for the day that I can just talk to
everyone without too many problems. Japan is such an incredible place.
I really hope that everyone is doing well back at home in America. How
are things? Thanks again for all of your emails. I truly do appreciate
it.

After having so many meetings last transfer Weakley choro and I have
been setting some good goals to help us stretch this transfer. We want
to work really hard to improve our amount of lessons and investigators
to church each week. I really hope that we can see at least 1 baptism
this transfer. I know that with strong faith and as we rely on the
Lord that we can see a baptism this transfer. We keep teaching with
faith and trying our best to help our investigators progress. I feel
like maybe sometimes I am a little bit too straightforward with some
of the investigators we have, but I only tell them how it is because I
care about them. As missionaries Weakley choro and I just really want
to help these people, but it seems like there are so many people who
just don't understand why what we are teaching them is going to help
them. We continue to work hard and love them all anyways. I am very
excited to see what this transfer has in store for us.

It is crazy to see missionaries that returned last transfer. I feel
like I developed a good relationship with my district leader, and now
he is back at home in America with his family. We already miss him
back here and won't forget him. One thing that is pretty cool with the
transfer ending is that my 12 weeks is done. Now in the morning we
don't do 12 weeks, so we can get out earlier and get more lessons
throughout the day. It will give us more time to improve the amount of
lessons that we are able to teach. We also got our flu shots on
Wednesday which is good for the winter. It was a little complex
figuring out how to do it at the hospital with nobody that spoke
English, but thankfully we saw one of our investigator families there
at the hospital. They helped us figure it out.

On Thursday some of the missionaries stayed over at the apartment with
us because Okayama Eki is one of the transfer points on the mission. 3
of the Elders are Japanese, so it was pretty cool to try and talk to
them. Our new zone leader was one of them and I am excited to see what
having a Japanese zone leader will be like. We also have been trying
to work with the members a lot more. Baba kyodai (The Elders quorum
President) gave us a home teaching list that will help out a lot. He
is the best. We were able to visit their family last week for dinner.
They fed us some really good pasta and tuna avocado sandwich things
that we also very delicious. Because they are such a strong family we
invited them to become a light to others and shared president Monson's
talk on being an example and a light.

Sunday was such an incredible day. I always love to be able to go to
church and partake of the sacrament on Sundays. Today I really
realized how strong the ward members relationships are. Every week for
sacrament meeting the ward gets out a big computer and a table to type
on for a deaf member in the ward. They have someone sit up front and
sign for him. I realized that even though that probably takes a lot of
work, they all love each other so much that everyone helps each other
out. Ishi kyodai (the deaf member in the ward) gave the sacrament
prayer and gave a talk in church. It is truly incredible to me how he
was able to give a talk even though he can't even hear! We have a
blind lady in our ward who when she comes to church is always
immediately greeted and fellowshipped. The people of the Okayama Nishi
ward have such strong faith! I love this ward so much.

My ponderizing scripture for last week was Ephisians 6:10, "Finally,
my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might."
When we rely on the Lord we can be made strong. We cannot endure to
the end on our own. In order to win the fight against the adversary we
must be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. I love how
powerfully this scripture speaks out to me. I hope that all of you are
able to continue with the ponderizing. For my challenge last week I
asked you all to find some way to serve others. I think that service
is so important, even if it is just something small that we do for
others. This week Weakley choro and I were able to help out one of our
investigators with his English homework. We also helped out the old
folks on Tuesday like we do each week. I love being able to help
others. I hope that we can continue to keep working on serving others.

My challenge for this week is to read President Monson's talk, "Be an
Example and a Light," and to look to be a light to others. There are
so many people in this world who don't have the gospel and need our
help in their lives. From doing service last week we were able to help
others with their temporal lives, but now lets try to help others with
their eternal lives. Being a light to other people is not the easiest
thing in the world; however, I know that as we try to share the gospel
with others in our lives we will be greatly blessed for it in the life
to come.

Questions:

1. My companion's favorite thing to do in Japan is to go to shrines and
historical places that are really old. He says that the shrines are
way cool, and he loves all the castles. His favorite thing to eat is
sashimi, which is just cuts of raw fish. He also loves mabodofu and
curry.

2.  Maybe the only thing I could think of that I might need 
would be an american toothbrush and my scriptures are getting pretty
bad. I am just really excited to be able to Skype home to you.

3. No ping pong lately, sadly. It is hard to get people to come. I
hope that we can play some ping pong sometime, but for now we are just
trying to teach as many lessons as we can.

4. I am not really sure what kind of holidays that they do celebrate.
A couple months back they celebrated something about their ancestors,
but I will have to find out and let you know.

5. I have a lot of good apps that help me learn the language. The best
one is called Imiwa. It defines words and helps us to learn their huge
variety of kanji characters. They have like 10000 different
characters, but they only use about 2-3 thousand. Thankfully we are
not required to learn kanji in our mission, but it helps to learn some
of them in order to read things.

6. They will not let us keep the iPads after our missions, but I have
the hard drive in order to save all my photos, videos, etc... I am
pretty sure that is a United States mission thing.

7. I got that email from Michaels mission hahahaha. It was hilarious.
I am glad that he is doing well. He looks like he is having fun. Tell
him I love him and to keep having fun for me would you.

8. My favorite thing about the Japanese culture is that everyone is so
kind. I hardly have times where people get angry at me when talking to
them on the street or housing to random people. Also the members are
the absolute best. I love them all to death!

Dad's question: I have not seen any problems with same sex marriage
and the church in Japan. It seems like nobody in Japan has problems
with that, at least that I know of. I haven't really heard anything
about it. I hope that it can be resolved more in America. It is sad to
see some of the things that are going on in the world today. That
being said, lets all endure to the end and win the fight!

I love you all tons every single one of you. Keep being amazing and
try to be a light to others. This world is such a short time and
others need the gospel in their lives. We only live here for about
80-100 years so lets endure to the end and choose the right! Love you
all and pray for you always,

Hirschi 長老

12th week in Japan  
11/1/2015
Week of Halloween

Dear Family and Friends,

How is everyone? I really hope that you all enjoyed Halloween a few
days ago. It sounds like it was a lot of fun for all of you. We had a
pretty crazy Halloween here in Japan as well. Anyways I hope that
everyone is doing well. I really appreciate all the emails and
pictures. This past week has been another busy week, but a lot of fun.
I just read this morning that Elder Weakley and I will be staying at
Okayama Nishi! I am actually very glad that I am not transferring
anywhere new. I love this ward and my companion is awesome! We are
going to make some good goals for this transfer to work harder and
hopefully get some baptisms.

We had a good service on Tuesday that was a lot of fun. We made some
Halloween posters and enjoyed talking to the old folks. We also made
some really strange food called mochi there. It is like a bean paste
on the inside with pounded rice heated up and covered on the outside.
It was actually really delicious. On Wednesday we had another good
Eikaiwa. A ton of people showed up this week which was fun. My
Japanese teacher that teaches me every Monday said he would come. We
had a lot of fun talking about different expressions that we use in
English. I always love going to Eikaiwa.

On Thursday last week we had TTTM (Trainer Trainee Training Meeting).
It is crazy to think that my training is already over. I feel like I
still need a lot more training than I have now. At TTTM President and
sister Welch gave us some good training on what went well last
transfer and the things we can improve on. The APs also talked to us
about their experiences and gave us some good advice.  It very fun to
see all the missionaries there. Sadly, because we had such a big group
for TTTM we had to split the mission into two groups. I was not able
to see my MTC companion or very many people from my MTC district. It
was still a ton of fun though!

We had a good Zone Training Meeting on Friday. At ZTM the zone leaders
really taught us how we can get 20 lessons a week. We all need to work
harder to achieve that goal. The zone leaders are always able to speak
with the power of the spirit. After our ZTM Elder Sproat (my district
leader) and I went on an exchange. It is crazy to think that he is
finishing his mission in the next few days. He gave me some really
good advice about the mission. I feel like all the older missionaries
know everything, so it was good to talk with him about his mission.

Halloween was awesome. The Halloween costumes that my companion and I
got turned out great! We ended up going to the party as Ness and Lucas
from Super Smash Brothers. It was hilarious and even though it wasn't
the most well made set of costumes it turned out very well. We had a
blast at the ward party. We went to the Okayama church and played some
games. They had a bunch of food and games in the cultural hall. They
also put up some pinatas and had a costume show that we were part of.
I will send some pictures of the party. We did not end up carving
pumpkins, but it was still a lot of fun anyways. Some of our
investigators and less actives showed up to the party also, which was
great.

This past Sunday was fast Sunday. Sadly, we were not able to do Shu's
baptism. We haven't really been able to contact him for a while. He
said that he wanted to get prepared before, but I'm not sure what he
thinks now. Even though that turned out pretty sad, it was good to
hear the testimonies of this strong ward. I was able to get the
courage to bare my testimony to the ward also. Even though my Japanese
is not the greatest, I tried my best to let the ward really know how I
felt. It was a very good experience, one of which I won't forget.

My ponderizing scripture for this past week was Mathew 24:6. It talks
about how we will all go through trials in life, but we need not be
troubled. The Lord is always with us. At the same time however, we
must endure to the end. How is the ponderizing going for the all of
you? I hope that we can keep ponderizing a new scripture each week.
Last week I invited everyone to join me on really ponderizing about
prayers and reading. I have really taken the time to think about what
I have been reading. Reading from the bible is a little bit difficult,
as most of you know. At the same time however, because I have been
pondering I have come to understand it a lot more. I really liked what
I read in Mark 9:35. In order to return to Heavenly Father we need to
lift and serve others. My challenge for this week is to find an act of
service that you can do. It doesn't matter how simple it is, but look
for opportunities that may arise. I will be looking to serve others
this week.

Questions:

1. Yes, we had a very fun party. Our costumes turned out very good.
Weakley choro found a red and white shirt and painted the white
stripes yellow, which turned out awesome. I also taped some blue card
stock paper to my hat so that it wasn't a brown color. Sadly we did
not get to carve pumpkins, but thats okay.

2. Yes transfers are this week. Weakley choro and I are staying! I am
excited to start up the new transfer here in Okayama Nishi.

3. Cleaning the apartment is coming along great! I was told it is
probably the dirtiest apartment in the mission, but Weakley choro and
I have really worked hard to clean it up. We threw out some old
chairs. We got the shower repainted and threw out a bunch of junk in
the closets. We will probably make another video and send it when we
are finished.

4. Yes I did get the Halloween package. Thank you so much! You are the
best. Weakley choro said that I get more packages than any of the
missionaries he knows haha. That being said I am pretty good on stuff
to send. I truly do appreciate a ton, but my favorite thing is just
reading emails and seeing how everyone is doing.


Thank you so much again to everyone for all the emails of support. I
hope Halloween was a lot of fun. Lets look for some good service
opportunities this week and see what we can do. I love you all,

Hirschi 長老