April 1, 2013

Dear family (and I suppose anyone else who may be reading this),

My mission is moving by fairly quickly. Some days I feel that time flies by, while other times I feel the days drag on. But when the week ends, I generally feel that it passed by quickly, even when certain days during the week felt slow. This past week has gone very well. We have seen great success in comparison to prior weeks. My companion and I found eight new investigators this past week over the course of 5-6 days. It is really exciting, and now we are just preparing to teach them. I look forward to teaching them.

It's fun to hear about your experiences as well. The particular story you told is really cool. I feel you may be interested to know that a large percentage of the members of our ward are Japanese. We had many members of our ward who served their missions there as well. We had dinner last Friday with a family named the Takamasas. They are super cool. Both of them are from the Tokyo area. Their children all speak fluent Japanese and English. I've been able to practice a few phrases with them, and they were impressed with how well my (Japanese) pronunciation was. There is a lot of diversity in the city of Dublin. 60 languages are spoken, and 26 languages are taught in the public schools. We see a lot of Indians as well. It's pretty cool being around all the different cultures and people. Anyway, I wanted to keep this message somewhat brief so that people will actually enjoy reading it (on the blog), rather than wondering when it's going to end...

Farewell, adieu, and however you say goodbye in Japanese,

Love,

Jamison