Saturday, August 30, 2008
August 25, 2008
Hi Mom,
I got the package that you sent. Thank you!!! I am so excited for the cheese dip. I am going to make it tomorrow for a district meeting that we are going to have. They will all love it I am sure. Hey by the way. On the list it says that there is soap and books in there. Where were the soap and the books. There wasn't any of that in there. I hope that they didn't loose any of it while it was traveling about. ***Well, this week has been a good week. Elder fukui ***is cool. He is Japanese so that is nice to have him as a translator, I mean companion. It is really going to help out with my Japanese. Well, I hope at least. so guess what I had for dinner last night. SUSHI!!! and not just raw fish, but even worse than that. RAW SQUID!! AAAHHH!!! But, really it was pretty good. Just really chewy. which for some reason they don`t have a word for chewy in Japanese. Kind of weird. So ya it has been nice here. they weather has been great. It has been really cool right now and pretty rainy. I am actually kind of cold. My companion makes fun of me cause I think it is cold. But, it is really cold. blankets gallor (spelling) at night. But, I am just glad that I am not hot when we go out and go proselyting during the day. Which has been really great lately by the way. There is a lady that me and elder bohman met one time. she was way cool when we talked to her then, so me and elder fukui went back yesterday i think and talked with her some more and loaned her a book of Mormon and she said she was going to read and call us back. So way exciting. Also the other night at English class, we teach English then at the end of the night we share a message. Well, I was sharing the message and I was talking about the restoration, in English though since everyone there can pretty much understand, so I was talking then I got on the topic about the atonement and how it can help us find peace when we are struggling with things. I think I said because Christ performed the atonement he knows how you feel when you struggle with life, with school, with family, with work, and type of struggle or pain or hurt you have felt he has felt, and you can find relief through him. Well, at the end of class a girl came up to us, and she said she has been having trouble at work and when I said he can help you with struggling with work, she said she just started to cry. So she asked what she could do to get help with that, so we taught her about prayer and stuff. It was really great. This work is so awesome. so she is going to pray and hopefully call us back. Way cool, way cool experience. So ya some pretty exciting things have been going on right now. Things are changing. Its going to be great here. Well, other than that not much else is going on. Going around each day to try and find those that Heavenly Father has prepared. It is a great work and I am so glad that I am a part of it. I just wish this language would be easier to get. But, that is part of it all, the struggle right. If we didn't have struggle we really wouldn't be able to understand the atonement more and more huh? Man I love this work. Okay well, I have gone on long enough. I best get going. I love you. Talk to you next week.
Love,
Elder Lane Ashmore
PS The card didn't work in my camera, I think the card is just too old or because it is a canon card. or its too small. I am not sure, but it didn't work. that's all.... Wait just kidding. I want to print a bunch of pictures to have here with me before I send the card back, but it you want me to do something else, then tell me I will wait til next week to do that. Also I was looking at electronic dictionaries the other day, and the lowest amount was about 120 dollars. I know Andrew said that not using one is better but it is just really tough not having one. but, if it is too much tell me and I will do my best with what i have. I know if I try heavenly father will help me. okay, that is all for this PS usually they are smaller but hey. alright. Bye now.
***there weren't any books or soap, but i didn't want to say on the customs report what was really in there...I didn't want it to get stolen!!!
***New Comp!!!
August 18, 2008
Dearest Mom that is at home,
Everything is going really great right now. Actually the transfer is now over and my companion is being transferred to a new area and I am staying in Nabari for a little bit longer. It is really cool though cause I love it here. The people are so great, so nice. Teaching wise it has been really great. Each day, recently, we have been teaching like 8 to 9 lessons a day which is really good. We even found a new investigator which is really exciting. Hopefully something will come of it after we meet the next couple of times. I was actually told by my mission president that he wanted me to see a baptism before I left here. Which I think is definitely possible. There are so many with the potential to do so, they just need that extra little push. Some things to overcome still. I am sorry, I didn't get a chance to do that. ***But, don`t worry I will write it down as for personal study topic tomorrow, I am writing it down now... Alright it is now written. But, hey I liked how you followed up on the commitment. Way good. I am impressed. I have a lot of time to study the scriptures now! Well, ya everything is going good right now. We are actually going to visit with an investigator today for dinner and hopefully if everything goes will they will have a baptism day set. I really hope so. Well, I guess I best get going. I love you mom. Tell everyone that I am doing great. Alright that is it. I love you!! I will talk to you later.
Love,
Elder Lane Ashmore
*** I asked him to study about prayer in the bible dictionary!
Everything is going really great right now. Actually the transfer is now over and my companion is being transferred to a new area and I am staying in Nabari for a little bit longer. It is really cool though cause I love it here. The people are so great, so nice. Teaching wise it has been really great. Each day, recently, we have been teaching like 8 to 9 lessons a day which is really good. We even found a new investigator which is really exciting. Hopefully something will come of it after we meet the next couple of times. I was actually told by my mission president that he wanted me to see a baptism before I left here. Which I think is definitely possible. There are so many with the potential to do so, they just need that extra little push. Some things to overcome still. I am sorry, I didn't get a chance to do that. ***But, don`t worry I will write it down as for personal study topic tomorrow, I am writing it down now... Alright it is now written. But, hey I liked how you followed up on the commitment. Way good. I am impressed. I have a lot of time to study the scriptures now! Well, ya everything is going good right now. We are actually going to visit with an investigator today for dinner and hopefully if everything goes will they will have a baptism day set. I really hope so. Well, I guess I best get going. I love you mom. Tell everyone that I am doing great. Alright that is it. I love you!! I will talk to you later.
Love,
Elder Lane Ashmore
*** I asked him to study about prayer in the bible dictionary!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
August 12, 2008
Hi Mom,
You have probably wondered why you haven`t gotten an email until now. Well, this week we had to switch our preparation day to Wednesday because we are doing something with some investigators today and the dad only had Wednesday's off. So anyways, this week was a good week. Went and did a lot of housing in the hot, hot weather. But, it seems as though it is cooling down right now. Hey, by the way about that gross food, the other day some investigators took us out to this sushi place you know with the conveyor belt and everything. Well, lets just say I ate a ton of raw fish the other day, and it was good. I am so weird. So... Ryan's a Junior then huh, ya that is a little weird. I am glad that I will be there for his graduation though. I think I will be there. If my calculations are correct I will be home two months before he graduates. Weird!! I am going to be so old when I get back. So, ya, things are going good here. The Japanese is still coming along. Its pretty cool to know that when you speak to someone in a different language and they understand you, well most of the time. They still don`t understand sometimes because the words we use are old church words. Japanese changes so much. Like the older generation and the younger generation now are speaking pretty differently. Its pretty tough. But the people are nice and they are glad that I am trying. Its pretty cool. So this transfer is almost over, I will probably be getting a new companion but not getting transferred. Which means that I will be the area senior which means I need to show the new one around and stuff and be the front man for a lot of things, it scares me a bit, but I think I can do it. Well, that is what is going on right now. Not much other than that I think. Alright, that is everything going on right now. I love you and miss you. I'll get to reading about prayer today.** I will talk to you next week. BYE!!!LOVE YOU!!!
Elder Lane Ashmore
**I told him to read "Prayer" in the bible dictionary...I love what it says! rho
You have probably wondered why you haven`t gotten an email until now. Well, this week we had to switch our preparation day to Wednesday because we are doing something with some investigators today and the dad only had Wednesday's off. So anyways, this week was a good week. Went and did a lot of housing in the hot, hot weather. But, it seems as though it is cooling down right now. Hey, by the way about that gross food, the other day some investigators took us out to this sushi place you know with the conveyor belt and everything. Well, lets just say I ate a ton of raw fish the other day, and it was good. I am so weird. So... Ryan's a Junior then huh, ya that is a little weird. I am glad that I will be there for his graduation though. I think I will be there. If my calculations are correct I will be home two months before he graduates. Weird!! I am going to be so old when I get back. So, ya, things are going good here. The Japanese is still coming along. Its pretty cool to know that when you speak to someone in a different language and they understand you, well most of the time. They still don`t understand sometimes because the words we use are old church words. Japanese changes so much. Like the older generation and the younger generation now are speaking pretty differently. Its pretty tough. But the people are nice and they are glad that I am trying. Its pretty cool. So this transfer is almost over, I will probably be getting a new companion but not getting transferred. Which means that I will be the area senior which means I need to show the new one around and stuff and be the front man for a lot of things, it scares me a bit, but I think I can do it. Well, that is what is going on right now. Not much other than that I think. Alright, that is everything going on right now. I love you and miss you. I'll get to reading about prayer today.** I will talk to you next week. BYE!!!LOVE YOU!!!
Elder Lane Ashmore
**I told him to read "Prayer" in the bible dictionary...I love what it says! rho
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Hi Mom,
ITS ELDER ASHMORE!!! So this week was a very exciting week. Way exciting things have happened that I did not expect when I came to Japan. First of all, bugs here are like cats and dogs it America, they are huge. So we were housing one day and Elder Bohman was dinging the doorbell and I see somthing out of the corner of my eye, and i was like, "WHAT THE HECK!!??" and stepped back then Elder Bohman looked and stepped back. It was a huge bee thing carrying a huge spider in it mouth and when I mean huge I mean huge, like make a circle with your pointer fingers and thumb and thats how big the spider was and stick out your pointer finger, that is how big the bee was, well maybe a bit bigger than your finger, hehe. Anyway it was huge. So we got pictures of it and then the freakeist thing happened, the bee saw us dropped the spider and pretty much tried to attack us. So we ran. It was scary. Then that same day, we were going back home I think and we were going down a huge hill going pretty fast, and I saw something dart across the road, it was pretty big so I quickly stopped, in a way that was safe, and looked to see what it was. IT WAS A MONKEY!!! Then we saw like 40 more monkeys just dart across the road. I really did not expect that. They were actually wild monkeys, it was just crazy. I got a video of it which I will be sending home pretty soon. Lets see. We are working hard everyday. Hopefully soon we will have some new investigators from some people we have met recently. They are really cool and way nice. We just need to pretty much introduce them to the gospel. Its tough to make friends and then try to make it so that its, not just a friendship but I am here to teach you, sort of thing. But, that is what i am here for. To help them come to Christ. So I will do my best. So ya that is whats happening now. Japanese is getting better I am speaking more and more each day. Hopefully they are understanding it though.
Well, I need to get going. I will make sure to pray for grandpa and grandma each day. I am being focused, don`t worry. I love you mom, and will talk to you again soon. Say hi to everyone for me. I don`t have much time left so I can`t really email everyone. Well, I love you.
Love your son,
Elder Lane Ashmore
ITS ELDER ASHMORE!!! So this week was a very exciting week. Way exciting things have happened that I did not expect when I came to Japan. First of all, bugs here are like cats and dogs it America, they are huge. So we were housing one day and Elder Bohman was dinging the doorbell and I see somthing out of the corner of my eye, and i was like, "WHAT THE HECK!!??" and stepped back then Elder Bohman looked and stepped back. It was a huge bee thing carrying a huge spider in it mouth and when I mean huge I mean huge, like make a circle with your pointer fingers and thumb and thats how big the spider was and stick out your pointer finger, that is how big the bee was, well maybe a bit bigger than your finger, hehe. Anyway it was huge. So we got pictures of it and then the freakeist thing happened, the bee saw us dropped the spider and pretty much tried to attack us. So we ran. It was scary. Then that same day, we were going back home I think and we were going down a huge hill going pretty fast, and I saw something dart across the road, it was pretty big so I quickly stopped, in a way that was safe, and looked to see what it was. IT WAS A MONKEY!!! Then we saw like 40 more monkeys just dart across the road. I really did not expect that. They were actually wild monkeys, it was just crazy. I got a video of it which I will be sending home pretty soon. Lets see. We are working hard everyday. Hopefully soon we will have some new investigators from some people we have met recently. They are really cool and way nice. We just need to pretty much introduce them to the gospel. Its tough to make friends and then try to make it so that its, not just a friendship but I am here to teach you, sort of thing. But, that is what i am here for. To help them come to Christ. So I will do my best. So ya that is whats happening now. Japanese is getting better I am speaking more and more each day. Hopefully they are understanding it though.
Well, I need to get going. I will make sure to pray for grandpa and grandma each day. I am being focused, don`t worry. I love you mom, and will talk to you again soon. Say hi to everyone for me. I don`t have much time left so I can`t really email everyone. Well, I love you.
Love your son,
Elder Lane Ashmore
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