Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

Alright, get ready for a crazy email!  If you open up the attachment, you will see that Naoki got baptized!!!!!!!!   Wahooooooo!  It was a long week, really stressful, met with him every day and talked with his parents and he was all set to get baptized so we went ahead and did it.  I confirmed him the next day in Sacrament meeting.  It was too legit.  He is out on vacation back in the Philippians and will be back on Sunday.  He is such an awesome kid and I can't wait to see all of the cool things that he does.

 

That being said, we got transfer calls on Saturday and I WHITE WASHED INTO A NEW AREA YESTERDAY!!!!  I am now in the Kawagoe Ward in the Saitama Stake.  President Budge called me and told me that he wanted to move the zone leaders back into the Matsudo Ward and he wanted the other zone leaders in Saitama to white wash out of theirs, so now me and Elder Lee, who is from St. George and one transfer below me, are trying to get a feel for this new area.  We have a lot of baptismal dates right now and the ward is giving a lot of referrals and dendoing way hard.  We still don't know anything about this place yet or who anyone is or where anything is, but we have a way nice apartment and the zone leaders are coming over in like 10 minutes to teach us the area.  Elder Anderson moved back to his first area and will end his mission there this transfer.  He loved that place so I'm way happy for him, but I will miss him.  He was the funniest companion I've ever had.  There was never a serious moment between us, haha. 

 

I've got a lot of things to do today cause of the whole white wash thing, so I'm going to have to make this a little bit shorter than usual.  It was so fun to see that video, haha.  It was legit, Dad you are a pro.  And it was way weird seeing Brendin again.  I miss him a lot!!!   As far as Easters go, I didn't even realize it was Easter at all, haha.  People here don't celebrate it or anything.  Not even the members.  Just another day in the life, and we were a little busy that day too with the whole Naoki thing.  However, personally I took some time to study about Easter and I know, especially from the experiences that I've had with Naoki, that our Savior lives and He loves all of His children. 

 

I am the senior companion for the first time, but Elder Lee is the district leader, and since we were both whitewashed we are not sure who is leading this little misfit group.  But I am way excited to get to know this place better and see what miracles are in store in Kawagoe!!!! Ganbaro Nippon!

 

I love you all and wish you a happy Easter and a happy General Conference :)  Thank you for the birthday stuff and tie :) :) :)  I will chanto (properly) wear it on Easter, okay. 

 

Love you all!

 

Elder Crandall