hey mom,

the the news is that i staid in yamatokoriyama but i got a new companion. his name is elder kurose.(ku-ro-sei). yess he is a native. i dont know how i got another one. i thought it was not supposed to be common. it isprobably way good for me. we speak mostly japanese. it is way tuff but it will make me alot better. he is awesome. he is friends with my trainer elder imai.he is a good missionary and i am looking forward to woking with him.

yes i got the package. thank you so much. everything was amazing.

it sounds like chloe had a fun birth day. i can already tell you are going to have your hands full when she is older. good luck!

i would expect nothing less form the 2 redheads than for them to have a competition. the only bad part is if marshal loses he will cry about it because abby is younger than him. maybe he will learn to pick his battles wisely. i am glad to hear everyone had fun. but dont have to much fun because i want to ride the quad when i get back.

this week has been the usual;alot of missionary work. the main news is about the tranfters. me and my new comp havent had alot of time to wrk together so hopefully next week we will ahve some cool stuff to share.

thanks for hte package and for your support. i love you

love

elder christian price

hey dad

so today was supposed to be transfers but they move them back to tomorrow so i wont beable to tell you till next week sorry.

soudns like the snow activity was a success.

the asian party sounds fun. i wish i could be there but on the other hand i eat japanses food every day. i almost always like what i am given at peopple homes. i have goten used to putting on a smile eating the food and saying it was delicious. for the most part it is good. some food has an aquired taste but i eat it all. thats what i am good at.

i am sad to hear that they are starting to restrict atv usage. i hope it isnt to bad when i get home.

i dont have to many crazy stories this week but i did get a BAPTISM! i wrote about it in moms letter and i dont want to write it aigan so please look at hers. thanks.

thanks for the emials and support. it is amazing how far love travels. hopefully next week i will have transfer news for you. i love you

love

elder christian price

hey mom
yes today was the big transfer day. it was so big that they moved it to tomorrow. fun right? no not fun. now i wont be able to tell you until next monday. sorry. it sounds like valintines day was full of sweets. we got some valitines for the members and a huge basket full of misc. items. it was awesome. i am glad you sent the package to the mission home too. it is probably best if you always send it to the missoin home. i could get emergency transfered for no reason at any time. thanks for the spiritual thought. i read it and i dont know if i am emotionally ready or not. i guess that is something i need to find out. but for the time being i think i am ready. it sounds like your week was kind of like mine. the best part of my week was that i had a BAPTISM on sunday. 14 of feb. we baptized miura satoru. he is 52 and crazy! i told dad the story about him 2 weeks ago when we brought him to sacrament meeting. it was awesome. i will send pictures. i was lucky enough to preform the baptism. i only had to say the pray in japanese once and baptize him once. it was awesome. its is my first baptism while on my mission. after the baptism service i pondered on what i had felt during the baptism and during the preperations for it. yes i felt the spirit but i didnt feel any different. i didnt feel like my mission was any more of a success because i had a baptism. it made me realize that baptism is important but so is everything else. my happinese doesnt just revovle around just baptisms, it revolves around all aspects of the work. after that day i could honestly say that i could be happy with no baptisms while on my mission and i would still feel like i had a successfull mission. to me baptisms are gifts from god. people can choose to be baptized or not but as missionaries we always need to be working hard.that is my thought of the week. i love japan. its the best place on earth. there are baptisms all the time. here. japan missions are no harder than anyother mission. i love you and thank you for your support. i cant wait to have more experiences to share.
love
elder christian price

hey mom,
yes tranfers are comming up soon. when they transfer both missionaries it is called a 'white wash' and it is rare. there is not set standard. sometimes the greenie will leave and sometimes the senior wil leave. i kind of feel like i will leave but it is really hard to tell. i find out next monday 15. it is kind of warming up. the sun may be out but it will blow like crazy and\or it will be cloudy. its better than a month ago but still not great.i have heard of people being worried about their children driving but when i drove i never noticed that. i guess i am just blessed with a good common sense. that is all driving really is. i guess now you will reallly feel like allof the other parents when erica starts to drive. she gets to drive the truck. we will see if that is a good thing or a bad thing in 3 months. i think reading the book of mormon will be her achilles heal. it is tuff getting though alma. after alma is goes way fast.i look forward to the package. i dont care when packages come i just love receiving them. i dont mind if it is late. yes there is aholiday called 'white day'. in japan girls give chocolates on valintines day and on white day the boys give chocolates to all the girls that gave them chocolates. to me this sounds like a great idea that america should adopt. it make the boys life easier. that probably wont happen so i better take advantage of it now while i am in japan.yep life in japan is till great. we have a baptism scheduled for this week. it may or may not happen. the investigator really wants to be baptized but i dont feel like he really understands baptism. we have a week to figure it out. i hope it happens butif not there is always next week. my japanese is starting to feel alittle better. i still feel like i am the worst but only itme will tell.thanks for the love and support. i am glad to hear everything is doing ok and erica found out some answers.
love
elder christian price