hey mom,

well today was supposed to be the big day but it is tomorrow. i dont know why it was monday one time and tuesday the rest. monday makes life easier. oh well thats how life goes. it was hinted in my interview withthe president that i will be moving, but that is not a 100% garantee.

i didnt know general confrence was that close. it seemed like last month i was in the mtc watching confrence. i dont know what i will do for confrence. i may go to the hombu or i may just go to my ward. i dont really know. i guess i will find out what confrence is like in japan.

life has beengood here. i have nothing very exciting this week to share. on sunday we confired the gift of the holy ghost to yabbuchi san. she is awesome! i am glad i had the priviledge to be here for her baptism. thrusday was my last distirct meeting of this transfer. this transfer has gone by way fast. i told some people at chruch that i may be transfering and they couldnt beleive it. this ward is amazing. i cant wait to come back here after my mission and see everyone agian and how it has changed and progressed. if i transfer i am going to miss this place.

lately i have been thinking about the gospel and the things we beleive. when i put my member ship in the chruch out of the picture i could see how this can seem crazy. we lived before this life. we will live after this life. we will become gods and goddesses. we talk to god through prayer and pray is just closing our eyes and folding our arms. this seem crazy from this perspective but then i think about joseph smith. i know that what he did was not possible by man alone. he was an uneducated 14 yearold boy with a simple question. he found gold plates and showed them to a few select people. he translated the plates and brought forth the book of mormon. no uneducated man could have done this. i am a logical kind of person and even if i cant explain and understand everything that happened and will happen before and afer this life i can understand that joseph smith could not have founded this chruch alone. he needed divine help and he got it! because of this one simple fact that i know that JOseph smith saw god the father and the son jesus christ and that he was a true prophet and he did restore the gospel i can not worry about what i dont know. because of this foundation i can preach the gospel everyday with out a doubt in my mind that this is the gods chruch that existed when christ was on the earth. and i owe this all to you and dad. i have also thought that if i was nt a member would i join this chruch? to be honest i really dont know if i would. but because i was raised the way i was raised and i was taught who to turn to when times get hard i have a strong faith in this chruch. for that i thank you mom and dad.

you mean everything to me. thank you for being great parents and wonderful examples.

love

elder christian price