Hey mom and dad,

i dont know everything about the special transfer. i vaugely know the reason and it was not health problems. sumoto was fun. it kind of felt like a vacation. it has a weird feeling though. the only way to get there is by a hour and a half bus ride. you feel seperated from everyone else. you get phone calls every night but you still dont feel connected. i think that might be alittle like what island fever feels like. all in all it was fun and a good experience.

but

i am back in hanayashiki with my same companion. we are doing great. when i got the call saying that i am staying the ap also said that not alot of people will be transfering because the hiroshima mission and the kobe mission are combining. i dont know if that is a forshadow that i will leave next transfer or not but i am glad to be here still.

the baptism didnt happen. the investigator was only 17 and it turned out that his mom was really agianst him joining the chruch. he can still talk to us on the phone and he said that one he turns 20 he will be baptized. i hope he keeps that goal in mind.

it was a bummer that imanaka-san didnt get baptized but we had 2 new investigators come to church. their mom has called us a couple of time saying that she and her daughters have interest. only the daughters came on sunday because the mom had to work but i think the will progress really fast. we are trying to meet with all 3 of them at the same time. the amazing part is that we did not find these people. they called us. what a blessing from the lord. he really does prepare people for us. i never really realized/ thought about that until now. it is amazing!!!! no i just need to know let this blessing slip out of my hands.

i am doing great. i am still loving what i am doing and i am doing it with a smile. this is the best ever. i have recently got in touch with garen(do you remember him. he was one of my room mates during summer semester). it has been great to talk to him. he gave the addresses to the other guys in our room and i cant wait to get intouch with them. this transfer i am really trying to focus on having no regerts. it is easy to just do the work day in and day out but i want more. i feel i am still missing something when i go out to work and i think working as hard as i can and doing all i can will fill that spot.

i am learning so much about my self. i love the work for that reason and more. with out this experience i would not be haveing the same growing experience and life lessons. MISSIONS ROCK!

i love you and thanks for your love

elder christian price

hey mom and dad,

dontworry about the short letters. i totally understand. it sounds like this vacation is the craziest one yet. you sound way busy but it sounds like you are having alot of fun. i am glad to hear that the kids didnt fight too much on the way up to utah. i am glad to hear that grandma price is doing well. i always pray for her. i cant wait to see the pictures from the wedding. i wish i could have been there but i am glad that at least a peice of my clothing made it there. i cant wait to see them when i get back.

so this week turned out to be really interesting but first i need to tell a story about last week that i forgot.
so we were biking to find an old english class student to invite them to a party. on our way we biked past an elementary school. nothing big right? wrong! shcool had just gotten out and there were aton of litle japanese kids walking on the side walks. as we were biking of course i said hello and they all turned and looked at me and started yelling `gaijin!gaijin!` they started chasing me on my bike. it was way funny. i decided to stop and let them talk to me for a little bit. they didnt beleive that i was from america. i finally convinced them that i was from america and once we got that settled they all asked for my autograph. i felt to cool! i had never been asked for that before. it was was awesome. one of the most interesting experiences of my mission up until this last week.

on saturday the 19th i got a call from the mission president. he told me that i would begoing on an emergency transfer that day to sumoto. (the island just south of kobe.) he told me to pack a weeks worth of cloths and to leave that day. i was way suprized. i had never even thought that i would be invovled in an emergency tranfer. so i am now emailing you from sumoto. i dont know how long i will be here. tomorow is the real tranfer call day so tomorrow i will find out what will be happening. all of mystuff is still in hanayashiki so i will atleast have to return to get it. the mission president said that i would be probably staying in hanayashiki so after thursday i may go back but no one really knows.

other than that all is good. in hanayashiki ther should be one investigator that will recieve baptism on the 27. he hasnt told his parents about him wanting to get baptised so once he does that and they say ok he will get baptized. thats about it. this emergency transfer was the most exciting thing so far this week. next week i will tell you what the final verdict is. if i will stay here or go back tohanayashiki or go some where else.

now i have a couple things that i would like to see if you could help me with.
1.can you find me a clear scripture cover. they showed some in some photos in one or 2 ensigns ago. they cover the blue book of mormons. i have one that i use to studyand i would like to keep that one looking kindoof nice. it is the one i take with me to lessons so i will get beat up pretty fast.
2. my comp here in sumoto say the `how to be and extra-ordinayr missionary` book and he wants one in japanese. could you please look to see if there is one in japanese. thank you.

lastly i would like to say happy fathers day! how was fathers day?

see you next week

i love you and thanksfor the emials
elder christian price

hey dad,

japan is doing great. we set a goal as amission to get 67 baptisms by the end of june and we are at 60 with 10 baptisms scheduled for this week! this mission is amazing. it seems like almost everyone has the faith to find and baptize. it is amazing.

the language is coming. i still have trouble with some sentences. there are so many grammar points and combinations that i dont really hear or that i havent learned so when i hear them i have do clue what they are saying. my comp mainly only give me knew words. sometimes i can ask him how to say something and he can usually help me. we get along well enough. after living with him for a while you know when to say and do stuff and when to not to. its all good. we have a good time. my area is doing ok. we have acouple people preparing for baptism. one is looking pretty good. finding is hard but thats life. it cant always be easy. transfer calls are next week. i could stay or leave i have no clue

job hunting is always fun. i would tell erica to go to papa johns and put my name on the her job application but the poeple i work with have all left from what i can remember. working there wasnt a bad job and you get free food.

tell g and g price hi for me. granpa has beens ending me some emails and i have been answering back.

thanks for your love and support.

love
elder christian price

hey MOM,

the trip back to my old area was great! there were about 20 missionaries there. it was crazy. the ward there is awesome. i got a picture that i might try and send. sorry i didnt explain the pictures. so one is a spider that we found in the boys bathroom of our chruch. one is on me and slater at a shrine in ikeda city. i dont remember the other ones i sent i will send them agian next week with a discription. i may not have sent the baptims pictue yet. right now i dont have it i actually filled one of my memory cards and it is in my other one.

that is way cool that marshals friends are curious as to what i am doing here and is is a way good idea to help marshal know how to explain what a mission is. i do that everyday. most people want to know why i am in japan. if he can learn now that will help him if he goes to japan or another foreign country for his mission.

i am glad to here that erica did not get sick and that she had a fun time. i havent recieved an emial yet but i cant wait to get one.

i know how marshal feel about working on the cars but now i am thankful for it and i wish i would have done it more. working on cars is a ver good skill that most people dont have. it is a very good opportunity tolearn a valuable skill.

i will definately pray for dad. marshal is one lucky kid geting to fly in to california and go fishing and then go to tiajuana. he is getting spoiled now that he is the only boy in the house
well this week was awesome we found 13 new investiagtors this week. we found 200 as a mission. we are doing great work here. i was talking with our zone leader on friday and when he came into the mission there were 30 new investigators a week. see what alittle faith and hard work can do.. it can work miracles. we can have all the faith in the world but if we dont try our best our faith means nothing. i love it here and i am doing my best to wrok hard.

well tell dad sorry agian i havent received his email yet and my time is aboutt o run out. we have to pay here so the faster the better. the past 2 weeks we have emailed just alittle earlier and i usually get both but because of activitys we come earlier. we dont have activities all the time but for some reason lately there has been alot. if i have a chance i will try to check it agian but i cant make any promises,

i love you and thank you for you love and prayers.

love
elder christian price