Hey mom and dad,

That San Diego trip sounded and looked awesome from the pictures. I am so jealous that you got to go spear fishing. You will have to take me when i get back. That looks like a blast.

I will send a letter to the family in japan a.s.a.p. Hopefully it will be sent by the end of the week but at latest next week.

Japan is amazing. It is so hot, I am tired, by head hurts, my mind is going a million miles an hour and I am loving all of it. I am still trying to learn how to street. It gets better every day but it still isn’t where it should be. That is way I like it I guess. I have realized thatIi am a person that does not like to be stagnant. I always like to be moving or doing something. I always want to progress and get better. I try not to settle. Relearning how to street is one of those things that will be hard but will make me stronger and a better missionary. I am really starting to learn the meaning of diligence and hard work. This is my second to last transfer and i can feel myself, the natural man, wanting to go home. Not work too hard, and not be exactly obedient. I never thought i would be this hard. I feel like the end is what gets a lot of missionaries. It is so close to going home. You can almost taste the jet fumes. It is crazy to think about. But i don’t want to be an ordinary missionary. I want to finish out strong to the end. I don’t want to think about the end until it comes. Elder Slater was a great example of this. He was way happy while working and he was way focused. Then when i way him just before his parents came it had finally hit him that he is done. That show i want to be. I want to go all-out and have it hit me when it is over that I am done. It has been a real personal test to keep my self-motivated. I also have a transfer 3 missionary who is trying but i still need to do most of it all. I need to be a good example in all i do, say, etc.
I am loving it here in Japan. It is the best place on earth. The work is starting to move here in Kouchi. Slowly but surely it is moving. I am trying to leave my mark on Kouchi. And not just with the members but with the people to. I have never really had this desire until now. I don’t know if Kouchi will be my last area or not so i am going to do all i can to leave this place better than when i found it.
We were housing the other day and we found this way old guy. I say way old but he was probably around grandpa prices age and he actually reminded me of grandpa price. He wasn’t as big but just the atmosphere/ora he had just made me think of grandpa price. He also loved America and westerns. We are going to visit him this Friday. I pray that it goes extremely well. There is something different about this old guy. Most old people yell at you, say they are old so they can’t understand, or the say they are in a different religion. But this guy listened to us little and said we could come back. I will let you know what happens next week.

You are the best family in the world. I owe all thatIi have and have done to you. I am who I am today because of you my family. Thank you. I love you all, have fun in the pool. Save some water for me.

Love

Elder Christian Price