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

hey mom and dad,

dad is probably at meetings or writing my emial as i write this one. i am emailing early today because i am going to yamatokoriyama! there are some people going home after this tranfer that lived in koriyama and i decided totag along. I might have a chance to read his email at the church in yamatokoriyama but i can make any promises. sorry!
i hope i bought a good rain jacket too. It is way cheep and i dont know how good it really is. probably not that great. i bought it at a walmart like store. after i bought it i found out that there was and outdoor shop really close. i might go there next p-day. sorry i might have wasted 15 dollars.it hasnt rained that hard since so for now i am ok.

it sounds like the kids are starting off the summer well with a party. i will definately pray for erica. i hope it is nothing too serious. i am glad you are finaly getting your bathroom. maybe if you are lucky you will get it before i come home.

so how did dad get a hernia? man he is starting to get old . i love you dad.

life is doing good here. we have 2 people with baptismal dates and we are teaching a young family. me and slater found them but we just started to have actual lessons this past week. there biggest problem is smoking. they both smoke and the wife doesnt want to try and quite be cause it is going to be hard. we are trying to have lessons with families so they cans ee how the gospel blesses families and so they can make friends.

we had one investigator that came to chruch. his is 17 and he said he wanted to be a missionary when he prayed. he is alittle socially awkward but it isnt too bad. he didnt understand anything at chruch which made 3 hr. hard but he is way nice and said that he would meet agian.

that was pretty much my week. we are still haveing trouble finding investigators. it seemed so easy with me and slater. that is one thing i want to focus on this week: finding investigators.

sorry it is kind of short we are trying to hurry. sorry dad i will do my best to read your email. if i have time i will right back.

thanks for your help and love

love
elder christian price

hey mom and dad,

it sounds like life back home is doing great. the talk by sister holland sounded really good. i wish i could have heard it. i kindof remeber when i went a temple dedication. i remember i was really tired, i stole aunt tammy`s white hankercheif, and the hosanna shout. that is all i realy remember. i was what, 8 years old. that seems like forever ago.

i cant believe that school gets out this week for the kids. i left for my mission when school started, now 1 school year is ending. man time flies fast! all of these end of the year parties sound like fun. i remeber when i had those. fun fun

i am blessed to have another japanese companion. we speak all japanese. it is great for me but i get way tired of it. it is so hard to speak only that language. no breaks. my comp. understands english pretty well but he cant really speak it. he really doesnt want to learn english that much or someone told him not to speak it with me :)

this transfer has helped me grow so much. i have really studied the book of mormon and pmg these past two weeks. it is amazing how answers come from the scriptures. the words never change but the meaning does. there is no other book like it. that is probably the biggest thing that i have learned so far this transfer is that the scripturesare one way the lord answers prayers. i kne w that before but my testimony has been strengthened. i know that if we have a problem and we actively seek to find a solution to that problem or an answer we will get it wether it be through the scriptures, other people, or revelation. this one fact makes this gospel so cool. when ever we have a question we always have some where/someone to turn to. how awesome is that.

i just want you to know that even thought slater is not my companion any more i am still the happiest missionary there is! no companion change or bad day can change that. I create my own weather. for the past 2 days it had been raining like crazy. on sunday we were contacting some old investigators. through this i found outthat my rain gear isnt quite up to the challenge of facing the japanese rain. it must be stronger than america`s rain. i was soaked from head to toe with in the frist hour. i could have complained and said i wanted to go back to the apartment but i didnt. i just made a joke out of it. there was nothing i could do about it right then so why worry about it. i couldnt get any more wet so i might as well continue. all of the people that we visited werent interested which was sad but i was doing what i was supposed to do and i was happy doing it.

I LOVE MY MISSION!!!!!

thats all i have to say. i am not saying i am the best or most effective but i am saying that i love what i am doing and i will do it with a smile because i know what i came out here and i know that i have something that every one needs, something that everyone should want to have intheir lives. this is the best experience ever!

Lastly can you send me another harmonica. my comp wants one. his birthday is just before we transfer and i think that would be a good birthday present. sorry i dont want to make you send another package that quick but i think he would really like it.

Sorry i lied not the last thing. can i get the hoffmans home address. i want to send them and derek a letter. and can you give the my blog site address so i can give it to them. thanks abunchy.

Well thats it for this week. it is raining like crazy and i am excited to see how this next week turns out.

thanks for your love and support. you are the best!

love
elder christian price

Hey mom and dad,

i am going to try and just do one email today and see how it works.

sounds like everyone is doing great. it sounds like the week is going to be busy. have fun!! i remember when i wrote my eagle project write up and it took me forever and it was way stressfull. i amglad marshals went easy.

this week was good. we met an investigator 3 days ina row. his name is isamu. he is 29 and he has been to church before but he never really cared. now he is searching for something and he has found it with us. his date is for the 16 of may. he is looking good. he lived in canada for a year so he speaks english and it is funny to teach him because some times we will switch into english. it is fun.

we also met with 4 breakdancer/hip-hop people. it started out as one 2 weeks ago and then it blew up to 4. they are all way cool. 3 of them are really nice but one kind of has an attitude. they invited us to see them practice but they practice at 10 at night which is way past the time we are supposed to be in the appartment. it is way cool to meet with them. if we are lucky we might be able get them to teach us some cool dance moves. we are meeting them this saturday. maybe i will get some cool videos.

sunday we had 3 investigators come to chruch. isamu came and an old guy named harumoto. harumoto is retired and loves to make things out of wook. him and grandpa hunter would get along great. i have a picture of one of the things he made. i will try to send it. the next one was a guy named korbin. he is from canada. we met him a month ago whenhe first came here looking for a job. we have seen him around a couple of time and have tried to give him some people who want private lessons. he aske us about chruch so we invited him. he is awesome. i am not sure what is going tohappen from here but he said he is coming next week so i am pumped.

life is great. japanese is still a struggle but ihave fun doing it so its all good. i am learning so much about life and my self that i would not have learned so early inlife with ou the mission. i am excited to be in japan at this great time!!

well thats it for this week. if bro. reynolds ever calls agian tell him osu back. that word is slang for 'whats up'. it is a good word but not very polite in japanese society. mostl business men say it and people who think they are the man.

love you and i cant wait till monday.

elder christian shoji price

hey dad

yes i am in more of the city but we dont go out to eat alot. we mainly make our own food. the biggest thing is that money. if we save our money month to month then we can have alittle fun cash to eat out. we got to some shops after district meetings or lesson appointments but thats about it.
i will see what i can to about the picture.
working here is the best. we meet so many cool people. some we have made friends with so when they see us they say hi and we talk to them for alittle bit. the ward is awesome. everyone is so nice and friendly. it is cool so see such a close ward. because teh wards are small people react more with eachother. it is cool to see. a new member moved to this ward 2 weeks ago and this week we had a pot luck after chruch to welcome them. i was thinking that doesnt happen in america. some people might invite them over to there house but not a big party with everyone. it was way cool. the ward that moved in is awesome and they have the fire to do missionary work.
i think you are right about being righteous. we always need to remember we are not perfect. if we were there would be no point in living. having the desire to change and then doing your best is all the lord ask of us. thats what is so great about this life and this gospel
the mission is the best! we are doing what we can to help other come unto christ. thats all we can do is work everyday and ahve the faith that the lord will provide us with people that want to learn.
on the map there is a kyoritsu hospital. there is a light above the hospital. my apartment is above that light and to the right.

love you
elder christian price

hey dad,

i really rode the jeep hard. sorry. i always thought it was a new car. i can see why marshal wants the jeep. its way cool. dont change the clutch too much. i actually really liked it. it made it so i couldnt `ride the clutch` because you know exactly when it is engaged and when it is not. thats just my preference. how are you going to work on it this time? are you going to put the jeep in the garage?i loved your analogy about the chruch. i may use that in my lessons. examples are always a good way to teach principles especially if they dont know anything about this chruch or christianity for that matter.

i do try and learn thought the spirit but in the scriptures it says that you will know it in your mind and in your heart. my take on that is that you have to think about it first and then the spirit will say `yes your thinking is right` or `nope thats not it try again`. ofcourse i probably think about it too much some times but i am only human. but the spirit definitely needs to be there.
about the nextfil move thing. could you stream it from the computer to the xbox? just a thought.

me and slater are doing awesome. because we know eachother we are more comfortable with eachother and we have alot of fun doing missionary work. i am going to lear alot form him. its going to be great. the new area isgreat. we do alot of streeting. this new area is more city. yamato koriyam was more country side. we are actually using the ukelele i bought to do missionary work. it helps us make really comfortable contacts and it helps people see that we arent so different from them afterall.b ya we get around pretty easy. if we cant find a place we just ask people. they love tohelp us and they are supprised that we speak japanese. they ward is really big. about 100 members. their chruch is huge! of course not as big as ones in america but for japan it is pretty big. no one sees me as japanese. ihave to tell them or when they see grandmas pictures they ask. story time.

while streeting we contacted some kids and they were going to see the sakura. one of them was really nice and invited us along. it was way strange. most people dont just invite us places but we said `ok` becuase there were alot of kids going and it could be a good missionary opportunity. this experience was way cool. it was japanese culture that i probably would have never seen if we had not talked to this kid. it was way fun and i got a picture with all of the kids that were there. the really nice kid exchange phone numbers this us and we are planning to meet him later. the little adventure turned out to be a success.

i love it here and i am excited to become an even better missionary while working with slater.

love

elder christian price

Hey dad,

sounds like conference was fun. i actually havent had conference yet. in japan they recieve DVD`s and watch it the week after so i will watch it this coming sunday. i will probably go to a different building for conference. groups of missionaries will get together and watch conference at a chruch building in english while the japanese watch it in their language. it is kind of like a little zone conference. it sounds fun. i will report about it next week.

so yes i moved out of yamatokoriyama. i am now in the hanayashiki area. i will send the address next week. so i got a new companion. lets just say that the swat team has been united in the great land of japan.

if you didnt catch what i was saying it means that i am comps with ELDER SLATER!!!!!!!!!!!! i was so surprised when i got he call and they told me that iwas going to behis comp. i thought it was too good to be true. we work well together. we have found 5 new investigators since we have been here. we are realy doing a lot of good work. i pray it continues.
i would love to have the audio version for my dictionary. that would be way cool. i was also wondering if you could find other dictionaries that i could use for my dictionary. a better english dictionary, and an encyclopedia would be nice. i get questions and i cant answer them all the way because my dictionary doesnt have the best english dictionaryand it doesnt ahve an encyclopedia. also could you find a portegues dictionary. some areas have protuegues speaking people and when i go on exchanges and meet these people i cant do anything. for all of these dictionaries i dont want you to spend money. i dont have to have these it would just be a nice commodity.

other than that life has been great. life with an american comp. is really weird but i am glad my first experience was with elder slater. we are going to do great. work doesnt seem like work when we are together. it is just fun. its amazing. i dont have any cool stories today but i hope to have some next week.

love you and thanks for all of your support. iknow you always have my back. thanks

love

elder christian price