hey mom and dad.
sounds like life is doing great. busy but great.

first. the book of mormon that i use is a soft covered book.

next.dad you can make the ivories into a tie tack or cuff links. surprise me with one.(if that's ok)

ok now to the good stuff. my comp is on his 5th transfer and we are having a blast. this transfer has gone by way too fast. it already about half way over. we are dong great. yesterday after church we committed nihara san to baptism for the 17 of this month and he said yes!. he is a part member family. his wife is a less active. me really wants to change and knows that he needs baptism. what a blessing nihara has been in our lives. our district has been doing great things. we are really seeing success. it is amazing how many miracles and blessings you can see if you really look for them. i don't really have too much else to say. i am sad that i missed out on Ericas first date.. that's ok there is always next years dance.

well i love you all and when i get back i will probably be using chopsticks all the time. too me fork or chopsticks it doesn't matter.

love you all

love,
elder christian price

Hey family,

this week was a great week. probably the best week i have had here in kawachinagano. we got a referral from a member and he is amazing. he is actually the members daughters husband. he is really looking to improve his life. he is way awesome. it is amazing whatfaith and alittle extra obedience can do.

life is great. me and my new comp get along way well. we have fun while we work and we work while we have fun.. to me that is the best combonation. my dendo fire(wanting to work)has increased. i love the scriptures and the power that comes from them. i am so glad to be in this great land at this time.

i love you all, sorry it is short but i sent pictures this time.

love

elder christian price

Hey mom and dad,

what is this i hear about erica going to homecoming. can i atleast get a name so i can know who to look up when i get back . i just hope she has fun but not too much. it sounds like everything i going well. yes i got the pictures from the funeral thank you.

I stayed in kawachinagano and my new companion is kushiken. he is way awesome. we get along so well. i cant send pics this week. sorry i will do my best next week. i am way excited to start this transfer. yestarday i actually had a way cool experience and it is titled `we call him the riddler`

We were streeting and we said hello to this guy at a stoplight. the light immidately turned green so he motioned for us to follow him. after we started to follow him we realized thathe was handicapped and he started to ask me questions in english. he only asked me if i like sports. he said soccer about every other sentence. we continued this for about 5 min. when he started walking too fast for me so i lett him go ahead and we yelled `bye-bye` and went to the other side of the street. when we hit the other side of the street we found one over our investigators who is from india that is supposed to leave today for india but he told us that he wont be leaving until the end of the month. i was pumped. this guy is amazing. we have only talk about the gospel with him for about 20 min at his indian curry shop but he already beleives what we are saying. he said that he told one of his friend that is from california and is a catholic and told him that his chruch was wrong. i was way shocked. we didnt tell him todo anything like that. that probably isnt the best thing to be doing but iT showed me how much he has unerstood what we are saying andthat the lord is preparing people every where to hear our mesage. he works everyday and so it is hard to meet but the next time we meet we are going to get way deep into the lessons and get him a baptismal date. i is way prepared and i cant wait too see him change.

i love this work and i love growing and learning how to not only be a better missinary but a better person. people are asking how the languages is going, you said. tell them that i can speak ennough to teach people and bring the unto christ. i have recently stopped caring how good my japanese is. when i focus on my japanese i get scared to talk to people because i dont want to mess up or something like that. i am learing that i am nothing with out christ and the spirit. up until now i have just been trying to do it on my own. not anymore. i am putting all of my trust in the lord. when i put my trust and faith in the lord i can do anything. when i trust in christ my fear is turnd to love. that is theyway missionary work needs t be done. in love. when people see how much this means to you they want to find out why and that is when you tell them. i am on my 8th transfer. after this i have 8 more. it is sad that i just learned this principle now but from here on out i can work hard through christ..

this is the best experience of my life and i wouldnt trade it for anything in the world.

thank you for all you love and support. i miss you all and it will be a joyous reunion when i get back but for now i am gungho on serving and i am going to give it all i can.

love

elder christian price

Hey mom and dad,

it sounded like the funeral went well! i wish i could have been there. i really miss grandpa too. i was really looking frorwrd to come back and talk japanese with grandpa. tell everyonethat i miss them and love them andthat iwill see them in a short year.

for me this has beenone of our best weeks in my new area, i think i am getting alittle extra help. we found this way cool guy who knows alot about the bible and said that he would be baptized if he foundout that this chruch was true. he seems foreal and weare meetinghim tomorrow. next we ofund this way sweet indian dude from india. he works at a indo curry resturant . he speaks english and it is kind of hard/wierd teachng in japanese. i may need the gift of tongues tospeak my native language. this week has overall been areally good week besides the fact that grandpa passed away.

this week is transfer week. i dont know what will hapen but i will lett youknow wht happens.

we have been focsing on the spirit his month as a zone and as a mission. i have really felt the difference when i havethe spriti and when i dont. i havebeen better able to recognize its proptings. what a blessing the spirit is. what and amazing gift god has givenus.

i love you all and i thnk you forall you do for me.

elder christian price

Hey mom and dad,

WOW! what a shock. what is grandma going to do. is she going to go live with some or will dad stay up there for a while? the weird thing is that last night i decided to write a letter to grandma and grandpa price. i am not a big fan of writting letter but last night i just did it for some reason. looking back i would say that i was prompted by the spirit to do it. looking back i wonder if grandpa, after he died, saw the words that i wrote. i know he liked it when i spoke in japanese so i wrote his part in japanese. i probably will never send that letter but just the fact that i wrote in on the same day or even time that grandpa died is kind of mysterious. i dont think it was by accident.

it is sad that grandpa price died. i would have loved to speak japanese with him after i got back from my mission. i was really looking forward to it but even though he has left this world i still feel comforted. i know that grandpa and grandma ryu will be withme as i share this gospel with the japanese people. if anything this makes me want to work even harder.

i am so greatful for this gospel. without it, this could be devistating news. yes it is extremely sad but because i know what is after this life and that i can seehim agian i dont need to worry.

i love you all and i am thankful for your prayers. the mission is the best thing that has ever happened to me.

love

elder christian price

hey fam.

thanks for the birthday present! it was awesome. it was hard to wait but it was worth it. i did get one from the gneitings. it had alot of good stuff;coolaid little toys jerky and oreos. thanks everyone for making my b-day in japan special.

missionaries make kind of a big deal of birthdays. i didnt really tell anyone so everyone was kind of mad that i didnt tell them but at the last district meeting we had a little party? more like i got a sausage mcmuffin for my cake and a chopstick for the candle. it was kind of hobo style but it was way fun and i was way greatful.

on sat i actually went to yamatokoriyama for a baptism. sasaki san, one of my old investigators there made the choice to get baptized. it had been almost exactly a year since he first met the missionaries. his is going to be a great ward member. it was amazing that i could be close to my bean area so i could have the opportunity to see him be baptized. it was awesome!

tell maddie that i do know a missionary named sheffield and we are best buds. we are in the same district and we have actually been talking about writing maddie a letter together. so can i get her address. she may have already gone up to byu so any address is fine.

yes erica looks like scarlet johansen which is good but bad. she will be a senior when i get back so that means i am going to be hanging around the highschool making sure no guys hit on my little sister. it just causes more problems for me.

my address is: osaka-fu, tondabayashi-shi suga (2 chome 22-11-303)or(701-2 green heights suga 303) i live right next to takidani eki on the east side.

i forgot the aikidomaster name. i didnt go last week because we had already scheduled another appointment. i will get the name to you next week.

people that come to sports activities are all those that have the money and who live close. sometimes there is alot and sometimes there are few who show up. it just depends on where you are living and which zone you are in.

this week was pretty good. we had a way legit investigator come to chruch. he is a really nice person and he does alot of volunteer work. he is way cool but way busy. we are trying to meet with him next week but he doesntknow when he can meet. the work is starting to pick up in this area. this transfer is starting to come to a close and i am already nervous about next transfer. my comp will probably leave to a diff. area and the rumor is that there are alot of new missinaries coming in and i really dont want to train yet. it is still 2 weeks away but it is hard not to think about it.

live is great. everyday is something different. i am learning alot and making mistakes and having fun doing it.

the church is true no doubt about that one! i have just over a year left in my mission and it feels like i am just getting started. this is where the fun begins.

love

elder christian price

Hey mom and dad,

this week was exciting. i did transfer to a new area. kawachinagano. i dont have the address right now but i will try and get that next week. also i will try and get pics next week. so in my new area i became sempi(sr. comp). its put crazy pressure on me. i am with another japanese comp. named hasegawa. he is actually from Tochugi-ken and that iswere nikko is. he came from the same area as where our relatives lived. cool uh! he is only on his second transfer but he does missionary work like he is older. it is weird being the leader escpecially when i still dontknow the area yet. this is going to be on interesting transfer. both of our birthdays are this month. his is on the 21. by the way can i get 20 dollars for his birth day present?

ya i still use my dictionary all the time. i probably dont use it as much as i should. no i have not been asked by a mom to marry her daughter. the flag is coming. i still dont quite know where to find one. i havent had kobe beef yet. that is in the makijng. it is way expensive and i dont know where to buy it. before i leave i will buy some but when i dont know.

life is great. this whole sempai experience is new and it will be interesting how this tranfer goes. i will keep you updated.

quick question. how does ward missionary work work in our ward?

love you and thanks for everything. if you could pray that i will be a good sempai and that i could remeber japanese better that would be great.

love

elder christian price