Hey mom and dad,

Man I miss slater already. He is the man. Tell him I said that when he comes over. Tell dallis the that he is the O.B.T.

That hike looked way fun. I miss all of that outdoors stuff.

I would love to talk to the Sato family. Is the address an email address or mail address. Mail address would be easier but I might be able to work with the email address.

I got a little email from John today. It was a good one. Short but good. Could you tell him to give me his home address so i can write him a letter. We are really only supposed to email familly and such so I can email him but sending a letter is better.

Well this week was a good week. Nothing too exciting. I am really starting to feel tired though. I have never put all i got into anything. I always leave just a little bit left. which isnt bad but in some cases it is not the best. I have started to but all I have and i mean all I got. I have no time for myself at night with district calls and during the day I a trying to do what I can to talk to everyone and find new investigators. I am tired physicaly but mainly mentally. It feels good. It is giving me a set of trials and barriers that I need to overcome. I have found a love for the hard things. Some times it takes guts to do something you dont feel comfortable doing but if you dont do it you never know what would have happened. If you do it andit turns out good then arent you glad that you did it. even if it is not that great of an outcome it means you can still learn from it. I dont think I would have learned this if I had not come on a mission. I would like to say I would have but probably not. The way I think has changed so much. I am a little more bolder a little more of a go getter. Life(my time as a missionary) is too short. Especially since I really only have 4 to 5 months left. I have not time to mess around and waste time.

I love my mission. I dont know how many times I have said it and I will probably say it for the rest of my life. My mission has made me into a better person and a better priesthood holder and a better member of this chruch. Missions are awesome!!!!!!they are the best thing you can do to grow and learn.

I love you all and pray for you always.

elder christian price

Here is a sign at a famouse donut place thanking me. :)

My previous district meeting

My new companion

Hey mom and dad,

That is exciting that erica gets to go to Canada. I want to go there one day to check it out.

No way! I cant beleive that Slater and Dallis dropped by, thats nuts. I can't wait to see how they are doing when I get back. The bacon rapped hot dogs were pretty amazing werent they, all thanks to you and mom.

Well whats new with me is that my new comp is awesome. He has a lot of stomach problems so he has to go to the bathroom a lot. I feel bad for him but its all good. We get along great. I like speaking japanese all the time. I am still learning so having a japanese companion helps. We work pretty well to gether. We are really starting to get busy, not busy but like the work is starting to move. We are working alittle more effectively.

Some other news, I got my its time to prepare for you to go home so tell us what airport you are going to fly into call. That was interesting. Sister Pridis in the office my be contacting you. or sending you some stuff. I am not exactly sure what will be going on. But that was a suprise to get that call.

Life is great! I am having so much fun learning and working. this is such a good experience and I wouldnt trade it for the world.

I love you and and i dont care if you letter is short or long. it is the thought that counts

love,

elder christian price

Hey mom and dad,

So I am completely recovered from being sick.

I hear john is back. I kept forgeting while I was reading emails that he now lives in utah. What a bummer. Tell him he can stay in my room if he wants to come down for a bit.

Sounds like the jeep is going to be way fun to drive when i get back. I dont know if I can drive. It has been a long time. About the omiages ithink some stuff from az would be cool. people really like the picture of the big cactus that I have in my picture book. arizony stufff would be good.

Well our mission is reaching new heights and I am glad to be apart of it. For some weird reason everyone just seems to be stepping it up. It may be because we are seeing success or because we are trying to fulfill our purpose more. I dont know but we as a mission are on fire.

Oh ya, transfers was last week and i stayed and got a new companion. He is japanese. Who would have thought. He is way cool really nice and does karate. We get along great. I am still district leader but I feel more like a zone leader because there are 8 people in my district and those 8 people just happen to make up the entire zone. It is an interesting situation but I like it.

Japan is amazing the rainy season has started so it is now time to have some fun in the rain! ya baby! If you can have fun in the rain as a missionary you can you can have fun any where and any time.

love ya and see you soon,

elder christian price

Hey mom and dad,

I cant believe the megan got married. I am happy for her but man, everyone just seems to get married. Sometimes I feel that I and others are growing up too fast. Oh well life goes on. Tell bro Sucang that I say hi back. I miss that family.

This week was an interesting week. I got sick last Sunday and had diareah for 4 days lost 5 kilos and didn't get anything done. It felt so weird not to be able to go out and work. I hated it. Finally the day I got better we had zone confrence and because it went long and our way home is a 2 hour bus ride we didn't have much time to work either. Friday I got a flat tire on my bike when we were about 45 min. away from the apartment so we had to make that walk all the way back. This week just seemed to not be going too well. I just felt off, out of the groove. Then Sunday came and we had a good lesson with Seto San our investigator with a baptismal date. We are helping him get a stronger desire to get baptized. He is a really nice guy. Then we had just a little time after lunch and because I didnt have time to fix my bike on Sat we didn't really have time to go any where so we called some people out of the area book. The first person I called was someone that my previous comp had found and only met once and called him a lot with no answer. It had been a while so we decided to give him a call. I did and he answered! Not only that but he had met missionaries 2 days before and he really has a lot of interest in the gospel. He is really busy so it is kind of hard to meet but he was super nice and he speaks english. We set up a time to meet for chruch next Sunday. We found a new investigator. Even though my week seemed that it was going no where with nothing much to show I got a little tendermercy or blessing from the Lord.

I know the Lord watches over us and gives us what we need when we need it. I know that He, through revelation and a living prophet, guides this chruch. I am so greatful for this knowledge. People that don't have it are missing out. I am greatful for the opportunity to be apart of this great work in Japan and to bring the joy of the gospel to my ancestors. This chruch is true.

love

elder christian price

PS I know you guys are really good at talking to people about the gospel. But do the missionaries ever come over and ask for referrals? We do taht all the time here in japan. I would just like to challenge you to maybe try and find someone who would be willing to hear the missionaries and refer them to the missionaries. I dont really know how the work goes in Arizona but I am sure that they will love receiveing a referral. Love ya

Hey mom and dad,

Man things seem to be changing with the ward and with the family. When I was there we didn't get any new families. We seemed to be fighting to the keep the ones we had. It's good that we are getting more new families.

I can't believe that scoot trevor and katie are graduating. it feels so weird. It doesn't feel like I have been gone that long.

Life is great in Nishiwaki. Our members are great. We have alot of recent converts and we are able to meet with less active but we just can't seem to find new investigators. I am not down because of it. It is just nice to find someone new who has the joy about hearing our message. When you don't find new people sometimes your will to keep going out and working hard everyday can start to go down. It is a real time of testing. A time of remembering all of the promises that the lord has given us and then using our faith to make them happen.

I am enjoying my new assignment as district leader. I think I got it at just the right time. Any sooner and I may have flopped and any later well that would have been good but I would not have progressed as much as I have this transfer. I still have about 5 months left but if I go through my
mission thinking that it will never end I will come to the sad realization that it is over and that I didn't do all that I could have. With the new assignment and with the realization that time is coming to a close I have really started to focus more on what is important and what can wait. Especially as district leader I don't have a lot of time for myself and when I do have time I need to make sure I am doing things that are productive. Then when I go out I need to talk to everyone and set the example for my district. It is a little pressure but it is good pressure. It is making me a better missionary.

I am having a blast. This week is going to be a good week. we also have zone confrence this week. I am excited for that. I also should have to do my first baptismal interview this week so wish me luck.

love

elder christian price

Well hello hello mom and dad,

Life is just dandy here in japan. It is starting to warm up. We didnt find any new investigators but today we are meeting an investigator that we havent met for a month do to various reasons. There are some brazilians in our area that one of the members has told us about but my comp doesn't really want to speak protuguese. I will probably make him but there is a good chance that they speak japanese too. My comp's japanese is good. he is only on transfer 6 and my japanese was
probably like his or worse when I was on transfer 6. it is good enough to teach simply. That is the most important.

District leader is fun. It isn't as bad as I thought it would be when I was a younger missionary. It is nice to talk to everyone every night and get to know them more. Good experience.

I didnt know that Erica got in a car accident. what happened? is she scared to drive now? I hope her neck problems go away soon.

Tell Randy thanks. I will probably send him a letter. I have been meaning to for a while but just keep forgetting. I think i have his address, but could you send it to me agian just to make sure.

Well the part that you have been wating for. Mothers Day phone calls. I was thinking that you could call me around 8 or 9 oclock am my time. That means that it would be around 4 or 5 pm your time. Is that ok? It kind of really doesnt matter when you call. just as long as it is before 6 your time.

I love you guys. i cant wait to talk to you. there may even be a little suprise when you call.

Talk to you later,

elder christian price

Hey mom and dad,

I am glad to hear that Easter was a good one. So this week was transfer week and guess what...I stayed and I got a new transfer 6 companion. Guess where he is from? Not Japan, not America, BRAZIL! I got another Brazilian and he is awesome. Every day has been a party. His name is Elder Dantas. He is from Sao Palo. ( the capital). I will send a pic. It is awesome. And I also became the district leader. It kind of makes my nights crazy and I feel a little pressure but i think the lord gave me this new awesome crazy companion to help me with this assignment. I am so excited for this transfer. We are going to see miracles.

Other news, there is a very very very very tiny shortage of food but you don’t really notice it. All you need is there. We haven’t really been affected. But we have been affected in another way. I just got a call that was for my district. They are going to start to send the Tokyo missionaries back to Tokyo little by little starting in may! That is way cool that they get to go back but it is sad to because all of the missionaries from Tokyo are way cool and it is nice working with them. I have 2 in my district and when i told them they were like great we get to go back but they all so were like man I want to stay. It is really going to be an interesting transfer.

Yes Japan has dogs and cats. They even have catladys. There is one that is a recent convert in our ward. We also talk to a lot of people that are walking their dogs at a huge park in our area.
I got the package. That was such a surprise. I totally forgot about Easter. Thank you. The candy was soooooooo good.

So my apartment is kind of far from the police station and city office. Here is the church's address. hyogoken nishiwakishi nomuracho 1370. I live in between the church and the Nishiwaki train station. I mean it is like perfectly in the middle. Hope that helps.

Other than that life is a blast. I only have 4 transfers left. It is crazy. I am the oldest in my district. I almost don’t believe it. The mission is awesome I wouldn’t trade is for the world. I love you all and stay true to the faith.

Love
Elder Christian Price