I have had a really busy week this week. I flew up to Fukuoka and had a great time with all the zone leaders in the mission. It was kinda weird. I had just been in Fukuoka two days earlier....It's crazy. My mission just spent a couple thousand dollars on me so that I could come up to Fukuoka. I feel really blessed. Also, because we have the islands Miyako and Ishigaki in our  zone, we had to have a special Skype training meeting with the two islands. In other words, Elder Dursteller and I have spent the last week training the zone about what we learned from Fukuoka.

The zone is really great. Lots of cool people.... My companion Elder Dursteller is WAY out of my league. His Japanese is perfect. His teaching is amazing. He's a spiritual giant. I feel so bad. I'm trying to keep up. He's just a really really good missionary. I'm learning so much from him.

This week, we made another Baptismal date with our investigator. He's kinda crazy....to say it simply, he randomly cancels appointments and then shows up to them anyway. It's gotten to the point that we just show up when he cancels and he still comes. BUT he is really interested in the Book of Mormon and wants revelation from God.

Other than that, this next month is Zone conference and the mission is going to have a 7 to 8 hour zone conference. President Gustafsen is having all the missionaries prepare to demonstrate how to do all aspects of the work. I'm so so excited. It's going to be really fun.

Other than that, I'm still working hard and we're still seeing great success. The Ward is great and HUGE. I can't wait to see more miracles. We have already been so blessed.

Elder Low

Well, I'm back on the island. I transferred down to the city of Naha in Okinawa and I'm the zone leader with Elder Dursteller from Provo. We have a huge Investigator pool in comparison to Isahaya.  It's also really nice to have a companion that knows Japanese. Don't get me wrong, I love my companions........It's a nice change though.

The other day, we set a baptismal date for an investigator here in Naha. He really really needs our help. He set a Baptismal date kinda cuz he's lost all hope. He's a big focus of ours.

Also, my roommate in Naha....is Elder Brackenbury again. The guy from the MTC that was really......fun. He's kinda weird, but I'm excited to be with him again. He's super nice and he likes me lots. :)

Today, we are flying back to Fukuoka for a conference with the mission leaders and President. We just kinda report how our zones are doing and all that stuff......it's kinda scary though. I don't really know the zone. I'm only been here for like 4 days. I'm basically leaving that all up to Elder Dursteller. The zone is quite an interesting zone. We have two islands off of Okinawa. Miyako and Ishigaki. Sounds like we will get to go to Miyako for a little some day.

So, Elder Dursteller is pretty much a boss. He's a couple years older than me. He's 22. He is way cool though and FREAKING fluent and Japanese. He can read and speak perfectly. It makes me feel kinda stupid, but I'm learning so much from him.

Anyway, that's all I have. I'm sorry about pictures. I will get back to those soon. I've been super busy.

Love you,
Elder Low

So, we had a pretty eventful week.  I got to go up to Fukuoka on Tuesday which was a blast.

Arriving at Hakata Station in Fukuoka

We stayed in the Fukuoka house (6 Elders in one house and then we added another five....It's pretty big) and I got to eat at McDonalds.....I had something called a "Hot and Groovy Burger"....I don't know about America but the Japanese Mac's are doing this vintage burger thing.......It was sooo good.

Then, the next morning, I went to the Fukuoka Stake center and had an interview with Elder Aoyagi of the First Quorum of the Seventy.....He is such a boss. He asked what the biggest struggles in my mission are right now and gave me some awesome advice. He committed me to finish the "Lesson Mastery" program. I'm finishing that up tonight. However, he promised that if I did it, people would listen to me. He asked me to say a prayer at the end of our interview and then he said, "Elder Low...I love you . You have such a light about you. You are a very special Missionary."  It was such a special experience.

Then we had a missionary conference with him. He's amazing. I was so pumped at the end of the conference and the Spirit was SOO strong.

Click on photo to enlarge.

 

On top of that, I got to see Elder Redd AND Elder Wirthlin. It was the first time we were all together. It was a blast. We ate lunch together. It felt kinda weird though.....haha, Elder Redd accidentally called me Randy. I love those Elders.

Elders Wirthlin, Low, and Redd

Well, after coming home from Fukuoka.....I got sick. Haha, it was a real bummer. I had to spend the day at the Apartment and I felt so bad for my two comps because they had to sit and stay with me. I also got to wear one of those masks all week.

I announced to the branch and Eikaiwa (English) class that I will probably transfer this week. They were all SOO upset. It was really hard to say goodbye to my Eikaiwa class. Haha, all the moms started crying. Most of our English class students are teenage boys and their parents. Apparently all these teenage boys talk about me a lot. Anyway, the parents want to change this whole "transfer" system because it is terrible.....It made me really sad that I'll probably leave them.

My Eikaiwa class.

Also, today I have a couple appointments with branch members so I can say goodbye....Haha, I haven't even got the call yet....I think  I'm out though.

Then yesterday, I got to go on splits with Elders Coelho and Malcom. We found two new investigators! It was miracle. We had a wonderful day and worked really really hard all day long.

It was a really good week. I guess I'll let you know how transfers go....but I think I'm out of here. I can't wait to find out!

I Love you all,
Elder Low

So, I had a pretty rough week this last week. We set high expectations as a companionship....and it didn't turn out so well. Haha, lots of appointments fell through and we are getting rejected quite a bit.

Wearing out our shoes in service......

I don't have a whole lot to report.....Oh! Tomorrow is Elder Chantry's birthday......he will be 19. Haha, He's super young. .....or I'm just a really old missionary. ;) BUT we celebrated with some sushi the other day.....That always makes me happy. I'm kinda scared for when I go home. I don't know what I'm going to eat. Cooking in Japan is completely different from cooking in the U.S.....And yeah.....I eat Natto. Every day. Everyone keeps telling me it's really healthy so I eat it a lot.....I actually like it now. Elder Chantry and I buy a different type of Natto every week. Today we bought some with some kind of black liquid......It's WAY good. :)

That's one big piece of sushi

 

 

On Tuesday, we are going up to Fukuoka. I'm pretty excited. We are having a conference with Elder Aoyagi....That isn't until Wednesday though. On Tuesday (I don't know why) Elder Aoyagi wants to interview me along with a couple other missionaries in the mission.....I'm kinda freaked out. Haha, I think it will be good though. I just have these bad thoughts that he's going to put me in front of a camera and make me speak Japanese and then show it to a bunch of other missionaries or Japanese leaders and show them how bad my language skills are......I'm sure that's not his intention though. ;)

That's the big thing of the week though. It's looking like it will take a lot of time out of our week. Also, I have no more district meetings for the transfer....so that's a downer. Speaking of which, next week I will be emailing on Tuesday because of transfers.

Our clean apartment

I love this branch so much. I love all members, but I feel so bad that we aren't bringing Investigators to church. They seem to be very supportive though. They still ask us to come eat with them and visit their friends. We'll find the Investigator that Isahaya deserves.

I love you and I'll keep pushing forward.

Elder Low