Okay, so we've got an announcement this week: Fun is getting baptized! For those of you who were following my mail from Iwamizawa, I had been teaching a Vietnamese man named Fun for pretty much my entire stay there. We'd gotten him to an interview, but he wasn't as ready as we'd thought, and so he remained dry when I was transfered to Hakodate. But now, thanks to the hard work of my successors, he is now scheduled to enter the waters of baptism this saturday (friday for everyone in America)! Moral of the story is, it may take a long time, but no effort for good is wasted in the Lord's work!
In other news, we just yesterday found a third young man to teach. We have been finding young men oddly frequently this last month, almost like the Spirit is trying to help us get Wakkanai some new priesthood quorums. If so, no complaints here.
Today, one of the member couples took us up to the northernmost point in Japan. Normally, you can see Russia from there, but it was a bit too cloudy for that, unfortunately. On the way back, we spotted a hawk sitting imposingly on a lamppost, which warranted a quick photo. These and more are included with this email.
I think that's the bulk of the interests of the week. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year! Matta ne!
P.S. I got the Christmas banner, thank you everyone!
Photos:
- Our beautiful Christmas tree and our many presents
- A big bird, but not the Big Bird
- I got a little purple friend
- Us at the northernmost point in Japan
- Biggest. Icicle. Ever. And in a fun shape, too (Pew pew!)
- A photo of Murakami Chourou's present from his ward (at least, that's what he thought I was taking a picture of)
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