Email #23        Monday, March 30, 2015

Dearest Family and Friends,

This email is going to be shorter because I don't have a ton of time
and I am feeling really tired. On Tuesday, we had p day, and then had
an appointment with a referral named Rokuhara, a younger guy who
graduated from college recently. He's really nice, but an interesting
guy. He is working as a caretaker for the elderly, and doesn't want to
do anything else for the rest of his life. He just wants to have fun
everyday, and his definition of fun is living with his parents, play
video games, reading books, and working as a caretaker. He is
interested in learning about our church, but not in converting.
Thankfully, there is the Spirit! I think he has potential and could go
somewhere. On Wednesday, we had a great lesson with Okamura. He is the
older Buddhist man we have been working with. We went with Elder
Makise, and Elder Makise really helped a ton. Okamura said he believes
in God! We are making progress with him, which is really good.
Thursday was pretty normal, nothing out of the ordinary happened. On
Friday, we had a good ping pong night, and Yuugi and Hoshino came.
Hoshino went from smoking 12 cigarettes a day to 3 because he got a
job! Hopefully he sticks with it and can have a steady job. After ping
pong, we talked to Yuugi about smoking as well, and he says he has
stopped. We aren't sure if he actually as, but he gave us his lighter!
That was awesome. On Saturday and Sunday we did a lot of finding and
found 3 people who said we could come back or would go to English
class. They were full of miracles! And today, we just napped and went
out and housed. It was a good day, we went to McDonald's. Having
American food every once in a while feels good. Love you guys, have a
fantastic week!

Love,
Elder Calhoun