Up Big Hill: Week 70 in Japan

So transfers happened, and like every transfer week there's been tons of crazy happenings. My new companion is this wild man that I've known since the MTC that goes by the name Elder Smith. We are serving together in the land known as 上大岡 (Kamiooka). Translated the kanji means Up Big Hill. I'll be getting introduced to what's known throughout the mission as the Yokohama Thunder Thighs. Yokohama is a beautiful place with no lack of bursting pant seam action.

It's everything you dream of downtown to be in Japan, lots of small roads, sea breeze, and all the small shops lining the said small roads, whose owners are everyone's favorite person. The place has a very energetic and friendly vibe and working with Elder Smith has been an absolute blast. I haven't talked to this many people in such a short time for a while.

エネルギーとあふれるスミス長老
(Elder Smith overflowing with energy.)

This area is in a finding stage so we're going to be seeing some sweet miracles. I love coming into areas like this. Some of the most fun parts of my mission were when we are just spending our days out on the streets or knocking doors. It's also where a lot of the funny mission stories come from so we're excited for some crazy moments in the upcoming weeks.

Our apartment is on top of one of many hills and from our balcony we have an absolute grade A view of Mt. Fuji. The ward is Genki and incredibly funny and I got to enjoy a beautiful talk this past week on being a "light of the world" and how we choose to be happy. And when we choose to be happy other people also find it easier to be happy. It's contagious really.

We had training for leadership on Friday and it was nice to reunite with friends from across the mission and enjoy a few trainings with President Warnick. He's such an incredibly hard worker and just loves all the missionaries. Sometimes missionaries don't know how much he loves all of them and that can be kind of sad. But he loves them all and has been one of many amazing examples in my life of Christ like love.

We're in an apartment with Elder Nagaoka and Elder Giles. Elder Giles is the district leader and is such a humble hard worker. Same with Elder Nagaoka, both of them are very Genki and are a lot of fun to be around. We've got an absolutely amazing Zone that we're working with and we're excited to get things moving in one of the coolest areas in Japan.

愛しています、
Elder Cuff