Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! No one really celebrates Easter here, but I still love Easter and the special spirit it brings of renewal and hope!

So leaving Hiroshima and coming to Yatsushiro was tough. Maybe tougher than leaving Okinawa. I really grew to love Hiroshima and the city. Saying goodbye was really hard. Yatsushiro is very very rural and not a lot of people. The branch is also very small, about 10 people I'd say. So it's been a big adjustment these last few days. However I got to Skype in for Owen's baptism! That was a special moment and I'm so grateful for the technology that we have. It was a special meeting and you could feel the spirit so strong! Everyone is Hikari Ward was waiting for this day to come for a long time! I'm glad I got to be a part of it.

We had stake conference this Sunday and I got to meet a lot of members in the stake. Kumamoto stake definitely has a different feel than Hiroshima. I'm excited to see some miracles here!

My new companion is way chill and down to work so we're gonna see a lot of miracles together!

-went out to eat with a member
-last night in Hiroshima, saying bye to the Tanaka couple
-less active taught me to play the shamisen
-in the shinkansen
-final goodbyes
-Owen's baptism








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