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This is a picture that Dallin's mission president took of Sapporo at the Cherry blossom time in April.
May 26, 2009
This week was pretty good for me (it was better than the last 3 weeks, at least). On Friday we had a good lesson with a college kid that we met on the street on Tuesday. He is one of the few appointments that we have been able to make recently, but we had an awesome lesson with him and we have high hopes that he will continue to have an interest in the gospel. Later that night we had English class. I taught the advanced class (as usual), and we had some interesting discussions. One of the students used the phrase to "plead the fifth" so I got to explain the history behind that phrase. After that, a different student asked what policemen say when they arrest someone in America, so I got to teach all about the Miranda Rights. Who would have thought that I would be teaching Japanese people all about American history? But is was fun.
This week we found out that our Chinese investigator, Ko, is getting to transferred to Tokyo in 3 weeks. While we are sad to see him go, I think if will be good for him, because in Tokyo they have English speaking wards. If he went to church in English, I think his testimony would skyrocket. So we'll see.
But, he told us something very exciting: the United States has nominated an ambassador to China, and now it is up to China whether or not they will accept the ambassador. Ko thinks that the US-Chinese relations can really improve with an ambassador in China. Apparently, to Chinese people the American ambassador is a well-known person that everyone keeps tabs on. Furthermore, he was excited to tell us that the nominee was Mormon! It turns out that Governor Huntsman is fluent in Chinese (because he served a mission in Taiwan), and he is the nominee. Ko is really hopeful that the church can enter into China if Governor Hunstman is accepted by the Chinese government as an ambassador.
It has been raining a lot the last week, so that has made streeting hard. Yesterday was nice weather and we had some good contacting. We met an awesome guy from Mongolia who is studying here in Asahikawa, so he is pretty good at Mongolian, Japanese, and English. We took him to the church and had a good discussion with him. I am excited to teach him in the coming weeks.
I think that is about it. Thank you for your love and support. I love you all.
Elder Christensen
