8/24/09

Hello, Well i just got out of the temple, and walked to the closets place, which ended up being a family research center of the church, to email. Wow breggie wont be the pudgy(not fat) little girl like when i left. But thats good, she will be in shape and will have loks of fun. But her shins will kill if she isnt careful.
I got an email from jake a couple months ago, thats the only contact ive had with him since ive been gone :(. But its good to see that he did well. He will be great, i just wish he would actually communicate with me more.
Ha that should be a fun time for you and alex. Well now dad can work someone else nonstop in the front and backyard. Woo Hoo 2 year Break ha.
The weather has been the same, except for the rain. No rain for a while. Just hot and humid, always. I dont know when the next time it will rain though, hopefully not for awhile since rainy season is SUPPOSED to be over. I will be teaching english the whole 2 years. AEvery area has 1 day a week where they teach english. This area, im actually the teacher and none of the ward members help teach. So Yes tips and games will be greatly appreciated. The teaching is doing good. But but since my companion is japanese he was able to help me and fix my mistakes during the lesson, im just scared that its going to go down hill next transfer unless i get someone who can speak and understand realy well. BUT IM PRAYING HARD FOR HELP.Its kinda hard to tell how things will turn out, so im not sure if we have anything that looks promising, no one shows emotion much or makes much eye contact or anything like that.
Yea i sent one card with pictures and the 2 that say adapter on them home. But yes, there are lots of pictures. And ALOT more on the card i have now.
Ha i wouldnt expect the baseball team from japan to do that good, i watched some of a highschool game here. They cant throw a baal from 3rd to 1st with out it bouncing on the ground. They know how to play, just arent good.
Well ive got a 3 hour train ride back to mito, so i have to end this.
I dont know if i sent these scriptures to you or not, but i found them during my scripture studuy. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
I love you so much and miss you
LOVE YA, \

Elder PR Coffey

8/20/09

I think the pdays are done, maybe for a while...Hopefully. The guy who speaks english is from Africa. He has a christain background, i think he said he was baptist, but since he had a christian background, i mianly focused the lesson on BoM and Restoration, since he already knows we are gods children, he is our father and how to pray. But i asked him if he believed JS first vision. and he said he did and through god anything can happen. THen he also belieevd the BoM was real because some of the versus are similar to the Bible and they talk about the same things.
Well that girl and her mom are taking the lessons, and her little brother is know also. So that whole family is taking lessons. They have all been taught the first lesson and 2 of the 3 belive that the restoration was true and the girl said she is 50:50 on beliving it. But we are focusing our next lesson on th eBoM since they arent reading things we ask them to.
Ok well i dont have any place to buy patches, but i think they will last unti the others are sent. Colors, maybe blue black gray any of those colors are fine. If blue or gray, make it dark please. 2 pairs of pants please. Ok well i didnt get to emial yesterday because i went on splits with the ZL. Next tuesday we want to go to the temple, so i might not email until wed maybe. BUT we might not go unless we find a ride cause my companion has no money. Then the week after next is TRANSFERS. A week from tomorow i get transfer calls.... That was fast. I do want to ask a favor, a lot of the members and investigators have been giving me a bunch of free stuff, and i have been keeping memories, but they are kinda piling up, so if i can get some extra money to send a box home so i can fit everything in my suitcase ha that would be graetly appreciated. I dont think i will need to do that for a while though. Unless i get transferred, which i dont think will happen.
Yes the typhoon went through Japan first then China. It was on Pday luckily, but that just meant we were stuck inside all day.　The thing breggie got is a charm ha, im not sure. ITs supposed to bring happiness or riches or whatever one i sent her I forgot which one i ended up picking for her, I thik it was blue, so invites happiness.
Well im very glad you have gotten to know Rashawn, I know she has a lot of questions. One of the 2 letters i have gotten from her asked me to give her homework out of the BoM ha. She is funny and i really cant wait to meet her. I really dont feel like i did that much for her. I answered her questions and was just a guide pretty much she and the spirit did the rest. You have learned a lot about her family? i would like to hear. I dont know to much cause she takes forever to write letters, and our emails are just short messages. You can send her any pictures you want to. As for the dvds, talk to her more, then pray about it. Youll find out what will help her and be fun for her faster that way than me finding out in the next letter and or email and telling you next week.
My readin really slowed down for a week or so, but im starting to get in the groove again Im about to start 1Timothy. Hopefully by the end of next week i will start the Old Testimant. I am studying out of the BoM as well, dont worry.
Well im glad you had so much fun with the ladies. Hope they are all doing good
Well reading your email and writing you an email took up almost all my time. Im saving a little to answer Breggies email.

LOVE YOU So much, and im so thankful for ALL the sacrifices you have all made are making and will make for me
Love Ya
Elder PR Coffey

8/12/09

ok well some news.. MY PDAY HAS BEEN CHANGED AGAIN! not fun. so AFTER next week, i will be having pday on tuesdays. So my emailing will probably happen on tuesday for me, monday for you. Thats crazy all the stuff going on. Hope that mom doesnt get to stressed like she does sometimes. Well we have to new investigators. The 19 year old girl and her mom. they have heard all of lesson 1 together. They arent to sure about JS first vision. They believe it and dont. So we will keep working on that and teaching them. Today we are taking a hour train ride to a town in our area to meet a refferal that we got from the honbu, mission home. He speaks english, but he isnt american, so we are packin 4 different languages of BoMs. Hopefully he will become an investigator also. If he does than me and my comp will have completed one of our transfer goals, to get 3 new investigators. My pants are 32 32 i think, but im not sure. That will probably be fine cause i can use a belt and roll up the pants ha. But both of my pants that i use for tracting are doing it now. Im not wearing my suits and suit pants unless i have to, so those will probably last all mission. During my scripture study today i found some realy good scriptures that i really like and my comp shared one with me. The ones i read and marked are in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10. Those are what im going to focus my mission on, and the one my comp shared is Mosiah 10:11. It kinda goes along with the ones i read. Well haapy birthday to breggie tomorrow here, and in 2 days there ha Hope all is well Love you and miss you! The work is starting to happen....FINALLY!Elder Coffey

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7/29/09

ok, my pday was wed last week becuase of transfers. During transfers pday is the day you transfer. while in mito i will email on thursday, but my pday is monday. I email thursday cause the place is closed on mondays. BUT yesterday in district meeting we found out that the day of PDAY might get changed again. There have been quite a lot of changes. There is no music list now, so what ever music, that we think is appropriate and the music we will have to pray about and decide on our own. Yes during the last 2 transfers i had to go to tokyo to switch comps, not so fun. each transfer was one of the farthest areas, so it was about 5 hours by train each time. But i dont know whats going on this transfer since this is my comps last. We will find out soon enough. Well it sounds like you enjoyed camp other than burning yourself. But as for Breggie, thats awsome. She must be really improving. I hope she is still playing when i get home, i want to see how good she has gotten. But tell her not to complain, once she plays 3 days straight with at least 6 games and not getting subbed then she can ha As for the box. Ive been loving the brownies! so lots more of those would be nice. I remember us finding waffle crisp at the store by wendy`s. But other than those ill be happy with anything, just make sure its kinda a lot if you send it in this transfer. My comp likes to raid all the food when im in the shower or bathroom, so all my snacks nd food that i had gotten is pretty much gone. Oh and maybe a razor and shaving cream. my electric one does good, but not all the time. Ive never used an actuall razor, just casue im scared of cutting myself, so if there is a kind that wont cut ha please and thank you. Ok well the weather here has been kinda sucky. Always Super Hot and Super HUmid so im sweating 24/7, not a fan... And on top of that there has been freak rain storms. It would pour rain every 10 to 15 minutes. Hopefully thats over. swaet is enough to soak my close right now. Well after emailing we plan on taking about a hour bike ride to a part of our area that the missionaries usually dont go to just cause its far. So hopefully we can find some success there. Last week we went on the daigaku(college) and saw people playing soccer. Well we talked to one of the players and i told him ive played for 14 years, so i was invited to practice with them. So it might be a little sketchy, i have no cleats and the field is litterally soft dirt only. But it will be fun hopefully,and we may possibly get an investigator that way. Um Well im not excited to stay in Mito any longer, there is a reason im sure, but the people are so hard hearted that they wont stop to talk to us, the past couple days our 10:2:10 has been 4:0:4 or below. those numbers are conversations, referrals, and refferal attempts. So people dont give us the time of day. PLus having a trunky comp who wants to sit in the aparto or, bike and not stop anyone doesnt help much. But im doing my best. Kinda getting stressed and beaten on it feels like. Well still no success, sorry. no stories to tell here sorry. The only good part about this place so far is a couple of the families in the ward.　　I sent some letters on tuesday, so monday for you, so be looking for those. I love you! Elder Coffey