Saturday, November 21, 2009

November 16, 2009

Well first i would like to say this saturday is transfer calls. Another 6 weeks gone. And tomorrow here in Japan is the 18th so im not 20 yet ha. Well if you can get some extra things in the next box that would be great. Pro Srength Old Spice With talc,Fatty sharpie and ultra fine sharpies, this one i dont need but the mission pres said it would be a good idea to learn some kind of easy instrument and to buy one here cheap or get one sent, so we can participate in ward activities more. So if you have any ideas of easy instuments to learn and cheap ones let me know or send something with stuff on how to learn it please.
Well i hope Breggie made it, she seems like she has improved alot from what i have heard. Dad is just old, put him in a home ha just kidding.
The investigator has been busy so we havent met with him to teach more since the last lesson. But he comes to church so thats good. He still has the date set for the 22 but its not gunna happen since we cant meet as often as we would like. HA yea companions, probably the most interesting part of the mission, ill just leave it at that. I havent been in a potugese ward. All wards here are either japanese or english depending on what area you are in. This ward might as well be portugese though since about half the members are from brazil.
Well the member that had me make the pinata, aske me to make like a breast plate armor thing like in one of the pictures for captain moroni. WHAT THE FREAK!?! ha he gave me cardboard and paint andd said ill be back in about 30 minutes. I made it, but i cant paint worth junk so he did that, it turned out good.
yea our ward mission leader in this ward is brazilian so our ward mission council or what ever it is, is all in portugese, so im left out of the loop a lot here, I kinda want to get transfered to someplace i can help more. and be involved with things more.
One good thing, well actually 2, that i think are the best things that have happened on my mission so far. We have been working with 2 LA. One a 19 yr old boy, who stopped reading and coming to church. The other an older man. The boy came to church like 3 weeks ago, and i have to sit with him anytime he comes, but i talked to him when we sang i held the hymn book in front of both of us but he wouldnt sing. For 2 or 3 weeks he would come in street clothes and do the same, but this last sunday he came in a suit, he took the hymn book from my hands and started singing, it was great. Then the older man, he hasnt been to church in at least a month, and we have been going once a week and sharing messages, and this last sunday he came. NOW i know what Jesus said about leaving the 90 and 9 and looking for the 1. And when you find the one you come back rejoicing.
Thats about all though,
Love you so much!
Elder PR Coffey

November 9, 2009

Subject: Re: 11/8/09
Date: Monday, November 09, 2009 5:58 PM
I dont think i was able to go to many of Kiras games at grosmont, cause of soccer, So i dont really remember.
Not much new is happening. The people ha, what people? We are doing our best to talk and get things done. This past week we were able to pass out about 4 or 5 BoM so that was good. The Language is kinda rough right now. It feel like when im with an american comp i do great and feel great about the language, cause they struggle like me ha. Kinda mean but true. But with my comp now, since he is part japanese and lived here for 4 years before the mission, just makes it seem like i dont improve and since he can talk faster and better its hard for me to stay up with the conversation and talk sometimes. The Bap date is still set, but it might have to move since we can only meet with the man saturday and sundays and he cant do it every weekend because he works.
For the next box or whenever you send something ,can you send black soccer socks as well please. it gets cold here and my calves have stretched out my church socks.
I said i was going to mail a drawing i did, last week BUT i never had a chance to. So hopefully today or tomorrow i will ba able to. Well i emailed you first, and i need to email breggie from last week. I havent fully recovered from getting sick, so im planning on sleeping a lot today.
Hope all is well, Love ya
Elder Coffey

Sunday, November 8, 2009

November 1, 2009

Im not sure exactly why my comp gets down on himself. One reason maybe is that he is missing home bad, and he doesnt hesitate to tell people. For the Pinata, i made a pumpkin and a weird one that didnt turn out so i drew halloween stuff on it.
No halloween isnt celebrated here like in the States. There was mabye one small festival that i saw. No kids roaming the streets for candy.
There is no one in the town because its so country. The people that do live here know who we are and those that dont are gone from the city all day. We have been everywhere, in almost every town that we can get to to find people. I DO HAVE GOOD NEWS THOUGH. There is a brazilian couple, the wife is a recent convert, and the husband goes to church all the time. Well we made an appointment with the husband to teach him. Since it was in portugese, my comp wanted me to teach most of the lesson and he translate. I thought that was ridiculous, but i agreed. I prayed onn what to do, and after my prayer i told my comp we can get a bap date out of this lesson. THEN BAMM! Lesson 1, comp gave 1st vision i explained the rest and shared 2Nephi 22:2 with what my comp says is a powerful testimony. His date is for the 22nd. The last day of the transfer! First Bap date of the mission
Yea, we arent aloud to do things like that in Japan, the only thing we can do in front of shops or the train stations is pass out english class flyers.
You wanna hear a funny story. Friday was an all mission conference, and we HAD to get flew shots. Well sunday morning i woke up sick. Monday morning, stil sick. Went to a pharmacist to get medicine, and he told us that the shot made me sick. oh well. Still kinda sick but cant let that stop things.
Im goint to be sending a drawing home that i did. Ill send 2 copies. I want Dad to take one to Uncle Guy, Ill probably write a letter to go with it
K well i only got 30 minutes today since we went to the temple yesterday with the ward, so gotta go
LOVE YOU
Elder PR Coffey

October 26, 2009

Well i did think of a birthday present... Bible and Triple as small as they come please. My big quad is such a problem to carry when i need english sciptures. Yea i am kinda dissapointed about transferrs, no there is not more to do here. There is no people so it makes things so much harder then the last area.
Is going well with the new companion. Not very talkative and always gets down on himself if noone stops to talk to us, so i try and be funny and make him laugh. The weather is way crazy. Sunday was cold, yesterday frezzing wind and rain and today hot and sunny. BUT winter is coming, its getting clder and colder.
Yes Kiryu is surrounded by mountains, which makes it cold. I have seen all those resturants. Guess which is the only one i can afford as a missionary. MCDONALDS! gross, well he mac here isnt as bad as american mac. But for a meal at KFC is like $10 plus, then 2 scoops at 31 is at least $6. So yea ha. This area is no so good with investigators right now. Maybe we have 2 i think. My companion is from a town south of Seo Paulo the capital, dunno how to spell it. I live y 3 or 4 stations, so you cant find me here ha.
Well our Pinata experiment was a success. the kids couldnt break them so they had me get up and smash it open ha. But wow that was ridiculous, never thought id be doing a pinaa on the mission.
Well here is a good line of scrips i found during study alma 5:44-47
Love ya,
Elder Coffey