Kitakami

So I have transferred to good old Kitakami,

Just to tell you about the area, it is really small, and really spread out.  There is not a whole lot of people. Our church is on Main Street and shares a building with a wedding bridal shop. We have the bottom floor. There are about 17 active members and they are all way nice. For my first Sunday here, I got to see my MTC teacher.  He was here visiting because he had served in kitakami for 8 months. So that was pretty fun.

My new companion is Elder Kobayashi.  He has 2 transfers left until he goes home, so I will probably be with him to the end. He is really funny. He is Japanese but his English is fluent. He is from Hokaido but before his mission, his family was living in hawaii for a little bit. We have really fun elders in the apartment too.  After planning, we usually pull out dart guns and turn into little kids...... The apartment is really small. I have to duck under all the doors.

We have a couple of investigators.  One of them, Himatosan is trying to stop smoking so we are working with him.  He was found by a member refferal. We also have a young mom and her son that we are teaching too. The kudou family. She is really nice and very receptive to the spirit. We have taught her a couple times now.

Oh, funny story. So before I left on my mission we watched a video together where people in Japan were trying to get in to a train and they had police men shoving them in so they could all fit.  Well, I experienced that for the first time! Yeah lets just say that it was the most humid uncomfortable train ever, but was pretty funny.  You can't really move because you are just crammed in their like sardines.

The area is pretty, you kind of feel like you went back in time or something a little bit. Every single person here plays baseball too, so it is pretty easy to talk to the highschool students.

Well this week has mostly been traveling so I have no idea what to type about.　But I am glad everyone else is doing good and hope to hear from you again soon!

love Elder Nebeker