Week 96: June 3, 2108 - The Last Interview

Hey everyone,

I hope it's been a good week! We are already in June, and I don't even

know what happened to May, or April, or March for that matter. There

were a couple highlights, but one of the craziest things was the last

interview with President Egan. This is His and Sister Evans last

transfer, and it's really odd to imagine them going home, and

President Mack coming. So we had that, zone pday, zone Conference,

junkais in Fukuoka, and then came home to try and let things settle

down.

Starting with zone pday, we somehow managed to gather missionaries

from across all of Kyushu, because our zone is basically a band across

the island. End result was everyone coming the day before zone

conference and playing soccer, ultimate frisbee, volleyball. Basically

exactly what you would expect from 20 year old kids. But then to see

the turnaround for Conference the next day, where everyone was

speaking from the heart, and following the promptings of the Spirit,

it was amazing. Our training was about the strength of personal

testimony, and how a true knowledge and understanding of the Savior

and His atonement will change your life in a way that cannot be

reversed. But to hear the strength of these same 18, 19, and 20 year

olds who the day before had been having a blast with a frisbee and now

were having a blast changing lives for eternity. It builds my faith in

the Lord and His work.

After that was junkais with Elder Ricaldi from Germany in Fukuoka.

Another chance to work with the living embodiment of everything we

teach. As we talked to people, the gospel and Gods love for them just

flowed from his mouth, natural as anything. That is an example of

conversion, and the purpose of both us serving as missionaries, and

why we share the gospel. There is nothing on this earth that has the

power to change lives, save Gods hand is involved. It was a good

lesson to remember and learn, and fun to bring back home.

Elder Burr and I are still doing well, and it's his birthday next

week, so we will be doing something. I'm sure I can get something

exciting that he won't realize, but it's still in plans.

Love you all

Elder Woodhouse