Monday, November 30, 2009

Transfer spot photos with Elder Dadivas Fry, Allen and Nagata
Elders Dickson, Shingaki, Tateishi, Nagata, Leatham and Shoji
Musical Fireside at Eniwa
Birthday dinner for Elder Thurber with his companion Elder Christensen and the Branch President Otahara and his wife Erika

Departing missionaries with Elder Park's family
Sisters Conference
This transfer we said a sad sayonara to Elder Park from Korea and Sister Mayama from Yokohama
P-day volleyball game
Sisters writing letters on P-day

More volleyball
Morning basketball with Elder Kobayashi
P-Day activity with a visit to the chocolate factory
Outside at the chocolate factory
Pork Cutlet lunch with the missionaries

We only received one new missionary this transfer - Elder Kobayashi. His trainer is Elder Tashiro

Sunday, November 22, 2009


Elders Nelson, Lowry, Shingaki, Yoneda, Yamashita, Dickson

Single Adult FHE at the mission home
Sisters at fireside

SA Activity
Sisters Mayama and Saito's baptism: Nicole Shimada
The missionaries performed at a musical fireside for the Toyohira Ward
The Single Adults gave us a heart attack on Saturday night
The Single Adults also gave the mission home staff a heart attack

Sisters Hansen and Uchida with their baptism: Akimoto shimai. Elders Miller and Ogura attended as well.
Early morning basketball game with Elders Dickson, Geslison, Lottermoser, Senba, Yamashita, Tateishi and Sisters Saito and Mayama
Sisters McIntrye and Kaneko's baptism in Asahikawa
Asahikawa Zone P-day bowling excursion
Okonemiyaki lunch with Sisters Ujike, Ikari and Elders Lawler and Williams

Elders Kashima, Shurtliff, Fry and Dadivas at lunch

Sunday, November 15, 2009

We hosted a single adult activity at our house on Saturday

The Ebetsu Sisters (Miyawaki and Tsuji) fixed us dinner after a lesson with their investigator, Koharu-san.

Behind the back shot that actually went in

Obihiro zone yoga activity
Obihiro zone taco rice dinner
Two cut thumbs from our experiment with cutting tomatoes for the taco rice
Elders Robinson and Taniuchi out proselyting

Obihiro is famous for a dish called Butadon. Thin slices of pork marinated and barbequed over a bowl of rice. Sister Sato and Mayama loved them.
The first snow ball fight of the season. We stopped to remove some debris from the middle of the road and an impromptu snowball fight ensued
Morning football with the Hakodate zone
Hakodate Zone
Sister Uchida and Hansen with their baptism, Sister Yamamoto

Elder Lottermoser's birthday dinner

Monday, November 9, 2009

Atsubetsu/Odori Zone song
Baseball game after the Asahikawa Zone Conference
The losing team
Asahikawa Zone
New Missionaries and their trainers

Another Park Golf Outing
Atsubetsu and Odori Zone Conference
Capture the Flag after zone conference in the church parking lot
Capture the flag - the other team
The Hakodate Zone and the excursion to the famous Muroran light house after conference

Elder and Sister Choi from the Seventy attended our ZL/DL Council Meeting