January 16, 2011

Dear Family,

Things are going great here in Otaru. Last week the members got together at the church and we made mochi (it`s basically rice that has been hammered together. It was fun hammering down rice and it was a good experience. We then went to Mount Tengu afterwards, because it was actually a good day. So we went up and got an amazing view of the city. This last week during finding we started to talk to someone. We invite him to church and before we left he gave me and my companion a couple of small rocks. I`m not sure what kind of rock it is. The man told us that they are precious in some way, but I`m not sure why. It was an interesting experience I had this week. Also yesterday we went to visit a less-active and then started housing around the area. We came to one house that had another less-active that we didn`t know about. It was an old lady and she was happy to see us. She told us about being baptized and then started talking about her friend next door that is also less-active, and so she walked out her door and opened her friends door and just walked in and said, The missionaries are here. So we visited with both of them for a little bit and then continued finding. It was neat that we had only intended to visit one member, but in the end found a couple of other members. It`s amazing how the Lord works in mysterious ways. I love you all very much.

Love

Elder Daniel Gandy