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The biggest tech problem I’ve encountered on the mission was over a printer. We desperately needed to print children's coloring pages for an ADHD kid investigator and the printer wasn’t working! Who knew what stress this could cause. 

The District Leader came for exchanges and was morally disappointed to see that our shelves only stored  healthy foods and were currently out of stock. We’ve been eating these fish sausages that a member gave to us in bulk a month ago and then topping it with fresh lettuce leaves. Haha I’ve had some low points in my mission pantry before, but this may have been one of the worst. 

But exact obedience is the price, and we follow that to the T. (If there was one..) 

I didn’t think I would have to pull out my marching band know-how ever again in my lifetime, but then somebody showed up to game night with a Euphonium and blasted the speakers away. But, it was actually really cool and this guy is the Japan professional. 

We had a guy come to Eikaiwa last month who started taking the lessons, and then started bringing his 8 yr old son, and now is bringing his 14 yr old son, too. Slowly we are collecting the family! 

Speaking of which, a different potential investigator is the same: we found the Dad first, then on a follow up much later met the son and he became a new investigator, and then just last week on a follow up appointment with the son we actually met the Mom, instead, and now we have an appointment with her. The Lord works one by one, but also the most important unit is the family! 

The Lord truly blesses us so that the peak of my mission is the stepping stone for Elder Canuto's. My companion is going places, and it looks like the conversion of Japan.

愛しています！

カードん長老より

Elder Cardon 

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Not sure what to write this week. 

The guy we stopped on the street and invited to Hygge last week actually came. This week, he brought three more friends! I hope the chain reaction keeps spreading. It’s good to be back in the games for an hour each week. 

We felt huge promptings on Saturday to revisit an investigator after we had just left with no answer, and then suddenly she was home and we could teach a lesson about baptism. 

That night, we also decided to visit an investigator even though we only had 20 minutes left until curfew. Turns out, the investigator's mother passed away that day, and he needed a lot of comforting. 

The District Leader gave special hands-on training for finding, and we had huge success contacting at the station. We all took away something like the importance of loving to bear testimony and showing huge love for everyone individually. We met a lot of cool people . 

My companion is fire. 

I went to Stake Conference on Sunday and had the best time catching up on basically my entire mission life because I’ve only served in this Stake. So many good people. 

My interview with President Ishii was short because there wasn’t much to report this time. He approves of our efforts and doesn’t have much more in advice. We are certainly trying our hardest. There’s a lot of people to keep in contact with, and it’s spreading. 

愛しています！

カードん長老より

Elder Cardon 

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Forgive the short email but fun fact, President/Sister Ishii are the oldest Mission Presidents in the world. They visited our ward last Sunday and sat talking with the youth for a long time. I love them so much. It’s incredible to hear their experiences. 

Elder Canuto is gifted at showing live through frequent contact. Sometimes our entire conversation get stuck on my trying to decipher one sentence of Japanese that he says, but I love him all the more for that.

愛しています！

カードん長老より

Elder Cardon 

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The Sakura bloomed early this year, it started last week and was over before we could hardly take pictures. 

 I had exchanges with Elder Wesemann, my MTC companion. We were spoiled. 

Another day, three lessons with Recent Converts were canceled last second. We used the extra time to go out a ways and follow up with a man we found several weeks ago. He opened the door and instantly let us in. We taught a lesson, answered his questions, made commitments and such. He’s a guy with a cool backstory—when he was young, he made a miraculous recovery from paralysis. 

There was a special Brazilian Party to strengthen each of the foreign members. Everyone talked about the unique dishes, laughed throughout the strange games, and loved the exotic dance. Quite the refreshing evening. My companion also contributed by making Brigadeiro, which is basically Tootsie Roll balls with sprinkles. 

Elder Magalhães received a transfer call to the other side of the mission, in a branch full of foreigners. He’ll be serving with his friend from before the mission, lucky. 

I’ve been called as a trainer! 

愛しています！

カードん長老より

Elder Cardon