Jared's Mission

Hello! I hope you had a Merry Christmas? Christmas I finally got to open all of the presents from my parents! I got a little book by President Holland and I'm excited to read it! I had dinner at the branch President's parents' house on Tuesday! Three friends and two other members came. We ate yakiniku at their house! It was delicious! I made a gingerbread house with my companion! There are pictures below! Last week's Missionary Word! We were able to work with many members last week! We got three joints! That's great for Yatsushiro! There were none the 2 weeks before. We met one new friend. I found a Myanmar person named Aye on Facebook. We also are planning on meeting up with Emma, someone from a facebook ad, but we weren't able to get a joint so we had to cancel. She didn't want to call on zoom because she lives with all the other workers on the farm and can't call privately Mai! I think Mai is a really prepared person. She has relatives in Texas who ...

Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a good week! Its too cold here for me! President Boss, send me back to okinawa please! Just kidding! I am loving Yatsushiro and its lack of unbikeable hills (boo shimonoseki) and since the Shimadas are back home now there wouldn't really be a reason to go to Ishigaki... I guess I can survive the cold for a bit longer! At least I'm not in Sapporo! I saw this picture and repented for any complaining about the cold. This past week: Christmas Conference! We had our Christmas Zone Conference last week in Kumamoto! We got to go up on Tuesday night! A super nice member drove us like an hour from the station to the stake center (the traffic was super bad), we talked the whole time in the car and he said if I ever came back to Japan I could stay at his house if I was visiting Japan! (I already forgot his name though these japanese names go crazy sometimes) He gave us donuts and a bunch of other snacks and stuff. The conference was so good! ...

Hey hey hey everyone! I spent a little too long on my Japanese email today and I'm tired so I'm just going to translate it and send that one! Gomen! I love yall! Hello Everyone! It’s been a while! This is my first email in Japanese! Since Japanese is difficult, this might be short, but I still want to share my missionary experiences with my Japanese friends! How are you? The Shimada couple has returned! One of the difficult things this week… the Shimada couple returned to Abashiri City. 😭 Actually, Ishigaki Island is just as far as Abashiri. But that’s a good thing because the Shimada couple is now with their family again! Here’s a cute photo of them! [Insert photo] Thank you so much, Shimada couple. All of us in Ishigaki Branch are grateful for both of you! From now on, the Zoom meetings for the missionary department will probably be a bit lonely, but I will always remember the things I learned from the Shimada couple! When my wife and I become senior missionaries, the fi...

皆さま！お久しぶりです！今日は最初の日本語のEメールです！ 日本語は難しいので、もしかしたら短くなるかもしれませんが 日本人友達にも伝道の経験を分かち合いたいと思います！ 元気？？ 島田夫婦は帰りました！ 今週の難しかったこと、、、島田夫婦は網走市に帰ってしまいました。😭　実は石垣島は網走と同じくらい遠いです。けどそれもよかったことです。島田夫婦はもう一回家族と一緒に居ます！この可愛い写真があります！ 島田夫婦お疲れ様です。私と石垣支部会員の皆さんはお二人に感謝しています！今から伝道部のズームはちょっと寂しいになっていると思いますがいつも島田夫婦から学んだことを思い出します！私は妻と夫婦宣教師になる時に一番最初にイエスキリストの愛を分かち合って、二番目は島田夫婦の愛を分かち合いたいです！ 転勤！ 私は山口県下関市から熊本県八代市に引っ越してきました！ミラー長老（二番目のビーンチャン）はジョンソン長老と一緒に下関で働いています！私の新しい同僚はビリングス長老です！八代は彼の最初のエリアです。今はビリングス長老の三つ目の転勤です。ビリングス長老の最初の二つの転勤は難しかった。標準を守りませんでしたので良くない時間でした。けど私たちは一緒に頑張ります！彼が言ったのは私の模範に感謝していることです。。。頑張ります！ 八代支部はちょっと小さいけど昨日23人が教会に来ました！ビリングス長老が言ったのは普通は8人くらい。大体10－15人と私は思います。 下関を出ることは本当に悲しかった。下関支部会員は本当に伝道ファイヤがあります。皆にありがたいです！もしあなたは下関支部会員であればあなたに感謝しています。また会いましょう！歩兄弟は神権を受けました！昨日水の祝福したと聞きました！神殿に行く予定もあると聞きました。歩兄弟、愛していますよ！ 八代に沢山外人がいます。フィリピン人やタイ人は多いです。けっこう田舎のでFacebookで沢山人々を見つけられます。道に沢山人々がいません、日本人は車を持っています。ハウジングでも酷的（こくてき？）です！沢山大きい家がある日本人がいって、小さいアパート持っている外人は見つけやすい！このエリアはすごく広いです、近くの駅は遠いです。 聖霊の導き！ 多分ミラー長老と私はちょっと厳しかった。けどビリングス長老を受けた前に沢山宣教師から「頑張って...

❤️ Good Morning America! I hope you all are having a fantastic December! I made a Christmas banner with pictures in my new apartment! I have a Lego StarWars advent calendar that my Parents sent me! OK bear with me... this email might be a little bit long. Pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LKr5qY3i11DHJsTs6 Transfer! Kumamoto, Yatsushiro! I got transferred from Shimonoseki to Yatsushiro! Elder Miller will be sticking back in Shimonoseki to support our new member, Brother Ayumu! The Shimonoseki Branch was so amazing, the YSA and Adults are so strong, they have already made Ayumu feel so welcome and one YSA, Brother Makoto already took him on a road trip down to the Fukuoka temple. I am sad to say goodbye to all of the members in the Shimonoseki Branch, they really represented Christ and supported the missionaries in their work. It was amazing One Flock, One Shepherd Going off of that I want to share one of my spiritual thoughts for this week. I was studying in the climax of the Boo...

Hello everyone! Please welcome Yamazaki kyodai to the Shimonoseki branch! Ayumu was baptized and confirmed after church on Sunday, December 1st! Pictures on the album! He bore his testimony and it was awesome! He is going to be such a great blessing to this branch! We went to Karato fish market which is like world famous and I ate puffer fish! It was so yummy! Just like chicken! (I want to try raw chicken) We are having a bye bye party for Sister Porter and I'm making my moms cinnamon rolls! I'm so excited to eat one! Me and Elder Miller's relationship is getting lots better! One of us will transfer this week! Someone called the church phone and said they wanted to come to church! We met up for the first lesson and it was so good! He wants to follow God's commandments! OK I love yall! I gotta roll out these cinnamon rolls! Bye bye :) I love you again! Elder Rasmussen :)