We are blessed!

Hey everyone! Another week in the books! So many good things have happened with Hideaki and he's doing so great. We were able to meet with him a lot last week and had a member present for each lesson we had in person which was great for him. We had a pretty amazing experience with him that has strengthened my testimony of the Spirit so much. So, we decided that we were going to fast together with Hideaki and some members on Saturday, so that he would be able to come to church and to know if he should be baptized on the 29th. So we did, and then it just so happened that there was a baptism in Oyama, a neighboring ward, on Saturday night. We took Hideaki to the baptism and then went out to eat with him to break our fasts together. At the baptism, he had an amazing spiritual experience, where he said he felt a feeling that he had never felt before. He told us "The Holy Ghost is definitely here." He told us that he would come to church today and be baptized next week. The amazing part is that we got a call from him on Friday night and he told us that he wasn't going to be able to come to church this Sunday, which meant he probably wasn't going to be able to get baptized. We talked with him for a while and ended up just telling him to wait until Saturday after you fast and we know that God will give you an answer about what you should do. And He did just that. Such an awesome experience! 

Things are going well with Elder Fountain and I. He's a really good missionary and we've been having fun dendouing together, even though sometimes it feels like we just want to die in our futons at the end of the night. Haha. Life is good here. It's fun, hard, disappointing yet so rewarding. I'm grateful for God's help in His work. We are blessed! Love you guys!

Elder Snyder and Elder Fountain

スナイダー長老とファウンテン長老

The Koga elders

The pretty purple bike I had to use for about a week!