{Usually, we as Sam's family get to read the same as all of you--he just sends one letter. This week he responded to a few notes sent by mom Kristin. This is his response to her recap of the recent New York Times article published regarding Mormon women serving missions, which included interviews with some very discouraged sisters serving in Seoul}
That's cool that you saw that NYT article, I was here when they did all the interviews and stuff for that and it sounded interesting. We do teach English, but not a ton. Our class is twice a week, and we work with people individually as well every so often. I know that some people really do not like to proselyte/street contact (전도), whatever that is defined as, but although some people definitely do not want to talk with you, overall most are very kind and I have not really had any bad experiences jeondoing. It really is so fun to try to open someone up and share something that can help them. It's definitely hard sometimes to separate your success from those that you teach, but we succeed when we invite and help, and they succeed when they accept that invitation, and so if we invite to the best of our ability, there's no need to get discouraged. It's just making friends. For me, at least, some people jeondo differently. That works for me, and it's how my trainer did it. Did you ever get together with him {his trainer, Elder Clearwater}? I know you're all very busy.
Some days are hard, for sure, but sometimes what's harder is feeling that this experience should be harder. Somewhat confusing, but does that make sense? It's not that we're seeing wild success or that I understand the language very well or anything, but I do feel sometimes that this should be a harder experience, that I need to be pushing more. What's hardest is feeling like there's more you should have done.
Anyway, I guess I need to try to write out a general letter. I'm defintely struggling with cleaning/calling/studying/
Love!
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