Good day to all! It is cool and rainy today, but we are in the midst of a beautiful fall. We will cut email a bit short today on account of a trip up to the DMZ later in the week, which will be an all day occurrence. We're excited! Apparently it's a beautiful, beautiful time of the year to go up.
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| Chinese Quince: the only species in the genus Pseudocydonia |
We've had a fun week, working just as hard as we can. Last Monday was Elder Harrison's last P-day, so I wanted to do something memorable so I wouldn't be '"that companion" that just sat around the last week. It was a bit of trouble and some confusion to get to the royal tombs, but we did arrive on an absolutely perfect fall day, to find that they were closed. Memorable I hope it was. That night we met our ward mission leader and ate pho deliciously. The following day we had samgyetang, young chicken broth, with one of our investigators, and ate at a member's home that night. Our travels also led us to buy mogwa, Chinese quince, whatever that is, which sounds weird out of context, but it seemed necessary at the time.
Transfers the following day went well, and I said my goodbyes to Elder Harrison. He's been a wonderful companion from whom I learned a lot- I was very grateful to have served with him. He and a couple other homebound elders stopped by our house later that day in preparation to go hiking, thus prolonging our farewell. I am now with Elder Killpack, a tall, handsome, hardworking, wonderful elder from Utah. We've had a lot of fun this week, and have seen some real miracles already. We met someone on Wednesday while waiting for chicken that we met on Thursday,- and who committed to baptism on Friday for next month. The lessons went very well, but he wouldn't give us his number, not having a cell phone and being hesitant about his home number. We were worried, with no way to contact him in a big city- he doesn't live in our area, just works here, and he didn't show up to our next appointment. We were really disappointed, after waiting for twenty minutes, and went on. Later, as we went back a way we didn't usually go back on, and talked with people, slowing us down even though we were in a rush, I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around to see him, Brother Jeong, with his signature turtleneck. We set another appointment, and we are not sure where everything will go, but it seems that God's hand is in our meeting, and he is very prepared. He received a copy of the Book of Mormon at age 9, and had read it more than once by the time that we met him. Another investigator also committed to be baptized later that night.
We were able to do our service at the community center this week again, always a rewarding experience, and met a very fun, very old man later that day. (난 수학 잘 하지). As we were walking in the park to find a place to sit, he turned to another older man, who was somewhat intoxicated, and told him to come talk with us too. We asked him if he knew him, (아는 사람이세요?) and he responded that he did not (아니, 모르는 사람이야). Ah, it's funnier in Korean.
In any regard, it's been a great week, we've seen a lot of miracles and met lots of prepared people, and we're looking forward to moving forward.
Earlier this week we had a bunch of lessons lined up for that day, and I wasn't really sure how to use personal study time to prepare for everything, so I just read for the whole time from the Book of Mormon. It was incredible as that day what I learned and read during that time fit perfectly with what people needed. I've been reading through the Book of Mormon much more quickly recently, as I've focused on it during personal study, and it's been a huge blessing.
Love to all in every stage of life. Love to family and friends in school and decisions and everything. Good luck in college applications, Caleb~
Elder South
Also, I learned that 무침, which I wasn't sure how to translate last week, is the noun form of the verb to combine bean sprouts together with added ingredients and seasonings, so, there we are. Korean for the win, I guess.
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