Good evening! I hope that all goes well. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, as the saying goes. I must apologize in advance for what will be a very, very brief letter today, as we had a meeting in central Seoul which went quite a bit over and an appointment for which we need to leave in twenty minutes. Know that I love you and that I pray for you. I hope that all goes well. Eat lots of kimchi. Seriously, it's amazing.
We've had a fun week. We've worked just as hard as we possibly can, and I'm just having a great time. Every aspect of missionary work is seriously just so much fun. I was thinking the other day I really just straight up don't miss things that were in my life before. Music, TV, Facebook, whatever, eating on a budget and going to bed at 10:30 is WAY more fun. People aren't lining up to meet with us, but I know that as we do our part and magnify our calling in every way possible, things will work out, and blessings will come. I want to do good for other people, and seen or unseen, I know that those opportunities will come.
Elder Harrison and I are getting along well. I continue to learn from and love him. He hasn't missed a step in his missionary work even with his all-too-soon departure and constant egging on about such from just about everyone we see. He says he wants to be a missionary until the stake president takes his hands off his head, and is an incredible example of diligence and trusting in the Lord. He is kind and patient with me in my faults, and we will continue to enjoy our time together and work as hard as we can and then some.
We went to a traditional Korean home village, saw Seoul's time capsule, I went up to Uijeongbu and had a great time {Sam is traveling a lot in his duties as Zone Leader, we presume}, we learned some things during study, got better every day, and had some cheesecake ice cream. It was a fun week.
Korean is so much fun, and Korea is just the best. I have felt like I've been in a plateau for a while, so I bought a TOPIK book (a Korean proficiency test), took a practice test, got destroyed, and hopefully will now feel that urgency once more, looking up at the daunting wall of Korean feeling very much at the bottom of the ladder with a broken arm and a peg-leg. We'll keep trying to move forward in faith, because that's what matters.
Things get more fun every day. As rejection comes, and it does, QUITE rudely this week in fact, we throw back a smile at whatever the world throws at us and keep moving forward. As I begin to understand more deeply and can share more clearly with people, this is just the time of my life.
'These are days never to be forgotten!"
All love and prayers
Elder South
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