So, it's been a great week. We got our email time moved due to 추석 (I think that's how you spell it) It's the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving and it was Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. So, we had to wait till Wednesday for things to be opened again.
We had Zone Conference/추석 party yesterday...it was awesome!!!! I got to sing (Army of Helaman) and speak (New missionary testimony)...both in English. It was awesome to see people I was in the MTC with. It was also awesome to get to meet so many amazing missionaries. It was so uplifting and so wonderful.
So, my companion is fantastic! Her name is Seipel 자매님. She's from Orem, went to Mountain View, (and knows Ruthie). Her birthday is a couple weeks after mine, she's half Korean, super humble, likes pushing me in missionary work, and is probably one of the most grateful people I've ever met! Every night after we go through key indicators and make goals she and I count the miracles we've seen. Our goal is to have five a day. It's amazing how great doing that is...makes even the worst days end happy!
I love our area and our investigators! 방예은 didn't end up giving cookies to a neighbor, she ended up giving nectarines to the apartment security guy. She was super cute and it was so hard for her, but she was so so happy, it was perfect! One of our new investigators this week, Ahra, is just about the cutest thing I've ever met! She spent about a year in Jacksonville, Florida (and her English is amazing...hence her giving us her name in English and not Korean.) She is so excited about the gospel and she's been online doing some research on our church (especially the Book of Mormon) and all she can say about the Anti-Mormon stuff she's found is that it's all lies, because she knows that the Book of Mormon is a good book and the people who write those things just don't understand. She's amazing! She loves learning about the gospel and wants to come to church and wants to read the Book of Mormon...it's great!!!!!
I am understanding SO much more than I thought I would. I can pretty much follow what goes on in lessons and even though I can't say much and what I can say is really simple and slowly said, my companion always has me teach and bear testimony. I get a little discouraged at times because I can understand SOOO much more than I can say and I can't think of things very quickly and I'm basically constantly struggling, but then I see what I know and remember how fast I've learned it and recognize God's hand in all of it, and those bad thoughts just melt away...it's great being a missionary!!!!
We're doing our kids English class again tonight...we're excited, we're going to teach them how to write really basic letters and emails in English and how to address an envelope in America. The mom's will probably enjoy it a little more than the kids (especially considering we talked about American Thanksgiving last week and they each made little Indian headdresses...it was fun!). I think it's pretty cool getting to teach English to people. It makes me a little sad when they don't want to progress in the gospel though. That's where it gets difficult. But it's great!
Well, I hope you're all doing well. I wish I could see Evan and Danny on the football field! Mom, I hope your new calling goes well (I love that calling!!!!!) and Dad, hope your breakthrough stays awesome! (Ok, I don't know what to say to a scientist, it's ok though :) Oh well) Korea is great, and the work is even greater!!! Mom and Dad, you'll have some letters coming your way soon...as soon as I can get to a post office :). Stay awesome everyone! The Church is true!!!! 2 Nephi 5:27
~맼랠란 자매
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