안녕하세요
Well hey there everyone. Just hanging out at the local government
office where we can use computers. It's been a pretty normal morning
but my week has been so amazing. I really like telling all of you
about my week and how much I love Korea.
So this week was so much fun. I honestly don't think anything that
we planned happened haha. We would either have the most random stuff
pop up or we would just change our lesson plan at the last second. But
it made for a pretty exciting week. I also met the rest of our
Investigators this week and they are so amazing. All of them just love
us. We also met a lot of member's this last week and we ended the week
at our Bishop's house last night where he had a "small" dinner which
means about 30+ people. And I was in charge of sharing the message
last night and it almost felt natural. The language is coming along a
lot slower than I want it to but my expectations are a little high (I
want to be fluent right now) but they are coming along and it's such a
great feeling. And because our Bishop is so awesome he invited our
Investigator Sister Kim and her two kids when they came to church. And
they had so much fun last night. Sister Kim has progressed so much and
she comes to church even when her friend (our member) isn't there. And
her children love the primary and young mens program. It's probably
one of the best feelings showing up to church and seeing your friend
walking around and feeling like she absolutley belongs there. I have
only been here two weeks but we have met that family about 5 or 6
times now and they are amazing.
Well that's my week in a nutshell so sorry. But I'm off to a folk
village today with our Investigator. Who speaks fluent english with an
english accent haha. And he's probably one of the coolest guys ever.
So if you can get anything from this e-mail just know I love my new
area. Every part of it has been just amazing. And I love all of you
and I hope you have an amazing week.
Elder Jensen 젠슨 장로
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Thirty-Seventh Week Email
안녕하세요
So this has been the most ridulously busy week of my life in Korea
haha. Transfer day was a joke with the plans that they gave us but
something super cool happened. I was able to ride up to the office
with my Trainer who actually came home last Saturday. He had to spend
almost 5 hours with me in the Daejeon city train station so that was
super fun. And I was also able to see Elder Brown my MTC companion for
the first time since I have came to Korea. He's still the same and
it's so fun to be around him.
Well my new area is pretty much the opposite of my last area in size
haha. I am in a city called Suwon 수원 and my area is called
Gok-ban-joung 곡반정 (I'm pretty sure that's not how you spell it in
english) and my new companion is Elder Meigs. Elder Meigs is probably
one of the coolest Elders I have ever met. And when I came here it was
like being thrown in the deep end haha. I have a ward with 120+ people
and so many investigators. Saturday was just appointment, fast walk to
a bus stop, and appointment all day long. It was such an amazing day
though and I love it. And our ward has some of the coolest people.
Elder Meigs and I were caught off guard pretty bad yesterday when we
were talking to one of our member's who is fluent in english and all
of a sudden this American girl runs around the corner saying "I hear
english!" haha. She's a student at the University in our area who just
arrived in Korea. We also have a New Zealander, a Japaneese family,
and some of the funniest member's ever. But lets just say I don't even
have time to think this week it's been so busy. But I think my
favorite part about this area so far is the families that we are
teaching. The little Kids are so funny and the Parent's know our
member's so they are really listening to what we teach and it really
makes a difference for them to have a friend who is a member. It
creates an immediate support system and our investigator actually
seems like they trust us a lot more.
Well I have to get going but I love all of you and I hope you have a great week.
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So this has been the most ridulously busy week of my life in Korea
haha. Transfer day was a joke with the plans that they gave us but
something super cool happened. I was able to ride up to the office
with my Trainer who actually came home last Saturday. He had to spend
almost 5 hours with me in the Daejeon city train station so that was
super fun. And I was also able to see Elder Brown my MTC companion for
the first time since I have came to Korea. He's still the same and
it's so fun to be around him.
Well my new area is pretty much the opposite of my last area in size
haha. I am in a city called Suwon 수원 and my area is called
Gok-ban-joung 곡반정 (I'm pretty sure that's not how you spell it in
english) and my new companion is Elder Meigs. Elder Meigs is probably
one of the coolest Elders I have ever met. And when I came here it was
like being thrown in the deep end haha. I have a ward with 120+ people
and so many investigators. Saturday was just appointment, fast walk to
a bus stop, and appointment all day long. It was such an amazing day
though and I love it. And our ward has some of the coolest people.
Elder Meigs and I were caught off guard pretty bad yesterday when we
were talking to one of our member's who is fluent in english and all
of a sudden this American girl runs around the corner saying "I hear
english!" haha. She's a student at the University in our area who just
arrived in Korea. We also have a New Zealander, a Japaneese family,
and some of the funniest member's ever. But lets just say I don't even
have time to think this week it's been so busy. But I think my
favorite part about this area so far is the families that we are
teaching. The little Kids are so funny and the Parent's know our
member's so they are really listening to what we teach and it really
makes a difference for them to have a friend who is a member. It
creates an immediate support system and our investigator actually
seems like they trust us a lot more.
Well I have to get going but I love all of you and I hope you have a great week.
젠슨 장로
Thirty-Sixth Week Email
Hey Tawn Tawns,
Yeah I don't really feel like writing a huge e-mail this week. I was in Gwangju on monday and we didn't have a ton of computers and 6 of us needed to e-mail so yeah that was a bad idea. But I have some news for you. I'm gettng transferred! yeah! I'm going to Suwon 수원 which is just as big as Gwangju so Im super excited. My new companion will be Elder Meigs and he was the AP when I came to Korea. He's super awesome and I've been around him a few times so It's going to be so much fun. I'm pretty sad that I'm leaving Gwangyang though. I have loved it here, It has been hard but I have learned so much. It's just such a small area and sometimes it can be a little frustrating. But my ward mission leader cried last night when I said goodbye to him and I'm going to have lunch with my branch president and my Investigator who is a great friend. He added me on facebook and I think you accepted him. But pretty much if it's in Korean accept all of the friend request haha because I'm going to start telling people to add me.
Well I have to get going now. I'll write a big e-mail next week but I love you Tawn Tawns and tell everyone that I love them.
Elder Pooh
p.s. for my birthday I really only want a letter with pictures. Sure I always need stuff but I'm honestly fine with everything I have now. And even though I never write back I just want a letter and I'll try to write back.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Thirty-Fifth Week Email
안녕하세요
Hey Everyone. As always another fast week in Korea. One of these days I'll think of another way to start my e-mail.
Well it was the normal week for us in Gwangyang. We spent a lot of time on buses and walking around apartment buildings. We also had a lot of appointments this week which was really nice. We have a few people that we are meeting with twice a week now and they are so much fun. We also met a few new people this week. A really cool thing that happened is that My last companion Elder Ward and his Greenie (Elder Pobst who came to Korea with me) handed a guy one of our english cards about 4 months ago. We met him the other day and he might be one of the nicest guys that I have ever met. He told us about his life and he has a really amazing story. And it made me so happy that I could be one of those people that he told.
Another fun thing that we did last week was we had somebody that we were meeting with that actually lived in the Sister Missionary's area so we actually had that person start meeting with the Sisters. (we 소개'd them for people who can read that haha.) But the cool thing was is when we introduced them to the Sister's we taught them a lesson with the Sister's and it was so amazing to see two Korean's who are amazing teach a lesson haha. But it was also a one of those moments where I was just thrown into the deep end to learn how to swim. I was assigned to teach the first few parts of the lesson and we didn't really discuss who would do what so I ended up giving a small overview and starting the lesson and it was just such a great feeling when I finished teaching. I stumbled a little bit but it was a fun time.
So yeah it was a good week in Korea. My Branch member's are amazing and I love them. I get to give a talk at church this next week. I'm going on another split. And the best thing is that I get to meet with my Investigator's who are so much fun.
Well I love all of you and sorry this was a short e-mail but I have to go get a haircut. Have a great week.
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Hey Everyone. As always another fast week in Korea. One of these days I'll think of another way to start my e-mail.
Well it was the normal week for us in Gwangyang. We spent a lot of time on buses and walking around apartment buildings. We also had a lot of appointments this week which was really nice. We have a few people that we are meeting with twice a week now and they are so much fun. We also met a few new people this week. A really cool thing that happened is that My last companion Elder Ward and his Greenie (Elder Pobst who came to Korea with me) handed a guy one of our english cards about 4 months ago. We met him the other day and he might be one of the nicest guys that I have ever met. He told us about his life and he has a really amazing story. And it made me so happy that I could be one of those people that he told.
Another fun thing that we did last week was we had somebody that we were meeting with that actually lived in the Sister Missionary's area so we actually had that person start meeting with the Sisters. (we 소개'd them for people who can read that haha.) But the cool thing was is when we introduced them to the Sister's we taught them a lesson with the Sister's and it was so amazing to see two Korean's who are amazing teach a lesson haha. But it was also a one of those moments where I was just thrown into the deep end to learn how to swim. I was assigned to teach the first few parts of the lesson and we didn't really discuss who would do what so I ended up giving a small overview and starting the lesson and it was just such a great feeling when I finished teaching. I stumbled a little bit but it was a fun time.
So yeah it was a good week in Korea. My Branch member's are amazing and I love them. I get to give a talk at church this next week. I'm going on another split. And the best thing is that I get to meet with my Investigator's who are so much fun.
Well I love all of you and sorry this was a short e-mail but I have to go get a haircut. Have a great week.
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