Well this was a great week in Korea. I really don't even know how to begin haha. Well I started my week with a split with my District Leader. He was basically given the responsibility to give me a heads up that I needed to show my current companion everything haha. Basically meaning that today when I recieved my transfer call I was going to go to another place. So yeah after a week of showing him EVERYTHING I could possibly think of he is really stressed still. But I did just receive my phone call and I am transferring to a place called joongang which is probably about in the middle of our mission. My new companion will be Elder Rice and we will be co-senior so I'm really looking forward to that. Elder Rice and I stayed in the same room at the MTC for 6 weeks so we already know each other pretty well.
Anyways back to my week. We met all of my Investigators this week which is great, usually there was always somebody who couldn't meet or something always came up but not this last week. So I was able to meet everybody for one last time. The small heads up was kind of nice to really tell everyone goodbye one last time and not have to do it over the phone.
But an amazing thing that happened this last week was a family who came out to church again. The mom has the disease where her bones can break very easily and it was passed a long to her son who is 3. It has also made her have to use crutches for her entire life. The first time I met with Mr Kim he had his son who had fallen down and broke his leg so he has always had a cast. They also have to hold him all the time and protect him from everything. It's something that might seem hard to most people but it has really brought this family so close together. Well Sister Kim (the mother) grew up going to church and she has heard some things about our church which was a little unfavorable. But I'm just happy that she could come to church and actually see for herself rather than listening to the things that other people tell her. Well during the week we were able to go to our bishops house and have dinner with them and another family and it just felt so natural. The little boy just loves me haha. He can tell something is different but he still hasn't fully figured it out yet. If I say hello in english he will just stare at me but as soon as I speak a little Korean he's just laughing and wanting me to hold all of his toys and everything. We also met with Brother Kim at his work this week and he showed us his collection of guitars, amps, and everything. Basically it all added up to over 15,000 dollars and he ridiculously good when it comes to playing the guitar. Which was super nice because my Companion Elder Joe is learning how to play the guitar right now. Elder Kim was a member growing up but hasn't been to church in maybe 10-15 years and when his mother saw him having some struggles in life she helped him come out to church again. he has told us how only two weeks of going to church and helping his wife learn more about the gospel just feels different. He told me it felt like riding a bicycle remembering all of the sunday school answers. He also told me how he can remember some of the primary songs... Which I'm still convinced those songs are burnt into my memory forever haha. But it was such an amazing experience to see it happen so fast. I'm a little sad I can't be here with them longer but I know that Elder Joe loves them a lot so he will take care of them.
I will be able to see Sister Kim and Junesoo one more time before I leave. They are the two who Elder Meigs baptized before he left. I was really sad to see some of my members for the last time but I'm just off to make more friends. But Sister Kim is just still there all of the time. She comes out to church, english class, and we still meet with her once a week. I think one of the greatest parts of my mission so far was to see our gospel doctrines teacher turn to her during class and ask her to answer a question for our Investigator who was there. And she answered it in a way that you could just tell she knew that it was true. She still loves everything so far and I'm really going to miss her and Junesoo, chereem (Her daughter).
Well I gotta get going but I love all of you so much. I hope you have an amazing week and sorry this letter is all over the place. My phone won't stop ringing because it is transfer call day. Have a great week!
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