Dear amazing family,
It's the last week of this transfer. Crazy, huh? This one went a lot faster than my first one here. Probably because i speak a little more Korean, and I'm mostly adjusted to life as a missionary now.
The weather here is slowly warming up. We get rain every once in a while, but nothing serious yet, and I have yet to be in a real snowstorm. We've just had wussy snow here, it doesn't compare to Utah at all. :D
We get the Liahona in English and Korean here, so you don't need to send an English Ensign if you don't want to. I'm pretty excited for that to come out, there was so much in it that applied to me and that I can use to talk to members with!
I haven't gotten Chris Sutton's letter yet. Or Jayson's, or the things Denny Patterson said he wanted to send a while ago. I bet he's pretty busy, though. I don't get tons of letters, but I usually have at least one every time our zone gets together, which is when we get mail. {The people I worked with at }Men's Wearhouse sent me one a while ago, which was awesome. :D I'm still looking forward to your package!
So Mother's Day is the first Sunday of May, right? I can still be excited about it even though I don't know exactly when it is. :D I'm really looking forward to calling you too! I think how it works is I call you. I will ask other missionaried how it's all set up, but if we have to call on our sunday here, you'll probably recieve it in the late afternoon or evening. But I'll keep you updated.
Andy and Florence couldn't come to church this last week. Actually, we haven't been able to teach them at all yet; they just came to General Conference. But we're working on getting them there. We actually have only four investigators right now, and none show very much interest/promise. But we're working hard, that's for sure. It's hard, though, because Elder Pulsipher and I haven't really gelled yet still. We don't really trust/love each other as much as we need to. We're different sorts of people. It's hard to explain over email with limited time, sorry. But my district leader is going on exchanges with me tomorrow, and we will talk about it then.
Things are going all right, though. I was actually praying really hard about the companion situation, and I was really worried. But as soon as I finished, I got prompted to look at the map on the wall. I'd been trying to find this family's house on there for days, with no luck. But when i got prompted to look, i found it in like three seconds. It was like the Lord was saying, "Don't worry. I'm here, and I know exactly where you need to go and do and be. If you just trust me, everything will be ok." It was a comforting experience, for sure. Also, in the calendar you sent me, this month's picture is of Christ with Mary Magdelene in front of the open tomb, and it says, "Why weepest thou?" We really have a great thing in the gospel. No matter how bad things get, Christ has overcome everything, even death; that knowledge takes a little bit of the sadness out of all bad experiences, I think.
I love the Ha family! They are amazing. In Korean wards, there's often one or two families that do everything--all the callings, etc--and this is one of those families. They are rock-solid. We went to dinner with them last night, and it was so great! We had a great time with their oldest son, who served a mission in Taejon, and speaks really good English. And he's probably the funniest Koreans I know. He's awesome. And as we were talking about some missionaries whose branch president told them to stay in their apartment all day and not proselyte, the father said, "No work is the hell." :D That's probably the funniest quote I've heard this whole time! I love them, and they are a great support to us.
Our ward mission leader just got released. He didn't have time to help us, he said. So the second counselor in the Bishopric is the temporary one till they call someone else. he was very supportive, though, and he is going to be a good help to us.
Grandma Kunz sent me an overview of her life, where she grew up, what she did, etc. I'm so glad I have this chance to talk to her and get to know her better! I wish I had taken the time to do that before I left, through email or phone.
I'm curious as to which blessings you've seen since I've been out here. All missionary families recieve them--which have you noticed?
Dad, you were right--happiness is a choice. I'm more happy these days, not because situations have changed much, but because I've decided to be. Thanks to all three of you for your support, advice, and love; I couldn't do this as well or at all without you. I love you!
Elder Matt Dean
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