Hi, family! I have very little time for email again; but I'll get as much out as I can!
We have no news on the earthquake {the earthquake in Japan}, since we can't really search the internet. But my companion's on LDS.org, and they have 6 missionaries safe, but 8 missing. Pray for them to be found, and I will too. I didn't even feel the quake, which is ok with me. :D
My pass-off went great! It was such a good experience. I learned so much, and the leader I passed off to was great. He really made it a learning experience, instead of just something you do to get a signature. I recieved so much help from the Lord, and I'm glad you prayed for me too. Thanks for your support! I think they'll make me a senior next transfer, but they'll put me with someone older than me that can speak Korean. I'm a little nervous for that, but it'll be ok. :D
Our mission gets around 30-40 baptisms a month right now. Our goal is 40, which would be awesome! Our district got a baptism this transfer, which is good.
We eat with members once a week on average, it really depends on what they want to do. We have 1 church building owned by the Church, which is really nice. We go to ward activities and work with the leadership of the ward. The ward has about 80 active members, so basically everyone's a leader somehow. :D I love our ward; I just wish I could talk to them better.
We can take day trips on our Pday, but we have to be in our area at 6 p.m., so we can't go super far. I think we need permission to leave our area. I went to Gwanghwamun to pass off, though, and I saw the Korean version of the White House and some really cool statues!
Here's the situation with my cameras. I can transfer pics, but the message sizes are hard to finangle, and it really takes forever on this end. Did you get the ones I sent last week? Plus, I get really nervous about taking the camera grandpa gave me in public; but I forgot the cord that goes to my old camera, so no pictures from there. Maybe next time you send a package you could send me a cord to go to my older camera?
Speaking of packages, I got yours last week! Both the box and the envelope came, which was AWESOME! I've eaten the mangoes already, but I'm going through the Starbursts and Skittles more slowly. Thank you so much for spending the money to send that! I love everything in there, especially the recipes and the letters. They gave me a lot of comfort and strength. Thanks for printing the letters and writing the recipes, I think I can make most of them. I feel very loved every time I eat a starburst. :D
Austin, I read the letter you gave to me on the day I left to go to the MTC, and I'm so glad you wrote it. You're probably the best brother ever. :D I love you so much, and I'll try to write awesome things in that journal I'm making for you.
We have one investigator with a baptismal date! He'll be baptized on the 27th if all goes well. I'll talk to you more about it later.
I'm out of time today, but I have two questions: How serious does something have to be to qualfiy for a blessing for the sick? And: how do you deal with doubts? I was assaulted by the most powerful doubts ever last week. I'm good now, but it was really hard at the time. Any advice you have would be awesome.
I hope all is well there. I wish I had more time to write; I'd tell you all about awesome spiritual things. But that's life. I love you all so much, and I pray for you every day!
~Elder Matt Dean
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