May 15, 2011

Dear Family,      We're starting the fourth week of this transfer today. It's really gone by pretty fast, despite our lack of progress. It's hard to believe tomorrow is my six month mark! Whoa! My mission is 1/4 done already. Time flies.
     It sounds like the neighborhood barbeque went pretty well! I'm glad Dan Gomez is still there, he was a really nice guy. Hopefully we can develop a good friendship with him. Did lots of people come out to the barbeque? Did you just throw the grills in the middle of the street, or what? I miss grilled food, I've only seen one grill here, and it was in a really expensive house that we saw.
      I'll try to take more pictures of things and people. That's a good point, taking pictures of ward activities and such. I'll remember to get pictures of people before i get transferred out of here.
     The family prayer over the next phone call sounds amazing! Too bad we didn't hear about it this time, but we still have two more, huh?
     It's starting to get pretty warm here. The humidity isn't as bad as I thought it would be; I'm sure that coming in the winter when the air was relatively dry was good for me too. That way I got used to it slowly. I'll probably be huffing and puffing when i get back up to Utah, though! It rains a lot, too, but I bought a nice umbrella, so it's ok.
     The missionary work is going ok. It's hard to teach Andy and Florence when my companion refuses to teach in English or plan out lessons. But I'm doing the best I can, so I'm satisfied. And when I don't do my best, I can repent and change my ways through the Atonement. That's one great message of the gospel that I love. I've come to realize, though, that I really don't know the lessons or this gospel well enough to teach in English or Korean. I need to study more, I suppose...
     It's really cool when I feel the Spirit testifying through me that what I say is true. I always love that feeling. It happens pretty often, which is great. I haven't experienced any amazing, outstanding miracles yet, but those don't do as much for your testimony as the daily things do.
     It's weird, I feel like there are all these things I need to be doing better, but I don't know what they are or how to to do them.
I love you all!
Elder Matt Dean

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