Hey everybody,
So transfer calls are tonight, we'll see how everything pans out. I'm hoping for one more here in Bong Cheon, but the probability is that I have to leave. However, you never know until that call comes at 9:30!
I love transfer calls, it's way exciting. My heart gets pounding every time. I'll let all 'yall know where I am next week.
So sad news, Seong Su Hyeon texted us and said that he doesn't want to be religious anymore. We were pretty devastated, because he seemed so sure and so ready to change when we met him last. I think the problem was, we didn't keep enough contact with him, so when he went back into the world the next couple days, he saw a lot of differences between religious life and his own life, and it made him have second thoughts.
But we didn't really call him or anything, so he didn't get any spiritual strength from us, so he went back to the way he was before.
We were really, really sad. Obviously it wasn't our fault that he made the decision, but I feel like we could have done more. I guess I'll just have to learn from it and move on.
On Saturday night we watched the old Joseph Smith movie as an activity with the ward, and it was way good. I forgot how inspiring it is. It definitely made me see how much of an obligation we missionaries have to carry the torch that has been passed to us; generations before us have endured a ridulous amount of trials, persecution, misunderstanding, and hate to get the Church to the point where it is today. And we have to do our part to work to build a better future for those who will come after us too. It's a grand work that we're a part of as missionaries, and I'm glad to be here doing what I can to help it along!
The weather is warming up, finally, and there's a lot more activity going on around the places we go. There are teams of city workers that trim trees in a cherry picker with chainsaws, sweep up the branches, bind them with plastic strips, and stack them neatly in the backs of trucks, all very efficiently. If anyone tells you that Koreans are lazy, they are misinformed! Also there are a lot of renovations and movings of the little restaraunts or printing businesses that line the main streets. I feel like small Korean restaraunts move around/go out of business a lot more frequently than in America. The streets of Korea are lined with these little one-room restaraunts that are usually really good, and all the buildings have bright signs all over.
I love the energy and vibrancy of Korea; it's made so much progress in the last few decades. Korea is definitely the most awesome place in the world. :D
The food of the week is bibimbap. I might have already done this one, sorry if I have. Basically, it's just rice mixed with an egg, vegetables and gochujang, which is red pepper powder mixed with fermented soybean paste that's in almost everything. Bibimbap is definitely one of my favorites; you can order it in a dolsot, which is a large stone bowl that they heat scorching-hot over flame. The rice fries a little along with the vegetables and egg. It's super-good. :D
Hope everyone has an awesome week!
Elder Matt Dean
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