So, I'm currently in a public building where you can only use the computer for 10 mins straight at a time because there are lots of people here, so this will be a short one. This week didn't have tons of awesome stuff, though, just the usual amount of awesomeness, so it's ok that I don't have lots of time.
The Semi-annual Church General Conference was amazing! We went to a big Church building in Yeongdeungpo to watch it in English, and it was basically just a big missionary party. :D But more than the social aspect, the spiritual aspect was really good. I learned a lot of things I should do/change from the living prophets, and I loved how goofy President Monson was at times. I forgot to bring my journal so I can't tell you my favorite quotes, but maybe I will next time. It was really good, and I'm excited to be able to read it again when the Liahona comes.
We found a great new investigator this week. He called off a flyer we gave out to him, and then we met him that day. He has a lot of gospel interest; mainly he wonders why people's actions don't match their beliefs a lot of the time and other stuff like that. His name in English is Lee Jae Neung, and he's in his early thirties. I'm excited to be able to teach him.
I had a cool spiritual experience this week. We were streetboarding, and I felt really discouraged because nobody was listening to us. So I said a prayer in my head and asked for some help, and requested that I'd be able to find somebody. Then I did. :D And I felt a lot better spiritually, too. It helped me to know that God knows me individually, and that He cares about what happens to me. All I have to do is ask Him, and most of the time He will send down a blessing for me. I love this gospel, and I'm so glad I can be here teaching it!
Today we are playing soccer at a cool stadium somewhere. For me, I'm only attempting to play soccer, but it'll be fun no matter what. :D
Ok, I'm out of time. Here's the "You know you're in Korea when..." list for this week.
- When an outdoor market has live crabs in a pile of sawdust on the road. Also when a restaraunt cook cuts live crabs into pieces with scissors and then breaks them in half. She was a woman, too; I was pretty impressed. :D
- When old people do crazy exercises in the park outside your apartment. You'd think their arms would fly off or that their hips would snap, seriously. I felt more flexible just watching them.
- When there are almost more delivery scooters and motorcycles than cars.
- When the little pizza restaraunt you go to decides to cut up about 50 or 60 onions at once. Everyone in there was sobbing and laughing at the same time, except me. I was just laughing because one of my talents is resistance to onion smell.
- When 250 pregnant women walk out of a convention where you are streetboarding. Most of them were due soon, too. That's one of the oddest things I've ever seen.
- When the curbs are a good 4 inches taller than ours are in America.
- When you sleep on pads on the floor, not beds. They're actually super comfortable.
Thanks for all that all of you do to support me. I love you all, have a good week!
Elder Matthew Tyler Dean
Here are the latest pictures from Elder Dean:
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| Elder Dean's new building |
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| A new form of missionary work?? Yeeehaaa! |
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| The ward building |
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| The line dancing activity |
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| Ward members |
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| This is the front page of the copy of Jesus the Christ that Elder Dean's dad read while he was in Korea, and gave to Matt to read as well. |
10/10/11 - A side note from Matt's mom: We got a call from a member of the Church, Sister Yun, who is from Las Vegas and knows Matt's current companion's family today. She is Korean, and just returned from a visit to Korea last week. She got to see Matt and his companion, Elder Mallory, and called to let us know that she had seen him! Sister Yun said that Matt is healthy, happy and doing very well! She also said that he is very fluent in Korean, and is loving his mission. It was so good to talk to someone who had just seen him and could tell us how he is doing!
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