Hey everyone!
So, I heard that I have to come home soon. I refuse to do a countdown or anything like that, that would just make me trunky. But I'm busy enough here that I'm not finding it hard to focus. We have another baptism coming up this week! A member's friend's daughter has decided to join the church, so we're teaching her the lessons and hopefully she'll be baptized this Saturday. Amid all that, our ward is combining with another ward, which shouldn't be that big of a deal but some members made it that way. We're actually hoping that we can get two baptisms this weekend, one from each ward, which would be way cool. I'm really thankful to the Lord for these great blessings we're seeing.
We had the celebration for the 50th anniversary of the Korea mission on Sunday. It was super crazy, lots of last-minute things going on that we had to organize, like clearing parking for VIPs, getting ushers, practicing a song as a mission that we had never practiced all together before, and lots of other stuff. But it ended up going really well! The music was fantastic. There was a violinist who is blind who did things with a violin that I didn't know were possible, and a couple opera singers, and just some really great music all around. Then in the fireside portion of the whole thing, we had a Catholic priest whom our church leaders invited come and talk for a while, and it was really good. He was very friendly. Then we had three prior mission presidents come and speak about the beginning of the Korea mission, the middle days, and the most recent times. We also had a slideshow with some really old pictures that we were lucky to find, which was way cool. Pictures of the first buildings our churh built in Korea and the first missionaries, prophets visiting the saints there, etc. After the fireside we had some refreshments, and then we went home. The speakers went a little over, so the fireside lasted for an hour longer than planned, but it all turned out ok, luckily. I'm glad it went well and I'm glad it's over. :D
Now I'm on splits in Gangneung, one of my previous areas! I'm working with Elder Coward from Australia for a couple days. He's really cool, really easy to get along with. It's weird being back here, among the people I once lived with and went to church with. But it's also really good.
I feel like I'm closer to God and more aware of Him than ever before in my life, as I finish out this time. That's the best thing I've found here, I think. I love this work, I love you all!
Elder Matt Dean
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