This week has been absolutely lovely. The cherry blossoms
fully bloomed on Tuesday of this week and everyone is just so happy
to see them! It has been so lovely here
and the weather has been so warm! We
don't get to take suit coats off until the end of this week, but either
way, I love wearing the white shirt and tie every day! It is so weird thinking about time and how
fast it moves, but... It moves so fast. It
is already spring!! And... it will
almost be summer too!! I'm so excited
for the change and the passage of time and everything is just wonderful! I
really do love it!
In Korea, we don't get to watch General Conference until a
week after it has happened, because it takes an entire week for all of it to
get translated into Korean. Therefore, I can't really talk about General
Conference, except for one of the best parts of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints. Because we know that
there are prophets leading the Church, just like in times of old, we are able
to have General Conference, where we can hear the word of God from their
mouths. I love General Conference each
year because we get to be spiritually enriched and really get to listen to the
living prophet talk and get to hear many talks that help us with our problems
and help us find piece and joy. I know
that as we try our best to always follow the savior and love others, that
he will always bless us with more than we can even imagine. In closing, I
want to share a quote from General Conference, given by Elder Henry B. Eyring. It states "When
you go to comfort and serve anyone for the Savior, He prepares the way before
you". He will always prepare a
way.
So on to the week. This Monday, we sent emails to our
loved ones and played some ping pong, and I played the piano at the church and
then went shopping. Also Elder Quiroz
got a hair cute and we ended our P-day at 6 pm. It was a very fun day! Then we prepared for family home evening and
then we played scum again and one of the sister missionaries had a birthday on
Monday, so we bought her a cake and ate it all together with everyone who
attended family home evening. After
which we went home and that was our relaxed day.
On Tuesday, we studied in the morning and then ate lunch
and then went over to the church where we had a meeting with our sister team to
align our schedules and to talk about the area and addressing the Miryang's
peoples needs. Then after which we
walked over to the detention center, but while walking over there a man came
over and greeted us, and said he wanted to meet although he is always very busy
and he wants to learn English and met with the missionaries years back. Then we
went on our way after talking with him and went to the detention center where
we met our friend and taught him. It is
so interesting that we only get to teach him for 13 minutes. But it is still
great regardless. Then after which we
talked to more people on our way back to the church and then waited for one of
our other friends who is investigating the church. But he didn't come or pick up the phone, so
we cleaned out spots on the chairs because our branch president asked us to. So we did that and then prepared for English
class. After which, we had a bit of
English class, and then went home.
On Wednesday, we had our district meeting and after
which we went out to go eat lunch. We
had Dwejigukbab and that was amazing. It
came with some really spicy peppers so we did rock, paper, scissors to decide
who would take a bite. So we did. I had to eat 2 bites and another Korean Elder
had to take 2 bites --- we were really good friends at the MTC.. The peppers were so hot that our tongues died
and we were crying and it was great. So
anyways... After that, Elder Quiroz and I did companion exchanges and so I
was with an elder named Elder Stradling. So we went outside with our sister
team and went to go talk to people with a sticker board and had people just put
stickers on the board and it was very great. After which we split ways and then talked to
more people and then went to a former investigators house. Where we played with the investigators who are
like 10 and 12 and then we taught a little bit and then went to go see our
North Korean Friend. He wasn't very
happy because he had to go to the hospital because of his feet getting cut by
his shoes because he doesn't wear socks and yea.. But other than that he was
really happy to see us and we talked to him and it was great!
On Thursday we studied for a bit in the morning and then
went to go to exchange so we caught a train and then came back to our
respective area. Then after which we
went to go do our service project at the horse stable, but the owner had no saw
dust so we had to go get some, and then afterwards, he really wanted to have
guy time and just talk to people, so we went driving with him as he went to
other work places to go work and finish up his things. Also he wanted to talk peoples of us and with
us, so we took pictures and helped him with his work!!
So because on Thursday we weren't able to clean his
horse stable, we had to do it on Friday. So we studied in the morning and then we went
out to eat with his wife and the sister missionaries and then we all went to go
clean his stable. But the wife had to
leave and the owner had a sudden change of plan so it was just us cleaning. And it worked out well and the member was very
happy with the job we did. But after we
got done and had to walk home, his dogs kept following us, so the sister
missionaries left and we basically had to break out of the stable so the dogs
wouldn't follow us. So we finally did
that after multiple tries because the dogs kept following us, then we went home
got showered, changed and then went off to see an investigator, who didn't show
up, so we went back home and we planned for our upcoming week.
On Saturday, we studied and got a call from a member saying
he wanted to clean the church. So we
went out and it turned out that it was he wanted to go hiking, so we went
hiking with the sisters and talked to him and had a good discussion with him.
After which came home, got ready and went over to English class to get ready
where we did English class. After
English we had a fun time playing ping pong and then we cleaned the church, but
as we got ready to clean, a little girl came and wanted to play, so we played
and ate --- she used to investigate the church too. So we talked with her and
then we went home and planned for the upcoming week and that was really our
day.
On Sunday, we went to the church in the morning and rain came
pouring down. Also members in our branch
are sick with the flu, so there were not many people at church. Also missionary work is very difficult when it
rains because no one is ever outside. So
after which, we went and knocked doors for 3 hours and no one let us in, but
that is okay :) It was fun seeing people
open the door!! Then after which we went
home and then went and talked to our North Korean Friend again and then after
which, went home and I had made meatloaf so we ate meatloaf!
That was my week and it was amazing! :) I loved this week and
I'm so glad I get to be serving here!!
I miss you all and love you always! :)
Love Always,
Elder Wilson
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| Selfie at a huge wall |
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| No traction on shoes ;) But still getting up even after 6 months |
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| Before Our Service Project |
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| The Ultimate Service Project Ending |
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| Meatloaf -- Broccoli was being steamed (and not in the picture) |
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| Dinner is served! |
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