Hello from the newest trainer in the Korea Busan mission!!!
Well this week is 추석 aka Korea's version of Thanksgiving. Which means that we can't set up appointments with members on that day, and also that their will be NO ONE on the street to talk to. But we got permission to do an activity as a zone so that should be good. And then that night, our ward mission leader invited all of the missionaries over to his house for MCM and dinner. He will be alone that night, so I am glad we can help keep him company.
So Dad, I told Sister Gilbert (the President's wife) about your prediction about me being mission president by the end of my mission, and she starts laughing and goes wait! You leave after us right?! Hahaha, it was so funny! So now she thinks it will happen too!
So my new companion is Sister Lee. She is a Korean that is also amazing at English!! She went to UVU for a year and than BYUI. She is really cute but also super shy. This transfer will definitely try and test my patience, but I know the Lord will bless me. You know you are going to need extra blessings when after you are assigned your new companion and you are about to leave, the mission president says he wants to talk to you and tells you to take things slow and to keep him updated on how everything goes. Sister Gilbert told my companion to call her every night, and President Gilbert pretty much told me that it is going to be a hard couple of transfers. But that is okay. My companion is really sweet just a little different We have a lot to learn as we make our companionship work. Also President Gilbert let me in on a secret that Sister Kim - my very first trainer who had to go home sick will/should hopefully be back this transfer!! She emailed me today and said she is coming to Busan this week. I don't know for how long, but I hope it is to finish her mission! Also President Gilbert said that since she will be a midtransfer transfer, he is probably going to send her to be my companion. Which would be super awesome! But also hard because I will be trying to train still and help transition her into missionary work again, and I am sure I will still be super concerned about her health and everything that happened my first few weeks. So we shall see. I will keep you all updated!
So miracles!!! Who committed two people to baptism this week for the first Sunday in October?!?! Woot woot!~! Go the Spirit!! It is a couple who is incredibly prepared! The lady who approached us on the street and wanted to attend our church and her husband. I am so excited!! And our bishop is ecstatic!! Like imagine a little kid at Christmas!! Who just ate a lot of sugar!! He is so antsy and ready to help! He has now given us the task of teaching and baptizing their two daughters at the same time, which might be a little hard considering one lives in Seoul :) But one step at a time! :)
So funny moments for the week!
Sister Yum to me: "You're Jesus!!".... huh? "No, genius, genius!" I was literally rolling on the floor!
Me to my temporary companion Sister Choi- "This yogurt expired over a month ago! Do I need to wash out the container or can I just throw it away?" (stupid Korea trash system!) She opens the yogurt. "It looks good - how about you try it?" Me: "No! You first!" So she licks the lid. "Tastes fine!" I do the same. And yes then we proceeded to eat all the over a month expired yogurt! Haha. We were joking about what Sister Gilbert would say if she found out.... :) We are epic people I know! And this is who they choose to train? ^^ hehe
So going to find out our new companions after sleeping in Busan, we were going with the elders - Elder Mitchell who is the old AP and Elder Lamb who went to east and was my district leader last transfer. Well they stop so we can get breakfast- we didn't have time. And while Sister Choi and I are grabbing our breakfast, Elder Mitchell grabs my blue girly bag and starts carrying it. I told him I could carry it, but he just told me to eat and there he went walking down the street, proud with a girl's bag in tow. Oh man, I love Busan's awesome elders!
Love you all so much!!!
사랑,
치니 자매!!! ^^
{Editor's note: there were two photos this week, but they didn't transfer through. Sorry! Note to Whitney: based on your descriptions, they were photos of you and your temporary companion, Sister Choi in Masan the morning you were going to meet your new companions for the first time and one of you with your new little trainee Sister Lee.}
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