Hey Everyone!
Another good week, though there were some disappointments involved. There were good things and bad things, but I guess any week is pretty much always a good week. The first big thing that was kind of a bummer is that it rained like ALL week!!!
Not a fan of the rain that much as a missionary just because it makes it so that virtually no one wants to talk to you, but that doesnt matter! There are still nice people and stuff. Also if you walk around without an umbrella it's a really good way to get people to want to talk to you at least a little bit, so it's not the worst thing ever, but still somewhat unpleasant.
Tuesday, we met with the guy that was going to be baptized this week and he decided that even though he passed his baptismal interview and it was just fine, he did not want to be baptized this week, but wanted to push his date off a ways until the 25th. Big problem with that is that his younger sister is a devout catholic and that day THE Pope will be at the Catholic church literally right next to our church. Talk about a climactic decision. This week he will have an interview with our bishop and will hopefully be able to work things out a bit more.
Wednesday was transfers which just brought some more people into our zone. Me and Elder Thompson are still companions which is awesome. It's a super fun place to be right now. Here in Incheon with Elder Thompson I mean. We get a lot of work done, and get along so well it's ridiculous. Also we do missionary work really well together which is probably the most important part! not probably. Is the most important part.
We got a new roommate. His name is Elder Bae, and he's Korean. Super good cook. makes deliciously tasty food. Makes me realize how lame of a cook I am. HE's a good guy and does pretty good missionary work as it seems. He's a good district leader too. Exciting stuff.
Thursday we met with this one guy who has been meeting with the missionaries for a little bit and he brought up a really good point, that I think I knew but had just kind of let slip from my mind. As missionaries we can never try and effectively teach anybody by putting our self in a teacher position and them in a student position. That should not be the way things work. In Korean they use the word 토론 (to-ron) in PMG for the lessons, which I think is more appropriate because it means discussion if you translate it back. This guy had been feeling as if that had been a bit not the case, so it made us kind of step back and take a more appropriate approach. He's a good guy and just wants to come closer to Christ really. That's the best motivation that we can ask someone to have.
The rest of the week has been good. I don't have too much time to keep talking about it because we have somethings we have to do today but it's still been an awesome week.
Also, if you wish to email me PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM TELLING ME MY MISSION IS ALMOST OVER! I am fully aware of that fact, so I appreciate the acknowledgement, but there are other things that I would rather talk about because if I think about that I can only see it getting in the way. That being said, those of you whom I have pointed that out to, I apologize. Not mad, just a request. Thank you!
I love you all! Keep being awesome!
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