Hello Everybody!

This week has been pretty fun and great and awesome all rolled into one.  So first off I'll let you know about how right now the server on google decided to be mean and not let me get on my mail for 20 minutes, so it took quite the effort to finally get to be able to write this email, but I'm glad that the opportunity finally rolled around.

I'm not exactly sure what the subject matter of this letter will be so I'll just kind of keep going and we'll see what comes about as the letter progresses, since I had lost hope on whether or not I would actually be able to type an email.  So for starters this week in Korean has been pretty fun, I'm finally getting to the point where I may have found a way that works for me in regards to vocab, which is awesome because prior to now I was doing awesome in grammar and could make up sentences, but the stinking vocab or lack thereof was keeping me from being too amazing with it really.  Now I think I'm doing a lot better with it and I'm pretty sure my teacher has noticed too.  The language is tough, but it's way cool and I'm growing to love it a lot!  The only thing that's kind of a bummer yet kinda cool I suppose at the same time is that I can't really work that well conversationally as opposed to in lessons.  I know the lessons and such are more important, but you have to have a way to begin the conversations with people right?!?!  Anyways, I'm sure that will just come in time.  Also, feel free to let me know how awful my english is becoming, I can't really notice a difference, but since Korean grammar is like the total opposite of what English grammar is, I wouldn't be surprised if my English had begun to deteriorate. 

So I think we're at a record high or something on people in the MTC right now, I've heard that we're at something like 2500 missionaries here right now, but I imagine pretty soon the numbers here will start dropping and it'll be a lot less crowded everywhere.  Elder Evans came into the MTC last week, and I'll tell you right now, any look of bewilderment you may have seen in the past on his face pales in comparison to the one I saw on his first day when he got here.  That being the case, I decided it would be necessary to give him what I imagine was the 3rd or 4th biggest hug he got that day (behind his family of course).  I haven't seen too much of him, but I'm sure he'll adjust well to the life style here, and won't have too much trouble once he gets out into the field.  Also, I keep running into Elder Conover, dudes not even that tall, maybe an inch or two taller than me tops, and that may seem like a lot, but when I have a roommate that is like 6'4", it doesn't seem like much really.

I got my voice back from whence it was lost, which is pretty awesome, it was no fun having lost my voice, trying to teach lessons, and having nothing whatsoever to work with.  It did force me however to rely on my companion more, which was a great experience, considering I like to be pretty independant.  Also, I'm super stoked that I can finally sing(if you want to call it that) at the devotionals again.  That's basically my favorite part of the week and I couldn't even do it, so lame, but it is lame no more.

I've loved recieving packages from people! it means a whole bunch!  Thanks Sister Demayo and Sister Nevarez, and of course family, that goes without saying!  Mail is always a fun time of day, and now that my companion is district leader I'm more or less the first person to recieve it!

The devotionals in this past week have been pretty great!  I can't really remember what it was last tuesday, every day is kind of molding together at this point, but I'm sure it was an awesome talk at any rate, I think it might have been on obedience, which is always a good topic for missionaries to hear about.  On Sunday we watched the celebration of President Monson's birthday, which was pretty awesome.  If you haven't seen it, I advise anyone who reads this letter to check it out.  It was pretty great!

조는 한국사람을 사랑합니다 구리고 조의 가족과 조의 친구들을 사랑합니다

사랑

그라슨 장로님

^^^^^^

(clawson)

I apologize if I spelled something wrong in Korean and it doesn't turn out to make sense, and if grammar makes it look weird, just know Korean is backward from English.

 

 

Google translate says the korean means...

 

"I love the Korean people, and I love the friends and family section
Love
That Larson Elder"

 

 We love him too =)