Hey President!
Well, to say the least this week has been a lot better than the last. Elder Mumford and I are starting to get along super well, and it's a great time to serve around him, as well as the zone leaders. It's really fun and training still feels like I'm learning from him more than he is learning from me, but I feel like we're doing a good job furthering the work.
For study this week I've begun to prepare for my first training as a district leader, and it's pretty cool. I decided I'm kind of basing my training off of the story of Jonah. I feel like there is a lot to pull from there, and that there is a lot of opportunity to help inspire the district as well. To the best of my knowledge the spirit agrees too.
Last night, we met with that same investigator that I talked about last week and it went pretty well. We tried to give him a baptismal date and he accepted, but his mom called right after the lesson, and he asked her about it, and she said no. We intend to meet her sometime soon this week, and talk to her and explain a little more in depth what we are doing.
That investigator we met last night actually came to church yesterday too, and was a lot more into it than I would have expected of him. We had challenged him like a week and a half earlier, and he said he couldn't come last week, but would come yesterday. It was super cool to see him come out to church to be enlightened by the doctrine.
Thanks for everything President! It was great talking with you on Saturday!
-Elder Clawson
Hello everybody!!!
First off, I would like to tell everyone that the issues with North Korea are taken substantially more seriously in America than they are in Korea apparently,because if you asked virtually any three people about it, they would all say it doesn't matter pretty much. There's the occasional few who worry, but typically no one really does. It's okay though, I promise! Our mission president promised us that there wouldn't be any problems that affected us. It's kinda just how North Korea gets attention so that people will come and help them when they need it.
Well outside of that sort of news, this week has been super good! I have started to get along with my companion super well. We legitimately spend the balance of the time around each other laughing or if it's not appropriate, we don't but yes, we have lot's of fun. He's a stinking workaholic, and it's such a blessing to be able to serve around someone that has such a desire to work and further the kingdom of heaven. I'll be honest, he's a way harder worker than I am, and it makes me feel good that it's rubbing back onto me.
Holy cow, with regards to the being a third of the way through my mission, it doesn't feel remotely like it at all! It's crazy! I swear the last two transfers felt super long while they were happening but, it wan't that bad really. Time is such a strange thing in that regard. I wish I could get a lot of it back! It's so sad!
Oh yeah! A couple nights ago, me and my companion cut each other's hair! Legitimately one of the most entertaining experiences of my entire life. He did a super good job on my hair, having never cut the hair of another person before in his life, and I did okay on him, but he rocks it super well. Also I've never cut anyone elses hair in my life either. Everyone should experience that at least once. Soooooooo entertaining.
I'll have to apologize for the lack of awesome Korean knowledge to give you in the future, just because we end up being so busy that it's hard to find the right things to share but today I'll share something valuable
북한 (buk-han) pretty easy to pronounce, and it's how you say North Korea in Korean!! Its exactly the same literal translation too.
Future Elders Kayvon Aussef and Kyle Beck, that's so sick about your calls! I know both of them are going to be super awesome! If you are ever skeptical, don't be, the work is awesome everywhere. If any of you prospective missionaries have questions about things that you think I can answer, shoot me an email and I'll do the best I can to answer! Things are different everywhere, but the same too, so there's always wisdom to be learned I suppose!
I think I have not much time left, we're not sure because we did a bad job at remembering what time we got on, and my companion still has to write president, but I think I will leave you with a little bit about what I plan on training about as district leader. In Jonah's story, he doesn't even try to go to ninevah at first. He just runs away immediately. You never know what kind of success you can have until you try. Once he finally goes to Ninevah, pretty much everyone there repents. You never know until you try.
Bye!!!
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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