Hey Everyone!!
This week has been good. It's been raining the past couple days which makes working... interesting?... but it's always still good! We started the week with a bunch of appointments and ended up having 4 new investigators by the end of the week!!! So awesome. That's the most new investigators I've had in a week since I first moved to Gangnam and none of those people really ever met again. These people here will probably meet again though, and one of them is soooooooo prepared it's ridiculous. Guy is the man, and doesn't even really know it yet. In our lesson with him, he legitimately asked like 4 or 5 of the questions of the soul that it has listed in the Book of Mormon section of Preach my Gospel. He's gonna get baptized.
Coolest thing about this past week was definitely our guy who is oging to get baptized THIS WEEK! He's been an investigator for about 5 months, and his family opposes it, but he really wants to get baptized. He's in his 70s, so it's his choice, and he wants to be baptized, so it's good. He had his interview and is ready!!!
Wednesday we had district meeting which was good. We had virtually no time for anything that day. We only got to talk to like 7 people on the street that day, which is like the worst I've had in forever!!! So frustrating, yet awesome because it was a super effective day. Several lessons, service. All good things.
Thursday was P-day, it was good. Went to the temple which is always awesome. Love the temple. We played basketball after which was fun too. I'm still awful, but hey, you gotta get better somehow.
Friday, Linda K. Burton of the General Relief Society Presidency came and talked with our mission. It was pretty cool especially since they were the last presidents of the Seoul West mission before it got shut down. Also, this was apparently the first time ever that a Woman's general leader came to speak with a mission. That's what she said at least. Regardless, making church history!!! GO SEOUL SOUTH!
Saturday we had to get a ton of contacts on the street because our goal for the week was 200 and we were only at like 120. Not too bad, but we had focus to get it. I set a goal after President Morrise challenged me to get 200 in a week, to never miss that standard throughout the rest of my mission. I was concerned this week, but we got it. I would have been pretty bummed if I missed it. Only 12 weeks left to fulfill that goal, and since at least half of those will be with Elder Thompson, I'm not worried about it too much.
Oh yeah, transfer calls came. Nothing too huge really. I'm still with Elder Thompson. Still here in Dapdong as zone leaders. We get a new guy in our house, but I don't think I ever talked about the guy he's replacing, so no real news there.
Yesterday. Was crazy busy. We went to church, and were stressing because our guy who is getting baptized went out to this place called Yongsan, which incidentally is where Obama was this week. He didn't go for that, but he was there nonetheless. Anyways he had said he was coming to church that day, but Yongsan is like 45 minutes away, and it was at like 10 that we talked to him. He made it for the baptismal service of another guy at 1 though, and had his baptismal interview. I love that man. So awesome.
I went on exchanges with a young missionary this week, and the guy is a fireball! Works so hard, is only in like his 4th transfer, and is super functional at Korean. The biggest part of it all is that he's happy while doing it. That's the most important thing to being successful as a missionary is that you have to be happy while you do the work, or you're done for.
Well, this is the start of my second to last transfer... the end will be here far faster than I want it to. That being said I hope you enjoy my emails while they last! I hope I relay information and stories well!
Love you all.
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