Wednesday, July 3, 2013

HOT in Seoul!

The gate that leads into the church.  Yep, it feels like a castle!


Yeah, it's really hot here... Really hot. But after a while, you get used to being wet 24/7. Seriously, you're always wet. You weren't lying Dad, it's like you showered with your clothes on. Then when it rains it's still hot, and you get even wetter. But it's awesome, I love it here. Things are doing well, we've met with a few investigators, some progressing, some not. We picked up a few investigators that are....about 10 years old. It's a lot different teaching kids. But it's so fun. We sat in on Primary and did activities with them and taught about a principle or two. They seem to really like it!


Our apartment is on the church property, surrounded by a fence and the "castle" gate
Elder Gardner is great, and so is the ward. Yesterday we had 120 people at church! It was crazy. We also went to "America" the other day....Our ward mission leader is American, married Korean, but still misses America sometimes. So he took us on the army base for taco bell. It was weird. It's like America inside Korea. The base is HUGE, and it even feels like America. The buildings are low and spread out, park strips, white people, black people, all speaking English. You can understand EVERYTHING! It's wonderful. But a very strange feeling. Taco bell was nice, but I got a little sick afterwards... I'm too used to Korean food.



Our next door neighbor: the church building!
We watched the missionary broadcast yesterday after church, and it was really good. We're still not sure when we can use Facebook or if/when we'll get things like iPads, but all in good time. It might be towards the end of my mission, but it'll be nice.
There's not too much to report this week, we've been crazy busy with talking to everyone on the street, and meeting people. We met a Korean who lived in the Philippines for 4 years, but roomed with Brits so he speaks with a really thick British accent. It's hilarious. He also is practicing his Japanese accent so he can fool people into thinking he's Japanese. He's a really funny guy. He's also really curious about the church, there's a bunch of falsities online and spread by word of mouth, and we cleared some things up with him. He was surprised at how...normal... we were. We're actually cool, not a cult or people with horns and stuff.  Seoul is great  :)
That's about all. The area is nice, it's hot, the house is even hotter than outside, so we have fans going all night, but it's definitely worth it. 
Love you all!!!!

1 comment:

  1. I guess we shouldn't complain about the heat! It sounds like he is doing great. Thanks for sharing these. Jen Hulme

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