Now for the week's events:
We moved P day to Wednesday and went to Seoul in the morning. We
went to the biggest bookstore in Korea and I bought two books that teach
Korean. While shopping, a Korean guy came up to us and in perfect
English starting asking us where we're from. He served a mission in
Australia, so he got along well with elder Ghergori. He liked us so much
he wanted to grab some dinner with us. He was really nice.
We were running a little late for the temple so we ran back to the subway station, got to the temple to find that we missed our session by a few seconds. But they held one 15 minutes later, so that was fine. We slept at the temple, and the next day went to 화양, to a huge park with a church nearby for a big mission conference. There's so many missionaries here now! But I don't know any of them because I've been stuck in the boonies my whole mission. When I get transferred they'll all think I'm a greenie (brand new missionary) because no one knows who I am! But that's okay. I like Sokcho. (pronounced soak-cho, not sock-cho ;) )
We were running a little late for the temple so we ran back to the subway station, got to the temple to find that we missed our session by a few seconds. But they held one 15 minutes later, so that was fine. We slept at the temple, and the next day went to 화양, to a huge park with a church nearby for a big mission conference. There's so many missionaries here now! But I don't know any of them because I've been stuck in the boonies my whole mission. When I get transferred they'll all think I'm a greenie (brand new missionary) because no one knows who I am! But that's okay. I like Sokcho. (pronounced soak-cho, not sock-cho ;) )
They talked about the mission split, and two transfers after the
split, they're going to have 55 greenies coming in. And since the
mission is splitting, there will only be 64 missionaries available to
train, the others will be zone leaders, APs, ect. So basically everybody
in the Seoul North mission will be training in 2 transfers' time.
CRAZY!
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| Jordan, Eric and Friend |
We played some games and went to the public zoo next door, and we
saw Eric Boothe there! It was so good to see him. Also, he knew a few of
the missionaries there! One Korean in my district in the MTC who's my
good friend knows Eric well. He lived across the street from the
missionaries in DaeJeon, and Eric served there for 10 months. They
played basketball together a lot. COOL!
We then went to Costco, but it was pretty disappointing. I got delicious chocolate muffins and sharp cheddar CHEESE!!
But I was also looking for cheap sunscreen and American toothpaste. But
I can just get sunscreen here at the medicine stores. As for
toothpaste? Korean toothpaste is grossly sweet. Ew.
Anyway. We had to go to WonJu, my MTC comp's area that night,
because the next day they had a baptismal interview, and since it takes 3
hours to travel there from our city, we slept the night. Elder Ghergori
is District Leader so he has to do the interviews. It went well! While
we were waiting for the bus back to Sokcho, we were talking to people,
and this guy comes up to us and speaks REALLY good English, and asks
where our church is! Woah. He lived in the UK for 2 years and found
Christianity, and wants to come to our church, because other churches in
Korea seem like there's something missing. So we got his name and
number and referred him to the WonJu elders! (He lives in WonJu). SWEET!
Saturday was just a normal day, and yesterday was a good fast Sunday at church.
Anyway, that's about it! Today we're going to the bath houses to relax for P day, that should be fun.
I love you all!
Elder Franchina
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