I'm feeling a lot better now, I went to the doctor, got some medicinal mouthwash and stuff. I used a flashlight and saw what was in my throat and got scared. I immediately dragged my companion to the hospital. My throat was all swollen and colorful. I think it might have been a strain of strep? Either way, it was miserable, and I had symptoms up the wazoo. I tried teaching lessons, but even though we had AC, I was sweating bullets and had a fever. I talked to President Christensen, and he said it seems like I have a virus, so no matter if I work or not, it'll stay for its duration and go away later. So I figured I could either be miserable inside doing nothing, or miserable outside, letting my trainee talk to Koreans. :) It was fun, he's doing so well.
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| Air Conditioner!!! |
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| Our apartment in Dongdaemun...it's the largest one in the mission! |
But
this week, we didn't get much done. Towards the evenings, like viruses
do, I got a lot worse so I had to go home, but we were able to finally
meet with xxxxx again. He has been out of town. His baptismal date was for
the 4th, but since he hasn't come to church once and hasn't yet
received an answer, he didn't get baptized. But we met again, adjusted
his date, and encouraged him to keep trying for an answer. Yesterday we
fasted for our half-convert, who was baptized before I came to this
area, but even after visiting multiple times a week, every week, he still
never came out to church to get confirmed. We even took the bishopric to
his house, but he wasn't there. But this week we fasted for him, and
even though we weren't able to see him at church, the bishopric went
with us to his house, and the bishop gave him the gift of the Holy
Ghost. It was a cool experience, but now he's already less-active. So
we'll work on him. I just think he's a bit shy, and our ward is kind of
big.
But now we have sisters in our area, and they're amazing, so we're
working together a lot to make family home evening and English class
really fun and a good way to find new people to teach! Tomorrow we have a
big service project where we're going to a park to clean up trash, so
that should be fun!
My trainee is doing great. His Korean is improving so much! He's really easy to get along with, along with the other two elders in our house.
Quick funny story before I finish.
Last Friday we wanted to do something nice for some members in the
ward. One of our sisters suggested we make them pudding. So she got the
recipe and we made homemade pudding, cornstarch, cocoa, and all. It was fun
and it tasted pretty good. But the problem was we added the eggs to the
mix while it was still a little too hot, so there were small chunks of
egg yolk. It looked gross, but tasted fine. Next problem: We didn't have
disposable bowls or Tupperware to give them out in. Just bags. So we
spooned some yolk-y pudding into bags, and tied a knot at the top.
Didn't look pretty. But it tasted fine, so we didn't worry. They looked
ridiculous though. We get to one member's house, the Mongolians in our
ward, and they weren't home. So we stuck a card we made for them in the
door, and left the pudding at the foot of the door. But it was dark, and
we didn't want them to step on it, so we laid it over the door handle
and left. It was quite ridiculous. We weren't sure if we should actually
do it or not, but the sisters said yes, so we did. We talked to the
Mongolians the next day, and they said they got it, and ate it, without
knowing what it was, and said it was delicious! When we gave it to
another member, she looked at the sisters and was like, 'What is this?
Is it edible?' It was so funny. But they all loved it.
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| Chocolate Pudding, anyone?? |
Anyway, that's our adventures for this week. Today: Dongdaemun shopping and bathouses!
Love you guys!
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