There and Back Again II: June 15, 2015

I'll be honest.. this past week was kind of rough. Sis Kang is great usually, but sometimes can be a little difficult. Her missionary style is different than mine. I'm just learning to be more patient and loving, to see the good, and how to help people be happier :P People see things differently, which is okay. I'm figuring it out.

On Tuesday we had a Zone Mtg, and it was great because I got to see Sis Erickson and her new trainee (from New Zealand). It was really fun, and we talked about the power of commitment. As missionaries, we ask people to do stuff a lot, but also we have to commit to personal things. Sometimes we say we will do things, but then don't... So to commit to something, really figure out why we want/need to do it. More than just goal making, we talked about how we need to push ourselves to our utmost limits, because that is where we grow. So that point in which we have given literally everything and have tried our absolute best is important to reach, and once we do OUR best, Christ can step in and help us. It is hard to know what our best is, but God knows, and He will always help us.

We met with a new investigator who had met missionaries a LONG time ago, so that was cool.

On Friday, we had 2 appointments cancel because of a new virus that is going around. I'm actually surprised you haven't asked/heard about it yet, because it is kind of a big deal in Korea. It's called MERS and came from a camel, and at the moment it is only in Korea. I think only 130 or so people actually have it, but like 1000 people are in confinement or whatever because they might have it and it is really contagious. I'm actually not sure how accurate those numbers are... Without the internet, all our info comes from random people we meet. But because it is ASIA, people are being really cautious. I don't think it's actually that bad of a virus, just like a cold/flu, or something, but if you are old.. well. Some people have died. BUT DON'T WORRY! Because it's mostly in Seoul... and I have a face mask and lots of hand sanitizer! Haha. Ah. So yeah. Point of the story. Meeting people is getting a wee bit difficult because they are afraid of it.

Don't mind my awkwardness

I have another food story :P We went with a member to a street market, which are usually pretty skechy... Especially because the one was a live fish market, so it just stinks :P But we went to a little restaurant in there and got some Sujebi? I have no idea how to spell that. The dictionary translates it to "Korean soup with dough flakes" Hahah. And it is actually really good, but the place we went to had a seafood variation of it, so it had clams (good) and dried fish chunks (not good) and small, whole shrimps (eyes, legs, and shell in all :P). So it was good, if you subtract the bad parts :P But we naturally pretended it was all great :P

Sujebi

Another story, we have run into this one hilarious looking man 3 times while in that market area. He is old and is dressed RIDICULOUSLY. He has a hat on and every single inch of his clothes is covered in trinkets and jewelry and cheap souvenirs and is always holding bath body scrubbers. Hahahahaha. He just dances around the market selling stuff. I got a picture, but it's not quite good enough to convey his hilarity.

On Sunday, we attended the Geoje branch, and they were all really nice. I really liked them.

Today we went on a hike! It was fun, and should have had a great view.. but the weather wasn't too great and there was a cloud on the mountain :P So we couldn't see very far :P But I enjoyed it. Sis Kang really rather hated it, so we took a cable car back down :P Perhaps after transfers, I'll go back when the weather is clear :P It was supposed to have been really cool. But it was fun to be in a cloud :P

So anyways. I'm learning a lot, and I'm really glad to be here. Missionary work. :P It's so weird :P Haaha