Dear Home,
It's been a crazy ride, but my MTC experience is
almost over. This is my last P-Day, so I've got a lot to cram in here.
In case your watching your emails though, there's one thing I want to
hit first.
We got our travel plans! So we get up and report at 3AM, fly from
Salt Lake to San Fran. at 5:50(salt lake time), arrive at 7:00 (our
time). Then there we have a four hour layover, so that's when I'll call.
If you guys want to get together, I'll have plenty of time to talk,
President Shin just told us not to miss our flights, but other than that
we should be good. I have a phone card that should give plenty of time.
I know you guys have work and school, but if you want to/are able to
meet somewhere, just let me know which number to call. (probably through
dear elder)
From San Fran, we fly at 11:00 AM (our time) and arrive in Seoul at 3:00 PM the next day.
It's going to be crazy, but I'm looking forward to it.
Here's
some pictures. (note from Mom- I'll post them as soon as I can) I'll send another email shortly, but if you're reading
this pretty soon after I sent it, I might be able to see a reply before I
have to get off.
~Brb Elder Robarts
Alright, the rest of the letter:
So much has happened this week I
don't even know where to begin-- although that's partially because I
forgot that I sent a second letter last week and I don't completely
remember how much I wrote in there.
Anyway, the position of District Leader has moved on again, so I
might actually have time to get everything done that I need to. It'll be
crazy though. Right now Elder Sills is serving, just in time for the
final stretch. A part of me will miss serving. It was rough at times,
and it always felt like there was so much I needed to be doing or
thinking about, but I love the feeling that I get when I have the
responsibility to watch over some one else. I mean, we're always
supposed to, but it's different when it's part of a calling. You really
do receive inspiration for those you serve. I just love my district. We
mess around with each other, but you can always depend on them.
Anyway, I might not have much more time, I think most of it is in my letter home this week, but I love you guys!
Before
I close though, I just wanted to say how much I love the people of
Korea. Since the native Koreans came, I can honestly say I've never met a
Korea I didn't like. They're just so naturally friendly.
And oddly enough, we share a lot of traits. Not super emotional most
of the time (a trait I'm losing more and more it seems), they talk to
themselves a lot (they even have special grammar forms for it), they're
very clean and like things organized, and they have one of the coolest
languages ever. Hard, but cool. Get this, they use grammar forms a lot
of places where we use tones. Practical upshot, a lot of times they can
express in writing things we could never do with english. How cool is
that? I'm beginning to like the different endings for different people
too. I mean, why wouldn't you use higher speech when talking to Heavenly
Father? So fun to play with.
Anyway, my companion is waiting for the computer, so I gotta run.
Enjoy the pictures and everything. I'm sure I'm forgetting something
very important, but oh well.
As for the thought of being an hour
and a half away from home for four hours... Yeah, tempting. But they
said not to have family send you off, so a three or so hour phonecall
will have to be enough. :) Hope I can talk with a lot of you, but if
not, I understand. Thanks for your love and support guys!
~Elder Robarts
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