Well great. There's a TON to cover this week. Not sure if I'll hit everything.
First off, this area's computers are Great! Should be able to get a few pictures in.
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#1 Our Pyeongtaek English class. We had so much fun with them, and
our last one was the best one yet. I'll miss those guys, but I'm excited
for this new area.
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| #2 The view from our appartment. Not actually in our area. This one was recently opened, before it only had sister missionaries. |
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#3 Apparently it's warmer in Daejeon. We it a warm
spell, got a little rain. Melted our frozen river. Lot's of water.
Blocked off the shortcut we usually take to get across. Without it you
just take a walk to the next road bridge, pretty decent distance, but we
usually have to take the subway anyway. Our church is pretty far away.
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#4 This is a distant shot of our area.We work in the
city now, so it's a bit different from Pyeongtaek. I'll get into that
later though. I just wish I could get a good shot of the city. These
haven't quite done them justice.
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#5
I can't remember if this was the good one or not... But this was my old
district. Man I'll miss those guys. Fun fact: Burst mode is so nice for
timed pictures. It gives you three or five options to choose from to
get a good shot. ^^
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Anyway, I'll send these and get back to writing.
Snap, I didn't get one with Elder Cho, my new companion. I was supposed to do that today.
Just a sec. What else to I have...
Anyway, I'll send these and get back to writing.
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| This one might be our area. Hard to tell with these little previews... |
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| There, Here's me and Elder Cho. Kind of rushed, but oh well. |
Anyway,
The area.
I
love this place. ^^ No army base, just a two man house, about a 40-50
min trip to the church when we take the subway, and lots of walking. I'm
enjoying the work here, it's a lot of fun. :) Pyeongtaek was a lot
different from here. Here, we have a National University, so there's a
lot of people with English interest here. I've learned to be okay with
that. For a while I just felt like an English teacher sometimes, but I'm
beginning to understand. Missionary work is about helping people feel
the spirit. English might be a bit of a stumbling block sometimes, but
it opens doors that we wouldn't have otherwise. While reading member
records, I learned that lot's of members started because of English. As
long as it doesn't take away from more important things, it seems to
help. But more importantly, it's great for BRT. (building a relationship of trust) I've been noticing that
lately. Last area, there wasn't much English interest (army bases might
do that. With so many foreigners, we're nothing special), but here,
there's plenty. And English is great for talking comfortably. I didn't
have that as much before. But when you can talk like that beforehand,
it's SO much easier to teach. That's something I didn't appreciate
before my mission.
This place is so awesome. Another cool thing we've
started hear is story telling. Great way to learn a language. It shows
you what you don't know, let's you practice, and it's pretty fun. I've
been realizing how many of my life's stories I'm forgetting. I need to
think about them more.
I guess this place isn't perfect. From a material
point of view, not much competes with Pyeongtaek's Lotte Castle. And
with a two man house and Korean Companion, talking comfortably is a
little hard sometimes, but it's nice. And my Korean is getting a lot
better here. I love working with Elder Cho, he's a really good
missionary. Nice teaching style, too, lot's of pictures. Probably will
try to use some of that later. But he's great to talk with. The members
too.
So many awesome things. Anyway, no senior couples
here, but there are two sets of sister missionaries here. Had some fun
teaching english with them Saturday. And two of them went through the
MTC at the same time as me. One from the older group, one from the
younger. Fun stuff, but I think I'm pretty much out of time. I'll try to
write more later, but time is short. I've got to build some 정 with my
companion. Super important out here. So I might be practicing my ping
pong skills later. Also useful BRT with investigators. (It's amazing how
much of missionary work I didn't consider missionary work until I got
out here. If your investigators aren't comfortable with you, you can't
teach. Took me a while to learn that.)
What else was there? Ah, so there's a Costco in our
zone now. Not sure how to access it, but I might try to find some stuff.
Baking Powder maybe. I want to do more cooking and baking out here. I
think it might actually be possible.
Am I rambling yet? Probably. Man I love missionary
work. Thanks for sending the scripture references. I'll try to keep up
on my end.
Also, looks like the audio clips
might be out. You should still be able to send songs I think, but the
recordings might not work. Mission President said it might be
distracting from the work, and I can see that. I'll double check next
time we do interviews, but I'm guessing it's out.
Love you guys. I highly doubt I covered everything, but I think my time's about up.
~Elder Robarts
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