Transfer calls again, and I still don't know the verdict. So far,
the other Elders here are staying, we're getting a new district leader,
and odds are one of the two of us will be leaving. But I usually get my
calls a little later. I think the Lord knows I need to stress less, so
He's giving me an opportunity to practice. The thing is, I'm happy with
whatever happens. For some reason, even though I'm happy with the
outcome and willing to follow the Lord, I still feel stressed. Every
time.
To make things more fun, I just got a call from the
APs. Still no transfer call, but he mentioned our travel plans will be
taking us to the headquarters. Could mean anything, but it confirms that
Lee and I are getting split up. Man, I'll miss him so much... We've had
some crazy times. And our moms are already Facebook friends, so it's
been so nice knowing that they'll still get news even if I can't write
about it. I've actually been meaning to mention that. If you're
interested in our life here, check Elder Lee's Facebook or something.
Between the two of us we've got a lot of pictures and stories. His are
better though.
Anyway, this week has been insane. English Village,
leading into transfer week. Stress, baby. Stress. Meaningless stress?
Probably, but I always seem to have it. The village went great though.
I've got pictures. And yes, I was a doctor. Elder Lee and I ran the
hospital. It was awesome. We've got a couple doctors in our ward (Told
you, SMART people place, Yuseong...) so we got to borrow some stuff from
them. We also brought our scale, measuring tape thing, first aid kits,
faked an eye test sheet, even falsified a medical certificate for our
med school degree. Needless to say, it was pretty fun. Also stole some
toys and magazines for our waiting room and rigged up fake forms for
them to fill out.
After we were done setting up our station, we helped
with some other ones. Including the airport. This one is probably one of
the best examples of Mormon creativity. Carpet squares, tables on
umbrella holders, a set of drawers we stole from an apartment, a conveyor belt leading into a closet for baggage... It was nice.
But it was great! People came, we managed everything
pretty well, now we're working on getting other zones ready to copy it
and try it in other areas. Probably though we'll be it once every three
months.
We've also been focusing a lot on members. With
Transfers, and 4 missionaries all of which having been here at least 2
transfers, in my case 5, we knew someone was leaving, so we wanted to
say goodbyes. Basically, we made a ton of banana bread in our miniature oven (the thing looks like a Suzy bake oven, but it's helped us a
ton.) and went to people's houses to sing to them and leave a little
message card. ^^
I love this place. I feel like it's getting close. I'm
going to have to leave soon. I don't really want to. I feel like I have
so much unfinished business here. I know these people so well... They're
so close. But I'm ready. I know there are big changes up ahead. And I'm
excited.
Oh yeah, we went to a baseball game too. Elder Lee
reminded me about that. Elder's Quorum activity. Brought an investigator
out that had never seen a game. Pretty fun. For those who don't know, I
worked at a baseball park for a while, so it was pretty cool. Pretty
much the same. The main difference was the animelike cartoons that came
on for strikeouts or good plays. Dramatic.
I'm so happy. I feel so tired when I think about the
things I need to be doing better, but I see everyday that this work is
the Lords. And it's moving forward.
Our mission
president is amazing. He's set up a regular weekly MISSION-WIDE
conference call for Mondays. It's so cool. He's really getting involved
in every aspect of this work. He's helped with lessons, he's giving new
ideas, it's incredible.
No matter where I am coming this Thursday, this week will be crazy. Last week we lost SO MANY appointment because of English village. Five of them just from Saturday
because we were busy and couldn't meet them. So now we've got to get
back with all these people, reestablish everything and prep them for
transfers, knowing one of us will leave and a new missionary will come
in. Craziness... Anyway, for pictures... (on Facebook and Google+)
~Elder Robarts
Transfer Call!
I'm training
again. And moving to a new area. Should be fun. =D Another big city by
the looks of it. Four Elders and Two Sister missionaries, in the area
which has historically been the most active area in the mission. Scary.
But luckily, I know one of the guys down there already. Elder 조규원, one
of my old Companions will be down there, as well as a Sister from my
older generation. Powerhouses. Should be exciting. Lots of work to do to
hit the ground running. Gotta seal off this area and get it ready to
transition, finish teaching the bus routes and what not, then get ready
to drop into chaos. I thought training in an area I knew was crazy. It's
about to begin. ^^
Have a good week guys!
~Elder Robarts
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