Week 33: From Jordan

It sounds like everyone is having a great time! I hope the rest of the summer continues being fun! It's more than halfway done now, isn't it? Time sure flies when you're having fun. :) 시간이 발리 간다!

 

Things are going really well here. There are fewer investigators in this area and is basically the foreigner area, so we have done a fair bit of all three languages, but it has been 5 days, so we're still not quite to normal yet. This week we are hoping to do a lot more of everything. We have been doing a lot of finding lately, but we hope to be shifting to follow-up and teaching soon. There are a lot of really prepared people, we just need to be ready to work with them. Malvis, the man with the dream is in the other area, so I don't know how much I will be able to keep updated on him. I hope to hear if anything big happens. He has a Book of Mormon so you never know what will happen with that.

 

I can't think of anything extraordinary this week, though as Elder Pons often points out, we are in "Impossible Imun", so I may just be getting jaded to all the incredible things that are happening. Now that we are able to use a little of our Chinese study time, I feel I am almost back to where I was before my mission, though there is still a lot more to know. I'm feeling pretty okay talking to anyone on the street about whatever in Korean. Definitely not conversational, but sufficient. Chinese has definitely helped with that. If I remember the numbers, 2/3 of Korean words are taken from Chinese. I really struggle, though, on the pure Korean words... meaning all the words for everyday tasks. ;)

 

Overall, though, things are great. We're working hard and seeing a fair bit of results. They may not be full fruits until later, but we do get to see progress, and that is good. I am always grateful to hear from you about things back home. I hope things continue to go well, and I can't wait to hear about people's adventures in school this next year! Just around the corner! ;) Looking back on the email, I'm realizing I do quite a few more run-on sentences than usual. That's something Korean has done beyond a shadow of a doubt. Sorry about that... :) Still, thank you for your support and praters. They are felt. Love you all.

Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ.

Best wishes,

Elder Jones