Saturday, October 25, 2014

From Jordan: Week 43

Hey! Thanks for the email! It was fun to see how badly Google Translate garbled those. I think most of those only work in English, so I'm not sure if I'll get to use them out here. :)
 
It has gotten to be a good average temperature out here. It gets quite warm in the afternoon and quite cold at night. I guess we really are at similar lattitudes. The leaves on the trees have not changed, and I'm not sure if they will... Elder Ahn didn't know what I was talking about when I described the phenomenon, but he is also from a very urban part of Seoul.
 
We have had a good week. We got to work with memebrs a lot this week, including a 체육대회 literally a "physical conference." It was a good time and a number of investigators came, we were able to get a couple referals. We have also been able to meet a number of people with religious interest as oppposed to English interest. We hope to be meeting with them a lot.
 
It continues to be a slight challenge to find families here. Ironically, it seems that it is always the women who keep us from talking about religion. It may be that the men all have the difficult experience of military service which makes them more willing to learn and have interest, but I really don't know. It is still so interesting being in a country so very different from home. There is something new to learn everyday. :)
 
Sorry for the early email; it is the last preparation day for the zone leader and the ward mission leader wanted to have a farewell for him. Elder Harrison, from Laverkine (sp) Utah was actually my first zone leader, so it was really fun to see him again.
 
I imagine you're all at Robert's house enjoying leftovers after conference, so I hope you enjoy the strata! That is a dish that will never be big in Korea. They dislike cheese, think of bread as a dessert, and largely don't seem to have ovens. It's funny. Either way, I hope you all enjoyed conference, and I look forward to talking about it next week. :)

Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ.

Best wishes,
Elder Jones

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