Saturday, October 25, 2014

P.S. If you, mom, could check for errors and/or content and let me know before next week, I would be very grateful. :) Thank you for your help! Love you!

Hey! It's been forever! How is life going? What are you up to? I haven't heard from you in ages! What is new in the life of Benn Stamps?

I'm in Korea. That's what I'm up to. Life is really good. I get to live in a tiny apartment next to a railway station infested with unidentifiable insects with a Korean who loves his fermented cabbage and cucumber. 

This is after moving out of a house surrounded by colleges who cater to Muslims and the Chinese. One week was spent meeting with no one but those who want us to read the Koran and accept that the bible is flawed.

We get to go out every day and talk to people living in a culture super saturated with missionaries sent from corrupt churches. Everyone knows the system is corrupt but loves the easy doctrine tossed over the pulpit like tuna to a performing seal. The summers are hot and the winters are cold and the humidity allows stimulates mold growth on clothes in a sealed box. 

This is the best time of my life so far. :)

I don't need to worry about work, school, or girls. I don't need to worry about wars, financial crisis, or whether or not the car will start in the morning. In the words of a Korean, missionary work is: 1. Obtaining the spirit, and 2. teaching with the spirit. I do that and I have nothing to worry about.

This time of walking up to absolute strangers and try to help them make the most important changes in their life they will ever make is the least stressful, yet most focused time I have ever had the chance able to enjoy. 

I don't know what you're up to these days (though I hope to hear about that soon), but I'm sure you're having a great time. I hope you keep having a great time and get to read some more. I remember that you like that. Take every opportunity to learn more. This life is a time to learn, and the more learning we get, the happier we are. :)

Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ.

Best wishes,
Elder Jones

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