This week was a week of miracles, but I don't think I can include everything in an email. We'll just have to look at journals... in December. Thank you for all the reminders that I come home this year. Rachel also emailed and made mention twice. It's just a bit funny to see how quickly things have started happening now that I'm "over the hill". ;)
One of our contacts was a 25 year old who just enjoyed our conversation on the street and so met again later. It turns out that he attended church a couple times during mandatory military service and liked it. He asked if it would be okay to come to church before we could invite him ourselves. He than came despite working from 8 to 6 on weekend nights. It was hard to stay awake during one of the classes, but he put up a good fight. :) Another new investigator is basically a less-active from another church. He's got a never-ending stream of questions about everything from the plan of salvation, to how we do missionary work, to the latest pop culture in America. We're going to be having more focused lessons, but the first one was fun.
The weather is comfortable in the day, but gets cold in the evening. We come back to the apartment for dinner, but in large part it is to get our winter gear on to go out again. No real precipitation to speak of. The language is fine. In a lesson setting or good contact, I can get everything, but when people go off on the particulars of how their company is building a particular apartment, it gets a bit rough at times. Gratefully, that's not too common. :) Still too tired at night to dream, so no Korean dreams, but conversation is easier in Korean than English. English is rough...
I'd love to go to Shanghai. I'll need to get home and do some college applications first, but I'll then have quite a bit of time until college starts. It would be good to brush back up on Chinese. I also have the business card of a man from Oman who would love a visit later. Arab would be good to learn. :)
Elder Bradshaw is doing well. He is picking up the language at a great pace. He's quite the funny one once hes out of his shell. We've both been really tired this week, so there's not too much to write about the companionship. We go out, do missionary work, come back and sleep almost immediately once everything is done. We've been trying our best, and, though it's very tiring, it's been yielding good results. :)
Thank you for the email. I am glad to hear that everyone is healthy, though not always mobile. I hope you keep spirits high. I just had a thought, how do you get up and down stairs in the house? I hope you don't lean on that handrail... Stay safe and I look forward to hearing from you next week! :) Love you!
Press forward with steadfast faith in Christ.
Best wishes,
Elder Jones
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