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| Me, reclining, in front of a cool gate |
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| Gnarly Buddhist Pavilion thing. It is supposed to be one of the best in Korea. |
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| View from the pavilion |
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| Me, in front of a cool gate |
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| Cool picture on the cool gate |
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| The view from our apartment |
We do get typhoons here but they aren't anything to be worried about. The
Koreans like to predict typhoons a few times a month that never actually happen.
"Why can't you meet us Saturday?" "Because of the typhoon." One day we
actually got hit but it was super disappointing. I had found myself missing
real storms like in the Midwest and really wanted to be out for the typhoon. We
were. It wasn't even as good as a thunderstorm. I guess a few years ago they
had one that the missionaries had to stay inside for but that's about it.
We usually teach a few lessons on the weekends but Koreans are too busy the
rest of the week to meet usually. We are getting better at teaching lessons on
the street. We can sometimes get one of those a week. That's it. Some Korean
missionaries dislike watching The District DVDs because their stats are so much
higher than ours.
Excellent news! Seung-Hyun is going to get baptized this Saturday! We
practiced for the interview yesterday and he was super confident. He gets
interviewed this Wednesday. We really wanted him to get baptized with his
friend Meen-Gwan but we're losing hope that he will actually get baptized so
we're just going to go ahead. Our church building is under construction so
we're going to have to go into 창완 for the baptism. This is perfect timing for
me. I'm probably going to leave the Monday after.
Our two-story church building is getting an elevator. That's why we are
under construction. The bathrooms will be unusable for the next several weeks.
I sure hope I transfer.
It's not worth it to send a monster package. I found out you can send by
boat and it's cheaper but it takes forever. Next year that's how I'm going to
send you a Christmas package. Sorry but I won't be able to send one this year.
Expect a large letter. We can't get cheap beef so taco seasoning wouldn't help
much. I have no problems staying warm here. We have some gnarly floor heaters
that run through the night. So I don't really need a blanket. I remembered I
brought my robe anyway:)
I found a note from Mom in my coat pocket last week. It made me really
happy. It was about your favorite scripture.
I can access lds.org but only on p-day. If you
have good talks to send me I would love them. I'm sorry that my letters aren't
as spiritual. I am getting less and less time. I hope to get caught up soon so
I can put thought into these. I'm going to try to write some more in response to the emails I
missed.
Elder Stapley
P.S. A few weeks late I'm going to finish responding to a question in one of your emails. Bak Hee-Sung is
the same as ever. He isn't making any progress and I still can't understand a
word he says. We try to show our love for him but there isn't much more we can
do. We are cutting back on how often we visit him because of that.
Funny story. We found a bottle of honey for super cheap in the store. We
have know idea why it was cheap but we bought 900 grams of the stuff. I was so
excited and my companion was excited too but then he got this confused look on
his face. "How do you eat it?" "You put it on toast or cook with it." "Oh." He
went right back to being excited. I guess he wrote his family about the honey
and they did a bunch of research about it. He is talking about all the health
benefits right now. Now he's got an idea that its some kind of super
food.
An English question. What nouns need the/a in front of them. Sometimes
you don't use either.
Okay so there wasn't that much to talk about here. Have another picture.
This is the view from our apartment.
Love, Elder Stapley
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