Wow I don't even know where to start when it comes to
writing this email!! I guess I'll just start from stepping off the final plane
of my 25ish hour journey haha. We stepped off the plane and had to take a bus
to the actually terminal to pick up all of our luggage and meet our Mission
President. Might I add that he is probably one of the greatest men I've met
while being out here? He just seems so happy all the time and immediately we
all felt so comfortable talking to him. Him and his wife honestly felt like our
parents right out of the gates, probably because we all had no idea what we
were doing! Anyways we were then hurried out to the set of cars that were
waiting for us and then off we went! I'll just say that I would prefer not to
drive in a car to many more times in Korea because that was scary haha. So we
were able to make it to the mission home safely, which let me just say I don't
think I've seen a more gorgeous city at night, it truly was overwhelming! We
stayed at the mission home for the first couple nights, we were able to
experience some of the food, which I'll talk about more later, we had some nice
long training sessions but that was kind of expected. What was unexpected was on
day one, they told us we were going to do some good old 전도. I then realized
what that meant, Proselyting. Yup so day 1 we were out there walking the
streets trying to meet new people and bring others to Christ, crazy. It was
really great though, it was an amazing experience, of course the trainers
talked mostly but it was a great intro into the new world I had just walked
into. I learned from that experience was to just talk to everyone, don't be
scared. We started talking to this man and he completely shot us down but we
kept trying, then suddenly his son in law came up and we had a nice 15 minute
conversation with him.
The next day came and we were told where and who with we
were serving, I am now currently in 마산 (Masan). It is a bigger city that rests
at the bottom of this mountain/big hill. Unfortunately for us, our apartment is
at the top of that mountain haha. I'm not complaining to much because the view
is unforgettable! It overviews the whole city and we can see all of the hills
in the distance and the ocean, it's just gorgeous. I'll definitely send a
picture later! In our apartment it has 4 Elders which is nice cause all of them
are really cool. Oh also, in Korean they don't really do beds, so we just have
4 mattresses and what's called 요 (YO)s which are just like big thick pads.
anyways, My trainer, he's fantastic. He's been here for about a year and 3
months and has been in Masan for about 6 months. He knows so much it's
ridiculous! I'm just trying to keep up! His name is Elder Todd which always
gives me a laugh because the Fox in Fox and the Hound is named Todd so we are
totally meant to be companions haha. He is just great.
Now for the food, this food has 3 words I'd use to describe
it. Different, Spicy, and GOOD. Haha I didn't really expect to enjoy the food
as much as I do, maybe they're just spoiling me since it's my first week but
this food here is really good. Definitely different though haha, I am still
trying to get used to the temperature of everything, which is lava hot, and
trying to eat it with chopsticks hahaha. I can hold my own but I definitely
can't eat as fast as everyone else! So I have been here for just a few days and
I was in the middle of one of my meals and I pull out something I didn't
recognize for a moment, it was an octopus leg. Apparently super common,
definitely unexpected haha. Other than that I haven't had anything crazy just
yet, but you just wait!
So other than classic missionary work, we've gotten the
chance to teach a couple English classes which is really cool and a weekly
thing we do here! We also got to go bowling with the youth and I did something
really weird haha. Well first game I did great with a 158, then I became cursed
by some bad luck from my companion haha and then scored 79... Let's just stick
with the first one hahaha. :-) On Sunday I also was able to introduce myself to
the ward (which has about 60 people) and tell them who I am and where I'm from
and all that. They all gasped when I said I had only been in Korea for 1 week
hahaha.
I can't believe that my first week here has already gone by!
It's amazing but still so scary trying to speak a language that I'm the best
in, but I know eventually it will come. I can't wait to be able to tell people
what my heart is saying, and to be able to share this wonderful message I have
even better. I love you all so much and can't wait to be able to see you all
again, I can't wait until Christmas! Okay, I love you!!!
Elder Fox
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