7-20-14

Well this week was pretty fun. The weather has been pretty interesting lately. Sometimes there are just like thunder storms all night and its pouring rain and then you go out in the morning and its super hot and its like nothing ever happened. Its also really weird when its boiling hot out side and it just starts to rain randomly even though the sun is out, and the rain is like hot. Ya its a little weird here. But last pday was really fun we able to go around the island and see a bunch of cool landmarks. So that was fun. 

me and elder lee in a shell

Tuesday it actually rained super hard all day. So all of our appointments got cancelled and so we couldn't really do much that day. Wednesday we had district meeting here in Seogwipo which was nice because we usually have to go to Jeju City for that. And we met with a member and had some appointments cancelled on us and that was about all. We get cancelled on a lot. 

some cool rock formations on the beach

Then Thursday we got signed up to help a less active in Jeju City on her farm. So we had to wake up super early get on a bus to jeju and went to this less actives farm. At this farm we basically plucked these little tiny lime looking things called 미깡(me-kgang) off of trees. We did that for about 5 hours on Thursday and did it for about 4 on Friday too. It was super blazing hot those days too. 

some cool rock formations on the beach

Friday we went to visit less actives. We've been trying to meet this one investigator whose been an investigator for about 5 years. We haven't been able to meet her the past few weeks because she doesn't usually invite us in but we try every week. But when we went on Friday she was like waiting outside for us and invited us in. It was pretty crazy. So we went in and talked with her. Her two sons were actually baptized but they have become less active. So we shared a super tiny message and just wanted to make sure that we would be able to visit again next week. She said sure but we will see. 

me pretending to be a harabang statue

Then we went and visited our new recent convert, Choi Un Been. She seems to be having a good time lately in her life. I'm not sure if I've ever given a background on her, but her life isn't the easiest. Her mom isn't exactly the best person and her older sister who is about 14 takes care of the two of them. She isn't really in the best condition either so we always bring her food when we visit and we just try to be friends with her. Shes really funny though which is nice. Unfortunately she hasn't made it out to church the past 2 weeks so that's a bit of a bummer. 

some sweet giant bridge we went too

Also, just recently we got a new Branch Mission Leader. We had one in my first area, but when I came to Seogwipo there wasn't one. So there hasn't been one here for a while so its nice to have one again. Saturday we had English Class and went to an activity in Jeju City. While me and my last companion were serving together here in this area we found a less active. 

some cool house thing

This less active moved to Seogwipo and didn't know there was a branch here and he also had changed his name so he wasn't in the churches records anymore. So me and my last comp found him and met a couple times. Now you may be wondering why I am talking about this. I have just come to find how things just work out so perfectly and how there is no possible way it could just be a coincidence but that there is a greater power moving it all. So we found him and this last transfer we got a new Sister that transferred to our island. 

me standing in front of it

There is only one team of sisters that are over both the Seogwipo and Jeju City areas. And this Korean sister that transferred here is actually the cousin of the less active that me and my last companion found. This last week at English class the both of them were able to meet and we are pretty sure that 이훤 will become active again(the less active). There is a purpose to everything. And things work out overtime. And a lot of things that seem like coincidences aren't. There's a reason for everything. I'm super excited to be serving. Especially in the Korea Busan Mission and especially on the wonderful island of Jeju Do. 

picture of me while on the bridge

I have been in Korea for over half a year now. 9 months is just around the corner and pretty soon I'll have been out for a year. I remember listening to RM's before the mission say how fast the time went by for them. I could never believe but experiencing it now is crazy. I've been thinking a lot of my friends back at home who are a little younger than me and area coming towards that age of turning in there paperwork. I can think back to what I was doing about this time last year. I was so afraid to turn in my paperwork and not sure if I really wanted to but I can say now that it was worth. It is still worth it. Its hard but its fun. You learn a lot and you can grow a lot. Its been an awesome experience so far and I'm just glad I have a lot more time left. I hope it goes by slow. I love you all! Ill talk to you again next week!     

Elder Maccarthy   

a waterfall we went to