So this week was a pretty slow week. Summer is heating up here and monsoon season has kicked off. We get rain on rain on rain a lot of days. I never realized what humidity was until I got to Korea. Everything here seems super hot and sticky all the time. I'm sure I'll get used to it, though!
This week I went on exchanges in Seoul with Elder Jeong while my companion Elder Leavitt had leadership training at President Chrisensen's house. It was great and Elder Jeong is an awesome cook; he made a bunch of really good rice dishes while I was there. I also got to go hiking last P-Day! We hiked a local mountain called Chunmasan that was supposed to be pretty easy. It wasn't. Koreans don't believe in switchbacks, so the trail went straight up the mountain! I loved it. It was such a great workout and such a great way to relieve stress. The view at the top was amazing and you could see almost all of our area!
On Saturday we had one of the investigators in our ward get baptized! His name is Tak Hyun and he's the coolest 11 year-old ever. I love getting to hang with him at church and he's super smart. He's going to make an awesome member of the church, and his younger brother should be getting baptized in a few weeks! It's so great to see young kids progress in the gospel -- I wish I had been half as spiritual as they are at my age. This week we also re-commited our investigators Hyun Suk and Yoon Jay to baptism this week, so they should be getting baptized on the 6th of June! Pray for them, they really need it!
We've had members feeding us all this week. This past weekend the only meal that I ate at the house was breakfast -- everything else was provided by ward members for us! My parents won't be able to make fun of me for being a picky eater when I get home -- everything here is so nuts when it comes to food, but it's all super tasty. Kimchi is tasty to me now, which I never expected to happen!
I've had some awesome spiritual experiences in the last week. I had the privilege of giving someone a blessing the other night and it is such an amazing thing. Everyone always talks about how the priesthood blesses the people around you and not yourself, but I really don't think that's true. The feeling that you get when you give someone a blessing is so amazing, and it only builds your confidence in priesthood power. Elder Leavitt and I have been focusing on obedience this past week and we're starting to see little blessings in a ton of things, hopefully as we work harder we'll see the blessings start to flow even more.
I love all you guys! I really love hearing from you all. I'm sorry my emails are always so short, I just never have any idea what to put in them! If you have any questions or anything, feel free to ask!
Rob!
P.S. I really apologize for any spelling errors or anything, writing in English is something that only happens during email now!
Photos!
Here is Elder Leavitt and I at the top of Chunmasan!
Tak Hyun and I after his baptism --
Here's Elder Jeong and I on exchanges. He had me eat this crazy spicy food; maybe you can tell I had been crying before this photo was taken!
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