Nov 26 2018
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone that actually celebrated it!
haha, we taught english on thanksgiving, and one of the koreans remembered it
was thankgiving and brought nachos, so I guess I had my own thanksgiving feast,
haha. Also during that class I got taught English by a korean... usually
English class goes the other way around, but one of the Koreans went up and
proceeded to teach everyone about Partial Negations, and if you're like me, you
probably would have no idea how to explain that, or much less what it is, haha.
So that was fun!
Also just so you all know, there are only 5 more sundays of
3 hour church! So enjoy it while you can! :) Also this past sunday the
missionaries serving in our ward, so Elder Gailey and I and 2 Korean Sisters,
sang a song in sacrament, I don't know how I’ve gotten myself into so much
singing here, cause I really can't sing all that well, haha
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| This is the Elder who likes & imitates the sound of my deep voice! |
We went on exchanges this past week, we actually did it
twice, so I think I’ve done like 4 exchanges in less than 2 transfers, and they
were all with koreans, haha. So it was good practice for my korean! And one of
the korean elders in our district that I did exchanges with really likes my
voice, so now he always imitates it and whenever we call him, he always answers
in like a low voice and is like "Hello this is Elder Hanks" haha, so
that's something I found funny.
I also finally played a sport!! haha, it was just ping pong
though, haha. But still it was fun to finally play with a Korean, so shout out
to my Dad for giving me some practice back home, cause I totally beat the
Korean! It was fun, but I really want to play like one of the 70 year old
korean grandpas who play it like every day.
Church Name of the week: came across a church the
other day and the only name it had was "Dream Center" and then there
was a cross. So I don't know anything about the church, but I’m sure they
encourage naps in sacrament or something ;)
We're getting into the Christmas season!! So we are doing a
christmas choir performance this sunday, and I just love the christmas season!
Just having the opportunity to focus on Christ for so long is so great!
Also with our person being taught, H......., we were able to contact him and he said he knows he needs to
be baptized!! He's just super busy, so thank you for all your prayers so far,
we are so close to getting him on the path, just a few more prayers of faith
and I think we'll be able to get it!!
The mission is great! the work of the Lord is so amazing!
And the Savior is just the best!! It's really unfathomable to think of how
great of magnitude his sacrifice was, but just take some time and think about
how much the Savior really does just have to love you do to what He did. Ah, it
just gives me so much joy!
Love You all!
Elder Hanks
Also because I have like no self control or just haven't
learned I totally burnt my mouth again this past week, pray for me, haha.
Nov 19 2018
What a week! I feel like I just say that cause I can't
really remember everything that happened throughout the week.
So today we had choir practice, then after that Elder Gailey
and I decided to head over to Costco for shopping! We just got back, and it was
pretty good! We also happened to run into President Jeong there, so that was
fun. We also got some Costco Pizza there and cause we don't think too far
ahead, we bought maybe too much, cause now our hands are completely full of
groceries, and we have to carry it back by bus and train, so it'll be fun. But
we got some Costco Muffins! So it's all worth it
This week was kind of strange, a lot of our people being
taught just like stopped talking to us, so we only had like 2 lessons this
week. Also our baptism did not happen :'( we called him a few times, and he's
too busy to meet, and hasn't been reading the Book of Mormon! Ah man, that was
too bad to hear, but we are still trying to recommit him to baptism sometime
soon!
We also went to a meat Buffet last week, which is exactly
what it sounds like, so yeah it was good.
Also one of the guys we are teaching is suspicious that a
baby like possesses his body because he experiences a lot of sleep paralysis,
so that was odd.
Interesting church name of the week: Cotters Church. So if
you were interested what a cotter is like I was, I took the liberty of looking
it up for you. A cotter is a peasant farmer from the Scottish highlands. So I
guess they made it over here and made a church! Who would've thought!
Also, apparently the word for niece/nephew also sounds very
similar to a bad Korean curse word, cause some sisters freaked out when I said
I had a niece and nephew, haha. So I'm just gonna stay away from that
word.
But the work is good! It's going steadily! It's going a
little slow, but no one ever said it went fast here, so it's all good! The lord
went through so main pain and anguish to make life easier for us, but that
doesn't mean our life is always easy! Just remember that someone else has been
through it all, and knows how to help you get through it too! Being able to
share this message with others is the greatest blessing in my life!
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| a cool church we found... not ours |
D&C 15:6 "And now, behold, I say unto you, that the
thing which will be of the most worth unto you will be to declare repentance
unto this people, that you may bring souls unto me, that you may rest with them
in the kingdom of my Father. Amen."
I don't know the last time any of you cracked open D&C,
but it's so awesome!
Also since there is no Thanksgiving here, I’ve started
listening to Christmas music, so" Merry Christmas you filthy animals"
Much love,
Elder Hanks
Nov 12 2018
Well it's officially been a transfer (6 weeks)!!
It's weird how fast and slow time flies here, like I think
I'm starting to better understand how time isn't really a concept to God, cause
sometimes i'm just like "well it was tuesday yesterday, and somehow I'm
attending sacrament today" so it's just weird, haha. Also Elder Gailey is
now our district leader! So that'll be fun for this next transfer!
So we have our baptismal date for this week, which we are
really praying for!! but our person being taught couldn't come to his baptismal
interview yesterday, so we are a little worried, because he should probably get
that before getting baptized, so we're just kind of like scrambling now to make
sure everything goes right. So any prayers would of course be appreciated! His
name is H....... The work moves a little slower over
in Korea, but it still moves along!!
Just some interesting fun stories:
So last week we were just walking and trying to find people,
so we approached someone who was quickly excited to meet us, but none of us
could understand him, and he couldn't understand korean. We think he was
Vietnamese cause he kept saying what sounded like "Bietnam", so we
took a guess he was saying Vietnam. We then attempted a small game of charades
to figure out he was trying to buy some glasses, but the store was closed. So
it wasn't going anywhere, so we waved goodbye, but he then proceeded to follow
us down the street, and even when we turned he kept following us, haha. He
offered a cigarette, which we just declined, and then he left. haha, it was a
little weird.
2nd story "i'm Old Greg": So we had finished all
our studies and were going out to find people. We maybe walked like 100m from
our apartment when we saw this old guy with a recorder. So we started a
conversation with him, and asked what he could play. He then played
"Nearer My God to Thee" on the recorder!! Coolest thing ever! Haha,
he then invited us into his house for Bananas and Tea (haha, I guess that's
what they do here or something) so we did, just cause it's an opportunity, and
don't worry we didn't break the Word of Wisdom, it was okay tea. But it was
actually super cool, we shared about the Restoration of Christ's church and it
was so awesome! He said he'd also feed us sometime, which are like some of the
greatest words a missionary can here, haha.
So it's been quite a week!! Lots is going on, much more is
needed! the work of the Lord is amazing. And I know that this is the true
church, that we do have a savior who died for each and every one of us and
through that power we literally don't have to worry about anything really! It's
just so amazing!
Much Love,
Elder Hanks.
Also a request for all of you!! I don't know what to take
pictures of anymore, haha. So send like ideas of fun stuff for me to take
pictures of, or like picture challenges, just fun stuff to make my pictures
better. Just anything fun!!
Here's this weeks pictures:
The wonderful exercise equipment here that is in the
randomest places ever
A like food market that was super crazy, there is just so
much random stuff here
Found some wise elderly dudes playing a classic game of
chinese chess :)
