July 22 2019
Well what a week!
First off, it was raining pretty hard. There was a typhoon
this past week that lasted about 4 days of just wind and rain. Can't be that
bad right? Well it's bad enough that going outside to proselyte is just as
effective as taking a nap. So we would have to stay inside and just contact
people until we had an appointment. The wind was pretty crazy too, I distinctly
recall a few times the rain wasn't coming down, but it was going completely
horizontal! We literally had to hold our umbrella to the side of us. Also we
lost 2 umbrellas because of it too 😂
Also got transfer calls! It's gonna be a crazy transfer this
time. I'm going to a place called 첨단 광주 (CheomDan GuangJu) which used
to be apart of the other mission. So it's unexplored territory, I get the
opportunity to serve as a zone leader with an Elder Clayton for a bit, I haven't
met him yet, but he goes home this transfer. So it's gonna be super fun! I have
no idea what to expect, but I'm just excited to see what happens! Also lost my
luggage, currently tracking it down right now 😂 pray for me
I've been reading about patience recently from the Book of
Mormon and it was great. The one thought I wanted to share is just to be
patient with other people. Nobody is perfect, and just imagine how patient the
Savior is with YOU. 😉
Love you all,
Elder Hanks
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 10:19 AM LeAnn -
Is it on a train or bus or airplane ?
Bus, we should be good. We just called some people and
should be picking it up in 2 hours
- thank you for praying, I think that really helped cause the lady first told me she had no idea how to find it. but then she randomly called me back saying she had found it and told me where and when it would be., so that was most definitely because of some prayers! thank you!
July 29 2019
Okay, so I haven't had a lot of time, like at all recently.
For all of you who were worried, I found my luggage! It took
a few hours of tracking down, a few missed buses, a little frustration, lots of
money spent, but we're all good now!!
So my new area if from the old DaeJeon mission area, so it's
on the far west side of Korea, so it very far from the rest of... everything.
We came out to the headquarters in Busan for choir practice today, I got pulled
into choir, and that takes FOREVER. It's like over a 4 hour travel from my area
to the headquarters. So we don't have a lot of time.
So the new area! It's awesome! It's a big ward with about
130 members, so that's new, the building is pretty big too. My companion is an
Elder Clayton from Bountiful (He was from my uncle Cory's stake, so kind of fun
to make that connection). He's flippin amazing at Korean, but the sad thing is
that he's going home in 2 weeks for school. So that means I'm gonna have
another mid-transfer transfer!! So just living the exciting life right now.
It's really hot, but just doing the work! Being a zone leader is a really just
opportunity to serve people.
I feel like there was a whole lot that happened this week,
but there's not a lot of time, and don't really remember much of it all. So
thanks for the update. Send prayers, have fun, live and love the gospel. I'm
pretty excited to be serving here.
Elder Hanks
pics - we have a 4 man house right now, so this is us.
we went and played soccer in POURING rain, like there was
eventually a little layer of water across the whole field, but super fun.
Just a shirt we saw that we found to be a little funny
