April 12, 2015
This week was
really good, especially yesterday because of the baptism. It was super fun
to go back to Tongyeong and see all the members again. I'll send you some
pictures of the baptism, Elder Suter baptized him, and he asked the stake
president, Elder Suter, and me to help confirm him, so it was really
cool. Oh yeah, and we did a musical number, which was pretty good for how
little we practiced it. It was a medley of "I'm Trying to be like
Jesus," and "Savior may I learn to love Thee," and I played
piano, one of the sisters played violin, and the rest of the missionaries sang.
Because of the
baptism, I didn't get to watch all of the Sunday sessions of conference, but
hopefully I will get a chance to soon. I really liked the talks about grace, I
can't remember who it was off the top of my head though. Sorry I didn't prepare
for your questions :)
Work in
Changwon is great, I love it. We only have one investigator, and she is 12
and a daughter of a less active member. I honestly don't feel like she is very
interested, she just listens because her dad tells her to. I don't know why,
but we are having a really hard time finding people to teach in this
area. In my previous areas, we started out with nothing and were able to
build up, but here it feels like we are stuck in a rut. But it's still good, I
love the members, and not just because they feed us :) They are really
fun/funny, and super nice to us.
We made cookies
again this week, and they were way better, they were super good. But for
some reason they keep turning out really hard after I cook them. I think it's
the lack of butter/shortening, does that sound right? But other than that, they
are really good. Which is good, so the members don't have to pretend to
like them anymore :)
At one of the
dinner appointments we had this week, one of the things they fed us was
something called "ggeop-de-gi." It was pig skin with a sauce on
it. The flavor wasn't too bad, but it was really chewy, and there was hair
in the skin still. I'm surprised I didn't throw up, it was pretty
disgusting. I don't know what is up with Koreans and their obsession with
skin and fat, but they love including it in the food they make. Or in this
case, get rid of the delicious, succulent meat and just eat the skin. Wonderful
idea, why haven't Americans thought of that yet?
Anyway, that
was my week, it was pretty fun :)
I love you!
Elder Hines
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| Elder Hines, Elder Suter, LYH, Tongyeong Elders |
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| Watching General Conference |
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| 'A rare Korean bird in it's natural habitat' |
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