Well,
I got transferred, if you didn't figure that out yet. Right now I am in
the city of Busan, serving in Daeshin Branch. It's actually the south Busan
zone, so we're right on the ocean. My companion is Elder Seo Jeong-beom, and we
have been given the assignment to be co-district leaders (normally there is
only one district leader per district, but "co-district leader" is a
new thing that President Barrow just started this transfer, he thinks it will
be more effective). So I've suddenly received a lot of stress because now
I am responsible for more than myself and my companion, but I'm excited :)
Daeshin
is one of the most famous areas in the mission, for multiple reasons. The
church building is the oldest in Korea (not the first, just the oldest). There
is such a lack of priesthood holders that the branch president isn't even a
member of this ward. So the missionaries basically run everything here.
There are only ten people at most who come every week. Oh, and do you remember "tie guy?" Well
he's in my area. We have one of the biggest shopping areas in the mission,
and that is where he is. The missionary house is also probably the smallest in
the mission. It's literally one room, and it has a bed in the corner that takes
up a quarter of the room. The kitchen takes up another quarter, and all
our stuff is crammed in the remaining space. It has a comfortable feel to it
though, so it's okay :) Anyway, that's all I know about the area so far, but let
me know if you have any questions.
We
weren't able to meet Z again last week, and he didn't come to church. I'm
sure he will keep meeting with the missionaries, but I don't really know
anything about that. So BH is this guy we met who is the owner of a coffee
shop. He has been Buddhist most of his life, but he lived in Utah for a little
bit, as well as other places in the US, and since he has been back in Korea he
has been wondering about religion a lot. He said that the day we walked
into his shop, he was thinking about the things he heard about Mormons, and
thought it would be cool to learn about their religion. What a
coincidence, right? So we have been visiting him once a week for the past
three weeks or so, and he always has a ton of questions for us, and basically
asks for reading assignments from pamphlets or the Book of Mormon. He said that
in a couple months he won't be as busy with his job, and then he wants to come
to our church meeting.
Haven't
been able to meet with T for a while, and he is going back to Canada for a
couple months, so that will be a while before the missionaries meet him
again. We still meet KH, regularly. When he found out that I was
leaving, he drove to our house and brought us pizza and some t-shirts as a
present for me, and introduced us to his family.
That's
all I can think of for the week, whenever I transfer, my short-term memory of
the previous area goes out the window. I can barely remember last week at all,
so hopefully nothing interesting happened... :)
Have
a great week!
Love,
Elder
Hines
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