Dear
Family,
Church
was pretty good yesterday. It was fast Sunday, and I expected Sacrament meeting
to end really early from the lack of people to speak, but it actually took up
the whole time. There were seven people in attendance yesterday, including two
missionaries and the Branch President and his daughter, who are from a
different ward. So three actually members of Daeshin. We just have some
really long-winded people who each spoke for 15 minutes or so. Honestly,
this branch is pretty depressing. It's almost completely dead, that's
probably why you can't find it on the internet. It was actually the very
first branch and meeting house in Korea, and apparently that is the reason why
it hasn't combined with another branch by now. But I heard that when it
was a new ward, there were 600 members who came. Who knows what happened
between then and now, because we have like four, three of whom are old. So give it 5 to 10 years and we won't have a branch anymore. But
on the bright side, all of the people who come are really faithful members, and
have really strong testimonies. The one younger lady used to live in
Daeshin area, and moved to another area. But she still comes to Daeshin branch
each week to help support it. Another lady, who is maybe upper
70s, brings flowers every week and puts them in a vase on a table in the
foyer, and in another vase at the pulpit in the chapel. Then there is a
man who is 77 who comes to the church pretty often to clean up and do yard
work, and always sets up the sacrament. I have a lot of respect for each of the
members here, because it would be really hard to stay an active member of the
church, but they each have such strong testimonies and are so diligent in
everything that they do.
And yes, we have to make our own food just about every
meal. Elder Seo is pretty good at cooking though, and really likes to
cook. So the only problem is when we run out of ingredients. Last week,
one of the lunches he made was steamed cabbage and rice...that's
it. Scrumptious.
Have
a great week!
Love,
Elder
Hines
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