Dear
Family,
Yes,
we were pretty busy again this week. Most of our free time was spent
preparing those two ward activities that I told you about. The one in Sujeong
went really well, considering that the missionaries did basically everything.
And from what I heard, the one in Goejeong also went well. Goejeong is about a
20 minute bus ride from Daeshin, and to get to Sujeong it takes about 15 or 20
minutes, bus or subway. I guess to Goejeong you can also take a subway, but we
usually ride the bus. I don't know if you've looked at it on a map or anything,
but basically each of the areas are just separate valleys that are all
connected to each other, and they're all pretty close together.
I
wasn't able to meet with the lady from the Bible-basher's church last week, but
we took a Joseph Smith pamphlet to her husband's shop, and I also called her
and invited her to English class, since she wants to keep practicing
English. Hopefully everything works out well. My companion is just a
little hesitant about meeting with her since she might turn out like her friend
and just want to convert us and not have any real interest.
That
song sounds really cool, the arrangement of the two hymns that you are
doing. I'll take your word for it :) I think I've come to appreciate a
wider variety of hymns on my mission, especially Sacrament hymns. I'm not sure
why, but before my mission I thought they were pretty boring, but now I like
them a lot. Maybe it has to do with the deprivation of entertainment that
causes me to be entertained easily.
That
was your last MC marching band season? Does that mean next fall Colton will
start going to the new school? So will he not have marching band practice
next summer since they don't have a band organized yet, or how does that work?
One
last thing, we had interviews with President Barrow last week, and he told me
something that was really cool. I told him about how it's kind of
frustrating serving in Daeshin, since we have to spend so much time running the
branch and managing the building, and we don't have a lot of time to do actual
missionary work. He told me that I shouldn't worry about stats/key indicators.
They are important, but they themselves aren't success. They are only an
indicator of success. He said it is just like in real life--temple
marriage, children being active in the church/serving missions, etc--those
things are just indicators of success, but in and of themselves are not
success. Knowing that you are successful isn't something that you can see
visibly or something that is marked by a big event like a baptism. In other
words, even though in Daeshin we don't have much of a chance to find and teach
investigators, we can still be successful missionaries because of the things we
do to help the members that otherwise wouldn't happen if we weren't here. It
was really helpful to hear that from President, and I thought it was really
cool so I wanted to share it with you :)
I hope
you have a great week!
Love,
Elder
Hines
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