안녕하세요!
This week was really, really good! We kept really busy, and so time just flew by. Missionary work is so much better when you have a busy days!
Let's see, as far as investigators go...
So we couldn't meet with Mike this week, and we gave him a call, and it seems like they'll be busy for the next couple of weeks. I kind of get the feeling that they don't really want to meet with us, so we might have to let them go...
But on the bright side, we got a referral this week (referrals are really, really rare; this is my second one, and I think maybe Elder Brower's 3-4), which is sweet. One Brother 김성진 (Sungjin Kim), brought a lady to church with him. She attends an English academy with 김성진, and that's how they met. Her name is 장여훈 (Yeohoon Jang), and she seemed to like church. We had a lesson with her afterwards, but we didn't have any time to prepare, so I don't think it went that well... Oh well, we'll do better next week.
Speaking of member missionary work, apparently, Koreans are super intense. I've heard horror stories where missionaries teach along with the member, and the member pushes too hard and scares the investigator away. Hopefully that won't happen with her, haha. But we met our district president (fun fact: most missionary records refer to him as "K-1 Fighter" for reasons unexplained; for example "Met the investigator with K-1 Fighter this week") again (I guess it was a weekly thing, so we get fed every Sunday~~), and he was reporting to us about what they talked about. He said, "I talked to her about prophets, and Joseph Smith, and why there is need to be a true church." If nothing else, it just means that the members are excited and try really hard to help us out. :D
We met with 전충식 again (we got his name wrong; it's "Choongshik Jun", not "Joonshik Jun"), and it went well. We wanted to set a baptismal date with him, but he told us that he didn't want to commit. He said that getting baptized and joining a church is something that he can't decide lightly or easily, and so he wants time to think. We were a little disappointed, but it means he understands that religion is important, and so that's fine.
(Mm, as far members go, our branch president asked for his number, and just randomly called him to say hi, I think. Again, the members really love trying to get to know and help investigators out.)
He asked if we had any night worship meetings; said it would be sweet if we could meet, teach him English, study about the Gospel together, and then meet with the members for a service, but unfortunately, we don't have any such meetings... :(
But he seems really sincere. Elder Brower and I decided to try to meet with him more often, to see if that helps him progress more, so we're shooting for twice a week instead of just once. He's got time, so he said that it works.
So basically, we're excited for him! He's got a couple of issues; he works on Sundays, and so he can't come to church; and he seems a little suspicious of big church organizations (especially where money is concerned), but he's super nice, open minded, can meet with us often... He's a good investigator!
Other than that, we've been given a couple of "lost members" to find. Does that program exist in America? Not sure what the deal is; I think we're looking for people who are rumored to live somewhere (or maybe people who are long gone, and we're trying to see if we can't find anything out about them). So we tried to visit one, but the house seemed abandoned; it was on an orange farm, but harvest season is over, so no one was home. We wanted to ask neighbors, but he didn't have any; one plot of land was just a dirt field, and the next closest house was gutted and abandoned, so sadly, we couldn't do any detective work. :( (though it appears that the house didn't have any electricity going to it, so it's more than likely nobody lives there...)
Yup, that's about it. Busy week, went well! I'll write to you all next week too!
Love,
Elder Luke
Notes:
Transfer 5, week 2: The second week of Andrew's fifth six-week "transfer" period. They must use the "transfer" and "week" for some sort of mission reporting or something for him to be so aware of it. I don't remember ever having any particular awareness of that when I was a missionary.
안녕하세요: Annyeonghaseyo, the standard Korean greeting.
김성진: Kim Seongjin, aka Sungjin Kim, the member that brought the lady to church yesterday.
장여훈: Jang Yeohun, aka Yeohoon Jang, the lady that came to church.
"'K-1 Fighter' for reasons unexplained": This is 윤성조 (Yun Seongjo, aka Sungjo Yoon), the man Andrew described last week as being a martial arts teacher with a dojo on the first floor of his house. I don't know that he actually does K-1, but at least the reason for the nickname is kind of clear. Or maybe Andrew has no idea what K-1 is?
전충식: Jeon Chungsik, aka Choongshik Jun, the "English spaz" that Andrew has mentioned several times over the last few weeks, but had his name slightly wrong -- 전충식, not 전준식.
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