"즐거운 추석 되세요!" - Seoul, Korea - 9/28/2015

So unlike the MTC, here in Korea we don't get to print emails out in the morning, read them, and plan what we're going to say. So I'll apologize for the sharp decrease in the quality of my letters; I'm just throwing words down like mad right now.

This past week revolved around 추석, one of the two biggest holidays here in Korea (a harvest festival kind of comparable to Thanksgiving). All the 한국 사람 were busy because of the holiday, so we could do much teaching. So we spent a lot of time making and delivering 추석 cards to all the members (which really isn't a thing they do, but everyone thought it was cute because we're Americans). On Thursday, we thought we were going to help one of our English students take a refrigerator down some stairs, and ended up helping them move clear across Seoul out to 김포, which consumed our entire day. So that was 갑자기. But he seems interested in the gospel and now we might start teaching him this week, so it was a day well spent (especially considering the streets were entirely abandoned during the holiday, so we really had nothing better to do).

On Friday and Saturday the whole mission had a two-day conference which was tons of fun. It was nice to see all the other brand-new missionaries and be reminded that I'm not the only one going through all this craziness right now. Up until the conference I had only met maybe 10% of the missionaries here, so I met a whole lot of cool people, learned a lot, and had a lot of fun. Not that I don't love the food here, but I definitely appreciated eating some American food (except for Friday night, when Sister Morrise made everyone curry; it ain't nothin' compared to yours, Mom). We spent a good chunk of the day on Saturday in Seoul's Olympic Park, which is super cool and full of awesome sculptures, but my camera's dead and I'm too lazy/busy to buy any new batteries, so I haven't taken any pictures since the MTC. My apologies.

So with General Conference approaching and three vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve, all the missionaries are placing bets on who's getting put in there. My picks: Causse, Callister, and the one and only Tom McMullin (although I think it'd be sick if Larry J. Echo Hawk got picked, 'cause I mean, just look at that name). Our district hasn't decided yet on a prize for the winner, but I'm totally getting it.

Stay classy, my friends.

리스 장로, goin' back in there.