Elder Perry Style

"Well, I would propose to her, but we wouldn't be able to have a baby right now." -a weirdly mature primary kid in our ward who's maybe nine or ten years old. It was an odd conversation.

We learned this week that one of our investigators with a baptismal date, 김양석 (the 41 one years old, working on third bachelor's degree, attending church every week one), lives just on the other side of the line dividing the Incheon 1st and 2nd wards. So of course we planned to refer him to the 1st ward elders, but our ward mission leader said not to worry about it and is attempting to get permission from the bishopric to have him taught and baptized in our ward. But we feel like there's really no pressing reason to do that and it's just the wards competing for investigators. (And this area has something of a rough history with beef between the wards: About a year and a half ago Incheon went from having six wards to two, and I hear the debates over drawing the new boundaries were pretty ugly.) It also doesn't help that the 1st ward elders currently have an investigator who lives in our boundaries but will get baptized in a week or two in their ward, by their ward leaders' command. We don't think our ward members know about that and really really really hope they don't find out. Right now we're planning on referring 김양석 anyway. Seems like the right thing to do.

It's gotten way hot recently, so much so that one day last week President Turner told all the missionaries to not even be out on the street if we have no appointments. We also have no air conditioning in our apartment, so the sweat just never ends.

On account of Elder Eddy going back to the land of the free and home of the brave in exactly 11 days (not that anyone's counting), this upcoming week looks to be packed full of farewell meetings with members and investigators. We'll be busy. Should be fun.

Sorry to disappoint; this email was much too long to be termed "Elder Perry Style." Maybe next time.

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