Seoul Man: Week 43: Over the river and through the woods, to the Seoul Nam mission home we go

Discover South

Cross and Cram

Short boarding but long commute

Stop the Problem

How?

Execute the Operation

The Proof is Basket

South

So this week was crazy. Really only because we went to Seoul.* It takes forever to get out there, and I now realize how many people are there. There are so many.† And they're so fast.

Also I can now confirm for the fourth time that there is indeed more Seoul south of the river. It's crazy. I am further convinced that the Han River is magical. It's basically the weird border of Camp Half Blood. Wow. I made a Percy Jackson reference 7 1/2 months into the field. What am I?

Also because we went to Seoul there is very little news besides the fact I existed there for a brief time. We had an Area Seventy at church on Sunday I guess. He was sacrament meeting. He was the only talk, and we still went overtime. But his talk was mad crazy let me tell you. He told some sick‡ mission stories, one of which involved him giving a sermon to 200 people because there was some guy yelling at him in the street. There are many other things we could discuss, but there is one story that outdoes them all.

So once upon a time there's a young man walking down the street in Area Seventy Man's first area. This guy walks by our church, sees the name is super long, and decides to check out what it's all about. Area Seventy Man teaches the guy, and it's his first baptism just a month later. So now we have a hecka strong convert. He raises a family in the gospel, and often jokes with them that he was converted just by seeing the church's name.

Fast forward to when the guy's daughter, Sister Cheon, goes on a mission, really just because she loves her eternal family, and is serving in Wonju. As we all know by now, Wonju is a tiny branch, and yet Area Seventy Guy comes anyway. Area Seventy Guy comes in, and while talking to the missionaries, learns that Sister Cheon is the daughter of the first man he baptized. Also by the way, Sister Cheon didn't know who baptized her dad. She thought it was an American. And yeah. I'm out of time, and the story makes no sense. Sorry. Here's pics thoughhhhhhhh