Seoul Man: Week 46: Lots of surprises

Elder Newton with his new companion, Elder Saguinsin

Discover Clarinet

Slide and Squeak

Thin body but wide register

Stop the Problem

How?

Befriend the President

The proof is 정

Clarinet

So we'll just go through the week with varying levels of detail.

Monday: Tried to proselyte with the clarinet. It was k

Tuesday: We went to Gangneung! It was great. There's an annual sports festival there with all of the members of our district. They're all so fun. Some missionaries got hurt but I wasn't one of them. We had an amazing picnic with Branch President and his family. Also I played with children a lot and it was great. After it ended it took until almost 9 to get home though. But it's OK because Branch President Kim drove us. I love that man. More on that love later.

Wednesday: I met my new companion. I showed him the countryside and a less-active member who has suddenly really come to dislike the missionaries. Then we closed the night with music practice

Thursday: We did something Thursday? An investigator couldn't meet, but we still managed. Then we closed the night with music practice

Friday: Just like Thursday, but with weekly planning.

Saturday: We tried to do missionary work in the morning and also do studies, but time got hard near the end. But it's OK. We made it to English class, and then afterward we had more music practice but with President Kim. He helped us improve a lot. I love that man. More on that love later. For now I spent that night learning some Tagalog. I can now say that I'm going to ride the bus, but not much else

Sunday: The craziest and maybe best church meeting of my life. Like my journal last night was 22 minutes, and a good 21 of those were about that meeting. So I'll type my thoughts on it until I'm out of time. For now, just know we finished by closing the night by playing music for new Branch President Jung.

Oh wow, now my Discover Poem has double meaning. Cool.

Anywho, sacrament meeting was great because of a few things.

1. It was branch conference, so the district and mission presidency all came out

2. We missionaries did a musical number. It was "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing," and it featured a clarinet duet featuring me and (exish) Branch President Kim (This sacrament meeting changed my life, but I don't remember if the music was before or after he was released)

3. By that point Brother Kim gave the greatest talk I have ever heard in my life. It was all about sacrifice. I love that man. He cares so much about our branch and the missionary work here, and he sacrifices so much. He is my true Korean dad. I don't think anyone will ever replace the place he holds in my heart. Like I don't know when it happened, but I would do anything to help this man. And I'm out of time, but I'll write a letter to my mother about this. If it's not too sappy, you might read it.

In the meantime: Pictures!