Week 68: Where Is Elder Lee?

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Prod and Prick

Wide Eyes but Narrow Vein

Stop the Problem

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Ask Questions Make Mistakes and Get Busy

The Proof is Argot

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To be honest with you all, as we were going through this week I was wondering if there would be anything to write home about. We had appointments every day this week and every single one fell through. I guess we had zone conference. It was pretty nice. We talked about Christmas a lot and I'm so ready. It's the most wonderful time of the year everybody.

However, our week really started to change on Pepero Day. Classic Pepero Day, always pulling through. It started in the morning when after personal study Elder Lee said we needed to change our plan to drop by a hospital. He had a surgery in his mouth a while back and it's acted up once or twice. He had set an appointment for Monday at a hospital in Seoul, but it turns out he needed treatment faster. So we spent the morning in the hospital and got him some medicine.

Elder Lee is holding the streetboard. Elder Newton hasn't told me which sister is Seo and which is Jang because in another photo, the sister wearing black is drawing.

He felt better after getting medicine, so we managed to do our streetboarding with the sisters. It was a really fun activity too. (Pictured) We had Sister Jang draw caricatures on the street. It turned out enough people wanted to do it that we had to make balloon animals for the people waiting. And if it couldn't get any better, at the end our lovely Jun showed up with snacks. He's a gem. However, after the activity Elder Lee started to lose some energy again and we ended up heading home a little early so he could rest.

Sunday morning our beloved Korean was still out of it and so we called the branch and found a good hospital to go to so we could have him more fully checked out. We ended up missing church and everything. The members kept on calling asking where Elder Lee was. They're so good.

In the end the hospital told us we should probably head to Seoul right away. We called President to check if it was OK. Of course it was, so after dropping by home for a quick lunch and priesthood blessing we packed and took a four-hour bus across the country. The members kept on calling then too. They do really care. Of course missionaries are a decent portion of the branch.

Once we got to Seoul things went by a little faster, as Seoul is wont to make things do. We got to the hospital there and met Sister Sonksen and the mission nurse. They stayed with Elder Lee and they sent us off to the office. It's always weird going through Seoul these days. It's just so many people. But we did get to the office safely, as did Elder Lee and we spent the night. I texted our favorite Brother Kim a bit and he sent some pictures. (Pictured in separate post.)

And yeah. Now I'm emailing from the mission office. It's weird. But cool.

Best Wishes,

Elder Newton