I don't know where to start so this is going to be a bit random. So my companions are Elder Seo (yes he's Korean, but from Sandy Utah) and Elder Dait from the Philippines (spelling?) and Elder Dait has been on his mission for eight months already!! He had visa problems so it wasn't until now that he got to come here. And yes, I am learning to love my companions more and more each day, but as with any companionship we've found our weaknesses too. But I am very much looking forward to the next nine weeks (yes, nine weeks until I leave) with these guys. And the rest of my zone is awesome too! We are incredibly diverse: 3 Americans, 2 Canadians, 2 Mongolian, 1 British, and the rest are native Koreans (no time to count). It's been a blessing having all of these native speakers here too, they help out a lot with learning the language. My progress with the language so far is just the alphabet and a few key-words. So technically I can read Korean! It just takes forever to read something. And then after you sound it out, you don't know the meaning. Imagine being back in preschool and learning how to spell "cat" and "dog" while sounding it out. That's what learning Korean for the first time is like. Learning the gospel is a bit difficult too by the way, or at least learning how to teach simply. But the biggest positive here at the MTC is the Spirit, I've
felt it so much already, I can't even count. But that's all I've got for now, I'll tell you more next Monday!
Elder Metcalf
my companions, Elder Seo and Elder Dait
My zone
Sounds like you are doing great n fitting in nicely. So glad you are recognizing the Spirit in your daily life! Nine weeks is a good time for learning the language and learning to love those companions! Hugs
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