Amazing Week

Alright, so I've only been in the field about three months so far so this is subject to change but this has been by far the most successful week of my mission. We were packed everyday with appointments and even had some days where we had four laid out back-to-back. We had maybe two hours worth of time to actually proselyte this week, compared to the way it was in my first transfer where we'd be doing 3 or 4 hours each days. Sometimes we even forgot to plan out meals or language study, but I'm not complaining I love seeing work progress in my area and we've definitely been blessed with success from the hard work we've been doing. We got three new investigators this week and each one of them seems solid so far. There's more great stuff that happened this week but I think the point is clear, it's been awesome. 

But the thing that makes this week really amazing is that I got my first two baptismal dates since the start of my mission this week! They're great people. The first one is 김정세 (Kim Jeongseh), but he also goes by Spomartial Kim. He's a super interesting man. I think I mentioned him and his family a while back but he met missionaries fourteen years ago with his family, got the first lesson, went to church once or twice, and then just fell off I guess. But he contacted our B-Team last transfer for a translation favor and he really likes what the church has to offer. When we mentioned baptism earlier this week  he told us himself, "I think I'd like to do that a month from now.", so he practically set up his own date, haha. And he came with us to Stake Conference yesterday and was taking notes the whole time! Ah, I love him. I don't see any difficulties helping him prepare to be baptized on October 1st, and I am pumped to help him get ready. We're just trying to incorporate the rest of his family now, seeing if we can get them in on the action of eternal happiness... Our other investigator with a baptismal date is 도태환 (Doh Taehwan) and he is a super sweet old man, maybe in his late 60's, who had primarily English interest to begin with but when we started talking about the gospel he was open to it as well. He told us he's never been in a church into he met us and he has some questions and curiosities about the more existential things in life. So he said if he knows it all by Oct. 15th he'd be all about baptism. Super pumped for him too. 

The only thing that's a bummer is that these next six days are the last days of the transfer. Which means: I have six days left in training, six days left with my beloved trainer, and possibly (but I hope not) six days left in Jungni. It's nice that we're able to move around in missionary work because all on the same team out here just trying to bring everyone closer to Christ. Excited to see what I'll be doing next week. Whatever happens, I loved my time here and I know it's going to continue to progress here. I'm still learning a lot and I probably won't stop feeling like a trainee for the rest of my mission. I'm going to continue to do what I can and trust in the Lord for the rest. It's His work and we're just the tools in His hands. 

It's exhausting out here but so gratifying. Still lovin' it. Thanks for reading/writing!

-Elder Metcalf

1) We went to see our investigator at this huge park in our area. He manages all of concerts there and sometimes even performs with his saxophone there. 2) Our concert manager investigator; he took us backstage and introduced us to all of the singers right before this. 3) Me bearing food child after being heavy laden with a buffet member meal appointment. They make you eat so much here... 

1) I shamefully forgot my nametag on P-Day, so I looked like a highschooler again for a few hours (I felt NAKED) 2) Spomartial Kim showing me the 'correct' way to sweep. I still don't know what the correct way is...