We're a week into the new transfer and it looks promising! Still sad about 박상민 though. We have tried calling him on multiple phones and he won't pick up anything. We just hope he's okay at this point. But we press on! We have found some people to teach these past few days and it looks like we might start really getting the ball rolling here in Gyeongsan the next few weeks. Here's the big stuff that happened this week...
Elder Seely and I went down to Busan for DLTM (district leader training meeting); which is two hours of talks, training, and announcements for district leaders, and two hours of 전도 (street proselyting) for the junior companions. But it was super fun to be honest. I just love being with missionaries. I got to 전도 with my older brother too! Elder Fox's first trainee Elder 송우성, who is awesome and a ton of fun to be with. The Korean missionaries always compliment my Korean too, which is nice because heaven knows I need the confidence, haha. Got to see my father Elder Fox as well. Fun times, good training, nice change in the regular swing of things.
We had district meeting where we got all the announcements about our new phones. And the announcements are.... no announcements! It's just a pretty brick with easier texting and Gospel Library. All the same rules apply; which is a bummer because we can't take pictures with them now. Oh well. We talked a lot about goals too. Our zone here in Daegu has a goal for 15 baptisms; one for each team. Missionaries when making goals often shoot for the stars when it comes to their goal setting but this transfer and up until Christmas, President Jeong wants us to fully attain our goals, work towards them, and give Christ some baptisms for Christmas. Talked about when we make goals to actually think about them and look at them EVERYDAY, because whenever we make them they get trapped in our planners and never become anything. So we've started making not just attainable long term goals, but a daily accountable goal. Like just yesterday, Elder Seely and I made a goal that we were going to give a Book of Mormon to a family, called the sisters for accountability, and had it in our focus the whole day. And we did it! Twenty minutes before we had to head home! Awesome testimony builder. Goals make the magic happen for sure.
Also this transfer. we've been challenged to read the Book of Mormon cover-to-cover focusing on "How can I be a better missionary?" up until Christmas Eve. I looooove it. Before my mission, I tried to prepare to be a missionary to the best degree that I could, and one of the simple things I did was read the Book of Mormon. I had hard times staying awake, understanding, and getting far into the book but I found that as I read everyday, my concerns slowly faded and I felt the beginnings of my testimony. As I've read it everyday of my mission, it just gets stronger and stronger. I feel nurtured and ready to go. I'm not too far into the challenge yet but I'm already loving it, this book is a book of comfort.
Other than that it's just starting to feel like there's a palpable change in the work. I can't really put my finger on it. But it might just be because it's starting to get freezing over here. Fun fact: I was in the hottest area in the summer and now I'm in the coldest for winter. Hah. I just hope I get my winter stuff in the mail soon...
Thanks for writing/reading!
-Elder Metcalf
1) My older brother, 송우성 장로님 (Elder Wooseong Song) 2) A picture from the top floor of a high-rise while me and Elder Seely were hunting for less-actives
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