-For P-Day we went to Daegu Tower in the middle of the city with half of our zone. There was an ice skating rink at the bottom floor so we did that and then got to go to the top and take a peak at the city. Super fun to see missionary friends and have a fun P-Day.
-I went on back-to-back exchanges. I started an exchange with our zone leaders right after P-Day ended and I got to go over to 수성 (Suseong; big city part of Daegu and a coveted area among missionaries) with my zone leader Elder Redford. It's always nice to see different areas and be able to pick the minds of other missionaries; it was a fun exchange. And then I went back to Gyeongsan to start exchanges with the AP's (Assistants to the President). I got to spend a day back in my area with our Korean AP, Elder 이재진 (Lee Jaejin), which was another awesome experience. We taught both our our main investigators (박상민 and PJ) and they both made some great progress. We found out that 박상민 needs some more time until baptism (which is good, because we don't want to rush anybody) and we found out the PJ finally got his answer on if our church was right, he came to church the next Sunday, and I got to call him this week and he's going to get baptized this transfer!!! It's a bummer I can't be there for a convert's baptism again but it was so amazing to hear how happy he is with his choice to follow Jesus Christ. We ended the exchange on a good note and I got to pick some more missionary brains. Fun stuff.
-The last Sunday in Gyeongsan we had three investigators and thirty-five people (which is a big win for Gyeongsan) come to church on Sunday. Transfer Sundays make the miracles happen.
-Elder Seely and I said goodbye to a returning-to-home Sister Johnson, who was a die-hard consecrated missionary and absolutely killed it in Gyeongsan (where she served for nine months until she died last week). And then Elder Seely and I went down to Busan on Monday to split up and grab our new companions. I'm going to miss the guy a ton, but there are high chances I get to see him again during the mission.
Aaaand now we're almost caught up. Long story short: last Monday was us running around Busan, trying to figure out where we're going, and a handful of snafus. But eventually we got our other transferring missionaries all together, traveled to Ulsan, and arrived in Hogye at exactly 6 PM (the time where P-day ends; oh the irony). And now I'm here with my new companion, Elder Minson, who is from Salt lake City and is a swell, goofy guy and a truly consecrated and obedient missionary. This week has been wild trying to figure out where everything is, how to approach the area, juggling all of the dumped responsibilities that the old B-team left us and more. But we have some amazing missionaries in the area and some amazing members. We're in the middle of focusing on the members as of now because the history of the baptisms in this area has been mostly through the members and secondly we have some Christmas party and Christmas Sabbath to focus on. We're trying our best to get the members to bring as many people as possible. I also live back in a four-man house now which is a ton of fun. We live with two Korean Elders named Elder 이해성 (Lee Haeseong) and Elder 길찬휘 (Gil Chanhwi), and Elder Gil is actually a new missionary so Elder Lee is training him.
There's more to say about the area and white-washing and everything else but I'll fill in more as the transfer goes I guess. I'm really excited to be working here in Hogye with Elder Minson; I don't know why we're here specifically but i'm excited to find out as time goes on. Thanks for reading and writing~~~
-Elder Metcalf
1) Daegu Tower is right behind E-World (the theme park here in Daegu). We can't go there on P-days but at least we can say we went. 2-3) Ice Skating 4) Myself and some of the other Elders that went to the Tower with us, my father Elder Fox included.
1) My little brother (Elder Fox's other trainee) Elder Soffe 2-4) Views from the top of the Daegu Tower 5) Baby Daegu Tower (scale model)
1-2) Showing some companion love 3) My old zone leader Elder Redford, who I went on exchanges with 4) Our Korean AP, Elder Lee Jaejin, who I went on exchanges with also 5) Last transfer's Gyeongsan missionaries
1) New companion, the lovely Elder Minson, bearing snacks for us to eat on the ride to Ulsan 2) The crew that was transferring into our district in Ulsan, including my old MTC classmate and fellow trainee back in Jungri, Sister Raju 3) Our A-team Elders 4) One of our awesome youth and one of my first district leader's (Elder Lunt) converts, 원준일 (Won Junil)
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