Elder Gavin Metcalf's Adventures in Korea: THE GRAND TRANSFER: Amazing people, Whitewashes, Returning to the Motherland, Senior Companion, District Leader, and more

I'M LEAVING 호계!!! We thought for sure I was going to stay here to continue B-Team with a new junior companion, but instead of me staying they just eliminated our B-team altogether. Super bummer, since we had the most baller investigators and potential investigators ever. Super jealous of A-Team, but I know they are in good hands. They even have a specific word in Korean for when you are sad to leave (섭섭하다 - "seobseobhada") It came in handy for the goodbyes given yesterday at church...

But I bet you're wondering where the heck Elder Minson and I are going if we're getting whitewashed out of 호계! Sooooo, my beloved Elder Minson is going down to the biggest, citiest part of Busan: 해운대 "Haeundae". He's going to be the Zone Leader of the South Busan Zone! It was fun being thrown in and thrown out of 호계 together, I'm definitely going to miss him and this place. Meanwhile, I'm heading back to my motherland: Daegu!! I was secretly hoping I could head back and I guess I got my wish. I'm going to be serving in 수성 "Suseong", which is the biggest, citiest part of Daegu. It's super awesome to go there because I already have three converts to up there and I'm in the perfect location to see them all! I'm also serving in the exact same district that I was in before I left to Hogye, but this time I'm going to be the district leader! I'm not really sure how I'm going to district leader yet but I'm psyched to have to chance to serve as one and I know I was given the opportunity for a reason. I'm also going to be a senior companion for the first time, with my new junior companion Elder Nations (I haven't actually met him yet so I will have to fill you in later on him). So that means I'm going to be carrying the team on the Korean language side of things, so that's terrifying. But we're going to have fun, I know it. We're going to be serving as B-team there in Suseong so it's going to feel a lot like the four-man house I was just living in, here in 호계. Really excited, kinda nervous, bust mostly excited. Our transfer travel plans got wrecked so I'm not sure if I'll have any time to do email outside of this today, so stay tuned next week...

A lot to write but actually zero time, so that means SPEED ROUND~~~

-We went to a bunch of cool rocks again for P-day, it's called 대왕암 "Great King Rock?". Tons of fun. I love the Elders up here in the Ulsan district.

-We got asked by the 포항 "Pohang" missionaries to help with an English Camp that they were doing. Super well planned. Well executed. A ton of fun. I taught kids about food and made sandwiches with them. I dressed up like how I used to dress at the deli I worked at before the mission. I don't think I have pics for it though...

-We've been playing basketball and soccer with the same kids for a few weeks now and we had our last day with them on Saturday with some soccer, lunch, and bowling. We told them good bye over text last night. So cute. They love us and will miss us deeply.

-Super sad to say goodbye to 주관 and Jerry. They love us too.

Gotta go catch a train, more pics and stuff later~~

-Elder Metcalf

UPDATE:

I'm alive in Suseong! Traveling wasn't all the bad but the sky was spitting the whole time so that was a little less than ideal. My new companion Elder Nations is a strapping, young missionary from Texas in his fourth transfer. He's ready to work hard and is gung-ho about doing some awesome stuff this transfer. I'm super excited to work here and I don't real have more more to fill in outside of that...

PICS:

1-5) 대왕암 (A bunch of cool rocks and our little antics)