Hey everyone!
Sadness and tears are better. Not so sad. Still having a hard
time fathoming how long I will be here but I try so hard not to think
about it. For some reason that really gets me. Not sure why. I don't want to
wish my mission away thinking about how good it will be to see you guys again.
I want to be able to enjoy it! So that is the biggest thing. Still have ups and
downs though. Moments where i am so homesick, and then feeling better later.
Answering your questions: Church is right by our apartment.
We just walk there. it takes like 3 minutes. The members are nice! I love
the kids. I can't understand anything in church. it's hard not being able to
talk to the members. i want to get to know them. my comp knows and loves all of
them and they all talk to her but i can't say much. Yes we have taught quite a
few lessons. Most of them are people my comp has already been teaching. One
girl we started teaching last sunday. She came to church because her professor
is in our ward and invited her to come. So we have been teaching her. She is
awesome! Her name is Kim Hoo ee and she has come to church both sundays. She
always reads the book of mormon and loves the plan of salvaiton. She is so
interested. She texts us and says she has tons of questions while reading the
Book of Mormon. She has been praying and said if she gets an answer about the
BOM she will be baptized. She is so sweet. She comes all the way from Seoul to
come. It takes her about an hour to get to church.
We have another one named Ee bo young. She is great. We have
taught her a lot and she loves the gospel. She is reading the book of mormon
and said she will be baptized if she receives an answer about it as well. I teach
her english for the first 45 minutes and she loves it. She usually comes to
church and really loves the gospel. We teach these 2 kids and they want to be
baptized really bad! They always read the book of mormon stories and they love
it! The hard thing is they can never get to church. They always sleep in. They
have to come 3 times before they can be baptized. they understand the plan of
salvation and understand that they have to be baptized if they want to live
with God again. Now if they will just come to church! We have another investigator
that seems like she loves to meet with us but she's not super interested in the
gospel :( We taught her the plan of salvation the other day. I told her about
how I am so thankful for the plan of salvation. I told her about how i was so
close to grandma marva and she died and I know that I will see her again
because of the plan of salvation. Those are our main investigators right now.
We live far away from
Seoul so not close to the temple. We ride the subway to seoul. We usually just
walk around our area and ride the bus sometimes too. We usually only ride the
subway if we have to go to another area.
The food is really different. It kind of makes me feel sick.
but hopefully my body will adjust. Kimchi is so bad. hahaha and they eat it
every meal! We usually eat our meals at home. about once or twice a week
members invite us over. So i usually eat normal things like cereal, spaghetti,
rice, bagels, etc. haha Whenever we go
to a person's house, they always feed us something. So we eat a lot of random
stuff.
The language is still pretty hard. I am getting better and
proselyting and striking up simple conversations. very simple. like explaining
who we are and a little bit about our message. I can only say a few things in
the lessons. I usually write out sentences to say to the investigator .Then
share my testimony.
When i was so sad last
week my cute companion asked me what makes me happy and asked if i would feel
better if we ran in the morning. I told her yes i would love that. so now we go
running every morning. I love it. It helps me SO much. We have a little route
we do. maybe only 1 mile or so. but even just that helps a lot. we bundle
ourselves up and go into the freezing world right after we wake up! My companion is really awesome and i love
her! We have a few culture differences but they aren't that big of a deal. Someone told me they thought she is one of the
hardest working missionaries in the mission. she is always exactly obedient and
it is really good. Always super strictly on time and does everything exactly
how we are supposed to. So she is training me well! She is very understanding
about me being homesick. I am so lucky to have such a good trainer!
A typical day- wake up and exercise. shower and get ready
until 8. then study from 8 to 12 and then have lunch and then go out and either
teach a lesson, proselyte, or go visit less actives. then have dinner and
proselyte more and then come back, daily planning, journal and get to bed.
Rach- thanks for the email last week about trying to be
positive! I have really tried hard this last week to be positive. The hardest
thing for me is thinking about how long i have until i am home. But i want to
enjoy it here while it's happening. So i have been trying really hard to not
think about it and think about the positive that's happening right now. any
cute things with Jacob lately?? :) i thought of you all weekend at
simplot!!! I am glad you did awesome! Love you!
Dman- yes the food is pretty different. i loved your email!
it's classic. i always randomly think of movie quotes and i wish i could tell
them to you. hahaha marv sounds classic as always. That's way sweet about the
olympics! The snowboarding thing sounds legit. We'll go to the olympics and
watch those dudes when the olympics are here. The olympics are in my mission!
cool huh? I can't really say very much but i try to say a little bit to the
people! I can talk to the people on the streets and tell them we are missionaries
and our message and give them our little cards. that's about it. How's school
and basketball and all the girls? haha love you!
Ellie- how fun you are having a cousin sleepover at Rozy’s.
That sounds way fun. thanks for writing me letters! I love them. tell Sarah to
email or write me. Move it or lose it! haha is basketball over yet? how is
school? I can't believe feb is half over. the weather sounds a lot like how it
is here in korea. starting to feel like spring a little bit. but still kinda
cold. love you tons!!
Jane! i am sorry you have been sick! that is a bummer. I just
realized that you were the one that told me the story about move it or lose it.
haha sorry didn't mean to put it in ellie's email! But i am glad you had fun!
Did my valentines letter just barely get to you? I sent it the day i left the
MTC. That's weird. But i am glad you like it! that's classic about the
snowmobile on the cement. haha i love you a ton! hope you are feeling better!
Addie! how are all of the fun birthday parties you are going
to? I am sorry i didn't respond to you last week. the birthday parties sounded
so fun! The movie Frozen sounds way way cool! Let's watch it when i am home ok?
How is school? Is English hard? Korean is hard. and i always think about you
when i am having a hard time. We can do hard things! I love you so so so so
much. Look at the moon and i will look at the moon too and it's the same! love
you!
Kiddy Rid! I can't believe it's almost your birthday. The
other day i saw a picture of Lebron in Korea and i took a picture by it because
i thought of you! I love your picture of you and Dman in the heat shirts. How
is school? What are you learning? I hope it is going good. How are your
friends? Do you still play with Abe and Coop? I sent you a letter in the mail
last week. I can't believe it's almost your birthday. I love you to the sun and
back!
Mom and Dad i love you! I pray for everyone so much. I am so
thankful that you are my parents and for always helping me feel better. I
always read the things you say to me and it helps me feel better. I love you!
Tell me about your mexico trip! When are you going? Where are you going? How
fun!!! I am glad you can get away for a little bit. we go to the temple on
tuesday. I am way excited!!! I will try to listen better to the
Korean on sundays.
Forever for always. I LOVE YOU :)xxxxooooo
Sister Tara Anderson
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