English Flyers and Proselyting

That's pretty much what we did all week. We had three appointments cancel on Tuesday and that was really the only day that we had appointments so it was hard. And it rained a lot this week so that makes putting up free English flyers even harder but we endured it. This week we have no appointments whatsoever. Last week we at least had some dinner appointments so this week will be interesting.

We did have a new woman and her daughter come to English class though! So that was exciting. She called off one of the flyers we put up. She's only English interest right now but we'll see where that goes. Hopefully she comes back next week.

Other than that we had a combined district meeting this week! That was fun. Sister Lamburt and Sister Jensen from the MTC are in my zone so it was good to see them and so is sister Stradling! It's good to catch up with people every once and a while. :) We had a really good sisters meeting during combined district meeting. Our sister training leader reminded us all that we are daughters of our Father in Heaven and that He knows us and our struggles and wants to help. I know that but every once and a while its nice to be reminded. We were pretty much all crying by the end of it. It was great.

Well that's pretty much all that happened this week. Nothng to eventful. Sorry no pictures I didn't bring the right thing to connect my camera to the computer :( But i love you all and hope you are all doing well!

Sister Collyer 콜리여 자매 (kol-lee-yeo ja-mae)

Greenie Fire is Real!

My New Companion! Sister Park.

New area new people! And we have two greenies in our district so I'm finally not the one who knows the least Korean! Yesterday one of the members actually asked me to tell the greenies that they had to give an introduction talk  during sacrament! I've never had anyone ask me to translate before! So it was exciting.

Na-Yeon giving me a "hair cut" at FHE

Anyways leaving Jeon Ju was really sad...on the last day sister son and i ate SOOO much. we literally ate nonstop from 1:30 to 8. we had an all you can eat buffet then popsicles and potato then another dinner then pretzels. I have never wanted to make myself throw up just to get the food out of my stomach before. Like I wasn't even hungry for breakfast the next morning. That's how full we got. But I felt so loved because so many people wanted to see me before I left.  It was bitter sweet. I didn't want to leave because i love all the people i had met but i was excited for change.

The Bishop's Family making funny faces

Then on Thursday Sister Son and i went to Daejeon to meet our new companions! I have realized in the past few days that I know more Korean than I think I do but at the same time I know none at all. but now I talk it all the time (or try to talk it) so hopefully I'll get better. Sister Park is nice but it's hard because we live in a two man house and there is a language barrier. But hopefully it will be a good transfer. We only have one investigator that we met at English class on Saturday. But the ward is super nice and they give us food! And we have lunch after church! So that's fun.

 Oh also I realized that greenie fire is real and I'm pretty sure I had none. We had a proselyting activity with the elders and their greenies and the greenies were so excited to talk to people it almost made me excited to proselyte. Almost, haha.

Yesterday during gospels principles class we were talking about fasting and I said that I fasted to learn Korean more and the teacher said that God answered my prayers by giving me a Korean. I realized he was right. And that this is going to be a hard transfer but I will come a long way in my language speaking and learning ability. Hopefully :)

I love you all and hope you are doing well! have a great week!

Sister Collyer 콜리여 자매 (kol-lee-yeo ja-mae)

Who Needs a Backyard When you Have a Church Parking Lot?

Our BBQ

The pool

Okay so funny story of the week: on Wednesday the bishop called us and asked us if we wanted to eat this pig meat you wrap in lettuce meal with him (which is delicious) so he told us to come to the church. So we did and you will never guess what we found: in the church parking lot the bishop had set up a pool and they put out tarps and had an Electric grill and just had a pool party and BBQ right there in the church parking lot! Only in Korea, actually only in Jeon-Ju with our bishop. it was great. it made me feel like I was at home but not really because we were at the church.

 

Anyways the other big news from this week! TRANFERS! And guess whose finally being transferred????? THIS ONE! I am going up to the Daejeon zone. To a ward called You-Sung (유성)! sister Son says that the members are fantastic in the ward and my companion is actually Sister Sons MTC companion! Her name is Sister Park Ha-Hyun (박하현) sister son says that she doesn't speak very much english but she is super nice and sweet so it will be interpreting but I'm excited :) I feel like my language skills are going to go up significantly if my companion cant even speak English so it will be an adventure. So that's the big news for the week!

 

Other than that: it was a pretty slow week here in Jeon-Ju we met with Kim Woo- jung but we are giving him to the elders and we met with Choi Sung He but we only met with her once and it went okay but nothing special.

 

We had a really fun youth activity we got to go to on Saturday and let me tell you: Korean get way more into games than we ever did when I went to youth activities. And now I have a ton of games I am going to play at a party or something. It will be great.

 

Other than that nothing really exciting this week we stayed inside a lot because there was a TON of rain but its clear now.

FHE With the Bishop's Family and a member named Sister Oh

 

I love you all and hope you have a good week! I'll talk to you next week from Daejeon!

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- Sister Collyer 콜리여 자매 (kol-lee-yeo ja-mae)

We didn't have food and we weren't very hungry so this was our Sunday dinner!

Finally Investigators!

Me mimicking the Bishop's Twin's sleeping position

We finally have investigators! We have three and they are all teenagers. So that's fun. Its a lot harder to teach teenagers than adults.

One we got off of an English flyer. His name is Kim Woo-Joog. His mom forced him to study English with us and it was slightly awkward and he's really shy but he's in middle school and I would be scared to if I was a middle school boy and two girls in dresses came to teach me English. His mom said that she would be okay with him joining our church, mainly she just wants him to talk more. Apparently he doesn't really talk to her at all. But she told us that when he commits to stuff that he throws himself into it so if he joins our church he will bring his friend too. We are meeting with him again this week and we will bring the elders to make him a little more comfortable.

Then our other two are a former investigator's kids. One's in high school her name is Choi sung-He. and the other one is in middle school his name is Choi Joog- Huk. Their mom wants us to teach them English as well. The boy seems a lot more promising than the girl right now. But they remember coming to church when their mom was investigating the church so we'll see where that goes.

Also one of our members, Sister Oh Kyung-Me gave us two referrals! One is a family that is just English interest right now because they will be moving to North Carolina in December for a year because the husband will be working at UNC so they want to be able to speak the language. They're great but mainly the elders have been teaching then so far. Then the other one is a girl named Da-Yeon she is in middle school too. She's one of Sister Oh Kyung-Me's students (Sister Oh Kyung-Me teaches English). 

At Horse Ear Mountain

When we were soaked

We actually went to horse ear mountain with her on thrusday (its a montain whose peaks look like horse ears) and it was so much fun. There is a Buddhist temple at the top of the maintain and when we were there it rained SOOOO hard. I literally have never seen rain so hard ever. We couldn't see anything and we had to scream to each other to be able to hear. We got SOAKED. But it was so great haha. It was great: at one point I said that I miss going swimming and I wanted to go swimming because it was so hot, then after it rained and we were soaked Rebekah (who was also with us) told me "be careful what you wish for. God grants missionaries whatever they want." It was great :)

Hitting a Buddhist Drum

Anyways that was pretty much my week! I love you all and hope you are doing well!

- Sister Collyer 콜리여 자매 (kol-lee-yeo ja-mae)

Me at the cow Farm that the Ward Mission Leader took us to.

Us with the Ward Mission Leader

The Elders in the Cow Farm

Me with a Cow Statue