August 15th 2011

ok so heres the deal with the compy. She is great. I am learning a lot. She is a good missionary and im learning a LOT about humility. that being said... HOLY MISCOMMUNICATION. haha. Seriously everyday there seems to be some situation were the culture clash is to the max. But we end up being able to laugh about it or rather i do... anyways im learning a lot. Oh and she has two personalities too! From 6:30- 1:00 She is and angry little green monster then from 1:00- 10:30 we have so much fun and I genuinely love her. I pray fr them both asking that little green monster will die and that sister lee will come back to me. I cant decide if its an actual disorder or if she is REALLY not a morning person. anyways, now that i've whined like a sissy girl things are great. We picked up some investigators this week but they are all men which proves challenging because we have to find a member to teach with us. Luckily the branch is amazing and someone is always willing- not so lucky because sometimes they contribute not-so-helpful tidbits like "dont worry about church being too long- you can leave if you get bored". Thanks! ahah

Culture corner: Korean girls are brilliant. Somehow they can talk their boyfriends into wearing matching outfits and its AMAZING. My favorite one i saw last week. They had tight white pants, pink shirts with "love in so can change thEir minds" written on it, and sailor hats. How do they do it?! I have to learn their ways...

I almost died this week. For realisies. We were hurrying home from a members house one night and the crosswalk turned green so i started walking. No one in Naju obeys traffic laws because traffic laws are for sissys or something and this car comes speeding by 10000 miles an hour, swerves and misses me by literally half an inch. SO scary. Guess why I didnt die? because when we were having a prayer leaving the members house the little girl prayed that we would be safe on the way home.

Sometimes I help the old grandmas with their heavy carts that they pull to market everyday. This started out being a good idea because my companion would teach them while I pulled but word got out and now all the old grandmas come find me and ask me to pull their carts. Im getting man arms. I swear they have dead bodies in those things too. Why does their vegetables always look like creepy bodies?!

Anyways Ive been stressed to the max about korean lately. We have this "passoff" book that has a billion korean sentences that we have to memorize and pass off with our companions which is all good and fine except we study in the morning when green monster is around and she refuses to except my sentences because I dont say them like a korean. Then i get so steaming mad and prideful that I cant even read the page and nothing gets done. Ill chill out. I promise.

We have had the most AMAZING weather lately. It is heaven. Everyone is so pleasant! 

I've been reading the BOM lately and am in love. Its so GOOD. I just want everyone to read it! I have a testimony of this gospel. The world is such a confusing difficult place. It is a remarkable blessing to have so much direction and purpose. The other day I talked with a kid from England who teaches English here in Naju. He was listening at first and then I realized he knew a lot about the gospel and started making fun of us because we obey so many stupid little rules. He told be he feels bad for me that I have no freedom. I was so mad! I explained about commandments a little but mostly wanted to punch him in the face and walked away. As I thought about it later I re realized how free the gospel makes us. We are free from so much ofe pain the commandments protect us from.

anyways I love you. Thank you for the letters and packages. They save my life.

Can someone tell Chelsea that if she doesn't write me soon that we are getting a divorce? thanks.

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU!!!

Sister lund