June 19th

There are no skittles in Naju. None. Ive looked everywhere. Missionary work is hard sometimes.

This week has been sweeetttt!!

First of all, I walked probably 120 miles this week- no lie. We walk about 15-20 miles almost every day. My calves are ripped! 

The other night we walked past a huge group of cyclists and I got way excited and yelled LANCE ARMSTRONG! I thought they would love it but everyone went dead silent and stared at me. awesome. Seo 자 매 님 told me i have to stop talking to men- it freaks them out. I repented. 

My favorite part of the week was meeting with this amazing lady who used to meet with the missionaries but quit because her mom didnt like it. she's 30 by the way, korea is weird, it know. anyways... she is AMAZING like you look at her and all you see is light! We met at the top of this huge hill where theres all these cool old korean structures and sat and ate weird stuff. We talked about God and how he loves us. I shared a WAY simple testimony and she was flipping through my scriptures and found one that talked about God talking to us. She wanted to know what that meant- I asked her if she felt like God had ever talked to her and she immediately said yes! she told us that god gives her dreams or puts thoughts in her head. I asked her if she had ever hads dreams or thoughts about us and she told us that after she stopped meeting with the missionaries she would see them all of the time and that lately everywhere she went she saw us walking around. I told her that things are not always coincidences- God puts people in our path. I could feel the spirit working through me as I shared my testimony- the things I should say and the scriptures I should share It was definetly beyond my capabilities. I didn't say anything amazing or profound but it was enough. the spirit was so so strong! I was so happy at that moment to be a missionary, sharing the happiest news there is. She agreed to start meeting with us again and i KNOW she will get baptized. 

While we were sitting there all these psycho spiders wre crawling all over me. I was trying SO hard not to freak but one time this crazy spider with pincher claws (im NOT kidding) was crawling on my arm and I screamed my head off and ran away and tripped over this bench and started bleeding all over the place and it was way funny/bad. Dont worry, the spirit came back somehow. 

That night we went and had dinner at a members house and they made me a "special" dessert which was peaches mochi shaved ice ice cream watermelon and wait for it... BEANS. and they were hidden in the bottom so i didn't even know it was coming till it was in my mouth. oh boy. MOST HORRIBLY EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. Why do they have to do such weird things?! they ruin every good thing! k just kidding. I love Koreans and their weird ways. I also drank a tomato smoothie that night. yeah. Im a big girl now.  나 소 영, had her baptism yesterday!!! AH!! She is so lovely. I wish you could meet her. The only negative part was that the branch was out of control. They were being so irreverent and half the branch wouldnt come into the baptism because they were busy having a party with the food WE brought for the baptism. After she came out of the water everyone started applauding and while we waited for her to change this crazy lady kept trying to throw the little kids in the font. Luckily the church is true and 나 소 양 got over it and their LAMENESS didnt ruin it. We made cookies and while we were watching the baptism the kids ate them all. we made like 100 cookies. They were seriously throwing down. Thats what happens to children who are raised believing that beans and ice are an acceptable dessert- they turn into wild beasts every time there's something actually good around ha. We are teaching this ancient lady whos friend joined the church and they are SO adorable. They just sit and argue about farming techniques and tell us we are pretty. They both have such childlike faith- i love it! The other day I asked her if she would pray every day and she said that while she is working in the fields she talks to God all day- ahh! love her. i think she'll get baptized in about two weeks except she came to the baptism yesterday and FREAKED about the water. She wouldnt even come closer so she could see better. We'll have to work on that.  

Things i love:

The old ladies who say im pretty and slap my bum as they walk by (why?!) 

the crazy animal insect amphibians that even my korean trainer has never seen before

koreans are all tone deaf- hymns are a treat

I relearn the gospel is true everyday (scriptures are bomb)

all the little kids who say "hello" to me and then go crazy when i speak korean back

k thats all. I LOVE KOREA!!

sista lundo