One of my favorite thing about Korea is that the whole country is having a dance party 24/7. My favorite example of this is the grocery store. The place is a dance club! The music is BUMPING and its all techno all the time. You cant hear anything. This is typical of most stores in Naju. We need to adopt this in America. Make it happen before I get home.
We were greeted by monsoon season tuesday morning. That morning we were having a service project where a "doctor" in the branch was going to have a health clinic for some old ladies. We walked to a members house (became wet cats) and see all these ancient ladies sitting around everywhere. Turns out we were providing an acupuncture clinic. One minute im going around asking ladies their age and what was wrong and the next i look up and the guy in our branch is sticking needles in this ladies bum. I was a little disturbed and then it was hilarious. All the little old ladies were so funny. When I would ask what was wrong they would go on for 20 minutes telling me every single part of their bodies that hurt. Poor things. One lady had a tattoo on her bum :). while we were having our torture chamber a fight broke out in the street and these old guys were beating each other with their umbrellas in the pouring rain- epic.
We are teaching this fabulous old lady. she and her husband remind me of George and Eleanor Kossman. Her husband always has a giant cigar in his mouth and wears these Humphrey Bogart hats that i LOVE. She is my FAVORITE. She's way rude to me but then always tells me im her favorite as we leave. She will be baptized before i leave Naju. Her husband too. She just has to start doing anything we tell her to do.
We went to a members house saturday night and taught their little girl who's getting baptized. Her mom wanted her to put her clothes on so she could be taught and she refused and proceeded to bawl her eyes out for 20 minutes. At one point she started gagging she was crying so hard. I about died trying not to laugh. This is an eight year old. I was glad I do not have children at that point.
I ate a tomato. First one in my whole life. And guess what? I kind of liked it.
I feel like a different person because of what I just said.
What is happening?!
On the way home from crying girl there was a WAY scary bug on the bus that kept getting close to us. So i tried to protect us and kill it with my umbrella an it dripped all over the guy in front of us. He HATED me. He told me to go back to America. I told him to come to church.
We had ward council on sunday. We talked about how the branch hasn't grown in ten years because every time someone gets baptized they leave Naju. As they discussed solutions someone actually said we should pay people to come to church. This was only turned down because after heated debate they couldn't think of a way to raise enough money. love them :)
There was supposed to be a typhoon yesterday. I was pumped. It was LAME. I wanted destruction! There was some blustery wind. oh well.
Koreans love to eat and they love to sing. After dinner last night a bunch of members were around the piano singing. Its so much fun because they CANNOT sing and they sing their hearts out! They honestly sound drunk.At first it was hymns then it was Niel Diamond BUM BUM BUM!Then we left.
Such a good week. The gospel is true. How do i know? I study like crazy and ask. God answers prayers. He helps me everyday.
I love you
Sister lund
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