Baptisms and Fall Festival

Fall is in full swing in gwangju this week and im starting to realize why every koreans favorite holiday is fall. There is a huge oldies festival going on in the downtown area that is SO incredible. All the foot streets in the shopping district are roofed with glowing painted chinese lanterns, all of the street vendors are selling their special fall treats that taste amazing. My favorite are these giant walnut shaped custard filled pastry things that make you feel all warm inside. Guess what else I got? cotton candy. I saw the cotton candy man and FLIPPED. We asked him to give me a lot so he made me one the size of a beach ball (heaven) Oh and did i mention that it was made on a chopstick? it was. I fall deeper and deeper in love with korea every day. The festival is fun because as we are traveling or street contacting i hear a group of koreans preforming "california dreamin" or Cat Stevens- its especially great because they dont speak korean and their pronunciation is adorable.  Its also cool to see koreans doing something other than rushing to work- actually spending time together, doing fun things.  So we had FOUR baptisms this weekend... no big deal. Except it was a BIG DEAL!! Im pretty much bursting with this deep, heart throbbing, joy. Our first baptism was kim kyung sun our 19 year old miracle who didnt even really need us- the Lord has been preparing her for a while. I got to be there from lesson one to baptism. I feel so blessed to have been apart. The guy that baptized her forgot to tell her to plug her nose and pretty much threw her into the water she came up gasping and choking and sister sherwood and i basically had to pull her out of the water- it was pretty awesome. AHH! I love that girl! Then we had our couple who almost didnt get baptized because they didnt pass their initial interview but one of the counselors in the mission presidencies came down to interview them at eleven for their four oclock baptism. wow. They were so cute and all smiles.  Then at that same service we had our little eight year old first convert in her family (except her aunt who served a mission in temple square). She was so excited and nervous and filled with light. She came out of the water giggling. I love little kids. They have so much trust and faith in people- i want to be like that. So it was an incredible weekend. We had to go on splits on sunday so we could be at both sacrament meetings for the confirmations. Kim kyung sun sat down exactly four seconds before they called her up. Hallelujah. We are extending three more baptismal commitments this week. Can you believe this place?! How are these people so prepared?! It feels pretty good to be working so hard and seeing so many miracles. Sometimes i feel like the lord isn't being sneaky enough. Sometimes his help seems so apparent. Like He is being to obvious or something. I knew He helped missionaries i just didnt know it was THIS much. It makes me kinda homesicky to be so far away on conference weekend. I get to watch it this weekend and im hearing rumors about it being available in english.... huzzah! I cant wait. Could someone send some mac n cheese? I suddenly crave it all the time. Also i need an update on Kendis roney, Alexis Kaufusi, Matt Oldroyd, and anyone else who I should know about. I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU! I have a testimony of this gospel. Its the only thing that im 100% certain of. I know that we can rely on the Lord even when it feels like everything else is falling apart- he has our backs. He has invested everything in us and wants us to be as happy as we can. As we give ourselves over to His will, He will make us into something better than we ever imagined. I love being a missionary. Its the hardest, worst, best thing i think ill ever do and i genuinely love it. All my love, Sister lund