Zone leader in Suwon

Well as of last week, we are allowed to wear just a white shirt without a suit jacket when we're outside. Which was great for 6 of the days this week, but then there was also the day with torrential downpours... All I can say is, I'm glad that my shoes don't have holes in them yet, because we walked through a whole lot of puddles this week.

Despite that, things are going really well! The beginning of this week was full of goodbyes in Incheon amidst very fancy dinners, I'm definitely going to miss Incheon. One of the guys that we are teaching there even held my hand for a little bit, which is not actually weird here, it just means that you're really close, so I was honored.

Also this week, I got a new start in Suwon! Suwon is a city South of Seoul, it's still a pretty big city, but you definitely can tell the difference from Seoul here. Samsung's headquarters are here, so a significant percentage of residents here work for Samsung. As the Zone Leader though, I get to travel often to other parts of the surrounding areas, which means I'll finally get to see some Korean countryside after all this time in the city.

I'm serving with Elder Karlson for the next 6 weeks, he's from a city near Denver, and only has 6 weeks left before he goes home. We live with two other missionaries, Elder Young and Elder Lant. Elder Young was my companion in the missionary training center, so it's fun to be able to talk about the same things we talked about in the Missionary Training Center, but in Korean this time.

I introduced myself at church on Sunday, there are about 80 members of the congregation here and they are all really great. I'm really looking forward to being here, hopefully I can spend a little bit longer than 3 months here this time.

Anyways, all is going great! The work is busy, the people are nice, the Korean language is hard, this church is true, all is as it should be. 

Have a great week everyone!