A little bit better today than you were yesterday

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed your 추석 holiday, I know I did. We actually had some unexpected news this week though... There was a problem with the contract of our apartment, so despite all the business of the holiday week we had to move houses~ Here's a photo of the new house:

It's a little bit smaller than our old one, but it's got all the necessities and we don't spend a whole lot of time in the house anyways....

Okay not actually true, that photo was taken at the Korean folk village. In the city next to us, there's a traditional folk village where you can experience some of the customs of Korea, including pottery, dancing, martial arts, architecture, horseback archery, and of course forms of punishment....

It was a super cool adventure, I'm glad I got to see it

There was also an earthquake in Korea this week, very rare here but I think one of if not the largest in recorded Korean history. It was in the Southern part though, so it was just a little bit of shaking on our end. We're all okay!

The other highlight of this week was a visit from Elder Whiting, one of the leaders of our church. We were able to meet with him as leaders of the mission one day, followed by meeting with the whole mission the next day, it was such a great training. He taught us a lot about pushing ourselves to be better and following the guidance of the Spirit, it's been a huge help to me in my missionary work. That's one of the things that I cherish about this church, the fact that no matter where you are currently, the important thing is that you're trying to be a little bit better today than you were yesterday, and a little bit better tomorrow than you are today.

I hope you all have a great week! This is Elder Christensen's last week before he goes home to America, so I'll find out my new companion this Saturday~

Love, 

Elder Bigelow