Headed to Suji

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a good Halloween! Our ward did a Halloween party last Saturday and we were in charge of decorations because we're the only people who have actually celebrated Halloween. It went really well, we even had a bat garland and a giant candy corn (apparently Koreans have never heard of candy corn and thought it was a beehive...), but unfortunately my camera was dead at that point so photos are pending.

Also news for this week: I'm getting transferred! I've been here for 6 months, and on Saturday night we found out that I will be moving to 수지 (Suji) this week, which is actually in the city right next to Suwon. It is also in the same stake, so I think I will still be able to see some of the ward members. Because I was leaving, I gave a short testimony in Sacrament meeting and told the members that because of my surgery, it was already my second time serving in that ward, so I didn't think that coming back for a 3rd time would be out of the question... They took it as a promise~

Here's the twist though: my companion, Elder Case, is also getting transferred. And he is also getting transferred to Suji. And we will continue to live together. But we will not be companions anymore. Starting on Saturday, we will each train a brand new missionary. So I will be a trainer! I'm a little bit nervous, but also excited for the opportunity to be a trainer. I'll let you all next week how it goes!

Also here is a picture of me with 최기성(choi-gi-seong). He is a recent convert who completely turned his life around this year. He works out of town so he can't meet with us often anymore but he calls us almost every day just to check on us:)

Other things this week:

-With the 8 missionaries in our district, we have one that can play the cello, one that can play the violin, and one that can play the ukulele, so this week we decided to do musical proselyting. We picked out a few songs, then went to a park in our area and did our own little performance. It went really well, lots of people stopped to listen and we were able to share our message with lots of them

-When we meet with members, we often talk about Korean accents (because they vary by region) and also different American accents. And since we have 2 missionaries from Utah, one from California, and one from North Carolina, we are able to cover a good percentage of American dialects. I'm getting really good at the California surfer accent~

-Yesterday while we were travelling, my companion left his bag on the bus yesterday.. Not only did it have all his materials and a brand new camera, but it also had his passport, because we were going to return it to the mission office. Lucky for him though, we are living in Korea and the percentage of honest citizens here is a whole lot higher than most other countries. So, this morning we went to the bus station and picked up his back, new camera and passport and all. ~Korea is the best~

I think that's it for this week, I'll talk to you all next week!

-Elder Bigelow