Gigantic

Hello everyone!

Things are going well over here, it's getting colder, and all the leaves are changing colors, and the leaves here are GIGANTIC, I'll try and grab a picture with one next week. I love Seoul, but it is nice to be in a little smaller city where we're surrounded by mountains and can have cool parks like this

But Seoul does have its fair share of sights to see, including lots of modern art. Behold~

On a less peaceful note, we were walking home this week and saw a giant puddle of blood next to the sidewalk... We were pretty worried at first, but there were others around, so we figured that whoever it was had gotten help of some sort already. We thought it was somebody that had been hit by a car, but then there was a trail of blood that led all the way into our apartment complex and almost to the front door of our building. We haven't quite figured out what happened, but if anyone hears about some strange things going on in Yongin, Korea, let me know~

This week we went to visit a member who lives in the outskirts of the city. We had a picture of the map (which is the best navigation technology we have here), and we rode the bus early just to make sure we would be able to find it. We walked down a mountain road like the map said, but didn't see it. We kept walking down the road for about 20 minutes, and as we went further into the mountains we could feel the weather getting colder as we walked. We kept seeing no houses, so we decided to go into a restaurant that was out in the middle of nowhere and ask them for directions. After the owner found the address on his phone, we realized that we had been walking for 20 minutes down the wrong side road, and that we would have to walk another 20 minutes back, including another 10 minutes down the right road, making us very late to our appointment. Then, the restaurant owner insisted that he would drive us to the house, and dropped us off right on the doorstep. I love living here with such nice people, and ever since that night I've felt like it would be a good idea to visit his restaurant again to thank him. So when we have time this week to go to the middle of nowhere, that's our plan!

We also met with 이정수 (Lee Jeong Su) again this week at a member's home, he is studying to enter a very prestigious high school and passed his test this week! Now he has an interview on Saturday, and he thanked us for his prayers on his behalf. He seems a little nervous about baptism, especially the part about going under the water... But he's great and we'll keep working with him.

Elder Curtis is doing great, he eats Korean food really well and we did lots of teaching practice with members this week which has helped him a lot.

I hope you all have a great American Thanksgiving, eat lots of Turkey and remember to be thankful! Love you all!

-Elder Bigelow