After an early start last Monday morning, I rode a plane from LA to Seattle, then had a short layover before taking off to Korea. I didn't get to see the other missionaries coming to Korea until the plane had already taken off, but I did get to talk to them once we got to Korea.
Upon our arrival, we met the new mission President, President Turner and his wife. They are both super great and funny and I'm excited to serve with them for the next 15 months! President Turner served a mission in Korea in the 70s so he's learning Korean again but he's already pretty good so he'll do fine.
That Monday night, we had a meal in the mission President's home with the other new missionaries arriving, then breakfast with them the next morning. Then while the brand new missionaries got some more training, I headed over to the "transfer spot" (where missionaries who are moving locations meet their new companion) and got to see lots of old friends, many of whom were finishing with their mission. I got assigned back to 곡반정 (Gok Ban Jeong) in Suwon, which is where I was living before I left, which was super exciting news. My new companion is Elder Christensen, he is from Layton, Utah (which is actually where I got surgery a few weeks ago) so we have a special connection already. He's great and has 3 months left on his mission. He actually served in Suwon before, and got called back to replace me when I had to leave so luckily he knows how to get around the area pretty well.
I studied a lot of Korean in America but there wasn't much opportunities for speaking practice, so I was definitely a little rusty when I first arrived. I think I'm okay now though, the language learning process is back to normal and I love getting to speak Korean every day. And adjusting to life in Korea wasn't nearly as hard as when I came the first time, it's kind of like just coming home again. Although one thing that has changed was the percent humidity. Most houses (including ours) do not have A/C so it makes for a fun time. Mornings are deceptively cool but by noon, going outside makes your face glisten like you've been working in your attic for 20 minutes on a summer day..
It was also great to see the members of the ward here again, I got to introduce myself a second time and the missionaries even performed a musical number, which will now be a monthly thing I guess.
Sorry that may have been kind of brief, but just know that I'm excited to be a missionary again, engaged in the most important kind of work there is.
Have a great week! Sorry there's no pictures this week but now there's only two missionaries in our house so there's nobody to take our picture...
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