"Korean Matchu Peetchu!"

Hey!

The first week of the transfer was so good. Elder Kim and I hit the streets hard proselyting so we can find new investigators and so I could show him the area. We meet with some "formal investigators"

that the missionaries for the last few transfers had been meeting with. But none really have that much interest so we dropped them. This week we are going to be working with all the members and serving them. There are some part member families and less actives that we are going to be meeting with this week. So we should have some good things go down.

So recently I have been studying faith so I could be a better tool in God's hands. So I have came across not only having faith in God but TRUSTING God. I have found that I have been relying on myself to often and that I need to turn to God and trust him. This is not Elder Schimbeck's work this the Lord's work so the best way I can do his work is... well trusting in him. I just wanted to share that this week because I have been pondering it for a while.

This week went to a cool sight seeing place. When Elder Kim saw it he said "Elda She-m-beck this like Korean matchu peetchu!" It was funny haha. Also we are at a all you can eat meat buffet!

Transfer Week

Hey!

So today was transfer day! Got a new companion, Elder Kim (김재영). I am super excited to work with him. He just came from Ulsan Zone being a zone leader with Elder Lunt (my trainer). He is 26 already went the military (in Korean all men must serve in the military or they go to prison). He loves Cross Fit so working out should be fun with him!

Also something funny is Elder Finch(my follow trainer) taking elder Kim's (Kim Jaeyoung/김재영) and also my companion from this last transfer (Kim Junbum/김준범) is going to the b team at that same house Ulsan. So all my past companions are in the same house and my new companion just came from that house. Kinda cool right?

Sorry no pictures this week. Next week I will send some. Love you all!

하이!

Hey everyone!

Sorry I didn't send a letter last week. This week has gotten a lot better.

So I have been thinking of ways to get appointments because there are no members to work with and street proselyting is not the best way to do the work sometimes. So this week during weekly planning I decided to go through the phone and start calling all of the street contacts that we had in our phone. It took a long time (infact I didn't even finish getting through it all) but we got 8 appointments scheduled this week. So hopefully all of them will go well.

Yesterday I gave a talk in sacrament meeting about love. So as I prepared for this talk I tried to love more. Sometimes its hard to love the people who ignore you and laugh at you but Jesus did it and he commanded us to do it (matt. 22:36-39) so I'll do it. So whenever I saw that my companion was sad I would buy him candy or something. I also did all the dishes this week so he never had to do them. This probably all sounds like service but I feel like if you love some one you will serve them. So Trying to love more has also made me really happy.

Went bowling to day for p day.

새해복 많이 받으세요!- Jan 30th and Feb 6th

1-30-17
Hi

This week has been interesting. I went on a 3 day exchange (exchanges are only supposed to last 24 hours). I was with a missionary that came just one transfer after me. Because of Korean New Years our exchange got all messed up, but that's OK because it was good and talked to some good people.

We also watched a world wide missionary broad cast. Our schedule has been changed. Now we do planning in the morning and also proselyte before personal study, comp study, and language study in the mornings. I heard a lot of missionaries complain about the new schedule after the announcement was over. That made me a little sad. But a missionary got up and said, "This new schedule was given to us from the apostles for a reason so we need to follow it because we love our heavenly father and we want to work more effectively." I believe that so much. I believe we should do things that the Lord commands because he loves us and blesses so we should praise him and love him and do what he says. I have noticed my self thinking to myself "why do I have to talk to this grumpy grand pa?" I am now thinking I should talk to this grumpy looking grand pa because I love God and I want to bring is children back to him.

2-6-17

This week Josh didn't do a weekly letter, but he did write Michelle and I, and sent pictures.  I was talking to Josh about personal growth, I want to post part of what he wrote back to me I hope he doesn't think it is too personal:
...This has been a really growing transfer. My desire has grown insanely this transfer. Ever since I have been out I never truly wanted to teach anyone but now my desire has grown so much but I can't speak the Korean i need to teach these people by myself. I cry every night because I want to talk to these people and teach these people but I can't I study the language but nothing is happening. I cry because I want to be an amazing tool in God's hand like John. John is so amazing. God asked him what his one desire was and john said that he wanted to live for ever so he can keep bringing people unto him. Unlike Peter, peters desire was to come quickly to live with God (which isn't a bad thing).

My training area. With Elder Finch last transfer. 

This is the sisters investigator that got baptized yesterday. 

Went bowling today.

This is Heoon day beach super pretty. Not my area though.
Also there are some really tall buildings in the background that were in the Amazing Spiderman movie.