Hello Family!!
It has been a good week here in Cheong Ju City!! I imagined my first few weeks to be unbearably long so I have been shocked by how fast time is moving. I still honestly know barely any Korean so I am not able to talk to very many people which is hard especially with the members because I want to get to know them, so I need to just start trying my best.
Alright, I thought I would just tell you a little about everything day by day. Last Monday after emailing we headed to the shopping area. My companion loves clothes and has so many, she is a fashion Diva. It was really fun to see the Korean clothes but culture shock after being in the sheltered MTC for two months. Some stores were playing music that would not even be allowed to play on the radio or in stores in the states. Tuesday we had district meeting. We have three sets of Elders and two sets of Sisters in our district and they are all so great, I enjoy spending time with all of them. (we are going ice skating together this afternoon which will be quite the adventure, haha!!) My companion is a Sister Training Leader for our zone so on Wednesday we headed to Daejeon with the zone leaders and district leaders for mission leader conference. So those of us that were not attending the meeting (about ten people) all went out together. We were almost all greenies which was so fun to see some of my friends again. Sister Choi came and we were ecstatic to see each other. We both talked non-stop the whole day talking about everything that had happened in our first week in our areas. We headed over to a shopping area and did english surveys. We were all so gross and sweaty but it felt so good to work hard and I had a great time with all the missionaries I was with.
Thursday was just a normal day but that night we went out with a member named So-Ra, she is home from her mission in Busan for a few months because she got sick. We went to an "American" buffet called Ashley's. The Koreans love it but it is quite a funny take on American food, a little more spicy than anything we eat. But it was still yummy and the cheesecake was SO delicious. I am already missing American food!! Saturday we had a district meeting about something called English Village that we are beginning to prepare for. It is going to be a huge event where we simulate all these different places like an airport and movie theater where people can come and practice English. They did this in Daejeon and had a lot of success. It is going to be a lot of work but definitely worth it. Afterword, we headed to the shopping area as a zone to do a proselyting activity. I worked with Sister Spencer and she helped me a lot to learn good ways to approach and talk to people. We handed out lots of Book of Mormons and I had so much fun. I always feel so much better after I have worked hard. We also had country time lemonade afterwards that Elder Ward brought. (he got it when he served on the American army base here.) When we were leaving I had some drunk guy come up and shake my hand and was saying stuff to me I could not understand and just doing all these bizarre things. Some of the elders just watched but once the sisters saw what was going on they pulled me away. It was quite funny!! Yesterday I was feeling very American and made fries for dinner!! I thought of Seth the whole time. They weren't quite as good as his. It is an adjustment to going back to making my own food after the MTC. I am doing great and enjoying my time here. Just trying to make the most of every moment I have because I know time will fly by! I am working with amazing people and am in a great area. Apparently this is considered a small city...I am not really sure how that works, it seems so big to me!!
I love and miss you all!! I hope everyone has a good week and can't wait to email again!!
Love,
Sister Jacklin
p.s. The picture is terrible but thought I would take a quick picture so you could see my companion!!
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