January 19, 2014
First Week in Cheonan J
Hey Family!!
Well, I am officially in my new
area, Cheonan. The beginning of
the week was really hard because it was full of goodbyes to the people that
have come to mean so much to me in the past six months. Last meals and visits
to investigators, members, and of course a fun wild and crazy last dinner with
the Bishop's family. We even found a miracle new investigator on
Monday:) Thursday morning we headed to Daejeon and met the other
missionaries at the bus terminal where I met my new companion, Sister Lee
Ki-beum. And before I knew it we were on our way to Cheonan. My first few
days in Cheonan have been stressful to say the least. It is my first
move, first time being senior (5th transfer), and my companion speaks no English,
but I am slowly getting accustomed to things and know my Korean will
improve so much this transfer.
Cheonan, well I finally live in a
bigger and nicer apartment and in a part of the city with stores and all that
good stuff. I was quite excited. The bus prices are really high
here so we walk almost everywhere and I am trying to quickly get my bearings
because Sister Lee isn't good with directions. I have visited a few
members and they all were so welcoming, and the good part is I can actually
have a conversation and understand what is happening now (most of the
time).
I am absolutely loving my new
ward because they love missionaries and want to do missionary work. Our
ward has about 110 members come out every week and feels like our Highland
ward, a very different feel from Heungdeok. Sunday was the perfect first Sunday,
we had a member invite us over to make my favorite treat (heodeok) and get to
know each other. They were super, super nice and had the cutest grandma
who just got baptized. She sat on the couch and her feet were nowhere near
the ground, haha!! When we arrived home the other sisters invited us to
visit a less active with them so we headed right back out the door. We
met some members who own a meat restaurant and of course they fed us some
amazing meat before we left and then we all went out to a super countryside
area together to visit the less active family. I had the most amazing
feeling as we went with these members because it wasn't something we did often
in Cheongju. We sang a song for them and the members gave them some
food. I was so happy to finally be working alongside members and you
could really just feel the spirit there. We talked and sang hymns
together on the way home.
There is definitely lots of
stress right now and things to figure out and change in my new area but I am so
happy and excited to be here and know I am going to love it. This can be
a hard area but I also see so much potential here if we work hard.
Hope Dad had a wonderful Birthday
last week, I thought of you the whole day and told everyone it was my Dad's Birthday:)
Love you all so much:)
Love,
Sister Jacklin
Sister Lee loves to take pictures, so we will have lots of fun pictures
for you this transfer:)
Sister Lee loves to take pictures, so we will have lots of fun pictures for you this transfer:)
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