Hello everyone!
I have officially finished my first week in my new area called Sacheon! It is a really interesting area and it does not have a lot of people. But the people that are here are very awesome and very nice to talk to so that is great! My new companion elder Gailey is an older missionary so that means his Korea is really good and I am learning a lot from him. He is from midway Utah so he is a small town boy for sure. Super fun guy!
My first night in the area we had an appointment with a man who unfortunately does not have a lot of interest in the gospel. Isn't it so weird that people can love to white guys but not the saving gospel Jesus Christ? Haha theres a thought!
My first day was filled with a lot of planing for the area. This area is small but it has a lot of potential to become a big one. There are a lot of people to keep track of and a lot of things to do. It is a very big area because there is so much farm land and such so traveling is yikes sometimes. Our planing skills area realkh being put to the test!
Here is where the title of my email comes into play. Missionary work is all about adapting to knew things. We have an island in our area that has a long bridge that connects to it. After riding a little while on the bus you have get off and... Wait for it... Hitch hike!!! We hitch hike very very much in this area because most of the members live on the island and the people we are teaching also live on the Island. Since I was a kid I have wanted to hitch hike, and now I have the chance! It is super fun and also a very good way to meet and talk to people.
We have had a few appointments this week which went well. We hope to see one of the students we are teaching be baptized soon. We also got to play basketball with a recent convert and then play soccer with a young man whos parents are less active, but he is not baptized. Super interesting way to do missionary work, but these people need to be loved and so we find ways to love them!
Sunday I got to meet all the members! They are very kind a loving people. There are not very many, but they love with all there hearts and they are great! Our branch president really reminds me of my seminary teacher brother gentile. Love just eminates from his countenance. Super happy to work with him more!
Some other highlights from my week
1. There is a special needs man on the street that always gives us high fives and walks us to the corner
2. There are a lot of Indonesia people here that love taking pictures with us so we are basically famous.
3.we have a rat living in our ceiling that loves to keep us awake at night...yayyyyy
4.We got home pretty late one night he week because a guy we hitched hiked with dropped us off pretty far away.
5. Always get free banana bread from the banana bread man on the street.
Love you all! Keep the faith!
Elder Meeks
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