today is my year mark, thats crazy it blows my mind. i don't feel like i've been gone this long, its really weird. today we went to the mission home so me and 2 elders in my district could take korean tests, i passed mine, and so did the other elders. after that we went to a place called kangnam its downtown seoul and went to a way good mexican restraunt it was expensive but amazing. today is really hot, it actually reminds me of how st george feels but a little more wet. its weird getting used to humidity. this week has gone by fast not much new going on, yesterday we ate a huge lunch of duck meat korean style, it was so good, you'd all be surprised how many things i just eat now, i even eat tomatoes occasionally.good news as i was typing we got a phone call from a man who wants to meet us tomorrow so we have a new investigator lined up for tomorrow. its always good to find more of them.its ok mom if you don't want to come to korea, i'd love for you to come of course but to be honest, i don't know how you'd like it, lots of strange food that is usually spicy, i love it and want to have a korean restraunt someday but i don't think mom would care for it. but if you want to come do it, its up to you i will understand if you don't feel like it.next week is transfers, i will probably get transferred i have been in my area for a very long time, i've been here for half of my mission so far.so next week i might have more news for you. oh and i weigh less than 200lbs now, and i'll send you a picture without my glasses i don't wear them often just somedays my eyes itch and if i wear my glasses then i don't itch my eyes as much.well i gotta go.
love ya'll
court
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
June 10, 2009
Hey guys-
haha brady is playing halo now eh? just make sure it doesn't get out of hand, alot of people let video games take over there life's and then they really have a hard time functioning in society because their lives are video games. well this last week was a good week we had zone conference yesterday and we had a missionary olympics at the olympic park in seoul. and then in the afternoon we had the usual training portion of zone conference it was fun and we had subway sandwiches for lunch they were amazing, i forgot how good sandwiches are.yes i am still losing weight but i think it is slowing down i just weighed myself and i'm like 200lbs even, thats crazy. i attached a picture from the temple last week, the two guys are just really tall, i'm not shorter i promise. the weather here is really humid, but its ok they have really cheap ice cream at the convenient stores, i bet thats why i don't seem to be dropping like crazy right now its the ice cream.next week pday i hit my year mark, that is so weird it seems like yesterday mom pour a pack of pepper in her mouth thinking it was salt at arby's before we went to the mtc. i already know they day approximately that i come home, its july 9th, that will probably be my last day. so i'm closing in quickly on less than a year left. well i don't have to much to report on so i'll talk to you next week.
thanks for all you do,
love ya court
haha brady is playing halo now eh? just make sure it doesn't get out of hand, alot of people let video games take over there life's and then they really have a hard time functioning in society because their lives are video games. well this last week was a good week we had zone conference yesterday and we had a missionary olympics at the olympic park in seoul. and then in the afternoon we had the usual training portion of zone conference it was fun and we had subway sandwiches for lunch they were amazing, i forgot how good sandwiches are.yes i am still losing weight but i think it is slowing down i just weighed myself and i'm like 200lbs even, thats crazy. i attached a picture from the temple last week, the two guys are just really tall, i'm not shorter i promise. the weather here is really humid, but its ok they have really cheap ice cream at the convenient stores, i bet thats why i don't seem to be dropping like crazy right now its the ice cream.next week pday i hit my year mark, that is so weird it seems like yesterday mom pour a pack of pepper in her mouth thinking it was salt at arby's before we went to the mtc. i already know they day approximately that i come home, its july 9th, that will probably be my last day. so i'm closing in quickly on less than a year left. well i don't have to much to report on so i'll talk to you next week.
thanks for all you do,
love ya court
June 5, 2009
hey whats up?
i'm stoked that you guess saw elder hirsche again, i learned more from that kid than from pretty much anything else on my mission thus far, he's a champ. this week has been good, i've been really tired and maybe alittle on edge lately, mainly because i am trying my hardest to teach as much as week can and my mind is going non stop and its craziness, but its good too, i'm learning and thats good.this last week has been pretty good, we have gotten like six new investigators which is a few, alot more than i have seen in this area in one week, they are all really new so not much to say about them. one of the guys is the only korean adrenaline junkie i've ever met and he's hilarious. this weekend is the ward picnic. that should be fun.
last week i had to speak in church, talk about hard, the topic was "why is it important for regular members to do missionary work?" so that was interesting but i feel ok about it, i don't mind public speaking, it was kinda hard though in korean.i got the garments thanks. Oh thanks for the chips too, i can't wait to eat them.other than that not too much going on here, 2 weeks from today is my year mark. thats mind bottleing, it bottles my mind.its really humid here now, and i definately like dry heat more than humid heat. oh today we went to the temple then stopped and ate lunch with one of my converts in my first area he says hi.
talk to ya next week, tell everyone(grandpa&grandma, doresse, stacey)thanks for their letters and support
love ya- court
i'm stoked that you guess saw elder hirsche again, i learned more from that kid than from pretty much anything else on my mission thus far, he's a champ. this week has been good, i've been really tired and maybe alittle on edge lately, mainly because i am trying my hardest to teach as much as week can and my mind is going non stop and its craziness, but its good too, i'm learning and thats good.this last week has been pretty good, we have gotten like six new investigators which is a few, alot more than i have seen in this area in one week, they are all really new so not much to say about them. one of the guys is the only korean adrenaline junkie i've ever met and he's hilarious. this weekend is the ward picnic. that should be fun.
last week i had to speak in church, talk about hard, the topic was "why is it important for regular members to do missionary work?" so that was interesting but i feel ok about it, i don't mind public speaking, it was kinda hard though in korean.i got the garments thanks. Oh thanks for the chips too, i can't wait to eat them.other than that not too much going on here, 2 weeks from today is my year mark. thats mind bottleing, it bottles my mind.its really humid here now, and i definately like dry heat more than humid heat. oh today we went to the temple then stopped and ate lunch with one of my converts in my first area he says hi.
talk to ya next week, tell everyone(grandpa&grandma, doresse, stacey)thanks for their letters and support
love ya- court
May 21, 2009
i can't believe you went to elder hirsches homecoming, i am jealous, i bet he did way good. i love that kid, he's a champ. and you met elder blatter haha, he makes me laugh, he reminds me of a seminary teacher, which is ok cause thats what he wants to be. and you met ashley, you guys just had a party and didn't invite me, thats rude haha.
well i can't remember if i told you but we had a surprise baptism last week the parents of those kids called us on tuesday last week and said they wanted to get baptized so they were on sunday night. it was way sweet, when i was taking pictures with the family the dad gave me a hug and said thanks in the most sincere way i've ever heard, and at the end of the baptismal service they asked the dad to share some words and he started crying it was amazing.
things here are good, being senior is definately a change, but i like it, one of the ward members asked me the other day if i was senior companion and i said yes, and then his wife said "finally" it was sweet, especially since she meant it because koreans don't really understand sarcasm. my new companion is good, he is from washington, there are 12 kids in his family, his favorite type of music is oldies like from the 1920's and he has constructed his own suit of armor. he's a good guy i can't believe school is almost out thats crazy, i have been gone for an entire school year already, and i'm less than a month away from my year mark thats nuts. things here are good, crazy, being senior companion is quite taxing. but i'm doing my best and my korean is getting better. we are trying to find some good people to teach now, so we walk alot.well talk to you next week
love court
well i can't remember if i told you but we had a surprise baptism last week the parents of those kids called us on tuesday last week and said they wanted to get baptized so they were on sunday night. it was way sweet, when i was taking pictures with the family the dad gave me a hug and said thanks in the most sincere way i've ever heard, and at the end of the baptismal service they asked the dad to share some words and he started crying it was amazing.
things here are good, being senior is definately a change, but i like it, one of the ward members asked me the other day if i was senior companion and i said yes, and then his wife said "finally" it was sweet, especially since she meant it because koreans don't really understand sarcasm. my new companion is good, he is from washington, there are 12 kids in his family, his favorite type of music is oldies like from the 1920's and he has constructed his own suit of armor. he's a good guy i can't believe school is almost out thats crazy, i have been gone for an entire school year already, and i'm less than a month away from my year mark thats nuts. things here are good, crazy, being senior companion is quite taxing. but i'm doing my best and my korean is getting better. we are trying to find some good people to teach now, so we walk alot.well talk to you next week
love court
May 15, 2009
hey everyone-
it was great talking to everyone on monday, i can't wait till christmas to do it again. things haven't changed much, i got my new comp today, his name is elder tenney, i'll tell you more about him next week when i learn more, he is from washington state and has 12 kids in his family. yesterday me and elder hutchings ate dog soup, it was delicious one of the best things i've had in a long time, it really was i'm not trying to be gross, it was spicy though, and for dinner we had this crazy chicken and potato soup at this really cool restraunt the soup had the chickens throat and feet in it but a lady we were with ate them so we didn't have to.
Elder Hirsche's homecoming is this weekend, call him or his mom to find our more. try to go if you can, he is the best. the kid changed my life, he's such a stud,and he'd love it if you went to his homecoming.well i'll talk next week
love court
oh i almost forgot, the parents of those kids we baptized last week called us tuesday and said they prayed as a family and the parents wanted to talk to thebishop about baptism, so we gave them his phone number and they called him, after a little while they called us back and said that they want to get baptized as soon as possible, so sunday, the parents will be baptized. That is a miracle if i ever heard one. the dad had to quit drinking and smoking in like three weeks time. crazy eh?
it was great talking to everyone on monday, i can't wait till christmas to do it again. things haven't changed much, i got my new comp today, his name is elder tenney, i'll tell you more about him next week when i learn more, he is from washington state and has 12 kids in his family. yesterday me and elder hutchings ate dog soup, it was delicious one of the best things i've had in a long time, it really was i'm not trying to be gross, it was spicy though, and for dinner we had this crazy chicken and potato soup at this really cool restraunt the soup had the chickens throat and feet in it but a lady we were with ate them so we didn't have to.
Elder Hirsche's homecoming is this weekend, call him or his mom to find our more. try to go if you can, he is the best. the kid changed my life, he's such a stud,and he'd love it if you went to his homecoming.well i'll talk next week
love court
oh i almost forgot, the parents of those kids we baptized last week called us tuesday and said they prayed as a family and the parents wanted to talk to thebishop about baptism, so we gave them his phone number and they called him, after a little while they called us back and said that they want to get baptized as soon as possible, so sunday, the parents will be baptized. That is a miracle if i ever heard one. the dad had to quit drinking and smoking in like three weeks time. crazy eh?
Sunday, April 26, 2009
April 26th -Marcie Comment
Hey Everybody!
Ashley Grandy met up with Court and some of the other elders a few weeks ago and was able to give him some treats that we sent to her. I sent some Girl Scout cookie Thin Mints... (the best!)She took a few pictures of all of the elders. I was shocked to see him. He has lost almost 70 pounds (which is like a 4th grader!) HA HA. I am so proud of him. He has had such a great attitude this whole time and is now LOVING the food and loves the Korean people. He says that he is still working on the language, but doesn't complain. This mission, I know has already changed his life for the better. Man... I love that kid! Keep those letters going out to him, I know every letter helps!
On behalf of Court... thanks for all your support.
Marcie
Ashley Grandy met up with Court and some of the other elders a few weeks ago and was able to give him some treats that we sent to her. I sent some Girl Scout cookie Thin Mints... (the best!)She took a few pictures of all of the elders. I was shocked to see him. He has lost almost 70 pounds (which is like a 4th grader!) HA HA. I am so proud of him. He has had such a great attitude this whole time and is now LOVING the food and loves the Korean people. He says that he is still working on the language, but doesn't complain. This mission, I know has already changed his life for the better. Man... I love that kid! Keep those letters going out to him, I know every letter helps!
On behalf of Court... thanks for all your support.
Marcie
Thursday, April 16, 2009
April 16, 2009 -to Marcie
I asked him if he has ever messed up some words while talking to someone. This is what he said.
Hey-sorry not much time but, i'll tell you a funny language screw up. one time i was teaching about the law of chastity and pornography, and in korea the word for to need is piriohada and the word to avoid is peehada and i wanted to say "when we obey the law of chastity we avoid porn." but i said " if we want to obey the law of chastity we need porn" whoops thats a pretty big difference.
gotta run love ya
Court
Hey-sorry not much time but, i'll tell you a funny language screw up. one time i was teaching about the law of chastity and pornography, and in korea the word for to need is piriohada and the word to avoid is peehada and i wanted to say "when we obey the law of chastity we avoid porn." but i said " if we want to obey the law of chastity we need porn" whoops thats a pretty big difference.
gotta run love ya
Court
April 9, 2009 - to Marcie
hey-
what is up. you should see korea right now its sweet, the blossoms are crazy its just like mulan! Korean is coming along, i took a test today in my mission passoff program at the mission home. i passed. so thats good i guess. i wish i could just wake up one morning fluent at korean though. that would be fantastic. theres a say about people who come to places like korea "people who go stateside on there mission come back scriptorians, people going to south america or europe come back fluent in another language. people who come to places like korea just come back humble." nothing is more of a slap in the face than not being able to understand a 4 year old. haha. no but seriously korean is coming along but i will tell you that it is a lot harder than german or spanish. and if anyone tries to argue that fact with you, i will slap them in public when i get home. so make a list of people for me to slap.on a different note, my companion says i'm the most rediculous person he's ever known. I don't know why he would possibly think that. its like he thinks i'm weird. hmmmm....
well, gotta run
love ya- Court
what is up. you should see korea right now its sweet, the blossoms are crazy its just like mulan! Korean is coming along, i took a test today in my mission passoff program at the mission home. i passed. so thats good i guess. i wish i could just wake up one morning fluent at korean though. that would be fantastic. theres a say about people who come to places like korea "people who go stateside on there mission come back scriptorians, people going to south america or europe come back fluent in another language. people who come to places like korea just come back humble." nothing is more of a slap in the face than not being able to understand a 4 year old. haha. no but seriously korean is coming along but i will tell you that it is a lot harder than german or spanish. and if anyone tries to argue that fact with you, i will slap them in public when i get home. so make a list of people for me to slap.on a different note, my companion says i'm the most rediculous person he's ever known. I don't know why he would possibly think that. its like he thinks i'm weird. hmmmm....
well, gotta run
love ya- Court
April 9, 2009
Hello Everyone!
how is everyone doing? im doing well here. i don't know what to write about to much these days every thing is pretty repetitive and probably boring to hear week after week. Last sunday we had a dinner at a members apartment and we took a family of four that we are teaching. that was fun, like half the ward was there too, there were a ton of people in one apartment. it was really fun. the family that lived at the apartment has 5 kids which is a huge family for korea and there youngest son is like three and he answered the door, but the thing is when he opened the door he shouted "surprise!" in english which was definately unexpected and more hilarious. the oldest child in that family is tias age and wants tia to email her sometime, i'll send the address next week.this week we were supposed to have a baptism but the girl decided not to get baptized yet, she said she will in like july or something when there is a break from school. School here is crazy, high school students sometimes go to school from like 8am-10pm its nuts. and they have school on saturdays half day and sometimes sunday depending on the school. so the girl that was going to get baptized is really busy right now.The weather here is really nice right now it feels alot similiar to hawaii for most the day, but in a week or so it'll be crazy hot. but the good news is we don't have to wear suit coats starting next monday. its really pretty here right now the cherry blossoms are nuts! and they have some other trees that have big flowers growing on them too. i'll send home some pictures soon probably.well happy easter and i'll talk to ya next week
love court
how is everyone doing? im doing well here. i don't know what to write about to much these days every thing is pretty repetitive and probably boring to hear week after week. Last sunday we had a dinner at a members apartment and we took a family of four that we are teaching. that was fun, like half the ward was there too, there were a ton of people in one apartment. it was really fun. the family that lived at the apartment has 5 kids which is a huge family for korea and there youngest son is like three and he answered the door, but the thing is when he opened the door he shouted "surprise!" in english which was definately unexpected and more hilarious. the oldest child in that family is tias age and wants tia to email her sometime, i'll send the address next week.this week we were supposed to have a baptism but the girl decided not to get baptized yet, she said she will in like july or something when there is a break from school. School here is crazy, high school students sometimes go to school from like 8am-10pm its nuts. and they have school on saturdays half day and sometimes sunday depending on the school. so the girl that was going to get baptized is really busy right now.The weather here is really nice right now it feels alot similiar to hawaii for most the day, but in a week or so it'll be crazy hot. but the good news is we don't have to wear suit coats starting next monday. its really pretty here right now the cherry blossoms are nuts! and they have some other trees that have big flowers growing on them too. i'll send home some pictures soon probably.well happy easter and i'll talk to ya next week
love court
April Fool's Day 2009 -to Marcie
I had told Court that I was pregnant again and made up a big story about it.
i am impressed you actually got me for a second i read the first line the said "what?" then i was like yesterday was april foolsday, she's lying and you confessed later to confirm it. if you didn't say april fools i would've believed you.
i didn't get transfered i'm still with elder hutchings, which is tight, we had alot of fun last transfer and i love the area we are in. there are a ton of people in are word a alot of little kids, outside of my nieces and i'd say korean little kids are the cutest little kids ever, no joke they are rediculously adorable. there is a girl thats like six and her name is sarang which means love, and shes so cute. and alot of the kids will bow really low to the people my age and older its so funny. and they only know how to speak low form korean and its so cute. i will adopt a korean when i'm older. i don't care what my wife says. freak she won't care cause she'll probably be korean. haha.... but seriously. what would you think if i married an asian? she'd have to be okay at english i couldn't do that to mom, marry someone that she can't communicate with. that would be mean. but i'd go into business here in korea and learn japanese and be a international business man, and work for samsung or lg or something. it'd be tight.
i got a new suit last week and some korean style white shirts. i look so much better my comp said my old suit made me look like a peanut. i got 5 white shirts that would be like $55 each in america, a nice suit that would be about $500 in america and a nice belt that'd be like $40 in america for a grand total of 180,000won, which is less than $180 because of the exchange rate cool huh? well i gotta write other people
love ya - wayne
i am impressed you actually got me for a second i read the first line the said "what?" then i was like yesterday was april foolsday, she's lying and you confessed later to confirm it. if you didn't say april fools i would've believed you.
i didn't get transfered i'm still with elder hutchings, which is tight, we had alot of fun last transfer and i love the area we are in. there are a ton of people in are word a alot of little kids, outside of my nieces and i'd say korean little kids are the cutest little kids ever, no joke they are rediculously adorable. there is a girl thats like six and her name is sarang which means love, and shes so cute. and alot of the kids will bow really low to the people my age and older its so funny. and they only know how to speak low form korean and its so cute. i will adopt a korean when i'm older. i don't care what my wife says. freak she won't care cause she'll probably be korean. haha.... but seriously. what would you think if i married an asian? she'd have to be okay at english i couldn't do that to mom, marry someone that she can't communicate with. that would be mean. but i'd go into business here in korea and learn japanese and be a international business man, and work for samsung or lg or something. it'd be tight.
i got a new suit last week and some korean style white shirts. i look so much better my comp said my old suit made me look like a peanut. i got 5 white shirts that would be like $55 each in america, a nice suit that would be about $500 in america and a nice belt that'd be like $40 in america for a grand total of 180,000won, which is less than $180 because of the exchange rate cool huh? well i gotta write other people
love ya - wayne
April 1, 2009
hello-
how are you feeling? you should've have just told me about the cyst and i could've found some crazy asian herbs to "heal" it haha, i'm sorry thats rediculous they have some weird health beliefs here. thats rough though back surgery, it doesnt sound very fun.i'm doing good i didn't get transferred, i'm still with elder hutchings which is crazy nobody thought that we would stay together for two transfers because we are from the same hometown and such.things are going fine here, i got a new suit and 5 new shirts because all my stuff is huge and as elder hutchings says"makes me look like a peanut" so when dad wonders where all the money went its cause of that. spring is coming in korea and the cherry blossoms too. in a few weeks they will all be in bloom and i'll have to take a bunch of pictures of it. we have general conference on the 11th and 12th of this month. we have a baptism on the 12th to hopefully, we have to have a interview for her before then and then she will for sure.well i gotta go
love court
ps get feelin better mom. i would make you some kimchi stew if i was home to make you feel better.
how are you feeling? you should've have just told me about the cyst and i could've found some crazy asian herbs to "heal" it haha, i'm sorry thats rediculous they have some weird health beliefs here. thats rough though back surgery, it doesnt sound very fun.i'm doing good i didn't get transferred, i'm still with elder hutchings which is crazy nobody thought that we would stay together for two transfers because we are from the same hometown and such.things are going fine here, i got a new suit and 5 new shirts because all my stuff is huge and as elder hutchings says"makes me look like a peanut" so when dad wonders where all the money went its cause of that. spring is coming in korea and the cherry blossoms too. in a few weeks they will all be in bloom and i'll have to take a bunch of pictures of it. we have general conference on the 11th and 12th of this month. we have a baptism on the 12th to hopefully, we have to have a interview for her before then and then she will for sure.well i gotta go
love court
ps get feelin better mom. i would make you some kimchi stew if i was home to make you feel better.
March 26, 2009
hello-
hows it going,thank you for the package, the shoes are great and so are the treats.not a whole lot going on right now in my life. the same old thing. i haven't eaten anything outta control lately, we eat alot of rice here, and alot of kimchi(which is now one of my favorite foods) recently ive eaten a lot of kimbab its rice with stuff in the middle wrapped in seaweed, it looks alot like sushi. i've attached a picture of some. we have a baptism set for the 12th of april, at night after general conference. umm... transfers are next week, i might be leaving to a new area. i hope you watched the world baseball classic, korea was against japan in the final game, which is a big deal because korea and japan aren't the best of friends. sadly korea lost. the language is coming on and stuff like that. today we went to the temple. i'm sorry my emails are probably boring i just don't know what to say. oh... the weather was really cold the past few days but now it should be hot. thats good. well i gotta go
love ya court
hows it going,thank you for the package, the shoes are great and so are the treats.not a whole lot going on right now in my life. the same old thing. i haven't eaten anything outta control lately, we eat alot of rice here, and alot of kimchi(which is now one of my favorite foods) recently ive eaten a lot of kimbab its rice with stuff in the middle wrapped in seaweed, it looks alot like sushi. i've attached a picture of some. we have a baptism set for the 12th of april, at night after general conference. umm... transfers are next week, i might be leaving to a new area. i hope you watched the world baseball classic, korea was against japan in the final game, which is a big deal because korea and japan aren't the best of friends. sadly korea lost. the language is coming on and stuff like that. today we went to the temple. i'm sorry my emails are probably boring i just don't know what to say. oh... the weather was really cold the past few days but now it should be hot. thats good. well i gotta go
love ya court
March 18, 2009
hey everyone-
how's it going?i'm still in korea... so i had a crazy realization today... it was exactly one year ago today that i got my mission call. Thats soooo weird. time goes so fast, or as they say in korea, saywori yusu katda, or time is like a flowing river in english. its an old saying from china. this last week was good. the theme park was sweet, no disneyland but still really fun. i rode the biggest rollercoaster in all of asia and possibly the world. it was huge, it was so fun. it was a good day and the park was empty. we picked up a chinese investigator last week he's really cool, he showed us pictures of his hometown in china, its really pretty, after living in asia i've decided that i want to travel to places like china. asia is really fun place to be. especially since all the people here just stare at foreigners for days and its fun to mess with them. especially if you know there language. i can't tell you how many times a day little korean kids see us and yell foreigner in korean not realizing we understand him. so then you turn around and ask him where the foreigner is and act confused, and tell him you are a korean person. its so funny they never ever understand whats happening its one of my favorite games.
Last Sunday we set a baptismal date for one of our investigators thats tias age, so hopefully i don't get transfered on the 2nd of april cause then i'll miss her baptism. other than that not very much is going on out of the ordinary. except for the fact that i'm getting weird, i'm becoming korean, and i feel really weird using forks and wearing shoes in the house. and i just weighed myself and i weigh 217. iwas like 285 when i left. weird.
well talk to yall next week
love court
how's it going?i'm still in korea... so i had a crazy realization today... it was exactly one year ago today that i got my mission call. Thats soooo weird. time goes so fast, or as they say in korea, saywori yusu katda, or time is like a flowing river in english. its an old saying from china. this last week was good. the theme park was sweet, no disneyland but still really fun. i rode the biggest rollercoaster in all of asia and possibly the world. it was huge, it was so fun. it was a good day and the park was empty. we picked up a chinese investigator last week he's really cool, he showed us pictures of his hometown in china, its really pretty, after living in asia i've decided that i want to travel to places like china. asia is really fun place to be. especially since all the people here just stare at foreigners for days and its fun to mess with them. especially if you know there language. i can't tell you how many times a day little korean kids see us and yell foreigner in korean not realizing we understand him. so then you turn around and ask him where the foreigner is and act confused, and tell him you are a korean person. its so funny they never ever understand whats happening its one of my favorite games.
Last Sunday we set a baptismal date for one of our investigators thats tias age, so hopefully i don't get transfered on the 2nd of april cause then i'll miss her baptism. other than that not very much is going on out of the ordinary. except for the fact that i'm getting weird, i'm becoming korean, and i feel really weird using forks and wearing shoes in the house. and i just weighed myself and i weigh 217. iwas like 285 when i left. weird.
well talk to yall next week
love court
Thursday, March 12, 2009
March 11, 2009
hey i'm going to an amusement park today with my zone, i'll email again later today, tell dad i ran out of money and thats why i am using his card a bit this week, talk to you later.
love court
ps i don't care if you start looking for a wife for me, it'll make my life less stressful when i get home. but i might marry a korean, they are gorgeous and the little korean kids are the cutest kids i've ever seen.
love court
ps i don't care if you start looking for a wife for me, it'll make my life less stressful when i get home. but i might marry a korean, they are gorgeous and the little korean kids are the cutest kids i've ever seen.
March 4, 2009 -Funny!
my name is elder garr i'm a 19 year mormon missionary currently living in
korea. I like to play the guitar, listen to music and longboard. People like
me because i'm polite and rarely late. wow this is probably the most
rediculous email i've ever written to my family. uhhhh........
sorry bout that i'm really bored, or as they say in korea shimshimheyo haha.
but seriously...
not much going on here lately i got closed in a bus door, i don't know how
the bus driver didn't see me trying to get on his bus, i'm whiter and bigger
than 98% of the people that get on his bus. my companion got farted on by a
fat kid. umm not much else to talk about. i'm really good looking. and i'm
really humble these days. i think i'm going to move back here to korea after
college. um and i ate some really gross veggies last night. i've been in
korea for six months now, and in two weeks i'll have had my mission call for
a year. weird. Elder Hutchings is great we are having alot of fun. we know
alot of the same people so its fun to tell stories of our premission lifes.
we are working really hard lately and trying to find alot of people to
teach. proselyting is really fun here because the people get nervous around
me and my comp because we are americans and probably because i look like a
bear. mom don't let brady play video or computer games to much. i know way
to many wastes of life that play those games and do nothing else. never i
repeat never let him play world of warcraft it will take over his life and
he will turn into a zombie. well anyway sorry this email is not very good
this last week was just filled with talking to people on the street for the
most part.
love court
i really am craving juniper take out right now
korea. I like to play the guitar, listen to music and longboard. People like
me because i'm polite and rarely late. wow this is probably the most
rediculous email i've ever written to my family. uhhhh........
sorry bout that i'm really bored, or as they say in korea shimshimheyo haha.
but seriously...
not much going on here lately i got closed in a bus door, i don't know how
the bus driver didn't see me trying to get on his bus, i'm whiter and bigger
than 98% of the people that get on his bus. my companion got farted on by a
fat kid. umm not much else to talk about. i'm really good looking. and i'm
really humble these days. i think i'm going to move back here to korea after
college. um and i ate some really gross veggies last night. i've been in
korea for six months now, and in two weeks i'll have had my mission call for
a year. weird. Elder Hutchings is great we are having alot of fun. we know
alot of the same people so its fun to tell stories of our premission lifes.
we are working really hard lately and trying to find alot of people to
teach. proselyting is really fun here because the people get nervous around
me and my comp because we are americans and probably because i look like a
bear. mom don't let brady play video or computer games to much. i know way
to many wastes of life that play those games and do nothing else. never i
repeat never let him play world of warcraft it will take over his life and
he will turn into a zombie. well anyway sorry this email is not very good
this last week was just filled with talking to people on the street for the
most part.
love court
i really am craving juniper take out right now
February 25, 2009
hey
this last week was good, went by really fast. Elder hutchings is great, its
like a breath of fresh air. so life is alot more interesting now. which is good. right now we are trying really hard to find people to teach. its starting to warm up here finally, me and elder hutchings are used to st george winters. i'm still studying hard. my korean is coming along, i know enough know to hold my own, but i still have to study a ton. i'm studying it kind of different now then i used to, i am studying the chinese root of korean words cause a lot of korean words have
corresponding chinese charachters that have meanings for instance the word
for wednesday is suyoir, and swimming is suyoung the su- part of the word is
the same in both words and are a chinese charachter that means water. i like
to study it this way more its easier for me. i'm healthy, low on protein
though, koreans don't eat much meat, and if they do its usually pork. or
eggs. well gotta run talk to ya next week, oh and i might buy the translator
right now while the exchange rate is really good and save like 100 bucks or
so.
love court
this last week was good, went by really fast. Elder hutchings is great, its
like a breath of fresh air. so life is alot more interesting now. which is good. right now we are trying really hard to find people to teach. its starting to warm up here finally, me and elder hutchings are used to st george winters. i'm still studying hard. my korean is coming along, i know enough know to hold my own, but i still have to study a ton. i'm studying it kind of different now then i used to, i am studying the chinese root of korean words cause a lot of korean words have
corresponding chinese charachters that have meanings for instance the word
for wednesday is suyoir, and swimming is suyoung the su- part of the word is
the same in both words and are a chinese charachter that means water. i like
to study it this way more its easier for me. i'm healthy, low on protein
though, koreans don't eat much meat, and if they do its usually pork. or
eggs. well gotta run talk to ya next week, oh and i might buy the translator
right now while the exchange rate is really good and save like 100 bucks or
so.
love court
February 18 ,2009
hello, happy anniversary!
This week i got a new companion, my last one is on his way home. My new
companion is Elder Hutchings from st george utah, how crazy is that, he has
been here like 7 months more than me. He graduated the same year i did but
from pine view. his little sister is a junior at dixie right now. ask tia if
she knows a starlee hutchings, thats my comps sisters name. He played
baseball for pine view and is way cool. and alot more talkative than my last
companion. as of right now it feels like i've been hanging out with dakota
larsen all day. speaking of which, can someone please get dakotas address
for me?
this last week was great we have this cool new investigator named bob, and
last week him and his sister came to church it was cool. i think they will
get baptized, lets hope so. their real names are korean but alot of koreans
have a english name they like too.
i keep losing weight i've lost 60 lbs thus far, and there are no signs of
slowing.haha atleast i hope it doesn't slow.
Elder Hirsche is now my zone leader as of today. so i get to see him more
often which is cool because he's like a brother to me.
today i got my guitar back from elder muntifering so now i can play that.
i'm teaching my self how to play piano. other than that not much going on.
this week i didn't eat anything that weird. i at alot of kimbab. that good
though.
well i'll talk to ya next week
tell tia to email me from here msn address so i can get here address
love
court
This week i got a new companion, my last one is on his way home. My new
companion is Elder Hutchings from st george utah, how crazy is that, he has
been here like 7 months more than me. He graduated the same year i did but
from pine view. his little sister is a junior at dixie right now. ask tia if
she knows a starlee hutchings, thats my comps sisters name. He played
baseball for pine view and is way cool. and alot more talkative than my last
companion. as of right now it feels like i've been hanging out with dakota
larsen all day. speaking of which, can someone please get dakotas address
for me?
this last week was great we have this cool new investigator named bob, and
last week him and his sister came to church it was cool. i think they will
get baptized, lets hope so. their real names are korean but alot of koreans
have a english name they like too.
i keep losing weight i've lost 60 lbs thus far, and there are no signs of
slowing.haha atleast i hope it doesn't slow.
Elder Hirsche is now my zone leader as of today. so i get to see him more
often which is cool because he's like a brother to me.
today i got my guitar back from elder muntifering so now i can play that.
i'm teaching my self how to play piano. other than that not much going on.
this week i didn't eat anything that weird. i at alot of kimbab. that good
though.
well i'll talk to ya next week
tell tia to email me from here msn address so i can get here address
love
court
February 11, 2009
hey how is life in america?
that food was kimchi, i think, i can't remember which one i sent. things
here are good, i called elder hirsche today and he told me to tell everyone
hello. He also informed me that the baptism of one of the people we taught
we well. This kid that was baptized has a crazy story, we first met him on
the street and he wanted to met with us to learn english. So the first time
we met with him we told him how our program worked, the first 30min. english
study, the next 30 min gospel. Kang Byoung hoon, (the kid who got baptized)
told us that he will meet with us but he won't study the gospel with us,
only english. Elder Hirsche and i weren't really impressed. But we decided
to meet a few times and see if any thing changes. So we met the first time
and taught him a little, not a whole lot because he was still set on not
learning our gospel. but over time he opened up and started to listen to the
message and like it. so we asked him to come to church, he said no, my mom
is an intense catholic and if i come here she will be mad. so we kept
working with him. he became our favorite person to teach, he's really nice,
fun to be around and really loves me and elder hirsche. so we would met with
him a few times a week, then when i got transferred he was sad and so was i
but elder hirsche kept teaching him. i called elder hirsche a few weeks
later and i asked about byounghoon and he said he is getting baptized. kang
byoung hoon decided to go to church and get baptized. his mom disapproved
and kicked him out of their house. and kang byoung hoon is now preparing his
application to BYU provo. Pretty intense. i went to lunch with him 2 weeks
ago on pday because i was in seoul, and he was so happy to see me it made me
feel so good. so when he goes to america you guys might have to meet him,
even though i'll be here. he is dang good at english so you can talk with
him fine.
not much going on here, they do celebrate valentines day here, a korean
asked me if they celebrate it in america. i just smiled and laughed.
Next thursday i will have a new companion. i'll find out who he is on
saturday and pick him up on thursday so i'll email a little later. not much
more to write about so i'll talk to you next week.
Happy Valentines Day
love Elder Garr
that food was kimchi, i think, i can't remember which one i sent. things
here are good, i called elder hirsche today and he told me to tell everyone
hello. He also informed me that the baptism of one of the people we taught
we well. This kid that was baptized has a crazy story, we first met him on
the street and he wanted to met with us to learn english. So the first time
we met with him we told him how our program worked, the first 30min. english
study, the next 30 min gospel. Kang Byoung hoon, (the kid who got baptized)
told us that he will meet with us but he won't study the gospel with us,
only english. Elder Hirsche and i weren't really impressed. But we decided
to meet a few times and see if any thing changes. So we met the first time
and taught him a little, not a whole lot because he was still set on not
learning our gospel. but over time he opened up and started to listen to the
message and like it. so we asked him to come to church, he said no, my mom
is an intense catholic and if i come here she will be mad. so we kept
working with him. he became our favorite person to teach, he's really nice,
fun to be around and really loves me and elder hirsche. so we would met with
him a few times a week, then when i got transferred he was sad and so was i
but elder hirsche kept teaching him. i called elder hirsche a few weeks
later and i asked about byounghoon and he said he is getting baptized. kang
byoung hoon decided to go to church and get baptized. his mom disapproved
and kicked him out of their house. and kang byoung hoon is now preparing his
application to BYU provo. Pretty intense. i went to lunch with him 2 weeks
ago on pday because i was in seoul, and he was so happy to see me it made me
feel so good. so when he goes to america you guys might have to meet him,
even though i'll be here. he is dang good at english so you can talk with
him fine.
not much going on here, they do celebrate valentines day here, a korean
asked me if they celebrate it in america. i just smiled and laughed.
Next thursday i will have a new companion. i'll find out who he is on
saturday and pick him up on thursday so i'll email a little later. not much
more to write about so i'll talk to you next week.
Happy Valentines Day
love Elder Garr
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
February 11, 2009 -to Marcie
Here is a part of my email
...i found a place that sells vans skate shoes for 25 bucks and it makes me want to go ride. really bad. its kinda strange that they sell skate shoes here, there is no where to skate. the side walks are made out of brick that wouldn't work.
next week i get a new companion. that will be fun, new companions are always interesting because you don't know what they will be like.
some koreans told me the other day i look like pooh bear. kinda weird but i get it a surprising amount. my arnold impression is doing well, i'm also working on bullwinkle the moose, yogi bear, shawn connery, the grinch, bandito my imaginary mexican friend, yoda and chewbacca. you might ask your self when do i have time to do all these things. well in korea its against the culture for men to talk to girls on the street. unless they are related, our boyfriend and girlfriend. so korean missionaries only can talk to dudes, and when there is a lack of dudes on the street i feel it is my civil duty to entertain my comp. or else he will go crazy. well thats enough worthless info for you this week...
hope all is well
love court
ps i put makennas picture of hello kitty on my wall. hello kitty is soooooo famous here
...i found a place that sells vans skate shoes for 25 bucks and it makes me want to go ride. really bad. its kinda strange that they sell skate shoes here, there is no where to skate. the side walks are made out of brick that wouldn't work.
next week i get a new companion. that will be fun, new companions are always interesting because you don't know what they will be like.
some koreans told me the other day i look like pooh bear. kinda weird but i get it a surprising amount. my arnold impression is doing well, i'm also working on bullwinkle the moose, yogi bear, shawn connery, the grinch, bandito my imaginary mexican friend, yoda and chewbacca. you might ask your self when do i have time to do all these things. well in korea its against the culture for men to talk to girls on the street. unless they are related, our boyfriend and girlfriend. so korean missionaries only can talk to dudes, and when there is a lack of dudes on the street i feel it is my civil duty to entertain my comp. or else he will go crazy. well thats enough worthless info for you this week...
hope all is well
love court
ps i put makennas picture of hello kitty on my wall. hello kitty is soooooo famous here
February 5, 2009
hey its me
not much happened last week, today was temple day so we went up to seoul today, that was good. nothing much is going on write now, its a huge break from school for the kids and things are slow. but it will pick up when they start school in march. hopefully sooner. korean is coming ok i'm starting to feel more comfortable with it and i'm studying pretty hard. i'm going to print of pictures and send them home soon but i've attached some too.
love court
ps that last pic is on a subway, pretty packed
(see pictures to the right)
not much happened last week, today was temple day so we went up to seoul today, that was good. nothing much is going on write now, its a huge break from school for the kids and things are slow. but it will pick up when they start school in march. hopefully sooner. korean is coming ok i'm starting to feel more comfortable with it and i'm studying pretty hard. i'm going to print of pictures and send them home soon but i've attached some too.
love court
ps that last pic is on a subway, pretty packed
(see pictures to the right)
January 21, 2009 -to Marcie
Here is part of my email I thought it was pretty funny!
....i've almost been in korea for 5 months. thats a long time. did i tell you that my english is getting bad? i say thing really stupid now. its going to be funny when i get home. haha i'm going to be soooo weird, i'm gonna bow to everyone out of habit, and shake hands with both hands and i will feel really weird wearing shoes inside, and sleeping on beds, and eating with forks, chop sticks are so much more fun. oh and i'm going to make my own kimchi. i love the stuff, we are out of it right now, but i'm going to start eating it for breakfast with rice everyday when we get more. Well I guess I better go.
love ya
court
....i've almost been in korea for 5 months. thats a long time. did i tell you that my english is getting bad? i say thing really stupid now. its going to be funny when i get home. haha i'm going to be soooo weird, i'm gonna bow to everyone out of habit, and shake hands with both hands and i will feel really weird wearing shoes inside, and sleeping on beds, and eating with forks, chop sticks are so much more fun. oh and i'm going to make my own kimchi. i love the stuff, we are out of it right now, but i'm going to start eating it for breakfast with rice everyday when we get more. Well I guess I better go.
love ya
court
January 15, 2009
hey my week went well, i am getting used to my area. i didn't eat anything to strange last week. I had some really good kimchi soup, its like the most eaten food in korea and i've only had it a few times but the stuff i had the other day was the best. did i ever tell you that they eat alot of tofu here? its one of the weirdest textures ever but doesn't really have a taste. i am getting used to the area. i need size 44 shoes, its really cold right now. yesterday one of the elders in my district gave me a hug while i was putting on my big coat, turns out that you can button up my coat with me and another person in it. its a little big. today we are going to a place call osan to go find some souvenoirs. not much going on, i forgot to tell you on january 4th, the sunday after i got transfered my second baptism took place, sadly i wasn't able to attend it, but i still count it as one of my converts because i left only a few days before. pretty cool. Thats awesome that landon is getting baptized. its weird he's that old. well i gotta run. don't send valentines for the kids, theres to many of them, and they don't celebrate that here, i'm pretty sure.
well i gotta go
love elder garr
well i gotta go
love elder garr
January 7, 2009
hey fam-
things here are going great, elder dryden is a little different than elder hirsche but i think thats cause he's from preston haha, just kidding he's a good guy too, my new area is alot bigger than my last and things aren't as nice as my last area but i like this area, its more relaxing not as crowded. my apartment is ok, its exactly what you would imagine a missionary apartment to be i'm sure ty, and dust lived in similiar places. the ward here is really cool its a bunch of families so its fun, the stake patriarch is in our ward, he was baptized the year dad was born. He's got the coolest voice i've ever heard and he is what i thought koreans would be like. this week i got a bunch of christmas cards haha that was festive.yesterday we had a zone meeting and then we ate at this place called aja aja's and ate some really good food. i love restaurants here, the price is usually under $4.50 and you get tons of food. other than that nothing much is going on, i'm just trying to figure out the area, and learn korean.oh and raw octopus isn't to terrible chewy its worse cooked, and squid tentacles are the chewiest i think.
love court
things here are going great, elder dryden is a little different than elder hirsche but i think thats cause he's from preston haha, just kidding he's a good guy too, my new area is alot bigger than my last and things aren't as nice as my last area but i like this area, its more relaxing not as crowded. my apartment is ok, its exactly what you would imagine a missionary apartment to be i'm sure ty, and dust lived in similiar places. the ward here is really cool its a bunch of families so its fun, the stake patriarch is in our ward, he was baptized the year dad was born. He's got the coolest voice i've ever heard and he is what i thought koreans would be like. this week i got a bunch of christmas cards haha that was festive.yesterday we had a zone meeting and then we ate at this place called aja aja's and ate some really good food. i love restaurants here, the price is usually under $4.50 and you get tons of food. other than that nothing much is going on, i'm just trying to figure out the area, and learn korean.oh and raw octopus isn't to terrible chewy its worse cooked, and squid tentacles are the chewiest i think.
love court
January 1, 2009
its already 2009???time is going rediculously fast. i didn't do anything for new years eve, or anything very special on christmas except call home. i'm in a new area now, its on the outside of seoul in a city called suwon, my area is gok ban jang, my companion is elder dryden from preston idaho. he is a good guy, he goes home on the 20th of february. so i'm in a new area its weird i don't know where anything is. its alot bigger of an area too. this last week i ate alot of weird food, stingray, raw salmon, eel and last night i had to eat whole raw baby octopus. it was intense. not much else is going on thanks every one for your gifts and packages. as of this week i've been in korea for 4 months, thats soooo weird.
well gotta run
love court
well gotta run
love court
December 2008
In December Court had his first baptism. Her name is Pat Hyde and her husband Kevin went to Logan High School with my mom. What a small world. I guess she is a really sweet lady and the baptism was great. See some pictures Ashley sent me in the above slideshow.
The other pictures are of Christmas Day at the Grandy's house. Enjoy!
The other pictures are of Christmas Day at the Grandy's house. Enjoy!
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