Hey Family!
I sent you some pics of the "Blue House" which is where the president of Korea lives and a subway that is like 5 stories underground. My area and our zone are pretty cool as far as cultural stuff goes.
It's been a good week for me and Elder Wade. Before I came to this area there were Sister Missionaries and Elders both, but the sisters aren't here anymore so we are meeting all of their investigators now. One of the investigators that we got from them is Sister Eem Sam Nyae. She is 44 and her 18 year old son has been baptized for about 6 months. Elder Wade and I met her and her son a couple times and we set a date together for her to be baptized on August 8th. It was a really cool lesson when we asked her to be baptized. We read about baptism in 2nd Nephi 31 together and talked about it with her. It really seemed like the spirit was there and helped her understand and know that it was the right choice. We are also teaching a lady named O Jung Un whose boyfriend is a member in a different ward in our stake. She came to church on Sunday with us. We're really trying to help her with her belief in God. She said that the solar system and nature are so amazing and in such perfect order that it seems like there must be a creator behind it, but she doesn't really know for sure.
Well anyways, I gotta go because we are going to the temple today. I hope you all have a good week!
Love,
Elder Lufkin

Buddies

New Companion-Elder Wade

Elder Lufkin and Elder Wade
Hey Family,
The exclamation point button doesn't work on this computer so if I don't sound too excited then please understand ok ha.
My new companion is Elder Wade, the same elder that I went on exchanges with a couple transfers ago. He is awesome. He's from Salt Lake and this is his last transfer. Elder Wade's really humble and easy to get along with and he's good at teaching by the spirit. The consolidation is going good so far. Last Tuesday we all met up for a mission conference and President Lee had the Seoul Mission sit on one side of the chapel and the Seoul West Mission sit on the other side. Then we moved to the middle of the chapel as he paired us up into our new companionships. Every companionship except for one or two has a missionary from the Seoul and Seoul West Mission. My new zone is the Seoul Zone and it’s pretty much in the center of our mission. Besides ours there are only 3 other areas in our zone so it's pretty small, but all 4 of the President's Assistants are in our Zone. My ward/area is called Shin Dang. It's like a dream area. The ward is pretty big(about 95 people come to church), we have an awesome ward mission leader and bishop, and there are lots of people in the area.
President Lee is great too. He always is happy and smiling. He puts a lot of trust in the missionaries as far as rules and stuff go.
Things were going great when I left Yeon Su. Hopefully Kim Un Jung and a couple other new people we were teaching will be able to get baptized in the next couple months.
Here in Shin Dang we have quite a few investigators, we just need to help them to get progressing. Our zone really needs to progress too. Me and Elder Wade are stoked for this transfer (Exclamation Point)
I love all of ya,
Elder Lufkin

Korea Seoul Mission -New Mission President Lee

Hey Everyone,
Wow I forgot it was even the 4th of July till I heard about all the fireworks and stuff there.
Last week we had a combined Zone leader council on Tuesday to talk about the new mission rules and guidelines and to report on our zones. Then on Thursday President Lee came to our zone and had a conference with us and interviewed all the missionaries. He is way nice and a loving guy. He talked a lot about baptizing and being happy while you do it. He's a really humble guy. He said when he was put in as Mission President a year ago, the Seoul Mission was having a hard time with some phases of missionary work so he came and asked president Burton for solutions. He was a Professor at one of the best schools in Korea for 38 years and he joined the church with his family a few years after they got married.
So now our missions are combined and tomorrow we will have a mission conference with about 130 missionaries. This Thursday is transfers and every companionship in the mission is going to change. I've noticed that the missionaries from the Seoul Mission have really good teaching skills and our missionaries have a lot of other strengths so we should be able to learn a lot from each other and make a pretty killer mission.
Have a good week!
Love,
Elder Lufkin