"I'm not blown up yet!‏"

That's pretty crazy about North Korea! A missionary called the day it happened and said a member told him that North Korea was invading! So I called President Lee to see what was up but he said there wasn't anything to worry about. I haven't heard too much about it since then. We're kind of in our own little world and it didn't really affect our mission very much. I really hope all the members here remember the promise from President Hinckley and attend the temple often! I'm not too worried about it though.
Thanksgiving was really nice. We went to a families’ house that is in the military and they had 4 other families over too. It almost tasted as good as our families’ Thanksgiving dinner!
Work in our area is going really well. Last week we picked up a family that lives next to our senior missionaries as investigators, and also met a guy on the street that became a new investigator. It's been hard only having about half the time to work in our area as a regular missionary, but we're still seeing lots of miracles and having a good time.
I gotta go get a hair cut now and wash and service the car and clean our nasty house!
Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Lufkin

FHE- campfire, hotdogs and s'mores

Good news! Kim Myeong Sae finally decided to get baptized! He has a strong testimony of the gospel already, but it was just hard for him to make the commitment to leave Buddhism and some other beliefs that he had. He told us he wants to get baptized before the end of the year. It will probably end up being on Christmas day and then he will get confirmed the next day. He has been progressing really well for a long time. He felt the spirit a lot when he went to General Conference and as he read the Book of Mormon. He especially liked the part in Mosiah where the people are baptized at the waters of Mormon and he wanted to have the same experience and blessings as them. We are going hiking with him today. Hopefully next week we can meet with his family too. I think his kids are all moved out, but hopefully we can at least meet his wife. He's a really good guy. He's kind of retired I think or he only works a little so he does different service projects almost every day.
We have family home evening every week on Wednesday night and we play a game and eat some food and have a lesson. Last week we went in the trees by our church and had a campfire and cooked hotdogs and s’mores. It was way fun! Kind of a new experience for most of the Koreans.
Me and Elder Lee are having fun and working together well.
Everything here's going good. Have a good week!
Love,
Elder Lufkin

Seafood Buffet


Bishop and family


P-Day-Pruning Trees


Temple day! Elder Lee - Elder Lufkin


Elder Kim - Elder Lufkin

Here's some pics of what I've been doing lately. Since Elder Kim left and I got a new companion we've had a lot of meals with members to say good bye and to welcome Elder Lee Yoo Jin. We went to a way good sea food buffet that I sent a picture of and then there's a pic of us with our bishop and his family too. The one that we're wearing normal clothes in is from when we went to help out an old single lady prune her trees. We got to go to the temple the last two weeks in a row also!
I like my new companion a lot. Elder Lee You Jin or Eugene Lee. His parents are Korean, but he was born in Rexburg, then moved to Provo and then to L.A. He's got a lot of fire still so that's really nice. We did some training together at the start of the transfer and it went really well and we're finding a lot of new investigators too.
Now I'm planning to extend my mission for a month and a half if possible. At the time that I was scheduled to go home there will be a lot of new missionaries coming in so a few people will be extending one transfer to help train them. Originally I was planning to go to the 2nd block of school at BYUI winter semester, but now I'll probably just go to the spring semester.
Kim Myeong Sae is still progressing and thinking about baptism. He says next time we meet he'll tell us the date that he wants to be baptized on! He's progressed a lot. When I first met him he wasn't sure if the Book of Mormon is true or if God really exists, but he's consistently read the Book of Mormon, Prayed, attended church and conference and he's had a lot of "deep impressions" as he's done those things so now he feels that Heavenly Father is there and that our message is true. Now he's just figuring out when he needs to get baptized.
Time's flying by really fast! I can't believe it's Thanksgiving again! We're going to Thanksgiving dinner with some American members on the 25th.
Hope you're all doing well!
Love,
Elder Lufkin

Overnight Trip to the Mountains

BBQ Supper


Sheep Ranch


Condos we stayed in

Sorry I didn't get any time to email last week. It was haircut and groceries or e-mail! Right next to our house is a church building that’s not currently being used and we got invited by the administration office to a mandatory church cleaning party! We had to move out a bunch of old furniture and junk and it took most of our p-day time. A lot of stuff has happened over the last two weeks though.
On the 22nd and 23rd we went with our stake on an overnight trip to the mountains! We left Friday on buses and traveled for about 3 hours and got there after dark. We had a BBQ and hung out for a little bit then slept in some condos that the stake rented. They were really nice! Then on Saturday morning we played chokoo (tennis with a soccer ball) with the young men and at 10:00 got back on the buses and went to a cow/sheep/emu ranch to hike around. It was pretty cool, especially for the Koreans who had never been to the mountains or seen a ranch before. They had huge windmills up there too just like the ones by I.F. Around 3:00 PM we got back on the buses and came home. To be honest I was surprised that president let us go, but it was really fun and we got a lot closer with our members.
On the 30th we had a big stake Halloween party. The missionaries were in charge of it and so we put up decorations, got the food and music, and prepared a bunch of games. Elder Kim and I did pumpkin bowling. It was way fun and lots of investigators were able to come and some members brought there friends.
Elder Kim and I are pretty busy lately. We're helping President with transfers and preparing for conferences that are coming up. I'm learning a lot! Things in our area are going pretty good, but we need to find some new investigators! I told you about Kim Myeong Sae, the guy who's read the whole Book of Mormon already, he came to church yesterday and he's still progressing pretty well. He originally had no belief in Heavenly Father but thought there must be some kind of God out there. He told us that as he's met with us and done the things we asked him too that he's starting to believe. We're trying to help him recognize the feelings that he's received from the Holy Ghost and have the faith to get baptized and receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost.
I'm excited to get out and find some good new investigators this week!
I hope you're all doing awesome!
I love you,
Elder Lufkin