Pics of the Week

Me and Mr Oh

Me and Elder Smith

At Bongchun. 

The Aquarium was so much fun!!

Still working hard even at the Aquarium:)

Some of the really cool things we saw at the Aquarium:)

JANUARY 25, 2015

Hey guys! This week was a pretty good one! We were decently busy sort of. Haha anyway.

Monday -  Aquarium P-Day

We went to the aquarium! It was stinkin fun! Haha like really. Dang i had a blast. It was really expensive though. 22 dollars. but it was worth it for a one time thing. so that was cool. But anyway, after email we went to gangnam where the aquarium is and that was cool. it was inside a giant mall. when i say giant, like bigger than any one i've ever been to in america. wow. it was stinkin huge. and only like 2 or 3 stories. so that's what made it even crazier. haha but yeah. we went to the bookstore there and that was 2 stories as well. it was really nice and had tons of books. then we went to the aquarium. they had tons of stuff. monkey, sharks, bats, crocodiles, turtles, jellyfish, and even the fish that eat your skin. :)  So it was really cool. i have lots of pictures. you'll see. :) We also went with Elder Pruner and Elder Hodges and some other people and that was really fun. I love those guys. we have pics together so it should be good. Then we came home and made calls and went to 정경수 Jung Kyungsoo's house for FHE. that was stinkin fun. They made us 떡볶이 Duck Bokki which was really good too. it's like...ah hard to explain. basically, spicy food that tastes good. haha anyway, we shared a message about temples which was really good and then we played a game which was really fun. it was the one where you make a beat and do animal signs? I don't know how to explain it without doing it. 

Tuesday - Exchange With Elder Ryan

On tuesday i went on exchanges with Elder Ryan so that was really fun. he's one of the elders who is in our house. but yeah! We had our studies and then we talked for a little about their area and things they can do to improve it. so that was good. then we went out and visited a lot of members and if they weren't home we heart attacked them. that was really good. that also took a while. but yeah! then we went and updated our referalls. so like now all the referals you get go online and you have to update them....and since it's new ish i haven't done it at all....so i decided to do it on tuesday since we had a lot of time. but yeah! Then we came home and had dinner and made lots of calls. but not too many people ansewered sadly. haha and yeah. calls were pretty much our night....

Wednesday - District Meeting/English Class

Today was a pretty good day. We got up and had our studies and then we went to the church and had district meeting. i think it went okay. :) We talked all about accountability and goals. just like how important it is. but yeah. that was fun. i dunno what else to say about it. haha then we met elder morgan cuz he needed to evaluate some principles for our language program. :) but yeah! That was really good! Then we went and got dinner and had english class! That was super awesome! 

Thursday - Busy busy busy

This was a super busy day! We had 5 appointments plus our weekly coordination meeting with our ward mission leader. haha right after our studies we went to the church and met 김성환 Kim Sunghwan. he's super aweosme also he's a member. anyway, we taught him about the temple. he gave us a super good idea to teach sealing in the temple. you get an envelope and put like each family member in there and then seal it! The seal is being sealed to your family. cool right? haha anyway, then we went to 신림 shillim and met a guy named 이수호 Lee Sooho. he's super cool. he's a former investigator of like a year that we are trying to pick up. but i don't know how it's gonna go...he hasn't answered our calls since then. we met him for lunch and jsut talked to him about how much it can bless his life and did HTBT like got his religious background and got to know him a little bit. :) haha but yeah! Then we went to 노량진역 noryangjeen station and met a guy who wanted to give us his book. :) haha he's adorable. ironically his book is titled investigator. pretty funny right? Anyway, we met that guy for like 2 seconds cuz he didn't have time then we went and talked to another guy, taught him a lesson, so that was awesome! He's a guy that elder smith and elder helms met on tuesday. he was really nice. just doesn't have any belief about god so it's hard. then we had our weekly coorelation meeting which aws awesome. then we were going to meet our recent convert but he never showed up and lost his phone...so stress. haha but yeah. then we came home and had dinner and then we met 박효민 park hyomin. he's super awesome. like one of the best members in our ward. super sad story. his wife was pregnant...but this week she had a miscarriage. super sad. :(( but yeah. that's their story. we taught him our life on earth and the atonement. that was really good. then we came home!

Friday - Weekly Planning / 2 Lessons

It was another pretty good day! We had weekly planning which was super good. took a stinkin long time though....so that was stressful haha. but that's okay. then we had dinner then we went to the church and had a practice lesson with 임성철 Lim Sungchor. he's the young men's president. he's super nice and a really good teacher so he helped us and gave us lots of tips. we taught him life on earth i'm prettysure. i can't remember haha. oh wait we taught him God and families. so that was good. then after that we went to 숭실대입구역 a subway station in our area. :) haha that was good. we met 김경민 Kim kyungmeen. who is the same guy we met last week. but he told us very frankly this time that he didn't want to change. that he was very set in his ways basically. haha but yeha. we talked to him about faith and i felt the spirit, he just isn't quite prepared right now. i think he will be in the future though. 

Saturday - More 귤 배달!

We had our studies and then we had lunch. it was our last sandwhich that we can make. so sad. but that's okay. then we went out and visited a bunch of members which was awesome. they were all home so we were able to share a bunch of messages and pray with them so it was really good. :) then we went to 봉천 bongchun because they had to do another evaluation. so we did that and got dinner with them. that was super fun. they always are. :) Haha then we came back and bplayed basketball with adam and a potential investigator. Adam is the other elders investigator and then the potential guy is our potential we are hoping for him to pick up. he lives in gangnam though...so that's a problem. then we came home and made calls. 

Sunday - Busy 안식일

Dang another busy day. haha we had 2 super busy days this week. and yesterday was one of them. we got up and went to the church to go to PEC. that was fun. Haha it was cool to actually be in on it. although they really just asked us who was coming to church. Tried to talk more...but like it's hard cuz they all know what they're doing haha. then we had church which was really good. we just didn't have any investigators there. but we did have a potential guy there! He's come twice, we just haven't been able to pick him up as an investigator yet. he's a little weird but like that's fine. haha we're gonna try to meet him this week. after church we went to ward council which was realyl fun! Haha it was super long. but that's okay. it was good to be there. Then we went to go out and do home teaching again with one of our members. that was fun. haha we were able to go to one of the grandma's house and share a message with her. too cute. haha but yeah. then we came home and studied and called people! And yeah! That was our week. This week in district meeting i'm gonna "train" on asking questions. should be really awesome. but yeah! i hope you guys are survivin. no emails yet from you...so i'm not really sure. only pics from dad. ;) haha just kdding. love you though. have a great week! I miss you so much!

Love,

Elder Breinholt

Pics of the Week!

It was snowing pretty hard:)

Selfie Life. HaHa

Me with the dog:)

Me with the board:)

JANUARY 18,2015

Monday - Costco P-day

So after email we went to costco and it was stinking awesome. There were tons of missionaries there haha it was funny. cuz we all have to do our shopping on monday so everyone goes. Too funny. But we had extra money so we decided to spoil ourselves. we bought stuff to make american sandwhiches. turkey. too good. and also corndogs. too good. :) haha it was awesome. then we came home and cleaned and watched mormon messages. pretty dang awesome. Then we went to 허병석 Ho Byungsuck's house. By the way. The first thing is the last name. So if he were to go to america he'd be brother ho. anyway. we went there and guess what they had made for us for dinner. Subway and KFC. haha too funny. I felt like i was back in the good old america. it was really good. Although i think i told you guys this already, but the grease is really getting to me. like when i eat greasy american food i'm just like wow this stuff. dang. but it was way fun. then we had our weekly coordination meeting with our ward mission leader which was awesome. then we came home! 

Tuesday - Seoul University/Fun Dinner Appointment

It was really good. After dinner we went to Seoul University which is in our area. It's the harvard of korea. Like undisputably the best school in korea. it was awesome. But we weren't there for very long. Talked to a french guy who is going there. apparently some of the classes are in english and some are in korean. pretty cool. everyone who goes there speaks like fluent english. pretty crazy. But yeah! Then we got on the bes to leave and we went to the park and talked to lots of people. we talked to a black guy from South Sudan. pretty dang cool. he was super awesome. His name is John. He lives in Busan so not in our mission but we just talked to him and didn't give him a card or anything so then we went and chased him down cuz we felt bad, gave him a card and he actually texted us later! So that was awesome! He seems super nice and maybe down to meet us. but we'll see. he was going to sudan until february so we'll talk to him again then. after that we came home and made calls and then we went to 안상철 Ahn Sangchor's house. Brother Ahn. ;) haha anyway, we went there and they have a stinkin cute kid. He is like 5 and was just showing me some toys and this animal book. stinkin cute. haha he was awesome. but yeah the meal was super good. Buday Chigae which is like the american soup stuff....can't really explain it...you just gotta eat it. it's good. haha then we taught them about pre-earth life and adam and eve as a practice lesson. it was relly good! Then we came home! 

Wednesday - Super Awesome Zone Conference

We had zone conference basically all day. it was super good. like yeah i really really liked it. we talked about accountability and other stuff too but the main thing i learned was accountability. we jsut went straight to youngdeungpo. we talkede all about our own personal stewardships which to be honest i don't know what that is. i think it is just like being accountable. so yeah. haha it was really cool cuz like i wanted to be more accountable and then we got trained on it! So heck yeah! we watched to Jorg Kleigbengat talk as well. pretty dang good. but yeah! The meeting was really good. it was from 10-4:30 then we had a leadership meeting after from 5-6 haha it was really long. then we came home and had english class which was super good! 

Thursday - Lots of Stuff

After our studies we went to a members house for lunch/a practice lesson. his name is 정경수 jung kyungsoo. he's super cool. super super nice. he said that his plan was to serve a mission in 5 years with his wife. so dang cute. when he was younger he was baptized but went less active so he didn't go on a mission. but now he's super active and married in the temple. too cute. ah! Get this. haha when we were there someone came to fix his like water machine and so he was like hey! Should we give him a book of mormon so we did! Haha it was super funny. he's like yeah, normally i wouldn't have the courage to give someone one but since you guys were here i had more courage. :) It was super cute. The lunch was super good too. Then we taught him about the atonement which was super good. then we went to the church and had like a coordination meeting with all the missionaries in our area. it was good! Needed. i think we are gonna do some serious work this transfer. i'm super excited about it. our area is doing really good. we had 3 people at church this week. so like super good. then we did evaluation with the bongchun elders. they're super cute. :) Haha but yeah that was super good. they taught me the gospel of jesus christ. hey do you guys ever study PMG? Cuz i would highly suggest it. like chapter 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 are all super super good even as jsut a normal member. the rest are really good too, but not quite as applicable to normal members. although chapter 9 is always good if you wanna do missionary work. :) anyway, then we had dinner and made calls and got some appointments so that was super good. then we went and took some cuties to some people. haha it was pretty awesome!

Friday - Fun Lessons

Pretty good! We had weekly planning which was awesome. we reorganized our board which now looks fantastic. there's a pic on dropbox of it. but yeah! Then we went and met 김성환 Kim Sunghwan. He's super nice. i stinkin love him. he's a good member. just stressed to the max with work and stuff. so we taught him to pray and to keep the sabbath day holy as a practice lesson. pretty awesome. spirit was there for sure. :) Then we went and finally met the recent convert 이승룡 Lee seungyong. he's super aweosme. he's just not comin to church too often. :( but it's okay i guess. he only comes like once a transfer... but he brought his dog and it's the stinkin cutest thing ever. long bushy tail and floppy ears ah. there's a pic with it. i hope it's okay. but yeah.. we taught him about how we can be happy. he said he'd be at church! But he didn't come. i am thinking i'm gonna call him every single week. ah. stress. but yeah. after taht we went and got dinner and then came home and made some calls/did PMGTIP, which is our language learning program. so yeah!

Saturday - Finished the BoM

So yeah today i finished the book of mormon again! It was super good! Always kinda depressing towards the end but it was super good. i love it. it's definitely true. read it everyday. anway, then we met 김슬기 Kim Surgi. our old ward missionleader. he's super awesome. we did a practice lesson with him that went really good! taught him about how our families can be together forever. super super good. he like has us practice teaching things better and stuff so it was really good. after that we met 김경민 Kim Gyungmeen who is a guy we met earlier this week. he's super nice. just has like no religious interest. although, i think he does he just doesn't want to admit it. but yeah we met him and sort of introduced ourselves. but yeah. we aren't sure if he's gonna become a new investigator or not. at this point it's looking like maybe not...but yeah. then we went out and visited lots of members and stuff. a few people were home so that was good. then we came home and had dinner, sandwhiches. so good. then we went and took the hospital guy a sandwhich. haha so our church is right next to a hospital where the same workers are every day. so we talk to them every once in a while. he's super nice. anyway, we talked to him friday and promised we'd bring him a turkey sandwhich. it was suepr funny. he said it was super good! So heck yeah! THen we went and visited a few peolpe but yeah! That was it!

Sunday - The Sabbath.

It was a great way to end the week. We went to the church and got it cleaned up then we had church which was goo! Our investigator came. 강진오 Kang Jeenoh. He's super cool. i really like him. it's his 4th time at church. he still has no belief in god though. so we are worried. ah. but yeah we had church and that was awesome. after we taught him and it went pretty good! We taught him with our ward mission leader 박순철 Park Soonchor. it went pretty good! Our ward mission leader talked to him about baptism for like 30 minutes. but that's okay. it was pretty good. then we taught him about prayer and how he needs to be sincere and he said that's the hard part. but he understands and said he would try this week! So heck yeah! We felt the spirit prettty darn strongly. so we think that something good is gonna happen. ah we are hoping. please pray for him. after that we went and did home teaching. went and visited some cool families. one is starting to go less active and one is less active for sure. kinda sad. but that was good! Always good to spend time with the members. then we went and had dinner with 김준식 Kim Joonsheek and his wife. they're super fun. he's like yeah people when they get spiritual get super serious and act like it's so sad and stuff but when i get spiritual i just start to laugh! The gospel is a happy thing so i laugh! Haha itwas super cute. but yeah. that was fun. we talked to them about the temple. we're sorta on a temple spree lately. don't know why. then we came home and it was snowing super hard! It was awesome. :) So pretty. but yeah! That was our day! and week! Super super awesome. things are on the rise. we're really excited. hope your guys' week is awesome. sounds like you're kinda stressed, but it'll be okay. :) I love you so much! Have a great week! MIss you! Also, today is my year and 7 month mark as a missionary! Crazy right? anyway, love you guys so much. 

Love,

Elder Breinholt

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Pics of the Week

Pic with one of the members, 민창기 

 On our balcony one night when we could see lots of stars so we were excited :)