June 3, 2012

This past week was pretty hectic for us, we were in and out of hospitals all week visiting one of our members who started crapping blood because of stress at work. He had surgery this past week and now he's finally home which is good. He speaks English with an Irish accent because he learned from his Irish room mate up in Seoul, so it's fun to speak English with him. The other person we visited this week was one of our new investigators who has had so many trials in their lives. The son is 12 but ever since he was 4 he has been in and out of hospitals because there is something wrong with his brain which makes all functions of his life kind of slow motion. The mom has cancer right now and is traveling back and forth from Seoul each week for treatments. They are originally from North Korea, they then emigrated to China where they spent 8 years. They really wanted to go to the U.S. for healthcare, but they couldn't because it was like a 2 year wait so they opted to come to South Korea instead where they are now receiving medical care. She is dating a less active member of ours right now and we met them on the street last week while proselyting. She and him are actually getting married this weekend at our church building so we'll be having a service for them. They are really sweet and I can't help but feel sorry for them because of all their hardships, but I know that the gospel will make them happier so we're excited to begin teaching them.